My Fast and Easy Compost Method
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 ม.ค. 2025
- I have 3 types of composting system that I used in my garden and this method is the fastest and easiest method for larger and or bulk composting. This compost method will allow you to plant in it quicker than other types of composting system.
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I ❤it. It’s hard work , it’s worth it. Gardening is a workout. I love your organized veggie beds looks beautiful, thanks for sharing your ideas.
I like to think of it as good work and not hard work! Thank you for taking the time to check out the video and lmk if you end up trying it.
Perhaps try a garden debris bin. I tried it this year and it worked very well. I took 15 gallon totes and elevated them. I placed 5 holes on one of the long sides so that any extra water could drain out. Under those holes, I placed a bucket so that I could catch the ferment water to use on my plants as a fertilizer. I placed garden waste along with excess kitchen scraps inside of those totes throughout the season. I now have the ability to empty those totes into unfinished beds without the hassle of digging anything up.
Thanks for sharing!
one thing i am going to try is to just use a few of my old cracked buckets for dry debris..they will drain but still carry the load.
@@maryjohnson2271 yes...use what you have!
That looks so good! Composting really is so rewarding.
The best part is knowing the quality is there!
You have a very nice garden!
@@moomoocho1196 Thank you!
Oh no! Not your volunteers😢 lol. Yard looks good and clean and organized❤ Many of us aint rocking it like that. I thinkni need a wagon🤔
Mentally, it is important for me to keep my gardening space clean and organized so I made it just as important. I try to clean up right after before moving on to the next thing. Sometimes easier said than done and when that happens! Just like I set aside times to seed start, plant or harvest...I will set aside time to weed, clean and put away things. Anyone can do this!
Wagon made things so much easier for me. Took the strain of carrying heavy things off and helped make less trips. I've had this Gorilla one for many years (6+?), although it has some cracks and I've had to replace the tires it was worth it!
Very nice! I do the same with my garden debris except I add/bury the debris in all my beds and do a lot of composting in place. Love it! It keeps my soil so healthy. Next time, try using a tarp instead of plastic. Tarps work wonderfully for jobs like that. I will be stealing this idea. Such a great way to compost. I’d love something like this to throw debris on throughout the gardening season. Great job!
Composting in place is what I derived this method from! Come back and let me know how it goes and thanks for the tip on the tarp.
Thank you so much for sharing this! I was looking for some kind of system just like this. ..and yes, I've left compostables in a bucket in the rain before, what a stink!!!
Please come back and let me know how it goes! Will definitely be the last time I use a bucket without holes.😝
It is nice to see somebody from Washington, I am also living in this area. well done, good job, thank you!
Thanks, it's always nice for me to see others gardening in the same area too!
What a great property you have. Cool method there too. Thanks. Subscribed.👍
Thank you for the support!
I love composting this way and it really increases worm population. ❤
I'm in Tacoma and have begun this process this fall. So glad to find you and know that others are doing this and it works well for Wash. Thanks.
Right, so many are already doing this...hope to see many more do this especially here on TH-cam!
This is very much what we do here in eastern oregon. Dig out the raised bed, fill it with fall debris, cover it with the soil and let it over winter.
That's great free material! Keep up the good work.
First time watching your channel. My parents used to do this when we lived in upstate New York. I live in Florida now which is totally different. Try using a large tarp underneath all your garden debris and after forking it into the bed you can move it easier without the plastic breaking.. Then you can slide it towards your bed and roll it into it. It’s easier.
I had no idea the plastic would be so brittle given it was only out there for a few weeks! I will definitely be trying the tarp next year, in fact I already have one that I use for similar jobs.
I also do compost in my backyard but I cut the branches/twigs and scraps to much smaller chunks for “fast” composting. Amazingly quicker than I thought.
I don't have much branches/twigs yet but when I do I was thinking about getting one of those mini wood chippers. I haven't been impress with what is out there but go to know cutting them up will work just as well!
Thank you for sharing your zone area. It helps
You're welcome!
Nice work in the garden ❤😊
Wow, what an interesting way to compost! New subscriber here. Keep growing! ♥
Thank you for the support!
Excellent 😃🎉
I subscribed to your channel 🙏
Thanks for the video. This year I started tossing garden debris throughout the season into a side bed rather than hauling it to the compost bins. I am in Zone 7a NY so colder over the winter which may mean my materials break down more slowly than yours, but I will see how things look in the spring. The virtue of your method is likely that the materials stay relatively moist, which hastens decomposition. The materials in my wire bins also seem to be breaking down much more slowly and tend to be dry. Apparently one is supposed to water a compost bin, but who has time for that :)?
Living in a wet climate does has it benefits! Try covering your wire bin with plastic for some added heat and moisture retention. The painters plastic have usually held up for me.
