G'day everyone, just wanted to say thanks for getting this video over 200k views! Just one extra point about shredding the paper - it increases the surface area which helps it to break down easier and faster. Remember: Be self sufficient in something... ;)
Self Sufficient Me Please do a video where we could drop our questions like Q&A titled vi and you can answer that whenever you want or if you want to with another video...i have a lot of questions in mind...😊 Just a suggestion.... i love your videos..and i am applying it to my garden....thank you so much!!! 👍👏👏👏💖
Very useful videos ... extremely environment friendly & thanks for adding subtitles ( Makes it easier to follow for Non-native English speaking people like me 😃)
Great as always Mark! I love composting and thought I did a pretty good job in my small California yard, but I've learned so much from watching your videos over the past year or so. Always well done, educational, funny, which makes the time watching very well spent. I'm sure your property takes a lot of work to maintain, but looks like so much fun as well. Envious! Thank you for sharing what you do Mark! Can't wait to see what you bring us in the coming year. I'll be ordering my 'Self Sustaining Me' coffee mug soon. Nice daily reminder of how to live life. Cheers my friend...
I’m so glad I found this video! I am a high school horticulture teacher and we were gifted a compost tumbler. We have an overflow of shedded paper from the school office so we will be doing this this week!
For best results, the shredded paper can be mixed or layered with your food scraps in your compost pail container before putting it into the heap so there won't be clumping
Use a old blender to grind up kitchen scraps... Vegetables, fruits, coffee grounds...etc. Pour this mixture into your tumbler. Found this works great in providing moisture and helps break down even quicker.
I love how easy it is to understand you. I have Dyslexia and have a hard time understanding a college-level conversation. So thank you for this video! I really want to start composting my shredded paper which I use for my small business. You're the best!
I mix some cheap beer w/sugared soda and let sit overnight then add water and sprinkle it over the compost. It helps it break down quickly. I also bought a cheap food processor at an op-shop to break the green waste from the kitchen down super-fast. That really speeds up the break-down. xx
Food grinder. Excellent advice!! Another thing I was surprised if you find some soggy old rotten wood to mix in with grass clippings when it’s 90 degrees/90% humidity you can absolutely get compost in a couple of weeks
It seems like it helps with drainage for a few months before it finally deteriorates. Rough cut kerf from pressure treated wood in a miter saw does this well
I love how glock makes its own bb guns and how they make them look so real th-cam.com/users/postUgkxnX9wE_Q8zvF75Y5iWzTU3Q4FlrtyGApQ , the only thing is that the slide doesn't move back. The sights and the body structure is so similar to a real handgun, fits in my hand perfectly but I actually ordered it with the 40 pack of Co2 tanks and they never arrived even though it said that they handed It to me. Was not able to test the accuracy since I didn't get everything I purchased which is frustrating and that's the whole reason why I got the bundle so it arrives together. So the Co2 tank happens to be a third party so it makes no sense to put it in the bundle if it doesn't get shipped at the same time, the BB gun arrived first then the Co2 tanks were supposed to arrive someday later but didn't, which doesn't make sense. I recommend just ordering the gun itself so you don't get the same issue I ran into plus there's no option for a refund. How stupid.
@@Selfsufficientme tip. For a pile composter dig a 2-3 foot hole and put paper etc in it. Pile the soil up and as you add stuff put a scoop of dirt onto it to help worms work
I started composting due to Covid lock down, it’s very rewarding I’ve made some beautiful soil. I love my tumbler as I have a small garden, it fits in beautifully. Thanks Mark, I love all your videos.
I have used shredded paper in my small chicken coop for years. I start with it in the nesting area. Then when needed, it goes up onto "poop boards" that I have under the perches. I clean the poop boards EVERY DAY and that litter goes into my compost tumbler that sits next to the coop. It's a 2 bin system as well. The paper scrapes stick to the eggs a little, but other than that, it has worked perfectly. No smells at all, for several years.
I never thought to use my shredded paper and I had alot. I wished I seen this video sooner. Thanks for the information,very informative. Love your way of doing composting.
I use the bay system and shredded paper that I bring home from work (or scrap paper from the office that I shred at home, check with your boss first if you work at a bank!). One extra point if you want to speed the process up is to seed each new batch with a bit from the last batch. The very first batch I did took about 3 months to fill the bay and then another 6 months to compost. Now whenever I start a new batch I through a couple shovels from a bay that is almost done into the new bay with the first lot of material. This seams to seed the bugs/bacteria and these follow on mixes normally compost in a much shorter time.
Another step that takes it to the next level is to make a batch of compost tea from the previous batch. Use some of this compost tea to moisten the materials when starting the new batch of compost. Compost tea (especially AACT) is The Ultimate Compost Starter.
When my Grandad was still alive, I would dig a few trenches for him for planting. Making sure to keep the topsoil separate, I would dig around 2 spade depths deep. Then I would lay down old news paper, & throw the compost and scraps over it,then put the dirt back. The soil was always good, and the best part is that it was free food when my Nan would cook. The veg was lovely! I miss them both, but I also miss the lovely meals with the home grown veggies! Grandad also made some really good Sloe Gin, and a drink with the various fruits in his garden that he called "Fruits Of The Forest." mmmmmm!! :D
I would suggest that you keep their memory alive by remembering how to do it all again, practicing it again periodically until you have recovered all of their knowledge and skills, surely they have written down all of their knowledge and experiences in doing those things and putting them in a scrap book. If I were you I do it now and look for information in their place and have it all photocopied many times over for posterity and to prevent them from being lost forever. Such things are worth many times more than gold.
@@darthvader5300 its all in my head. but not enough for a book to pass on, but a few good tips I still use to this day. In the interest of documenting,I'll pass on another tip for anyone reading this. ROSE BUSHES: If your rose bush has Black Spot, dont panic, its curable. First, pick off any dead leaves from the plant and MOST IMPORTANTLY, all the ground deadfall,including deadfall from other plants. Do this regularly! Trim highly infected branches as well. The disease has a life cycle from plant to ground to root. Depending on how infected the plant and soil are will affect how quickly the bush recovers. Pay attention to the direction where new growth nodes will come. You can determine this by looking at the lower growth on the branches. Note how it goes in a circular pattern around the branch. As the bush recovers it will become more bushy. If the bush is constantly wet during recovery, this will affect recovery. Depending on circumstances, you may need to make a judgement call on how much you chop off. ALWAYS WASH OFF YOUR CLIPPERS AFTER EACH TRIMMING SESSION!! DO NOT CUT HEALTHY BRANCHES WITH CONTAMINATED CLIPPERS! Hope that old knowledge helps someone out there! Peace! :D
Try adding Red Wiggler's (nightcrawler's) on top of what you already mentioned. Trust me, you won't be sorry 😊👍 Worm castings are VERY BENEFICIAL to garden soil!
After seeing your video I keep my shredder next to the kitchen and shred everything. My composting is much better now that I'm adding more brown material right to my scraps in the kitchen. I was getting discouraged over my stinky wet compost. Adding the shredding has us turning out black gold!
