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good point, my dad used to do that as well on the property beside our home, which was a walking path on a steep hill.
 
Yes, if you've got a fireplace, ashes are a treasure. In the winter for grit and traction; in the summer it sweetens the compost heap.
 
Our home includes a woodstove which we actually use as a primary heat source in the winter - I often sprinkle the wood ash over waste in the outhouse - helps with the composting and odor control.
 
You have an outhouse? Interesting. Is the house old, or did you put one in due to desire to be natural or some other reason.
I am trying to remember the last time that I saw an outhouse at a home. I have seen them at campgrounds and rustic cottages (though, they often have the composting toilets now.

Curious, maybe @Lastpointe has one at her farm.
 
Pinga said:
You have an outhouse? Interesting. Is the house old, or did you put one in due to desire to be natural or some other reason.
I am trying to remember the last time that I saw an outhouse at a home. I have seen them at campgrounds and rustic cottages (though, they often have the composting toilets now.

Curious, maybe @Lastpointe has one at her farm.
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I believe the cottage had one until the sixties or something like that. Before my time but not by much. The ruins could be seen back in the bush in the seventies.
 
I have a friend who uses a woodstove as primary source of heat as well, @Ritafee .
I was surprised by her stacking of wood inside their home, but, it made sense when I heard why. They get a lot of snow, and it is much simpler to have it in the home.
My great uncle also heated by wood, but they had a back porch that was fully enclosed and full of wood. (It was off the kitchen and they also had a woodstove for cooking).
Where do you stack yoru wood?
 
We had an outhouse on our acreage but also an indoor bathroom. We heated with wood but had electric heat for backup. I have only cooked with wood in camping situations though. I REALLY wanted a wood cookstove on the acreage but we couldn't afford the insurance!
 
One of my worst "being sick" experiences was the first time that I went camping (car/tent camping) on my own.
I had let some hamburger spoil, tried it, realized it had spoiled, but, still had swallowed some I guess. Don't think that I ate the whole burger.
It was hot, in the summer.
It was a provincial campground, and the outhouses smelled (not cared for as I am betting RitaFee and Kay did).
I was sick from the wee hours of the morning through the night , in that outhouse.
It was sooo bad how I felt, and it was so bad how it smelled.
I was cautious with meat , probably over cautious, after that.
 
KayTheCurler said:
I REALLY wanted a wood cookstove on the acreage but we couldn't afford the insurance!
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I think we ran into the same thing with the wood stove at the cottage. It was after I had largely removed myself from the running of the place due to not actually going there, but I recall that being part of the reason for removing it. It was for heat rather than cooking, though.
 
Food safety really does matter! Sorry your lesson was so gross. I keep a careful eye on my partner as he tends to eat things that I wouldn't if I knew. Once I caught him tossing bacon in the pan - and it was alive with maggots!! He claimed they would just up the protein content.
 
The Out House Video ... at the very beginning you will see one of our wood sheds to the left of the back fire pit ...
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We burn wood in the summer as well ...
there is another wood shed attached to the side of the front Garage and front fire pit and another pile of seasoning wood at the end of our front yard parking lot ... the outhouse is used more frequently in the summer than winter ... but in the event that our water freezes in the winter (this usually only happens if it is extremely cold and we are away for more than a day) the out house comes in very handy. Also when we have a lot of company it is very useful. And for this group of old-timers who prefer the outhouse to climbing the stairs into the house ...
 
Ritafee said:
The Out House Video ... at the very beginning you will see one of our wood sheds to the left of the back fire pit ...
Please Wait To Be Seated
We burn wood in the summer as well ...
there is another wood shed attached to the side of the front Garage and front fire pit and another pile of seasoning wood at the end of our front yard parking lot ... the outhouse is used more frequently in the summer than winter ... but in the event that our water freezes in the winter (this usually only happens if it is extremely cold and we are away for more than a day) the out house comes in very handy. Also when we have a lot of company it is very useful. And for this group of old-timers who prefer the outhouse to climbing the stairs into the house ...
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Here's an alternative toilet idea.
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Picture taken at the Korean Folk Village.
 
The hot dog roast was the last time that Garry's (Mr.Ritafee) parents and aunt and uncle were over to our place. That was September 2016 and it was my anniversary dinner for their 64th - their request was a 'weiner roast'. Since then - at the end of last October (2018) ... Garry's mother died @ 88 years of age. Garry's father remained living alone in the same home that he had built for them 67 years ago ... he is 96 years old and was doing very well living the 'bachelor life'... until this Tuesday. He fell while pulling his PJ top over his head (easier than undoing the buttons). He has been in hospital since and very likely will be paneled for nursing home ... it has been a long 4 days for him ... he gets very confused and disoriented when his schedule is changed ... and his dementia becomes very pronounced. On Thursday evening ... he pulled out his catheter, his IV, and nasogastric tube and then tried to punch the nurse in attendance. Garry's sister-in-law authorized them to restrain him with cuffs. On Friday morning - he demanded that Garry undue his 'buttons on his shirtsleeves' so that he could pull his tubes out and leave. Garry stayed with him through the night Friday so that he would not have to be 'cuffed again. Any how ... Dad is significantly improved physically but not yet able to get out of bed (not for lack of trying) and it is all very frustrating and confusing for him.

@Pinga - the toilet is a bit of humor as well as having sentimental value ... originally installed in Garry's parents home many years ago.
 
Pinga said:
One of my worst "being sick" experiences was the first time that I went camping (car/tent camping) on my own.
I had let some hamburger spoil, tried it, realized it had spoiled, but, still had swallowed some I guess. Don't think that I ate the whole burger.
It was hot, in the summer.
It was a provincial campground, and the outhouses smelled (not cared for as I am betting RitaFee and Kay did).
I was sick from the wee hours of the morning through the night , in that outhouse.
It was sooo bad how I felt, and it was so bad how it smelled.
I was cautious with meat , probably over cautious, after that.
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I remember doing that on the farm ... came home puking drunk ... spent an hour hugging the pit ... in hindsight ... what was wrong with the rest of our 365 acres? Now a days - if I am sick and outdoors - the out house is never my first choice.
 
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