Entertaining and informative!
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Okay, its not the most comprehensive book in the world (a bit more on measurements for compost heaps would be nice for one).
It is however packed full of good ideas and is easy on the grey cells and I cannot bring myself to give it anything less than five stars.
Make the next edition a little more comprehensive please.
Good work none the less!
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(not) illogical captain!
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Doreen and I have been cultivating a variety of plants over a number of years now. In the past we had always used peat but (thanks to the riots at Clonycavan) prices soared and we were left helpless. It was at this time that we turned to the pioneering research of Carol Steinfeld and fortunately she did not disappoint. We had a couple of messy accidents (before Doreen started going through a funnel), but now our indoor plants are growing better than ever before!
PS. Anyone who disputes the logic of using human-fluids to grow plants, need only turn to the actions of the grandfather of logic: Dr. Spock (not to be confused with the child psychologist Mr. Spock!). Who could forget the episode of Star Trek in which he relieves himself into the ship's yucca plant?
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Will inspire you to save your pee for your plants!
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What a great little book! The first couple of sections are about different urinals and what people do or have done with urine, not really about plants. However it gets really interesting after that, and shows real examples of how applying diluted urine improves plants, explains different ways of collecting it and should convince you that flushing it away is the worst option.
I gave my book away to a friend who has a farm abroad, he wants to try it out, so now I'm buying another copy!
I told another friend about it and I never heard anything else until... one night his wife found a rather strange looking jug with something liquid & frothy hidden away in one corner! He'd been saving it and secretly using it diluted to water some lifeless bamboo in a large pot in the garden. Result??? Vigorous new growth in the bamboo, where previously is was pretty lifeless! Who got it in the neck for his secrete deeds?... Me for telling him about it!!!
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Liquid gold : it's not mad really!!
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A very interesting, if short, book for a person who is interested in recycling, growing your own veg, eutrophication, science etc. At first it really does sound like a mad idea, but what did we all do before the invention of the loo? I like the "urine stories" which are nice if you happen to be a biology teacher and want to spice up your kidney or nitrogen cycle lessons. also the experiments of growing crops with and without urine are proof it works. To sum up, it was quite afun read and it gives some food for thought, and some huge onions this year so far!!!
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Not much information.
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I have read afew books on this subject and found this one very substandard. If you are looking for facts that have been referenced well this is not the book for you. It doesnt cover the subject of killing pathogens in the urine which is the important part of the subject. It is a great subject and there are a few really good ideas and tips but not worth paying for, there are plenty other books that are better value for money.
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