How I Start My Compost Pile | Meet Another Family Member
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Great video and information! So appreciate you putting this out there. And love your personality and your sense of humor and keeping it real!
Thank you! I really appreciate your comment. You are welcome! I’m happy to hear the information was helpful.
Gives me some new composting ideas
Awesome. Glad to help!
very informative.
Thank you! Glad to hear that!
Awsome Thank you Asia
Awesome tutorial! Just subscribed.
Thank you! Welcome to the channel 👋🏾
Thank you for sharing. You and your daughter are so brave to be "out there". I'm so "behind the scenes" type of person. You're an inspiration. Maybe one day I'll get out there with confidence
You’re welcome! Thank you! We didn’t even think about the fact that we were in the front recording lol. I’m honestly very introverted. This venture is helping me. If you decide to try it let me know so I can follow along!
Great information.
Thank you!
Ooo I picked up big yellow Leaf hand Claws. Your good compost tips! I keep water bottles near my bin monitoring the heat smoke level. Good family vibes, including spider girl 👍🏼
I need to look into those. May be a little easier on the body. Tell me more about the water bottles, lol. Thank you!
Hi, I’m Alabama. A few weeks ago I cut grass to save grass clippings. Forgot about it in the mulch bag. A few weeks later I noticed smoke coming out, weirdly thinking it’s dust. It was warm & clipping’s broke down. I poured water all over prevent burning down my place. This happened before it got into my compost bin, still in mulch bag. ✌️
Ahhh I gotcha. Thanks for that tip. Hadn’t noticed it before. I get steam or smoke but I’ve never had that much. Glad to know it can happen and now I can be prepared. Not sure I ever have enough green at one time for that.
Great video!
Thank you!
Thank you for saying it about compost....so true!❤ HappyNewYear#2024
With great power comes great responsibility. LOL Garden is looking winter ready. I side hustled in the late 80's and early 90's by recovering OAK pallets free from a Walgreens distribution center and converting them to patio furniture and firewood with an old Montgomery Ward's table saw that I got from a junk yard. Always on the hunt......
Lol yes it does! I’m so surprised at the growth so far. O wow! That’s cool. Pallet furniture is pretty awesome. Rewarding side hustle I’m sure. It’s amazing what you can do with someone else’s “junk”. I made some a few years ago but we had a horrible stray cat problem at the time and they were sleeping in it at night. I had to get rid of it lol
@@YellowDoorUrbanHomestead You come across as very resourceful. the garden looks great and it's been very productive you have a right to be impressed. Where I live the stray cats are not the problem it's the raccoons they get into everything take what is not bolted down. between them and the ravens it can be kind of rough out in my garden.
Excellent timing for me to come across your channel and this vid. Closing up my garden space for the season and I’m about to rebuild my leaf composting section. Thanks for the reminder about not composting leaves or grass clippings that may have pesticides, etc. in them. I have a turning composting bin I use for kitchen scraps because I had raccoon problems. I love your positive attitude and precious smile. Thank you for sharing. 😊
Awesome! Happy to hear the video was helpful! My first question to anyone who says I can have their grass clippings and leaves is "do you spray" lol. The wildlife can be an issue. Luckily I've only had to fight mice for a short period of time. Awwww thank you very much! You're welcome!
Shalom....I have questions😍🤣
Pests in the pile? Do you get them?
Food scraps...meat scraps or no meat scraps?
When do you turn it to the other side?
I'm bout ready to make a larger compost bin (bigger than my buckets) can I throw that in to start?
Thanks for sharing....
Hi 👋🏾 when I had mice there was one or two that hung out over there. I think the chickens attracted them though not the compost. I do not put meat in mine because it’s way too close to my house lol. I have seen others that do. I turn it to the other side when it’s just about done. While it’s composting I keep it in the space. Since I only have two I have to clear one to turn it.
Yay!! Yes you can throw compost that has already started to breakdown into a new pile.
You’re welcome!
Spider Girl is Here! That brightened my day! Love your garden 🌱 Composting is essential to a garden!
Awww thank you! Yes it is! My soil and garden have been so much better for it. Not to mention the things I’ve keep out of the landfill. Totally worth the work!
Thank you so much for the step-by-step instructions. I'm trying to find a free way of making borders for my pile so my dog doesn't decide that the compost pile is her designated litter box lol. I'm trying to collect leaves she hasn't soiled for my pile as well.
