Poop Is Good

One of the most common questions we get is about utilities. Water, electricity and sewage. Since some of you may be visiting this summer, we felt it wise to come clean, as it were, about the toilet situation.

Dig it: we compost the poop.

‘Hmm. Well, that makes me feel a bit squeamish… but tell me more.’

Alright, then. Here’s the scoop on the poop.

Once you’ve finished eating and digesting your food around these parts, you head on down to the outdoor facility. This would be your view:

But instead of a water closet type apparatus that leads to a septic tank or an outhouse joint that dumps into a nasty hole, you do your business in a bucket.

‘Yeah. There’s that squeamish feeling again.’

Easy. Eeeaassy. Check out the brochure.

The Outlander

The Outlander is an on-the-fly prototype built from lumber pile scraps. Its rugged good looks and folksy style suited the ruins of a manzanita bush perfectly but when we upgraded to an oak tree location it was time to hit the drawing board again.

The Challenger

Designed with the long haul in mind, the Challenger is built to withstand the cold ass conditions you'll be getting your ass cold in. Not to mention withstanding your ass. Still using leftover wood when possible and maybe you recognize the seat, this backwoods charmer was built to endure.

Now, I know some of you have some questions. Let’s assume they are frequent and call them:

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Crap FAQ's

Bucket? What the fuck are you talking about, man? It’s like this, friend. You poop in the bucket. You wipe your ass, or at least we all really hope you do. Then you put a couple cups worth of sawdust on top, close up shop and head back to the party.

Yes. But why? Because we don’t want our poop to get in our water table. Septic tanks allow this and so do outhouses. Our water up here is pristine. Pristine, baby. We aim to keep it that way.

Is it hygienic? Assuming that you resist the urge to plunge your hand into the toilet much like I hope you resist the urge to do so at home… yes. Yes, it’s hygienic.

Where do you dump my ex-dinners?

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Right here. Poop is mixed in with food scraps and layered with straw to eliminate the smell. Please note the use of the word ‘eliminate’. I did not use the word ‘minimize’.

What are you going to use the compost on? Well, if we do a proper job of it we’ll use it in the garden. If we don’t do a proper job, we’ll use it on non-comestibles. Ornamentals and the like. We’ll send a sample to a lab to make sure before we make a decision.

Why does this smell so… hippy? Because hippies smell like shit. Seriously, though, if you want to learn, check this out. It’s the shit!