The Hakeford Woods Forest School Blog will be updated as we progress towards opening our Forest School site in a beautiful North Devon valley. By September 2015 we hope to be starting a program of regular Forest School sessions for groups of children and adults.

Monday 30 March 2015

The First Compost Toilet

I spent today building a Treebog with the help of my father-in-law. These are a type of compost toilet stood on stilts. Around the stilts are 2 layers of chicken wire stuffed with barley straw. Apparently this method is pretty smell free and the deposits break down fairly quickly. Tomorrow I need to go and install the throne  and fit a door handle then we're ready to go. Putting this in is a really important part of our development as it puts us in a position where we can start inviting groups to visit the site. Here are some progress photos from today.
 Getting the final post in the right place and square (the first holes were much smaller!)
 Base constructed
 Bob stuffing the sides with straw
 The walls are up
 Bob checking out the view
 Door on, pretty much done now!
Temporary lock.

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