We're supposed to get heavy snow any day now, so I thought I'd post this nice summer picture of the teepee and vegetable garden at Okuti Valley Ecostay. Heaven on earth.
http://www.okuti.co.nz/
I'm thinking of changing the blog's appearance a bit, perhaps a different background colour, and try again to get a map showing where you all are in the world, plus some more links to other websites.
They've been relining our sewage pipes today. Started at 7.00 this morning and still working now. I guess I'll have to go back to using a bucket like I did during the earthquakes, as we're not allowed to flush until all is fixed. At least it's not snowing yet, so I can go and dig a hole for the solids. There's a very interesting book called The Humanure book, that goes into the whole question of what to do with poo. Last time I looked it had been digitised so is available full text on the Internet. Some rather controversial ideas about human waste; it's not the totally toxic stuff that we've been raised to believe. During the earthquakes, a doctor at the local Department of Health wrote an article in The Press newspaper, saying that the way to dispose of poo was to bury it in shallow holes, not more that 10cm deep, and in a variety of sites. This is because microorganisms that will decompose the poo are most active in this depth, and will quickly render harmless any bacteria; if you bury it deeply it will not decompose and greebies will eventually leach into the water table if concentrated in one area.
There you are. Lynwaho, a source of information on everything.
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