Yeah, good point, I can see that working well. A layer of shredded paper alternated with kitchen scraps will keep the smell down and won't have to carry out as often.
I just got myself a tumbler for Christmas.... mine is a large single barrel one and I love it. Not even 4 weeks and it is nearly done. Trick for fast composting in these things seems to be heat. I keep mine in all day sun from 6am to 6pm and it gets well over 60 degrees and breaks down fast!
My tumbler's instructions warned against letting the composter sit in directly in the midday sun. It recommended indirect sunlight or a lightly shaded area. I think there is concern that it could get hot enough to kill off the beneficial organisms that are doing the composting.
@@exb.r.buckeyeman845 summer equinox (22 December here in Perth, Australia), sunrise at 5:08am, sunset at 7:22pm, Hobart gets even more 😎, but we get sunnier days
Thank you SO MUCH. We have had about 4 big bags of shredded paper just stored in the garage. Going to check out your video about the MAZE tumbler. At 76 years old I am getting tired of turning our compost area with a pitch fork. Again, thank you. Judi
Here in Canada, the receipts you get that are printed by thermal printers contain BPA - inkless printing from cash registers (so I understand, but be sure to do your own research please) although I've seen some that are BPA-free. As a former cashier (20 years or more), this was very concerning! Great vid Mark!!
I keep a plastic bin (the kind that opens from the middle on hinges) in my kitchen. I dampen the shredded paper and line the bottom then I sprinkled worms over that. Then I put in kitchen scraps and cover them with more dampened paper. Every time I add more scraps, I bury them under the paper which soon starts to look like black soil. If you don't bury the scraps they will get moldy. There is never an odor and the scraps go very quickly - in fact if you don't keep feeding the worms, they will start to die. The little guys make the best top soil you have ever seen! The fact that the container is right in my kitchen makes this supper easy!
Thank you! I have been searching for a video on paper bedding. My kids have guinea pigs and a hamster, so I wanted to know what to do with all the used paper bedding. I think my wife will start using her shredded paper now too. AWESOME!
Have been using junk mail for compost for several years, including the envelopes with windows. I just cut out the windows and throw them out before I shred the rest of the envelopes. Thanks so much for your delightful video.
I’d also recommend against composting receipts! The chemicals they use to heat-print onto them aren’t great for your soil, but you definitely don’t want them in any soil you’re growing food in!!
Chilling Upstairs “The primary ingredients in most printer inks are water, ethylene glycol and alcohol. Printer ink is about as safe as dish washing soap...”
That tumbler is pretty awesome Mark! New gardener here and we just set up our first composting ring with chicken wire fencing and stakes. We're using what we already have to get started because we have have lots of leaves, grass clippings, and kitchen scraps and I don't want to be filling my beds with bagged soil from Lowe's and different big stores. Big thumbs up!
I shredded 3 years worth of bills, letters and other letters and put into compost. I only use my shredder for personal documents. You don't need to shred paper to compost it, all you do is screw it up a bit. You can also dump paper in water and turn it to mush before composting. You can also just lay paper 5 sheets thick with compost or woodchip.on top to block weeds
Every January 2nd I grab a tub of files from 7 years past, sit down in my home office, put the earbuds in with a good audiobook and start shredding papers. I end up with several large garbage bags full of shredded paper. Some goes into the compost pile, some directly onto the beds for mulch and if I have too much to store, I scatter it throuout the pasture.
I Loooooove making my own compost and I put almost anything in it. Over many years I found that I prefer the 3 bay system, it works for me...I find the tumblers a little limiting in terms of amount you can produce in one go. I don't mind how long the compost takes to be ready, I just want to make sure it's a good well broken down product with plenty of healthy bacteria and fungi in it ( healthy soil, healthy plants ). I also use shredded paper and I find that pizza boxes are excellent in it too because they are too dirty for recycling so they go in the compost. In regards of shredding paper I only shred sensitive documents with personal detail ect etc because in my opinion you are more environmentally savvy if you recycle as much as possible. For instance if you put your junk mail into the compost, more virgin paper (cellulose) will be used to make more junk mail, while if you recycle it there are more chances that it will be used to make more paper products. So, I only compost paper/carboard when they either too dirty/wet or personal documents. Thanks for your content, I find it very inspiring. Keep up the good work....
@@hlvscomendandeche8744 Maybe it depends on the brand, but I've found just the opposite. The paper towels we use don't compost at all. It's weird. Other things like the center cardboard roll from paper towels or toilet paper melt away really fast.
Some waste companies do not take shredded paper anymore. They want you to leave it whole. They aren't recycling shredded paper so it just goes into the landfill. I 'hand shred' mine. Tired of the noisy shredder, and shedding dust...I can tear it into small strips.
Thank you, as a newbie to composting with a tumbler, I was getting really confused and thought I was doing something wrong. I used to bury my scraps but I'm running out of room. Your video eased my mind (especially about the flying bugs).
Also super good is composting torn cotton materials, clothes, towels etc. Also good for shading soil , and worms in the soil or in worm farms. Worms and composting bugs do like it damp and cool. With composting old cotton items worms get their own edible cotton worm blankets....protecting from Oz harsh strong sunlight . Egg cartons and cardboard boxes compost well and the worms love them too.You can fill cardboard vege trays and boxes with soil and grow straight into that. This way you get composted boxes and soil and vege crops as well. Win win.
I actually wash and rinse out paper towels and reuse them. Why not? In addition, I save paper table napkins, including from restaurants, and use them in lieu of or in addition to paper towels. I also separate some of the old napkins and use the thin sheets to line my kitchen compost receptacle to make clean-up easier after I empty it. Once an old napkin or re-used paper towel is no longer usable it is added to the compost. (By the way, I rarely use commercial cleaners but simply soap and water most of the time.)
Great comment I do the same thing. Cotton is cotton. I had an old area rug my aunt left one time, moldy, couldn't get rid of the smell. On the back it said it was 100 percent wool with jute backing. I thought ok, some organisms should be interested in this. Gone without a trace in two years.
I was glad to hear your comment on the print not being toxic. That was the first thing that came to mind when I heard about the paper composting. I didn't know about gypsum for loosening up soil. I've used brown sand (not sand blasting sand) and broadcast it over the garden to loosen the soil up. Great video.