Good to know the plastic isn’t strong enough. I think I’ll buy a heavy duty tarp.❤
You'll have tons of volunteer tomato plants!
You bet I will!
Great job 👍🏿
Thanks!
Do you have pruners or a shredder? Just cutting up your vines into smaller pieces will help the decomposition with your in bed composting method. I’ve seen people even put the cherry tomatoes, cucumber, etc. in a blender/food processor and add the slurry to the pile. 😊
That will definitely speed up the process!
It looks as though this method works just fine, so why the extra work?
@@moxiejohnson4090 based on having used used a chopper/shredder, it yields faster results. That’s why! Matie!
@@FarmerCheryl yes, but this means more expense and work. I look at these channels from the perspective of ease and no equipment.....matey. ,,😉 back to basics.
@@moxiejohnson4090 on tools, just use what you have, like scissors, pruners, etc. Don’t complicate the process. Some people have lots of time on their hands, others don’t.
Good stuff. Well done 😊😊😊
Thank you!
Awesome job ❤
Thank you!
Such a great video! Loving this method. My only question is, do you end up with a bunch of volunteer tomatoes/cucumbers the following season? I know they compost down, just seems like a lot of rouge seeds.
Yes lots of volunteer seedlings but it's a quick fix. The seeds in the top 1-2 inch of the soil will germinate and mostly at the same time so I knock down the seedlings with my hand and that will take care of it. There is a second round of volunteer seedlings that happen when I remove the roots of my spring crop to plant my summer crops. Essentially I'm bringing up soil and seeds from down below to the surface and those seeds now have to right condition to germinate. I just knock those seedling down and seed my summer crop. Hope that makes sense and I probably could've have just answered that with a yes!🤣
Im just about to build a new bed and i will be doig this great method. Thanks very mulchy Rose! 🙏🏾
You have a beautiful garden area.
Thank you! It has definitely been a labor of love.
Thank you, this was VERY informative.
I learned a lot!
I hope your channel does well!!
I have a question about the tomatoes, did you have more than you needed? Is that why you put them in the compost?
Thank you!
I decided to end my gardening season early. I did harvest all the tomatoes that was starting to ripen and left all the greens ones. To my surprise it continue to ripen in the debris pile. Thanks for watching, let me know if you end up trying this method!
Rose, thank you for sharing. Do you have vegetable plants coming up in the raised bed the next years from the composted garden wastes? If you put in weeds, will the weed seeds come back in your raised beds? Thank you in advance. Happy gardening 😊😊😊
Yes, there will be volunteers! If it's one here and there, I'll grow it out but if there is a lot in a specific area I'll just rake my hand over it and that will remove them. This is a cold compost method so any seeds you put in, including weed seeds are all still viable. It's all easy to remove especially if you use the compost in a concentrated area so don't let that stop you from trying this method!
@@easygrowinggarden thank you so much for sharing your expertise. ♥ ♥ ♥
One of the best ways is to gave the bottom of the compost barrels in the ground. Maybe put on to of the soil with holes in the bottom so worms and microbes can help break down. Have fun
Although helpful it's not entirely necessary. Check out the next video coming up!
Hi there. All is well! I have learned from a number of TH-camrs that adding worms to the compost helps to break down the large pieces because the worms eat on the chunky pieces. Also, when the worms die, their dead bodies add more nutrition to the soil. Please try! Blessings!
No need to add worms they come naturally by the fact you have a raised bed on soil
Given the right conditions they will be thriving in there within a few weeks naturally
Thanks for the tip...worms do amazing things for the garden! The worms find this compost with ease and definitely help with the breakdown but once everything has pretty much broken down and there is much of a "food source" left, the worms leave for better areas.
yes!
I have a hard time remembering which are the beneficial worms. 1 bed currently is filled with a dark tan/orangish/ amber slightly scaly suckers. I think the shiny ones that get super active when touched are jumpers and NOT good..idk. any insight please😇
@@HealthyHabitsGrow Common types sold for vermicomposting are Red Wigglers and European Night Crawlers so these are going to be your beneficial worms. Try looking these up so see if they match the ones you have. Unless you have a difficult time growing in the area that have the Jumping Worms, I wouldn't worry too much about them. If there is a infestation then I would look into reducing the population.
Good compost ❤❤❤
Thanks for such a detailed and well-explained video. It would be helpful to know how deep and wide the raised bed is that you used. It looks like a square, maybe 8 inches deep and 2 or 3 feet around all sides?
Yes it is a square about 4 foot across and 12inches deep. I don't believe the size matters unless quantity is the focus. For everyone I would recommend use what they have or what works for your space.
