When you gotta go, you gotta go…

When you gotta go, you gotta go…

by | Jan 16, 2014 | composting toilets

We love composting toilets. Most of the time. As three quarters of domestic water useage goes to flushing the loo, composters are an easy way to drastically reduce water consumption, and in return you get some useful compost. As a society we have become used to our...
Loo with a view (and a living roof)

Loo with a view (and a living roof)

by | Jun 1, 2013 | composting toilets

When we moved in to Lackan Cottage Farm a year ago, we inherited a variety of concrete and tin sheds, none of which were (or are) terribly pretty.  Eventually we’ll replace or clad them all in timber, and we decided to make a start with the outside toilet.  We...
One year on…..

One year on…..

by | May 7, 2013 | self sufficiency

For a while there we thought it might never be sunny again, but once again we are enjoying the warmth, and  the knowledge that the sun is providing our electricity and an increasing amount of our hot water.  All around us the place is bursting into life, and the brown...