I bought this tumbler 12 months ago and made some awesome compost I’ve just made a 3 bay compost station following marks instructions and can’t wait for that to produce awesome compost
I like your videos very much, they're very informative and complete. Some thoughts about the 3-bay system: 1) Just like the 2-chamber tumbler composter, seems to me if you fill one bay and let it compost while you fill the other ones, you could save yourself some shoveling. 2) About shoveling compost: your bays are large enough for a good thermal composting process, and while some experts recommend turning the pile over to introduce more oxygen and speed up this process, others recommend that you *don't* ...and say it is sufficient to make some holes in the pile with a stick for oxygen, and turning the pile kills both surface and deeper micro biome by exposing them to different temperatures, oxygen, sun light, etc... and could stop the thermal process altogether depending on conditions and timing. 3) Working in this manner means you may have to wait a bit longer for the first batch to be ready for use, but if you keep filling the bays, after the first one, the rest will be ready at shorter intervals, (depending, of course, on how fast you fill them:). This may mean you'll need to add a bay or two, but looks to me like you have the space for it :) Thanks for your videos
ATTN **CANADIANS**: FYI Canada still allows Toxic ink. Sad but true. I was taught this method as school kid in the 90's. Then it was pointed out years later that the ink in the paper we were using was highly toxic. Today, nothings changed, still toxic. It's great to hear that Australia's progressed in yet another social issue. Love the videos Mark, keep 'em coming :)
I'm watching this during lockdown period because I have a bad feeling that this pandemic will last longer so I'm looking for other sustainable ways. Thank you very much for sharing this sir! We have plenty of trash papers and now I know how it can still be put into good use. By the way, you've got one new subscriber! Have a nice day!
@@user-bx4fk5nb5t Said someone who cannot even use a decent username and has zero uploads. Anyway, even if what you're trying to say is true, it would be much more wiser to prepare for the worst than just complain.
@@MrEsma-hm7gv see the funny thing is if you stay prepared you never have to get prepared. The fact I have zero uploads means nothing lol quick to judge there huh? If you can't see through the bs that was clearly political of this "pandemic" then you're blind or a good little sheep 🐑. Btw my username has been my nickname for the last 30 yrs
Good onya Mark. Have kept all food scraps for 6 plus years. Shredded paper, cardboard etc. Layers brown & green in open ended plastic bins. Worms love it. Add manure and some old soil to kick it along.👍😎🌏✅
I use a commercial grade cross cut paper shredder to shred all those Amazon boxes. It makes excellent, attractive mulch. I also use it in my compost as brown matter. I use it on all my potted plants and on the garden. Michael
Those who flip their Compost manually likely would build one themselves if they saw it necessary. Those who don’t like managing their compost manually likely wouldn’t want to build something to make it easier either. Those people will pay for it. You ain’t wrong though, hahaha.
For real. I found a humongous one on craigslist for forty bucks delivered. Steel tub, fiberglass ends. It's got some rust holes I patched with wire mesh and jb weld but otherwise, I think it was an awesome find.
Super easy to make your own if you can find a place that sells or gives away the large industrial barrels. Just make sure no toxic materials were stored in barrels. I found a good place to start is calling your local or nearest food processing facilities. And from there with a lil handywork and spraypaint you got your own large tumbling composter for nearly nothing compared to what some of these manufactured ones which are all about saving the earth and recycling...but yea what they want for one of these compositing units is just absurd.
@CLureCo Wish I could fond them that cheap. The cheapest here for used is $80 for a food grade drum from local farmers and when I asked what was stored in them, the farmers dodged the question.
Hi, I have recently started watching all your useful videos and the beautiful smiles on your face and energising and warm sounds from your mouth.. 😊😊from India
Wow 😮 wish I had seen your video three weeks ago.. I just threw out two bags of shredded paper.. I only kept one thank goodness I kept one ..and I will use it for compost I have the Tumbler type..This was a great video thanks a lot
I love making the souvenirs of life into dirt. And I love your videos. It is so satisfying to turn bad news into dirt. I disagree about rolling the compost. Yes, If I'm not careful it can get stinky, but the worms! Just try taking a trash bin drilling large holes in it and do your shredded paper system without spinning. There are so so many worms in the mix when you let it lump up. Every lump I break open is filled with worms. The paper aerates enough and I take a shovel or pitchfork to it if it starts to get stinky, but I am getting better at that too. I will never go back to a tumbler again. I just rake the soil around the plant I am composting and let the worms leave the lump and enter the soil at will. If I new how to attach pictures I would show you.
This is a great idea, HOWEVER. Not all ink and paper is created the same. Some countries still allow for non plant based inks. Make sure you know the kind of ink used on your paper. Plus, don't use coated paper. Coated papers are usually used in magazines, books and newspaper inserts. That stuff is toxic. Also, avoid any paper with paint on it.
Yeah I find it hard to be sure about many paper products. So much is of the glossy, plasticky, overbleached kind. I've stuck to newspaper and brown cardboard for now.
Great video! I agree with only using manure from vegetarian critters otherwise the smell can get repulsive. We also don't put in anything that was cooked (bread, oatmeal, etc.) which helps keep the rodents out.
Thank you for that info. Good to know they now use non-toxic inks. I was only using the black and white stuff and putting the stuff with colours on in the council recycling. I am happy to know that I can use it all now :) I also have that Maze tumbler and so far am finding it easier than others. I do use the Gedye stand up bin too for some stuff as the open bottom allows worms. Finding they both have their advantages.
Wow! After watching this I ordered a rotating compost bin! I have a standard bin that I mix myself, but this will be so nice to go along with that. I live in the Southern USA, our summers are very hot and humid. Best time for making compost! Our growing season runs Mar-mid June, then I break for the worst of the summer heat, then our 2nd season is Sep-mid Nov. I love your channel, learning so much!😊
I bought a second-hand tumbler from a thrift shop. Read somewhere that in addition to kitchen scraps, green waste, soil, etc., another item to add is hair. So every time I got a haircut, I took a bag and collected hair from the salon to enrich my compost. (Of course, with Coviid, those salon trips are a thing of the past.)
May i suggest, that instead of composting the paper straight up, you use it as a substrate for mushroom cultivation. I've been growing oyster mushrooms on cardboard for several years now. Just make a roll of paper, put a bit of spawn in it and bury it. I do it in mid-autumn (since our mushroom season here in the south Mediterranean is in the winter) and have a non-stop harvest all the way till may (in the open, since i do not use a climate controlled room because my place is solar powered). Edit: Also, i've got my hands on a batch of activated carbon which i added to my compost pile to attempt creating terra preta, but as a side effect it really decreased the smell, like it stopped stinking. I'm thinking investing in a retort to produce my own activated carbon, since this stuff is pricey for some reason.
Use lump charcoal it is good enough and way cheaper than activated carbon, making your own activated carbon isn't the hardest thing it is mostly simmilar to making charcoal but with more control of the heating and the addition of water vapor being required.
Do you mean "Charcoal Briquettes " when saying lump charcoal? If you aren't familiar with the term "Briquettes" here in the US it means basically a square shape with rounded thickness on front and back sides. So would you chop or grind it up to use?
I shrewd my newspapers. Not the glossy paper but the paper. The ink is soy based. After shredding (by hand not a shredder since it dulls the blades), cut into smaller pieces. Leaving larger pieces can be used as mulch. Pack around the base of the plant, add a little dirt and drench with water. Or put in the compost ER add a little dirt and keep turning.
Does stored compost degrade over time? If so what is the maximum storing time to have maximum benefit when using it? Learning so much from your videos , Thank you so much!