Shallow compost won’t work in a CA garden simply because we have no water. Retaining aeration and moisture simultaneously is tricky to get right, and our compost heaps tend to be enclosed towers. It is really interesting to see how different climate zones deal with compost. Thanks!
I think making compost is similar to gardening in that we have to adjust for our climate but the principles are the same! I'll have to check out the compost heaps used in your region. Just a side note, I do not aerate this bed at all once it's topped with a layer of compost. Also during the summer when we don't get rain, I water this bed like any of my other beds causing I'm growing in it.
@@easygrowinggarden Like you, I do not turn compost, so it was interesting to see your towers. Ii use a bottomless 5g bucketwith a gamma lid in the top of our towers and dump kitchen waste in the buckets throughout the year . That provides steady moisture with side aeration thru the yard waste at the sides. After a year, the bottom layer is pure compost (no major woody bits), and is harvestable with minor sifting for 1/2 inch chunks. In contrast, the lovely Pacific Northwest excels at your method!
Maybe try a black plastic over the top will help heat it up to make it break down faster.
I may be doing this pretty soon!
Nice video. I just subscribed.
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Will you be able to plant into this bed next spring? Or will it still be composting?
Both! By adding a layer of finish compost on top I'll be able to grow in it and it will continue composting under that top layer.
Do you compost flowers too or just edibles? I have a pile of flowers that i pulled and i didn’t know what to do with them. Was going to put them in the garbage can
I compost flowers too, in the end it's all biomass!
@@easygrowinggarden thanks for replying. That makes my job easier
Do you have problems with raccoons or rats composting this way?
Not that I've seen but I do have squirrels that will forage fruit that is still good from it if it's not covered. Once I top it off with soil it doesn't attract any critters.
A quick question. Do you "flip" the compost in your three bins or simply turn them?
I being sharing this in my next video! Stay tuned😉
Why am I watching? I detest yardwork. I can' t believe how pretty this Auntie is.
Thank you!🥰 I also detest yard work but I do enjoy planting and watching it grow so clean up is just something I have to do.😂
Do you have chickens? If you feed it to them, they will chop it up and poop in it and then when you scoop it all into a compost bin, it will get hot and go pretty fast. They love tomatoes. I'm curious why you have so much unharvested food?
I like to bury scraps too.
Your idea is also nice....basically looks and acts like a worm bin only you can plant in the bed.
I don't and would have some already if it weren't for my HOA😡
I decided to end my gardening season early. I did harvest all the tomatoes that was starting to ripen and left all the greens ones. To my surprise it continue to ripen in the debris pile.
Chicken poop is excellent
Here in the uk I can buy buckets of it in pellet form from the local allotment shop for cheap
Add it straight to the compost heap/bed rather than mixing into beds waiting to be planted as it’s very hot still so not good unless left to break down a bit more
It will speed up and improve the compost bed no end
Also anyone you know who chops trees etc get them to deliver you some woodchip and mix that in or start a second one
Covered over woodchip still takes a couple years but makes excellent compost with good moisture retention
Mixed in your existing bed it wouldn’t take that long for great compost
I’ve not bought compost in over 20 years of growing on allotments and always have great results
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Rose, you acted like that stuff smelled bad lol
@@harveybyars8655 lol. Normally it doesn't smell but it had been sitting in water for too long!
@ I dumped a container back in the summer that had put some stuff in to start some compost then decided to plant in it. Had two containers just alike, one had holes, I thought this one did. It didn’t, when I finally dumped it out it was rank !!!
Wow
Used to be a nurses aide for years and believe me I came into some bad smells breathe your mouth instead of your nose and you will not smell it
Great tip...Thank you!
Question: Why are you creating all this extra work for yourself?
There are so many reason why, I could go on and on! I always need compost and I find the quality of organic compost has diminished or is potentially contaminated and yet the price has gone up. For just a little work on my end, I can control the quality of the compost, offset my gardening cost and recycle my own garden waste.
what work? it is less than composts where you turn then every few days. How should she save energy on work? just curious what idea you had.
Quality, clean compost or bagged soil is very expensive. I have filled large raised beds in a similar way a couple Fall seasons in a row. I do just add quality bagged soil to the top and my usual amendments, and the bed is ready in the spring.
Better for the environment and the pocket
Why throw it away and then pay for the same stuff but has been transported all over the place to the suppliers then you add more pollution and transport expense to collect it
Make it yourself and also know what is in it
More people should think more self sufficiently
@@Daveyboy12345 I compost to, I don't buy anything at all.
I love composing. Do you use compost worm 🪱 to help with compost. I have multiple locations I compost with worms. So much fun and saving w
I do use compost worms. I do not add any to this raised bed in particular, the worms make it in there no problem!