Compost for us has been lawn trimmings, fall leaves, and a bit of chicken bedding. I'm lazy and don't mix often enough, so I doubt it gets terribly hot. Add chicken bedding in spring, then the rest of it the rest of the year, and spread the pile the following spring. Turns black each time and is full of worms, so no complaints.
Living in typical American homes, eating from the franchised food supply, w e have lost so much information about basic natural survival on Earth. I am so thankful for all the info we are rediscovering. Thank you for sharing.
Josh, thank you so much for this podcast. We live in the burbs. Nice sized lot, but still limited. We've been static composters for years, but we're amping up our gadens, and need more ammending, now. I'm intrigued by the idea of vermicomposting, and will be looking into that on Noah's site. Great show!
excellent video Josh, thanks. I do not have the land/space availability as you do but I have used a lot of your ideas and knowledge to what I can do. I also have used One Yard Revolution - an impressive gardener in rather cold areas. I mostly just do the static composting, can't turn it anymore, and while it does take longer the end result is still the same. thanks and tell carolyn hello. miss her pleasant teaching ways. oh, I also will take the bones with water in the crock pot for a long time, they break up well and just toss them in the pile. You are a weakth of knowledge Josh and Carolyn thanks so much for all you do and share.
Ummm, Somebody would be happy campers to come do a compost class in my yard! 😆 I have a 7 year old compost pile in one corner of the yard. From that, this mass of grass has taken hold ( some call it Johnson grass) This grass ( up to 5 feet tall) is spreading like crazy! NOTHING so far has taken it out! Boiling water- HA! I even tried 350 degree oil, neither even wilted it. Maybe I should lay it down and start piling more and more on top of it and let it get super hot just to kill it off....Or get a goat! 😆
I vote, get the goats. They will eat what needs to be eaten and turn it into fertilizer very efficiently. Maybe get 2 so you can make more and eat them, it's one of the more noteworthy benefits of having a place where you could keep goats...
An extremely useful tool is a compost thermometer. But how hot is TOO hot? Mine has been 160°F for two days now, so what should i do...or should i just wait it out?
I don't have the space to make a big pile, I have no animals to bring able to use their manure. I only have a small backyard that I'm trying to make for my small garden
It’d be awesome if you reached out to Matt Powers. He just came out with soil microscopy book focusing on all the life in our soils. He’s a great source of information and he’s entertaining to boot.
Question: Since I live in a fairly northern latitude about 48.5N, and most composting material is available later in the growing season, how does one finish compost before the temperature get to freezing?
They have never given me a problem. I use them for mulch, I also have a compost pile with cleanings from my chicken house, which is a lot of dried pine shavings. Leaves are free gift, don't burn them, throw them in your mulch pike...you won't regret it. The only "unnatural" thing I mix in my raised beds is 10-10-10 fertilizer I get from home depot. I live in Georgia, this red clay is not friendly to the small gardener, since I switched to raised beds, I've been very happy with my yields and they are so much easier to maintain.
@B yes, it goes from coop to pile, sets for a year. Same with my horse crap. Never put fresh manure in your garden. In the meantime I'm also throwing in leaves, small twigs, shredded paper. Never food scraps though, that draws in varmints.
@Smoke Rise sounds the same as me, minus the twigs. Nice to hear someone else doing pretty much the same. All (applicable) food scraps go to the chickens, rabbit manure goes straight on the garden. Thanks for the reply!
Compost for us has been lawn trimmings, fall leaves, and a bit of chicken bedding. I'm lazy and don't mix often enough, so I doubt it gets terribly hot. Add chicken bedding in spring, then the rest of it the rest of the year, and spread the pile the following spring. Turns black each time and is full of worms, so no complaints.
I'm with you ... I don't do a compost pile ... I compost in place ... That's y the true nature of mother nature
Living in typical American homes, eating from the franchised food supply, w e have lost so much information about basic natural survival on Earth. I am so thankful for all the info we are rediscovering. Thank you for sharing.
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Josh, thank you so much for this podcast. We live in the burbs. Nice sized lot, but still limited. We've been static composters for years, but we're amping up our gadens, and need more ammending, now. I'm intrigued by the idea of vermicomposting, and will be looking into that on Noah's site. Great show!
