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Emily May
เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 12 ต.ค. 2013
How to Turn a Backyard Compost Pile
Master Composter Denny May goes through the steps to a successful winter backyard compost pile using the GEOBIN composting system.
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เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 12 ต.ค. 2013
I was trying to turn my pile without moving the geobin! Ah this helps explain perfectly! Do you wait to put the broken compost in your garden beds until spring? Or do you take the "ready" compost and distribute it?
I bought my very inexpensive, US-made Geobin after shopping around for a while and am very pleased with it thus far. I also bought a US-made Lotech compost stirrer so I don’t have to mess with a pitchfork or move the composter while trying to turn the pile. I also planned ahead and have bagged leaves for spring in my dump trailer courtesy of my grateful neighbors. Happy composting/gardening!
Too slow and boring watching you fork the leaf matter in the pile.
This guy is funny
Do you have a video of turning the compost without the "geobin"? 🤔 I guess what I am aiming for is trying to get things that are more like "urban composting", where people don't have a lot of space or don't have that much specific materials, but they don't want to waste them. I know I would like to be able to use my green & brown waste in my garden and in my beds to produce healthy compost to help restore my soil. 🤷🏼♀️😮💨 Has anyone been pioneering anything for smaller amounts of composting, maybe design of flip bins or something.. ? 🤔 I know the cities are starting to collect composting materials, that's fine for them, they must have found a way to make money on them, or they probably wouldn't bother. However, I really would like to keep my organic & my biological compounds here to restore my soil... 😒🧐🤷🏼♀️
Is there a way to compost smaller amounts?! 🤷🏼♀️
This was fun to watch and Extremely informative! Most of all, I enjoyed the presentation. It was real. A video of an expert sharing what works! Thank you so much!
I love my Geobin. I didn’t think I would when I first set it up, but now I want a second one. So easy and tidy!
"Watch out youre stepping on the garlic!" sign of a true gardener. lol
😂😂
Let the established pile cook about 5 days, then every 3 days, turn that pile inside out. Dry stuff goes on the inside, wet stuff goes on the outside. Keep everything moist, like a wrung out sponge. In about 30 days, you'll have a pile of compost that you can use. 🤗
I’ve inherited a bunch of shredded leaves from a yard service. I have five hot piles going right now, with a ton of leaves still left. Unfortunately, after turning three of the piles last week I ended up in the ER with chest pain. Will see tomorrow if the cardiologist will let me keep turning my piles. (Tests show it wasn’t a heart attack 😊)
I was the guy in the video is in good shape. I'd have been out of breath .
I do love using coffee grounds but it’s as good to use what you have
hello，where did you get sticks which can make the GEO bin stabilized
Hands down the best compost video on YT. Thanks for sharing your knowledge. 🙏 I’ve bought the same geobins as a beginner composter.
What size geobin?
We'll done @emilymay3228! I teach composting occasionally and this video mirrors the most effective way to supercharge the process for fastest results. Recommend summarizing the key points for short-attention span watchers.
Fabulous!!
Would love to see more videos from this master gardener I am sure he has lots of wisdom on growing and such ❤❤❤
What about when it rains ,and o did it but it seem like my last year grass looks like is growing roots in my compost
Thank you so much for explaining why the pile needs higher Temps.... To kill off seeds! ❤️ No one has explained that part! ❤️
I use to think the same thing, more girth = more heat, but that’s not necessarily true.
th-cam.com/video/-VzG1VeYwYM/w-d-xo.html
What happens when it snows? Should the pile be covered?
Thank s for the info. I’m working on one or two.
could i use grass instead of kitchen waste?
Yes
Anyone know what those spikes are called?
the hotness needs air or it stinks. it looks like every time you turn it you add more greens to each layer and all the stuff from the original pile is considered browns now. is that right? also, please. do you have a recommendation of where to buy the stakes you're using and what size?
