After we got married in February, Bei Bei and I honeymooned at the Cascabel Conservation Association's Cottage Hermitage, a sublime solitary retreat nestled in Hot Springs Canyon east of Tucson, AZ. We actually made plans before we got married to do the week-long retreat together in Cascabel! Only after getting engaged three weeks before our wedding did we realize that the retreat would be the perfect honeymoon.
二月结 婚 后，贝贝和我来到亚利桑那州图森以东、热泉峡谷中的卡斯卡贝尔保护协 会隐修小屋度蜜月。那是一 处静谧绝美、远离尘嚣的独居隐居地。其实在结婚之前，我们就已经计划好，要 一起去卡斯卡贝尔进行为期一周的静修！直到婚礼前三周订婚后，我们才意识到， 这次静修正好可以成为一场再完美不过的蜜月。
Immediately following our honeymoon-retreat week, we were blessed to join in Saguaro Juniper's 3rd annual Home On the Range event. We enjoyed a morning work-party, Papa Cobre patties, and fulfilling conversation with old and new friends.
蜜月静修结束后，我们又很幸运地参加了 Saguaro Juniper 举办的第三届年度“Home On the Range” （牧场家园开放日）活动。那天上午，我们一起参加了集体劳动，品尝了 Papa Cobre 肉饼，还和新老朋友们进行了一番充实而愉快的交流。
David Omick and Pearl Mast, whose creatively minimal lifestyle inspires us greatly, patiently fielded countless questions about their brilliant barrel composting design. David, who only a few days prior underwent knee surgery, hopped up to eagerly show us some of the composting toilets they built and installed for private and community use around Cascabel.
David Omick 和 Pearl Mast 极具创意的极简生活方 式一直深深启发着我们。他们耐心回答了我们关于 其巧妙桶式堆肥系统设计的无数问题。David 几天前才刚做完膝盖手术，却还是 一跃而起，兴致勃勃地带我们参观了他们在卡斯卡贝尔各处建造和安装的一些堆 肥厕所，这些设施既供私人家庭使用，也供社区共同使用。
The 55-gallon drum composting toilet is safe (even approved by the ADEQ), easy to put together, and comfortable to use. What's more, David and Pearl's designs are available for anyone to study for free on their website!
这种采用 55 加仑桶的堆肥厕所安全可靠——甚至获得了亚利桑那州环境质量部 （ADEQ）的批准—— 组装简单，使用起来也很舒适。更棒的是，David 和 Pearl 已经把设计方案免 费发布在他们的网站 上，任何 人都可以查看和学习！
This blog post summarizes some thoughts I had while building a composting toilet based on these designs. Thank you, David and Pearl, for sharing your wisdom! Thank you, Dad, for carpentry guidance! Thank you, Bei Bei, for diligent quality assurance testing!
这篇博客文章总结了我依据这些设计建造堆肥厕所时产生的一些想法。 谢谢 David 和 Pearl，感谢你们无私分享自己的智慧！ 谢谢爸爸，在木工方面给予我的指导！ 谢谢贝贝，认真负责地完成了质量保证测试！
The Throne
宝座
David and Pearl's original design recommends burying the barrels halfway so that the business-doer can comfortably sit without having to climb up stairs. However we wanted to install our toilet on the front porch, which already has a wood floor. This meant that we needed to build some steps to get up to the toilet:
David 和 Pearl 的原始设计建议把桶体埋入地下约一半，这样如厕的人无需爬 楼梯，就能舒适地坐上去。不过，我们想把厕所安装在前廊上，而那里本来就铺 有木地板。这意味着，我们需要搭几级台阶才能坐上马桶：
The main disadvantage to this approach is that it requires moving the steps and the barrel after it's full, but with two people and a large hand truck, it's no problem to replace the full barrel every few months. Alternatively, David's website suggests placing a plant dolly underneath the barrel for easy transportation indoors.
这种做法最大的缺点是，桶装满后，必须先移开台阶，再把桶搬走。不过，只要 有两个人，再配上一辆大型手推车，每隔几个月更换一次满桶并不是什么难事。 另一种办法是，按照 David 网站上的建议，在桶底下放一个带轮子的花盆托架， 这样在室内搬运起来会方便得多。
Toilet top
马桶顶板
Instead of making the toilet top out of epoxy-coated wood, aluminum, or concrete, we found a piece of 5/16" grey plastic material at the scrapyard and cut out the toilet top and insect plate with a jigsaw. It resists weathering and can be cleaned easily.
我们没有用涂有环氧树脂的木板、铝板或混凝土来制作马桶顶板，而是在废品回 收场找到了一块厚约 8 毫米（5/16 英寸）的灰色塑料板材，再用曲线锯切割出 马桶顶板和防虫板。这种材料经得起日晒雨淋，也很容易清洁。
We did not add a hold-down spring assembly, but instead relied on the snug fit between the locator bolts (we used 3/8" bolts, less prone to bending than the 1/4" bolts in the original design) and the holes drilled around the lip of the barrel.
我们没有安装弹簧压紧装置，而是依靠定位螺栓与桶口边缘所钻孔洞之间的紧密 配合来固定顶板。我们使用了直径约 10 毫米（3/8 英寸）的螺栓，比原设计中 直径约 6 毫米（1/4 英寸）的螺栓更不容易弯曲。
Urine diverter
尿液分流器
David and Pearl's design calls for a funnel + rubber stopper as a urine diverter. I hacked together an alternative design using old plastic jugs. Cut a milk/vinegar/oil jug to the desired shape. Drill a hole in the lid of the jug the same diameter as your tubing. Cut the last 1/2" of the tubing open lengthwise, push it through the hole in the lid, and screw the two flaps of the tubing down to the lid. It's not perfectly watertight, but a little moisture is good for the compost. If your milk jug has a handle, cut the handle long, bend it over, and screw it down to itself.