This is awesome material and I will watch/listen to it over and over again.
Excellent! I learned so much!
Glad it was helpful!
About 40 minutes in before they get to basics on compost
Thank You !!!!
This guy is always like that! Thanks for the warning.
Guy definitely uses a lot of words to share a small amount of information. Ran about 10 minutes for each question.
I totally agree, he's TOO darn smart! SIMPLIFY PLEASE
Awesome!!! Love this information!!
excellent video Josh, thanks. I do not have the land/space availability as you do but I have used a lot of your ideas and knowledge to what I can do. I also have used One Yard Revolution - an impressive gardener in rather cold areas. I mostly just do the static composting, can't turn it anymore, and while it does take longer the end result is still the same. thanks and tell carolyn hello. miss her pleasant teaching ways. oh, I also will take the bones with water in the crock pot for a long time, they break up well and just toss them in the pile. You are a weakth of knowledge Josh and Carolyn thanks so much for all you do and share.
Get the Jadam book and you can make your own fertilizer, pesticide and fungicides from nature.
WoW!
Wow , had no idea an Alabamian like him was here.
Ummm, Somebody would be happy campers to come do a compost class in my yard! 😆 I have a 7 year old compost pile in one corner of the yard. From that, this mass of grass has taken hold ( some call it Johnson grass) This grass ( up to 5 feet tall) is spreading like crazy! NOTHING so far has taken it out! Boiling water- HA! I even tried 350 degree oil, neither even wilted it. Maybe I should lay it down and start piling more and more on top of it and let it get super hot just to kill it off....Or get a goat! 😆
I vote, get the goats. They will eat what needs to be eaten and turn it into fertilizer very efficiently. Maybe get 2 so you can make more and eat them, it's one of the more noteworthy benefits of having a place where you could keep goats...
Does wood chips steal nitrogen from a raised bed if mixed in...or do we just use it for mulching?
Any carbon source like wood chips will definitely tie up nitrogen in the soil if mixed in. It's great as a mulch though
An extremely useful tool is a compost thermometer. But how hot is TOO hot? Mine has been 160°F for two days now, so what should i do...or should i just wait it out?
Go to 48 min and he addresses that.
What do you think of the Johnson-Su composting method?
I don't have the space to make a big pile, I have no animals to bring able to use their manure. I only have a small backyard that I'm trying to make for my small garden
What size garden?
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Craigslist sometimes have animal droppings posted. Also farmers markets?
It’d be awesome if you reached out to Matt Powers. He just came out with soil microscopy book focusing on all the life in our soils. He’s a great source of information and he’s entertaining to boot.
Question: Since I live in a fairly northern latitude about 48.5N, and most composting material is available later in the growing season, how does one finish compost before the temperature get to freezing?
If it's gets cold too soon try piling hay around the pile to insulate it and keep the heat in and cold out.
Thanks for all the wonderful information been doing hot compost for a few years this lets me know that so far I'm on the right track🙂
i love the backgound info, but over 9 minutes in, there has been no mention of what the title says....
Go to around 35 minutes for the compost information . . . .
In nature, there is no god.
They have never given me a problem. I use them for mulch, I also have a compost pile with cleanings from my chicken house, which is a lot of dried pine shavings.
Leaves are free gift, don't burn them, throw them in your mulch pike...you won't regret it. The only "unnatural" thing I mix in my raised beds is 10-10-10 fertilizer I get from home depot.
I live in Georgia, this red clay is not friendly to the small gardener, since I switched to raised beds, I've been very happy with my yields and they are so much easier to maintain.
Do you have to age the chicken manure for a certain amount of time? I'd heard it needs to either sit for a year or be hot composted to kill diseases
@B yes, it goes from coop to pile, sets for a year. Same with my horse crap. Never put fresh manure in your garden. In the meantime I'm also throwing in leaves, small twigs, shredded paper. Never food scraps though, that draws in varmints.
@Smoke Rise sounds the same as me, minus the twigs. Nice to hear someone else doing pretty much the same. All (applicable) food scraps go to the chickens, rabbit manure goes straight on the garden. Thanks for the reply!
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