Because of your awesome Aussie accent, I couldn’t tell if you were saying your name was Mark, Mac, or Mike. Good thing you wrote your name in the video description area, Mark! LOL 😆
Mark!!! You are the best!!! What inspiration and confirmation!! I thought using shredded paper may put ink or bad residue into my compost!! I use shredded paper for the laying beds for my chicken- then like you say!! Right into the compost!! The paper tends to attract really BIG grubs which burrow into the compost. They make remarkable QUICK work of the paper!! Thank you brother!!
Hey Mark ,❤️ your stuff..... although I think you stole my sense of humour....🤣 .... speeding fines ,parking tickets and local council crap ...thanks for the video and the chuckles 😁
I love your videos and I love using shredded paper I am doing a layered garden bed in containers as done by Robbie and Gary on TH-cam it's working great. I also have a 50-gallon barrel that we made into a composter and we just roll it back and forth and it does a great job. Thank you for all of your wonderful information and teaching videos they help immensely. I am growing in the state of Arizona in this Southern desert so my compost tends to break down a little faster baby and in cooler climates. I appreciate that companies send you their items to cry out like your composter it really helps because I'm looking and thinking about getting a composter like that
Hi Nirian, what exactly is the issue with auto-subtitles - are they out of sync or not accurate enough or both? You've convinced me to explore this more and try to actively create subtitles for my vids in the future. I've just relied on the auto version because I assumed they were ok - obviously not! Cheers :)
Self Sufficient Me aah thank you so much! Usually the auto subtitles are ok but accents don’t come through that well and things get translated, off (although some times it’s really funny). Again I can’t thank you enough for taking the time to sub this video!!
Hi Nirian. If you select the cog on the bottom of the video, sub title options come up. Select English and "Bob's your Uncle". This is on a desk top computer, not sure about tablets/phones though.
Brilliant! I bought a tumbler here in states (FL actually) 2 years ago and all the advice was “you can have compost in as little as 4 weeks-6 weeks”. Um, No! I wish I would have seen this video back then!! But better late then never! So our tumbler composter has been sitting outside empty and I was about to put it up for sale on Facebook Marketplace then I saw this today!!! Woooohooo! Shredded paper I have in bucket loads and my husband and I have plenty of kitchen scrapes! Mark, you are truly awesome and my new favorite gardening mentor! Thanks for sharing all you do! Ps: my new purchase of 2 Birdies 8-in-1 beds will be here soon 💃🏼💃🏼💃🏼💃🏼
G'day everyone, just wanted to say thanks for getting this video over 200k views! Just one extra point about shredding the paper - it increases the surface area which helps it to break down easier and faster. Remember: Be self sufficient in something... ;)
Self Sufficient Me Please do a video where we could drop our questions like Q&A titled vi and you can answer that whenever you want or if you want to with another video...i have a lot of questions in mind...😊 Just a suggestion.... i love your videos..and i am applying it to my garden....thank you so much!!! 👍👏👏👏💖
Very useful videos ... extremely environment friendly & thanks for adding subtitles ( Makes it easier to follow for Non-native English speaking people like me 😃)
Hi! Hey I have a question, can you give shredded paper to compost worms? And how much it get the paper to turn into compost?
Okeejjj and what about the inkt and also the bleach used to white most papers?
Great as always Mark! I love composting and thought I did a pretty good job in my small California yard, but I've learned so much from watching your videos over the past year or so. Always well done, educational, funny, which makes the time watching very well spent. I'm sure your property takes a lot of work to maintain, but looks like so much fun as well. Envious! Thank you for sharing what you do Mark! Can't wait to see what you bring us in the coming year. I'll be ordering my 'Self Sustaining Me' coffee mug soon. Nice daily reminder of how to live life. Cheers my friend...
The garden ate my homework!
Captain Morgan 😂😂😂
Lol.
chemical pollution?
😂😂😂
I’m so glad I found this video! I am a high school horticulture teacher and we were gifted a compost tumbler. We have an overflow of shedded paper from the school office so we will be doing this this week!
Paper from the office and food scraps from the cafeteria, sounds like a match.
Yeah! I'm an highschool student I'll do the same😸
How did the compost tumbler work out for you?
@@buckbeaksgarden761 mine didn’t work all that great. I probably didn’t get enough nitrogen in it
@@TheMoreYouGrow can I ask what materials you used at what ratio?
Mixing junk mail and bills with manure. They were made for each other.
LOL
LMFAO, this was the funniest yet truest words ever wrote.
And when he mentioned advertisements from your local politician. That was the cherry on the manure pie lol
TRUE
ESPECIALLY BILLS UGH! 😤
For best results, the shredded paper can be mixed or layered with your food scraps in your compost pail container before putting it into the heap so there won't be clumping
Use a old blender to grind up kitchen scraps... Vegetables, fruits, coffee grounds...etc. Pour this mixture into your tumbler. Found this works great in providing moisture and helps break down even quicker.
Coffee grounds need to be ground again?
I was wondering about using my food processor for fruit, veg..etc thanks for the info
@@DovidM ha! Nice point :)
Yes! I bought a blender just for this. Really speeds up the process. We have a countertop compost pail and grind every time the pail is full.
@@DovidM Depends on the gauge of grind. I probably don't have to because i use a narrow gauge grinder for my coffee.
Your accent is so calming for some reason.
“Paypah”
"Kaaaaah"
😂😂😂😂😂
Sounds so manly and strong too 😏
Not all Aussies are made the same
Just use them for a bon fire
I love how easy it is to understand you. I have Dyslexia and have a hard time understanding a college-level conversation. So thank you for this video! I really want to start composting my shredded paper which I use for my small business. You're the best!
Sorry, is it okay to replace shredded paper with dried and brown leaves? TQ
@@stegenzedek that would work fine.
love how Mark says a good feedstock for compost is letters from local parliamentary members
They go straight into the shredder at our place!!!! Cheers :)
😂
Horse lift tail, politician open mouth, same thing happens.
A good feedstock could also be letters from family, after digitization for archival.
I mix some cheap beer w/sugared soda and let sit overnight then add water and sprinkle it over the compost. It helps it break down quickly. I also bought a cheap food processor at an op-shop to break the green waste from the kitchen down super-fast. That really speeds up the break-down. xx
Food grinder. Excellent advice!! Another thing I was surprised if you find some soggy old rotten wood to mix in with grass clippings when it’s 90 degrees/90% humidity you can absolutely get compost in a couple of weeks
I wish I could compost all my troubles away
A garden will help with that.
use the mind as garden to process them... it will turn into fruitfull compost.
imagine growing food from your troubles tasty
@@YusefYandron even better. I get to smoke my troubles and fruit of my labor!
The mob does so why not you? ☻
I use some of the sawdust from my woodworking projects. It breaks down slower but it helps me get rid of it.
It seems like it helps with drainage for a few months before it finally deteriorates. Rough cut kerf from pressure treated wood in a miter saw does this well
If it's breaking down slowly, add either greens like grass, etc or buy some urea and use that or just piss in your compost once in a while.
