Bathroom Remodeling Tools For Survivalists
You're stuck in the middle of the wilderness from accident or choice. Although you are learning very quickly about your resilience and your appreciation for nature, you still have to go to the bathroom. When you have been raised with indoor plumbing, being out in the woods and suddenly having to go can come as a bit of a shock. But our ancestors have been making outdoor bathrooms for millions of years. Even then, they wanted to do some remodeling. If you are in such a situation, here are a few bathroom remodeling tools you need to have on hand before you take on such a project.
A Spade Or Shovel
Please, please, don't just go to the bathroom on the ground near your camp and just leave it there. Not only will this start to smell, but will attract rats and insects by the hundreds. The last thing you need at camp is to compete with rats and insects - because they will win. You need some sort of outhouse or bathroom, and for that you need the most important bathroom remodeling tools of all - shovels and/or spades.
If you can't get a hold of a man-made shovel or spade, you will have to make your own. Pounding sharpened green wood branches into the ground helps loosen it. If you don't have a knife or machete, then you need to find a sharp edged rock. Be patient, and don't loose the sharp edged rocks. They also make great bathroom remodeling tools for the great outdoors.
If you can use dried vines or rope or any material you can, tie the rock to the greenwood branch and dig steadily. You are best digging at least six feet deep, but do the best you can. When you are done the hole, look for little pebbles or small rocks or even large pieces of dried tress bark. Line the bottom of the hole with that as best as you can manage.
Fire Ash
This is the second most important of your outdoor bathroom remodeling tools. You need to get a good shovelful (or equivalent) of cooled ash from your firepit or campfire and dump it in the makeshift hole every time you go. This ash not only covers up the excreta and nullifies the smell somewhat, but discourages both rats and flies.
Over time, you can use your knife or sharp rocks to make a bark or woven branch "lid" for your hole, weighed down by rocks. Insects also don't like lavender, so if you happen to find lavender growing where you are, keep some of it around your hole as a decorative and useful outdoor bathroom remodeling tool.