You are right about the greens being mixed in. Coffee grounds is high in nitrogen, and therefor is considered "green". "Browns" are low on nitrogen and high on carbon rich, sawdust, and old leaves are typixal browns. I use rebar in a suitble size for stakes usually. Its really cheap and easy to get from local building material company. But almost anything works, it is not subject to high forces..i sometimes use left over building material, or branches from trees as stakes.
a few months?.... doesn't it only take one month when you keep flipping it like that?
Great explanation 😊
Very informative, exactly what I was looking for thanks!
Excellent video! Thanks for the help. Those Ecobin setups are huge and affordable for anyone who wants to do this.
Can you use would chips instead of leaves? I have a tree company that brings me the chips after they have chopped up trees.
Yeah, but woodchips are slow. Really slow to break down. Its not hot composting anynore, it is a fungi dominated process that takes more or less years. Look for " johnson su bioreactor" for more information on breaking down wood chips
Thanks, very informative. I've always saved grass clippings, but didn't know for certain how to incorporate food,manure etc. properly.
Should be 30 parts carbon to 1 part nitrogen. In the spring and summer use cardboard (free) or pelletized animal bedding ($6/40 pound bag at tractor supply) for a carbon source.
Whats name of black circle thing?
This was a great video. Thank you..
I Geo Bins. So easy. Has anyone tried connecting two of them to increase the size and get those hotter temps?
Good idea! It's connected with plastic connector keys, so you probably could if it was supported with enough of those metal fence posts (used in this video) around the perimeter, to prevent sagging. Here is a video that shows the connector keys: th-cam.com/video/s4UMbqamoD0/w-d-xo.html
what if you don't have leaves and grass to begin??
Thanks a lot and no questions 🌼
I wish I could follow this guy. Thank you for sharing this video.
I have found that by building tall piles and covering them to contain the heat, I get a much better result. When you make your pile as tall as possible, it acts like a chimney. Instead of wasting that heat right out the top, it stays in the pile, albeit further up. While it may only be around 125 at two feet, at four feet, it's in the 160 range. It will cook down much quicker. Also, shredding those leaves will make a huge difference, particularly since they are oak, which contains a lot of lignin. You're essentially trying to compost thin wood chips.
Yes, run a lawn mower over the leaves to chop them up. Pick up the leaves with a lawn mower bag so they are ready to go into the compost.
This was very helpful. Thank you!
How often do you turn the compost?
He said a couple times early in that it needs to be turned once a week. I've been composting for decades and I find that once a month is adequate but if you're aiming for absolute fastest, maybe once a week is better but I don't strive for that, it's back breaking work especially when it starts breaking down. The more broken down it is the heavier it becomes and turning it gets old real fast..... Most of my compost bins now are vermicompost, compost made with worms. They do all the work and enjoy it
@@connecticutwormsgardens Thank you so much. I did not catch that. It is indeed tough work. I had two smaller natural developing compost bins. One with fly worms and one with red worms. My two chickens loved browsing in the fly worms one. I covered the one with red worms. Although the chickens do not really eat the red worms (kind of surprises me) they 'turn over' the compost heavy with their paws, so I am a little protective of that bin and cover it. But I do not know how to 'air' that bin.
Would ash be considered a nitrogen component?
No Ash comes from trees. It comes from a brown source and is pure carbon. The only nitrogen sources are plants and vegetables, leafy greens. Or something that was originally that way. Coffee was originally a bean which is why it is nitrogen, Ash was wood Which is carbon. Be careful with Ash, too much will raise the acidity level in the bin and kill off all the beneficial bacteria
@@connecticutwormsgardens Thank you for this detailed reply!
How long does it take to make compost by using this technique ? Thks.
Wow 😮 that steam!!!! Amazing to see, very educational. Thanks for both of you.
Can't hear u properly
Loved the way you showed how it is done. It seems a lot simpler for a novice urban gardener like myself than some of the other TH-cam videos that got so technical and use fresh manure 💩 . Thank you!
Thank you so much! I never planted anything but I now I have a place to. I'm planting potatoes until I'm good at it.
Great video.
Is chicken manure nitrogen?
yes