If I was an Aussie I'd consider you a flippin national treasure! Thanks!
I'm not an Ozzie, but I consider him a world treasure :) We need more people to just be super positive and helpful and kind to the environment! :D
I’m an Aussie and he is a treasure 😉👍
Adding gypsum to de-Clump the compost was exactly what I was looking for. Tyvm
I love how glock makes its own bb guns and how they make them look so real th-cam.com/users/postUgkxnX9wE_Q8zvF75Y5iWzTU3Q4FlrtyGApQ , the only thing is that the slide doesn't move back. The sights and the body structure is so similar to a real handgun, fits in my hand perfectly but I actually ordered it with the 40 pack of Co2 tanks and they never arrived even though it said that they handed It to me. Was not able to test the accuracy since I didn't get everything I purchased which is frustrating and that's the whole reason why I got the bundle so it arrives together. So the Co2 tank happens to be a third party so it makes no sense to put it in the bundle if it doesn't get shipped at the same time, the BB gun arrived first then the Co2 tanks were supposed to arrive someday later but didn't, which doesn't make sense. I recommend just ordering the gun itself so you don't get the same issue I ran into plus there's no option for a refund. How stupid.
I find adding shredded paper to grass cuttings at about 50/50 mix stops the cuttings congealing into soggy lumps
Thanks for the tip Mark! Cheers :)
@@Selfsufficientme tip. For a pile composter dig a 2-3 foot hole and put paper etc in it. Pile the soil up and as you add stuff put a scoop of dirt onto it to help worms work
I started composting due to Covid lock down, it’s very rewarding I’ve made some beautiful soil. I love my tumbler as I have a small garden, it fits in beautifully. Thanks Mark, I love all your videos.
I have used shredded paper in my small chicken coop for years. I start with it in the nesting area. Then when needed, it goes up onto "poop boards" that I have under the perches. I clean the poop boards EVERY DAY and that litter goes into my compost tumbler that sits next to the coop. It's a 2 bin system as well. The paper scrapes stick to the eggs a little, but other than that, it has worked perfectly. No smells at all, for several years.
Excellent (or should I say eggcellent) idea to have a tumbler next to the coop! Cheers :)
After the cool you can then put it into the garden in the fall
Well done!
I never thought to use my shredded paper and I had alot. I wished I seen this video sooner. Thanks for the information,very informative. Love your way of doing composting.
I use the bay system and shredded paper that I bring home from work (or scrap paper from the office that I shred at home, check with your boss first if you work at a bank!). One extra point if you want to speed the process up is to seed each new batch with a bit from the last batch. The very first batch I did took about 3 months to fill the bay and then another 6 months to compost. Now whenever I start a new batch I through a couple shovels from a bay that is almost done into the new bay with the first lot of material. This seams to seed the bugs/bacteria and these follow on mixes normally compost in a much shorter time.
Another step that takes it to the next level is to make a batch of compost tea from the previous batch.
Use some of this compost tea to moisten the materials when starting the new batch of compost.
Compost tea (especially AACT) is The Ultimate Compost Starter.
When my Grandad was still alive, I would dig a few trenches for him for planting. Making sure to keep the topsoil separate, I would dig around 2 spade depths deep. Then I would lay down old news paper, & throw the compost and scraps over it,then put the dirt back. The soil was always good, and the best part is that it was free food when my Nan would cook. The veg was lovely!
I miss them both, but I also miss the lovely meals with the home grown veggies! Grandad also made some really good Sloe Gin, and a drink with the various fruits in his garden that he called "Fruits Of The Forest." mmmmmm!! :D
I would suggest that you keep their memory alive by remembering how to do it all again, practicing it again periodically until you have recovered all of their knowledge and skills, surely they have written down all of their knowledge and experiences in doing those things and putting them in a scrap book. If I were you I do it now and look for information in their place and have it all photocopied many times over for posterity and to prevent them from being lost forever. Such things are worth many times more than gold.
@@darthvader5300 its all in my head. but not enough for a book to pass on, but a few good tips I still use to this day.
In the interest of documenting,I'll pass on another tip for anyone reading this.
ROSE BUSHES:
If your rose bush has Black Spot, dont panic, its curable.
First, pick off any dead leaves from the plant and MOST IMPORTANTLY, all the ground deadfall,including deadfall from other plants.
Do this regularly! Trim highly infected branches as well.
The disease has a life cycle from plant to ground to root. Depending on how infected the plant and soil are will affect how quickly the bush recovers.
Pay attention to the direction where new growth nodes will come. You can determine this by looking at the lower growth on the branches. Note how it goes in a circular pattern around the branch.
As the bush recovers it will become more bushy. If the bush is constantly wet during recovery, this will affect recovery. Depending on circumstances, you may need to make a judgement call on how much you chop off.
ALWAYS WASH OFF YOUR CLIPPERS AFTER EACH TRIMMING SESSION!!
DO NOT CUT HEALTHY BRANCHES WITH CONTAMINATED CLIPPERS!
Hope that old knowledge helps someone out there! Peace! :D
Try adding Red Wiggler's (nightcrawler's) on top of what you already mentioned. Trust me, you won't be sorry 😊👍 Worm castings are VERY BENEFICIAL to garden soil!
@@ezwayocho8296 agreed, but even better are living worms that migrate in the soil.
@@chemicalmike646 Right. I only buy living worms👍
Your sense of humor is great, i love it.
After seeing your video I keep my shredder next to the kitchen and shred everything. My composting is much better now that I'm adding more brown material right to my scraps in the kitchen. I was getting discouraged over my stinky wet compost. Adding the shredding has us turning out black gold!
Yeah, good point, I can see that working well. A layer of shredded paper alternated with kitchen scraps will keep the smell down and won't have to carry out as often.
I usually line my kitchen composter with newspaper so it doesn't smell so bad.
We burn all our junk mail for heat but not during the summer, so shredding will have to be then and we can use it in the tumbler!
I just got myself a tumbler for Christmas.... mine is a large single barrel one and I love it. Not even 4 weeks and it is nearly done. Trick for fast composting in these things seems to be heat. I keep mine in all day sun from 6am to 6pm and it gets well over 60 degrees and breaks down fast!
Yes Cathy I reckon you're spot on regarding heat and 60c seems to be a good sweet spot too. Cheers :)
My tumbler's instructions warned against letting the composter sit in directly in the midday sun. It recommended indirect sunlight or a lightly shaded area. I think there is concern that it could get hot enough to kill off the beneficial organisms that are doing the composting.
Cathy Madsen Wow, you get that much sun.
@@exb.r.buckeyeman845 summer equinox (22 December here in Perth, Australia), sunrise at 5:08am, sunset at 7:22pm, Hobart gets even more 😎, but we get sunnier days
@@mollydooka17 Wish we could have some of your sun in wet and windy Cornwall.
