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Hi David, Lol - Just saw your comment on Mark's blog. I haven't "splashed" my compost, although I wouldn't mind admitting it - I'll blog if I decide to try :o)

I don't because I can't reach (lol) but I persuaded my husband to read an article on this very subject, so now he does 'water' the compost when he is near the bin! I suppose that if your bins are in an overlooked area, it might be a bit embarrassing for you and the neighbours!!!

LOL does this pratice make it smell bad?

Many thanks for the replies to this blog, most of which were private, LOL! It seems that adding urine to compost is well-known and practiced by many. It does not smell, bad, majeekahead, because you do it only 2 or 3 times a year! Spritz, I hope your husband is not mad with you for "exposing" him. For overlooked bins/heaps, I would suggest obtaining the "liquid gold" in the privacy of one's home, preferably into biodegradable receptacles such as peat pots or one of those cardboard urine receptacles found in hospitals, then disposing of the whole lot into the compost as soon after obtaining as possible. I should also mention a private message from nannydigit, who informed me that urinating onto leeks was recommended on a "Gardeners' World" programme. Nanny's leeks came to no harm from this treatment.. Could this have been the origin for the slang saying, "to go for a leak (leek)?, LOL!

I regularly spend a penny in a bucket in my greenhouse and add it to one of the compost bins.This is purely because it is easier than returning to the house or having to take off muddy shoes.
My garden is quite private although I had a shock in the summer when a head popped up at the top of the high fence,close to my greenhouse and a lady asked me if I had seen her white kitten !! Just at the wrong time for me. !! .

David - your jokes are terrible! Interesting that people prefer to remain anonymous on this subject!!! (P.S. hope husband does NOT read this blog - or I am in trouble)

I for one salute all you fully committed gardeners. I can't wait to get a compost bin now just to see hubbies face when I tell him to "water" it!

think it must be a man thing! lol but then male cats an dogs and other animals like to wee everywhere to mark there territory - maybe this is what it is really all about!

Why do people generally think that MEN have to water the compost? As I said, this free, valuable ingredient can be obtained in the confines of your own home and then added to the bin/heap.This is probably best done as soon after obtaining as possible, though, as I believe that heat is an important factor in compost-making.

Our bins are way, way across our HUGE garden, David, and I am NOT walking all that way with a covered container at all hours, in the dark, much as I love my compost bins (lol)

Dear sprtiz! I don't believe you have to add it EVERY time you fel the need to spend a penny. Was just thinking tho (dangerous for me). If you were a die-hard organic hardener, this additive would not work unless you could guarantee that absolutely everything you ingested, placed on your skin (such as perfume, deodorant, creams/ointments), organic foods and drinks (if you could prove it was wholly organically produced), then this free additive may not be 4u! Anything you eat, drink, or place on the skin surface, would probably show up as trace elements in the urine and so the home-produced compost accelerator would not be
organic! . Something worth considering! I am, perhaps, in that grey area which divides organic from recycling from environment-friendly. And so, I leave you with this thought....to pee, or not to pee? That is the question (groan)