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I am looking forward to when the days become longer again!
One positive thing here: it's dark and cloudy, but it isn't very cold (around 10 degrees Celsius).
So it isn't hard to go outdoors, getting a little more direct daylight.

This will be a fun little project for some of my leftover yarns. As a colourfull catchitall. Yip Yip!

Mike Haasl wrote:I don't know too much about it but I believe you that fresh is better.  Hopefully I don't have a BB in there that suggests storing it for a while?  I think in a compost toilet system it's a form of storage that's ok because it's converting into something good for plants in the longer term.

I did not yet look at the BBs. This was just something coming up in my mind.

Lindsay McBride wrote:Understandable, how do you propose i do that? I am looking at others in the thread and all I see is a before shot, a beating shot, and a shot hanging. No clocks, some no shadows, just the person's word.

Okay, then your words must be enough.
Now someone can approve your BB.

Lindsay McBride wrote:I challenge that....its hanging on the rail. Thats what the bottom picture is. Maybe it would have helped you see it better had i taken a side picture..but its hanging.

Hi Lindsay. Sorry, but I can't see if it was hanging there for long enough (the requirement for the BB is at least 2 hours).

A have a question about collecting pee to use it as fertiliser (in other words 'give it to plants').
I read somewhere that the pee can only be used fresh. So you either pee right on the plants, or you pee in something like a small bucket and then you immediately give it to your plants.

It seems that when you keep it for longer time some sort of chemical reaction with the oxygen in the air will turn it into something that's bad for the plants ...
Do you know if this is true?
I don't know, but because I read it I decided only to use my pee for plants if there's an immediate way to use it (right from the little bucket I peeed in).

Lindsay McBride wrote:Question:

Is it required to have PEP1 before going for PEP2 and so on? Or can a person just go for PEP4 assuming they can meet all requirements and just skip PEP1 2 and 3? And vise versa...just go for PEP 2 or 3.

Survey says:

As you can read in the answer given before you'll have to start with PEP 1, and so on. But
... of course you can make your plans for the next few years so you 'go for PEP 4' in one straight line (including PEP 1, 2 and 3) :-)

Hi Mike. I read in Alexandra's thread that you had a PEM program ... Wasn't I aware of that before? I don't know, maybe I forgot.
Anyway: I surely need to read all about it.
If I want to go on doing BBs I think PEM has opportunities for me that neither PEP nor PEA have.

Hi Alexandra. Today I had some time to listen some podcasts. So I heard about your PEP2.
CONGRATULATIONS!

I hope for you and your family an 'Otis' will listen to that podcast too and will contact you soon.

Jay Angler wrote:...
Story time that relates to "finding a known place subsequent times."
...
Landmarks are a valuable resource, but it's important to use many cues, because some landmarks can change dramatically.

Thank you for this story.
I totally agree: landmarks do change. The same place can look very different in different seasons, even in different weather, or if you come from a (slightly) different direction than you did before.