Thank you SO MUCH. We have had about 4 big bags of shredded paper just stored in the garage. Going to check out your video about the MAZE tumbler. At 76 years old I am getting tired of turning our compost area with a pitch fork. Again, thank you. Judi
Here in Canada, the receipts you get that are printed by thermal printers contain BPA - inkless printing from cash registers (so I understand, but be sure to do your own research please) although I've seen some that are BPA-free. As a former cashier (20 years or more), this was very concerning! Great vid Mark!!
I keep a plastic bin (the kind that opens from the middle on hinges) in my kitchen. I dampen the shredded paper and line the bottom then I sprinkled worms over that. Then I put in kitchen scraps and cover them with more dampened paper. Every time I add more scraps, I bury them under the paper which soon starts to look like black soil.
If you don't bury the scraps they will get moldy. There is never an odor and the scraps go very quickly - in fact if you don't keep feeding the worms, they will start to die. The little guys make the best top soil you have ever seen! The fact that the container is right in my kitchen makes this supper easy!
Thank you! I have been searching for a video on paper bedding. My kids have guinea pigs and a hamster, so I wanted to know what to do with all the used paper bedding. I think my wife will start using her shredded paper now too. AWESOME!
Have been using junk mail for compost for several years, including the envelopes with windows. I just cut out the windows and throw them out before I shred the rest of the envelopes. Thanks so much for your delightful video.
I can feel your love to what you are doing, makes me happy to watch you
I’d also recommend against composting receipts! The chemicals they use to heat-print onto them aren’t great for your soil, but you definitely don’t want them in any soil you’re growing food in!!
I use it at bottom of my pots for better drainage, end of season it's black dirt. 6 months tops.
Nice tip! :)
@@Selfsufficientme why shredded paper? can you just tear paper in pieces? what about the ink?
@@chillingupstairs1438 ink breaks down, it's just pigment in oil, in the past various pigments were toxic, using lead, or cyanide.
@@chillingupstairs1438 rewatch the video, he covered that right in the begining
Chilling Upstairs “The primary ingredients in most printer inks are water, ethylene glycol and alcohol. Printer ink is about as safe as dish washing soap...”
That tumbler is pretty awesome Mark! New gardener here and we just set up our first composting ring with chicken wire fencing and stakes. We're using what we already have to get started because we have have lots of leaves, grass clippings, and kitchen scraps and I don't want to be filling my beds with bagged soil from Lowe's and different big stores. Big thumbs up!
I shredded 3 years worth of bills, letters and other letters and put into compost. I only use my shredder for personal documents. You don't need to shred paper to compost it, all you do is screw it up a bit. You can also dump paper in water and turn it to mush before composting. You can also just lay paper 5 sheets thick with compost or woodchip.on top to block weeds
Thank you SO much for this helpful tip
Great video on composting. Most people dont realize how economical and beneficial it is. Pays for itself quickly even for a hobby garden.
Yeah, the thing that's been stopping me is the cost. I'm glad you said that.
Every January 2nd I grab a tub of files from 7 years past, sit down in my home office, put the earbuds in with a good audiobook and start shredding papers. I end up with several large garbage bags full of shredded paper. Some goes into the compost pile, some directly onto the beds for mulch and if I have too much to store, I scatter it throuout the pasture.
I shred all my brown paper grocery bags. Thanks for the “break down”! 😀🌱
Wish they'd bring back paper bags here... :)
2yrs later and 1.4 million subscribers. Bloody awesome mate
I Loooooove making my own compost and I put almost anything in it. Over many years I found that I prefer the 3 bay system, it works for me...I find the tumblers a little limiting in terms of amount you can produce in one go.
I don't mind how long the compost takes to be ready, I just want to make sure it's a good well broken down product with plenty of healthy bacteria and fungi in it ( healthy soil, healthy plants ). I also use shredded paper and I find that pizza boxes are excellent in it too because they are too dirty for recycling so they go in the compost.
In regards of shredding paper I only shred sensitive documents with personal detail ect etc because in my opinion you are more environmentally savvy if you recycle as much as possible. For instance if you put your junk mail into the compost, more virgin paper (cellulose) will be used to make more junk mail, while if you recycle it there are more chances that it will be used to make more paper products. So, I only compost paper/carboard when they either too dirty/wet or personal documents.
Thanks for your content, I find it very inspiring. Keep up the good work....
Kitchen towels(paper) are also pretty good and they compost very fast
@@hlvscomendandeche8744 Maybe it depends on the brand, but I've found just the opposite. The paper towels we use don't compost at all. It's weird. Other things like the center cardboard roll from paper towels or toilet paper melt away really fast.
Some waste companies do not take shredded paper anymore. They want you to leave it whole. They aren't recycling shredded paper so it just goes into the landfill. I 'hand shred' mine. Tired of the noisy shredder, and shedding dust...I can tear it into small strips.
How can one not like this guy?
Thank you, as a newbie to composting with a tumbler, I was getting really confused and thought I was doing something wrong. I used to bury my scraps but I'm running out of room. Your video eased my mind (especially about the flying bugs).
Best explanation on composting ever!!
Hi, Mark from Coastal Mississippi USA. I use shredded paper in my compost pile. Thanks for explaining the moisture aspect of it...Have a great week
9:21 that fresh sweetness you get from newly made soil, then you know it contains goodness for your plants.
Glad to see I am not the only one doing this, avoid the store commercial compost and make it yourself the plants in your garden will thrive on it.
Also super good is composting torn cotton materials, clothes, towels etc. Also good for shading soil , and worms in the soil or in worm farms. Worms and composting bugs do like it damp and cool. With composting old cotton items worms get their own edible cotton worm blankets....protecting from Oz harsh strong sunlight . Egg cartons and cardboard boxes compost well and the worms love them too.You can fill cardboard vege trays and boxes with soil and grow straight into that. This way you get composted boxes and soil and vege crops as well. Win win.
I actually wash and rinse out paper towels and reuse them. Why not?
In addition, I save paper table napkins, including from restaurants, and use them in lieu of or in addition to paper towels. I also separate some of the old napkins and use the thin sheets to line my kitchen compost receptacle to make clean-up easier after I empty it. Once an old napkin or re-used paper towel is no longer usable it is added to the compost. (By the way, I rarely use commercial cleaners but simply soap and water most of the time.)
Are you well? All those things you mention have dyes and chems...
Great comment I do the same thing. Cotton is cotton. I had an old area rug my aunt left one time, moldy, couldn't get rid of the smell. On the back it said it was 100 percent wool with jute backing. I thought ok, some organisms should be interested in this. Gone without a trace in two years.
Hey! Us newbies appreciate the simple step-by-step instructions 😄
I was glad to hear your comment on the print not being toxic. That was the first thing that came to mind when I heard about the paper composting. I didn't know about gypsum for loosening up soil. I've used brown sand (not sand blasting sand) and broadcast it over the garden to loosen the soil up. Great video.
This might be true in Australia, but not true elsewhere. Check your local laws.
I bought this tumbler 12 months ago and made some awesome compost
I’ve just made a 3 bay compost station following marks instructions and can’t wait for that to produce awesome compost
I like your videos very much, they're very informative and complete.