David 和 Pearl 的设计使用漏斗和橡胶塞来制作尿液分流器。我则用几个废旧 塑料壶，临时拼出了另一种做法。先把牛奶壶、醋壶或食用油壶剪成需要的形状。 然后在壶盖上钻一个孔，孔径与导管外径相同。把导管末端约 1.3 厘米（1/2 英寸）长的一段纵向剪开，将导管穿过壶盖上的孔，再把剪开的两片分别用螺丝 固定在壶盖上。这个连接处并不能做到完全不漏水，不过堆肥中保留少量水分反 而是好事。如果牛奶壶带有把手，剪的时候把把手留长一些，再将它弯折过去， 用螺丝固定在把手自身上。
Keeping the urine diverter clean
保持尿液分流器清洁
Instead of using a stainless steel sink drain screen to keep the diverter from clogging with misplaced cover material, I wrapped the entire urine diverter with insect screen. This way, when cover material accidentally falls onto the diverter, it mostly bounces off, reducing the need for manual cleaning. However, the screen and urine diverter can still be removed and cleaned, since it's fastened in place by a piece of wire which can hinge up and out of the way.
原设计使用不锈钢水槽滤网，防止误落的覆盖材料堵住尿液分流器。我没有采用 这种做法，而是用防虫网把整个尿液分流器包了起来。这样一来，覆盖材料即使 不小心掉到分流器上，大多也会弹开，从而减少手动清理的次数。不过，防虫网 和尿液分流器仍然可以拆下来清洗。它们由一段金属丝固定在原位，需要清理时， 可以把金属丝像铰链一样向上掀开，让到一旁。
An alternative method for keep the urine diverter clean while the barrel is aging is to turn the bottom of the milk jug into a cover which fits snugly over the urine diverter. That way, as you stir the aging compost, no flying debris will fall in.
在桶内的堆肥静置腐熟期间，还有另一种保持尿液分流器清洁的方法：把牛奶壶 的底部剪下来，做成一个能够严密扣在分流器上的盖子。这样，翻动正在腐熟的 堆肥时，飞散的碎屑就不会落进分流器里。
Urine collection
尿液收集
Instead of installing an underground leaching chamber, we opted to save the urine for our garden! Just run a line (we used rabbit watering system hose) from the barrel through a hole in the wall and into the lid of a 5-gallon bucket. We also added orange peels into the bucket to cut the smell.
我们没有安装地下渗滤装置，而是决定把尿液收集起来，用在花园里！只需从桶 里接出一根软管——我们用的是兔用自动饮水系统的软管——让它穿过墙上的孔，再 接入一个约 19 升（5 加仑）塑料桶的桶盖即可。我们还在桶里放了一些橙皮， 以减轻异味。
More fun hacks
更多有趣的小改造
- An old dish rack cut down and repurposed as a hanger for the insect plate. Nice one, Dad!
- 把一个旧碗碟沥水架裁短后重新利用，做成悬挂防虫板的架子。（好主意呀， 老爸！）
- Another way to install the mason jar insect trap is to directly clamp a Fernco fitting onto the mason jar (the original design involves resting the mason jar in a sanitary tee, which I was concerned would get knocked over if anyone went wild on the John)
- 安装梅森玻璃罐捕虫器还有另一种方法：直接用 Fernco 橡胶接头把玻璃罐夹 紧固定。原设 计 是把玻璃罐放在卫生三通接头里，但我担心万一有人上厕所时动作太大，会把 它碰倒。
- A plastic jug scoop for sawdust cover material.
- 还可以用旧塑料壶做一个小铲子，用来舀作为覆盖材料的锯末。
Safe, Happy Compost
安全又有活力的堆肥
After we filled up the first barrel, happy little sprouts began popping up on top of the compost material, only to be turned under by our compost crank each week. The internal temperature of the compost rose to 122℉ (50℃) and stayed there for a few days, high enough to kill all potential parasites and pathogens, according to the "Time and Temperature Safety Zone" graph from Joseph Jenkins's Humanure Handbook (Version 4), Chapter 13, page 204.
第一个桶装满后，堆肥表面开始冒出一株株生机勃勃的小嫩芽，不过每周都会被 我们的堆肥搅拌器重新翻进堆料里。堆肥内部的温度升至 50℃（122℉），并维持 了数日。根据 Joseph Jenkins 所著《人粪堆肥手册》第四版第 13 章第 204 页中的“时间与温度安全区”图表，这一温度已经足以杀灭所有可能存在的寄生虫 和病原体。
On the next episode of Barrel Compost Toilet...
《桶式堆肥厕所》下回预告……
Bei Bei and I are now preparing to move into our new home in Xizhou Town, Dali City, Yunnan Province, China! Stay tuned for more compost toilet updates!
贝贝和我正在准备搬进位于中国云南省大理市喜洲镇的新家！敬请期待更多关于 堆肥厕所的后续更新！
We are tremendously grateful to all of the folks in Cascabel who welcomed us so warmly! We can't wait until the next time we get together. Thank you!!
我们由衷感谢卡斯卡贝尔的每一位朋友，感谢大家如此热情地欢迎和接纳我们！ 我们已经迫不及待地盼着下一次相聚了。谢谢大家！！