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Yeah that’s something I’ve been doing lately and something I’m gonna mention when I make a new video on this. Ty for the tip I do think it helps

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Yeah since the last video I made I realized the same thing, I still compost in trash cans to get rid of excess waste, instead of the land fill I didn’t intend to use it as a worm composter, because like Australia here in the California desert it gets extremely hot so maybe in the future I’ll also try a shade cloth and hopefully the worms won’t disappear then I could use that compost as a top dress or to make compost extra/tea there’s several different things I’m thinking about when it comes to making compost in the future but eventually something will workout for me like the need to water more since I tend to forget, but thank you for the comment and hopefully I’ll see you in future videos

@@tonythegardener96 It’s good that we can help each other to reduce the rubbish to the land fill . A few things I want to mention . Use Doppel shade cloth . Build the trash can in a way the worms can’t escape to the the soil where it’s cooler . On very hot days you could put ice cubes on it and or poor the water a second time trough it to save water .. Everything should’ve in a shady corner .The bottom line for me is that our sheep, cow , chicken manure looks and smell all the same from the hardware shop. It’s heavy mixed with fine wood chips . The quality can’t be good. That’s why I’m interested to make my own worm castings. Even if it looks more like compost. An other interesting thing is that I dug in a bucket with fish guts etc. From the fish shop with water to make my own fish fertiliser.. But that is an big learning experience

@@GardeningwithDave all of my raised beds are used with pallet wood if I remember I’ll link it for you if you like

@@rauarumi9877 it should take about a year so hopefully next year depending on weather conditions and how well I water especially with the desert heat and drought conditions

@@GardeningwithDave thank you 😊

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@@rauarumi9877 yeah I have more ideas I want to do in future videos but I thought this was a good base to make sure my soil carries water better

If it’s newspaper you shouldn’t worry about color since the ink now a days are made with soy

Thank you!

I live in California

@@tonythegardener96 The weather must be nice out there, I've started Getting my garden ready for planting. I live in Canada. I was Wondering how long you've been gardening for.?

@@rauarumi9877 I started back in 2020 a little bit but got really into it last year

@@tonythegardener96 I just found your videos and I enjoy watching you experiment With gardening.I do the same. I might have to start a youtube channel too!

@@rauarumi9877 lol I think you should and if you do let me know so I can check out what you got going on

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Lol I know it’s actually not to bad since paper breaks down a lot easier

I just learned little by little by gardening itself or watching videos

Thank you for watching 😁

I think that’ll make a good growing medium, I do believe the compost and mulch should be on top of the soil instead of being in the soil, with my mix I only added 10 percent just to help with organic matter but I don’t think it’s necessary just as long it’s on top slowly feeding your plants. I hope everything goes well for you

Thank you 😊 I can’t wait for spring to start I’m getting excited just thinking about it.

I think however people charge the biochar it would be fine as long it’s not just the carbon, and the whole putting beds to sleep thing is a whole other argument maybe a video idea I can do in the future because I believe if you could you should grow year round even if it’s not a crop you expect a crop from.

@tonythegardener96 Agreed. Most of my beds get some amendments in the fall & a winter kill covercrop (unless they are largely perennial or already have deeply rooted terminated stalks from the previous season.) Peaceful Valley makes a good winter kill CC blend which reliably terminates unless you have an unusually warm winter. If that happens, I just weed wack it down & cover with black ag tarp or heap leaf mould on it to block photosynthesis.

I’m sure it would be but I do have dogs that would like to get into it and you might say put a 3x3 circular wire around it and that’s something I just haven’t done yet, but maybe would do one day but for rn this is all I got. I know I can save it just learning how to use it still. Thanks for the suggestion though

Awesome. Yeah I think it’s because before I didn’t add enough water and this time it’s because I didn’t turn it enough and kept adding scraps so it couldn’t fully break down.

I would like to read the update I know people can get away with not putting to much water in there compost pile, kinda like a Johnson su bio reactor, well it’s more of a no flip pile that I want to do one day.

@@tonythegardener96 hey I was able to get in the the compost pile and use some yesterday. It still has quite a bit of roots in there but once sifted out it is still great compost. I’m not knocking any other method, as I’m sure other methods can produce better compost faster, but I can attest to just a pile with covered plant matter. Well I cook A LOT so I have lots of vegetable scraps that is more than maybe most gardeners even. And again, I watered it almost daily all summer.

@@youngmauro12 as long get compost that’s all that matters sure there might be faster methods but there’s pros and cons to all different types of composting a static method will probably give you a more fungal compost since you aren’t destroying the fungal strands from turning all the time. Since sifting is all you needed to do I think you’d made some great compost let me know how well it works on your plants and or soil

@@tonythegardener96 cool will do! Also worms can get in as they please!

Yes but it’s not hot rn also the black trash can keeps them out of the sun. So they’ll be fine

Yeah, I didn’t realize until after I started editing the video

I’m sure you could the only thing is you’ll be getting a lot of ashes witch could be good for the garden if needed but I’d rather charge it with more nitrogen because it is a high carbon source.

No, just because I don’t know to much about it. I literally just watch a 15 minute video about, I would need to do some more research on it before deciding whether or not I want to do it.

Oh right, biochar adds tons of carbon to your soil making it hold more nutrients and water also makes a great housing space for all the microbes that live in your soil making plants healthier and more robust and if you have healthier plants the plant can sequester even more carbon just making a great cycle for the soil to plants and thus helping the soil environment. All things I should have mentioned but forgot to.

Thank you 😁

That sounds like a good idea, I just might do something like that since I just built a new raised bed. Thank you for the suggestion and comment. I hope you stick around for more content