Some thoughts about the 3-bay system:
1) Just like the 2-chamber tumbler composter, seems to me if you fill one bay and let it compost while you fill the other ones, you could save yourself some shoveling.
2) About shoveling compost: your bays are large enough for a good thermal composting process, and while some experts recommend turning the pile over to introduce more oxygen and speed up this process, others recommend that you *don't* ...and say it is sufficient to make some holes in the pile with a stick for oxygen, and turning the pile kills both surface and deeper micro biome by exposing them to different temperatures, oxygen, sun light, etc... and could stop the thermal process altogether depending on conditions and timing.
3) Working in this manner means you may have to wait a bit longer for the first batch to be ready for use, but if you keep filling the bays, after the first one, the rest will be ready at shorter intervals, (depending, of course, on how fast you fill them:).
This may mean you'll need to add a bay or two, but looks to me like you have the space for it :)
Thanks for your videos
ATTN **CANADIANS**: FYI Canada still allows Toxic ink. Sad but true. I was taught this method as school kid in the 90's. Then it was pointed out years later that the ink in the paper we were using was highly toxic. Today, nothings changed, still toxic.
It's great to hear that Australia's progressed in yet another social issue.
Love the videos Mark, keep 'em coming :)
I'm watching this during lockdown period because I have a bad feeling that this pandemic will last longer so I'm looking for other sustainable ways. Thank you very much for sharing this sir! We have plenty of trash papers and now I know how it can still be put into good use. By the way, you've got one new subscriber! Have a nice day!
The pandemic was nothing but politic bs
@@user-bx4fk5nb5t Said someone who cannot even use a decent username and has zero uploads. Anyway, even if what you're trying to say is true, it would be much more wiser to prepare for the worst than just complain.
@@MrEsma-hm7gv see the funny thing is if you stay prepared you never have to get prepared. The fact I have zero uploads means nothing lol quick to judge there huh? If you can't see through the bs that was clearly political of this "pandemic" then you're blind or a good little sheep 🐑. Btw my username has been my nickname for the last 30 yrs
Can’t wait to get my tumbler this weekend. I’ll be shredding paper while waiting!!
Man you made me laugh a couple times in this video.
You deserve the like.
Good onya Mark. Have kept all food scraps for 6 plus years.
Shredded paper, cardboard etc. Layers brown & green in open ended plastic bins.
Worms love it. Add manure and some old soil to kick it along.👍😎🌏✅
Can i throw in some arrest warrant papers?
Oh no!!!!!
Move to Mexico!!!
None of us will tell!!!!
I needed a good laugh.
Might as well throw some parking fines in there while you're at it
Excellent video
th-cam.com/video/c8NDTBvgTak/w-d-xo.html
Throw in the fucker who issued them as well!!!
Hi from London, UK. I have a tumbler composter and I add composting worms to my mix of kitchen waste, horse poop/straw and egg cartons.
I use a commercial grade cross cut paper shredder to shred all those Amazon boxes. It makes excellent, attractive mulch. I also use it in my compost as brown matter. I use it on all my potted plants and on the garden. Michael
I can't believe the cost of those tumblers. It is a plastic tub on a jig.
Those who flip their Compost manually likely would build one themselves if they saw it necessary. Those who don’t like managing their compost manually likely wouldn’t want to build something to make it easier either. Those people will pay for it. You ain’t wrong though, hahaha.
For real. I found a humongous one on craigslist for forty bucks delivered. Steel tub, fiberglass ends. It's got some rust holes I patched with wire mesh and jb weld but otherwise, I think it was an awesome find.
Super easy to make your own if you can find a place that sells or gives away the large industrial barrels. Just make sure no toxic materials were stored in barrels. I found a good place to start is calling your local or nearest food processing facilities. And from there with a lil handywork and spraypaint you got your own large tumbling composter for nearly nothing compared to what some of these manufactured ones which are all about saving the earth and recycling...but yea what they want for one of these compositing units is just absurd.
@CLureCo Even those drums are $120 plus.
@CLureCo Wish I could fond them that cheap. The cheapest here for used is $80 for a food grade drum from local farmers and when I asked what was stored in them, the farmers dodged the question.
I love the old Wagga Wagga recycling tub you are using under the tumbler. I live in Wagga and have the same tub.
Mark: *pokes the insect*
Insect: Stop it hooman
Mark: *dumps compost on it*
Insect: Hooman, nooOO---
Way to give back to Mother Nature 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻love your videos💃🏻👏👏👏👏👏👏👏I will try this.
Damn, even when humans change the form of nature, nature still finds a way to heal itself
Wait until you find out that humans are actually part of nature. Your mind will be blown.
Hi, I have recently started watching all your useful videos and the beautiful smiles on your face and energising and warm sounds from your mouth.. 😊😊from India
AHH! I love this video so much!!
I’d love to start a company that helps get rid of waste vs causing waste 👏🏽
I don't think anyone who appreciates gardening and likes growing food thinks smelling compost is weird. It's a daily ritual in my garden - I love it.
Oh yes I make my own compost. I use my grandkids old pool. Love your idea about shredded paper. Appreciate your video
I love the idea of using an old splash pool. I am thinking that with a tarp is perfect!
Great idea to use the kiddy pool and good repurposing too! :)
I love your sense of humor!!! The advise on types of paper to use. Priceless!
Wow 😮 wish I had seen your video three weeks ago.. I just threw out two bags of shredded paper.. I only kept one thank goodness I kept one ..and I will use it for compost I have the Tumbler type..This was a great video thanks a lot
Amazing Mate.. Shredding couldn't be so easy and fun for making compost. Great idea! "Thanks so much for sharing nature's best" . 👍
I love making the souvenirs of life into dirt. And I love your videos. It is so satisfying to turn bad news into dirt.
I disagree about rolling the compost. Yes, If I'm not careful it can get stinky, but the worms! Just try taking a trash bin drilling large holes in it and do your shredded paper system without spinning. There are so so many worms in the mix when you let it lump up. Every lump I break open is filled with worms. The paper aerates enough and I take a shovel or pitchfork to it if it starts to get stinky, but I am getting better at that too. I will never go back to a tumbler again. I just rake the soil around the plant I am composting and let the worms leave the lump and enter the soil at will. If I new how to attach pictures I would show you.
Love the snark! (a little plastic isn't a problem, can even add to the aeration. Its not poison, only doesn't decompose just like rocks/sand.)
Thanks Mark, I never thought of using this. My workplace produces a decent amount of shredded paper and I will begin getting some of this for compost.
This is a great idea, HOWEVER. Not all ink and paper is created the same. Some countries still allow for non plant based inks. Make sure you know the kind of ink used on your paper. Plus, don't use coated paper. Coated papers are usually used in magazines, books and newspaper inserts. That stuff is toxic. Also, avoid any paper with paint on it.
Oh, that explains why I have sprouted an extra arm. Maybe this is Mark's way to give me a "hand" 🤭🤷
@@mariap.894 😜
Yeah I find it hard to be sure about many paper products. So much is of the glossy, plasticky, overbleached kind. I've stuck to newspaper and brown cardboard for now.
K ty
@@mariap.894 HAHAHAHAHA LOL
I like how you list bills and speeding fines first when it comes to useless paper.
There's literally none a single video from you That has none utility
They are all amazing, Thanks!!!
Great video! I agree with only using manure from vegetarian critters otherwise the smell can get repulsive. We also don't put in anything that was cooked (bread, oatmeal, etc.) which helps keep the rodents out.
Thank you for that info. Good to know they now use non-toxic inks. I was only using the black and white stuff and putting the stuff with colours on in the council recycling. I am happy to know that I can use it all now :) I also have that Maze tumbler and so far am finding it easier than others. I do use the Gedye stand up bin too for some stuff as the open bottom allows worms. Finding they both have their advantages.
Yes those plastic bins are still very good also and I agree there are pros and cons with them all. Cheers :)
Paper in the US may contain harmful chemicals, i.e. bpa.
Wow! After watching this I ordered a rotating compost bin! I have a standard bin that I mix myself, but this will be so nice to go along with that. I live in the Southern USA, our summers are very hot and humid. Best time for making compost! Our growing season runs Mar-mid June, then I break for the worst of the summer heat, then our 2nd season is Sep-mid Nov. I love your channel, learning so much!😊
Loving your videos !! Gotta be the accent makes everything sound fun and interesting.
I bought a second-hand tumbler from a thrift shop. Read somewhere that in addition to kitchen scraps, green waste, soil, etc., another item to add is hair. So every time I got a haircut, I took a bag and collected hair from the salon to enrich my compost. (Of course, with Coviid, those salon trips are a thing of the past.)
May i suggest, that instead of composting the paper straight up, you use it as a substrate for mushroom cultivation. I've been growing oyster mushrooms on cardboard for several years now. Just make a roll of paper, put a bit of spawn in it and bury it. I do it in mid-autumn (since our mushroom season here in the south Mediterranean is in the winter) and have a non-stop harvest all the way till may (in the open, since i do not use a climate controlled room because my place is solar powered).
Edit: Also, i've got my hands on a batch of activated carbon which i added to my compost pile to attempt creating terra preta, but as a side effect it really decreased the smell, like it stopped stinking. I'm thinking investing in a retort to produce my own activated carbon, since this stuff is pricey for some reason.
Use lump charcoal it is good enough and way cheaper than activated carbon, making your own activated carbon isn't the hardest thing it is mostly simmilar to making charcoal but with more control of the heating and the addition of water vapor being required.
Do you mean "Charcoal Briquettes " when saying lump charcoal? If you aren't familiar with the term "Briquettes" here in the US it means basically a square shape with rounded thickness on front and back sides. So would you chop or grind it up to use?
Thanks, a very informative and well presented video. I love too the warm and friendly approach with its clear invite to come and join in. Delightful.
Skip the tumbler. Shred your newspaper and turn it over in your soil. That works even easier.
I am with you, but apparently that takes "longer" (with no effort or cost)
I shrewd my newspapers. Not the glossy paper but the paper. The ink is soy based. After shredding (by hand not a shredder since it dulls the blades), cut into smaller pieces. Leaving larger pieces can be used as mulch. Pack around the base of the plant, add a little dirt and drench with water. Or put in the compost ER add a little dirt and keep turning.
Worms in the garden love newspaper!
Organic plant food makes plants grow so well....... Nice video!
2:35 He had me at "BILLS"! 😆😂😂👍
"What are you DOING??!!" 🤷
Me: "Shredding my bills because my garden 🌱 needs fertilizer" 😆👍
Very funny!!
You really are knowledgeable its great to see people like you here to help my desire now growing of planting and gardening.
Cool I never thought about using paper as a compost material. All this time I could’ve had so much done!
Oh goody, now I'm GLAD I shelled out $200 for the tumbler.
Funny because I’ve been thinking about composting shredded paper, now I see it’s possible. That’s great! Thank you.
Does stored compost degrade over time? If so what is the maximum storing time to have maximum benefit when using it? Learning so much from your videos , Thank you so much!
Because of your awesome Aussie accent, I couldn’t tell if you were saying your name was Mark, Mac, or Mike. Good thing you wrote your name in the video description area, Mark! LOL 😆
Mark!!! You are the best!!! What inspiration and confirmation!! I thought using shredded paper may put ink or bad residue into my compost!! I use shredded paper for the laying beds for my chicken- then like you say!! Right into the compost!! The paper tends to attract really BIG grubs which burrow into the compost. They make remarkable QUICK work of the paper!! Thank you brother!!
Hey Mark ,❤️ your stuff..... although I think you stole my sense of humour....🤣 .... speeding fines ,parking tickets and local council crap ...thanks for the video and the chuckles 😁
I love your videos and I love using shredded paper I am doing a layered garden bed in containers as done by Robbie and Gary on TH-cam it's working great. I also have a 50-gallon barrel that we made into a composter and we just roll it back and forth and it does a great job. Thank you for all of your wonderful information and teaching videos they help immensely. I am growing in the state of Arizona in this Southern desert so my compost tends to break down a little faster baby and in cooler climates. I appreciate that companies send you their items to cry out like your composter it really helps because I'm looking and thinking about getting a composter like that
Ah I wish these videos had subtitles! I’m partially deaf and I love this channel too much!!! I have to say the auto subtitles get confusing!
Hi Nirian, what exactly is the issue with auto-subtitles - are they out of sync or not accurate enough or both? You've convinced me to explore this more and try to actively create subtitles for my vids in the future. I've just relied on the auto version because I assumed they were ok - obviously not! Cheers :)
Self Sufficient Me aah thank you so much! Usually the auto subtitles are ok but accents don’t come through that well and things get translated, off (although some times it’s really funny). Again I can’t thank you enough for taking the time to sub this video!!
@@Nirian_vigora yeah there were several significant errors in the auto version... I'll check each vid from now on... thanks 🙂👍
Hi Nirian. If you select the cog on the bottom of the video, sub title options come up. Select English and "Bob's your Uncle". This is on a desk top computer, not sure about tablets/phones though.
I have been binge watching your channel today. Subscribed. Your quirky puns really get me =)
Brilliant! I bought a tumbler here in states (FL actually) 2 years ago and all the advice was “you can have compost in as little as 4 weeks-6 weeks”. Um, No! I wish I would have seen this video back then!! But better late then never!
So our tumbler composter has been sitting outside empty and I was about to put it up for sale on Facebook Marketplace then I saw this today!!! Woooohooo! Shredded paper I have in bucket loads and my husband and I have plenty of kitchen scrapes! Mark, you are truly awesome and my new favorite gardening mentor! Thanks for sharing all you do! Ps: my new purchase of 2 Birdies 8-in-1 beds will be here soon 💃🏼💃🏼💃🏼💃🏼
Best composting video I have seen yet. Thank you for making it easy to understand!
Isn’t it cool how the Lord put it all together for the wise to find?
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