I hope you had a great day hanging out with your daughter!
I think puppy droppings are good for fruit trees ect. Just not to put on anything you eat directly from the garden. With fruit trees it doesn’t actually touch the part you eat. But it also has to be broken down.
@@virginiaallisonpeck2517 I didn't know that! I don't have any fruit trees but she does like to go at the bases of the elm and pine trees in the backyard.
You’re welcome! The Lowes in my area will allow you to take pallets. Pallets are a nice way to make compost bins. They do breakdown over time. Yeah understand the dog soiled material. I only allow my dog in the backyard and I collect my leaves from the front yard. Thank you! We had a nice time!
Carbon to keep the smell down. I'm taking notes!
Yes it helps bunches!
Thank you for sharing your process.
You’re welcome!
Nice video.
Thank you!
thanks for sharing
You’re welcome!
Recently I started placing kitchen scrapes in freezer. Its keeps to keep until ready place in compost pile' Last I started blended some scrapes using for fertilizer to feed soil., really helps. Thanks for your video I am always learning something new. Take care
Those are great tips! I may have to try the freezing option because those scraps smelled terrible when I opened the bag lol. Thank you for the comment! You’re welcome take care as well!
I’m on City water but I use vitamin C powder to combat the chemicals in my water.
Nice. Question. If you use coffee grinds as nitrogen do you still need greens?
Thanks. I would say yes. When adding things to my compost I think of the nutritional value as well as how it will help the pile heat up.
Thanks for sharing 👍 😊
You’re welcome!
I love composting videos
Same here! Composting is fascinating to me.
You ever had rats? I have that problem... I saw about 6-7 small ones this spring hiding in a bin of mine before summer. When I discovered them while trying to clear the mess in the bin from moving into a new place, (cardboard boxes galore) they ran like roaches trying to jump up and out the bin and get away.
I put out Poison last week (finally) cause they were eating my almost ALL my watermelon.(they didn't get all because they were no where near ripe) but those never fully grew anyway... My best tomatoes, my long beans, wanting to sink their teeth into my okra but the changed their mind mid bite. One was in my compost bin. Scared the bejeezus outta me when I opened it. Maybe the same one, or one of his brothers made a home next to my 2 raised beds outlined with roof shingles and bricks. They sure did make that their own roof!!!!
I put the poison not in the trap, just set out the blocks for them to eat. I've buried 2 so far in my yard. One this past Friday.
Anyway, what tips do u have? I've left the compost uncovered the past few weeks cause that also was a good home for one of them at least. It was very discouraging with them. I see poops on my brick window ledges (how they get up there anyway)
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You're so joyful and inspiring. Thank you for coming across my feed.
O my goodness! I feel your pain. Those little suckers will eat everything you have if you don’t get them outta there.
I had mice for a few weeks this summer. After the humane method didn’t work I switched to snap traps. They worked beautifully and quickly.
I’d suggest snap traps for quick removal. Peanut butter did best at attracting them. I hope this helps! Hopefully you will get them all soon. I do not believe the compost pile attracted them. They started out in the chicken area. Once they realized there was more to eat they ventured out. I never saw them in the compost but I saw them around it.
LOVE HER HAIR!! Wish I could compost on a better scale. We have a turning bin, but not enough browns and clumpy! No leaves here 😩. I am using shredded paper😣. Any ideas anyone? i may have to try a tote but I have to hide it somewhere. HOA! They let me have the raised beds. I don't want to push it. 😣
Thank you! O ok I get that. I have that issue with grass clippings in my yard. I have friends and family members keep their lawn clippings for me. You could try cardboard, paper towel rolls, straw and/or hay. A tote will work and it maybe easier for you because I can be smaller. O yeah I get the HOA situation. I’ll keep my finger crossed for you! Happy composting!
Awesome information! A balance of Carbon and Nitrogen. I get it! Thank you Asia 🌱💜🙏🏽
Thank you! Yes ma’am. You’re welcome!
New to your channel, coming from Broke’s LIVE .
Hi 👋🏾! Welcome to the channel! Happy to have you here!
Just found your channel - love seeing what you’re doing in your urban garden! I’m fortunate to be in a rural area with a lot of space, but it is so awesome to see how much can be done in a smaller urban setting! Glad you found your garden joy - it is easy to see in your videos how much you’ve fallen in love with the garden! Excited to follow along with your journey!! 😊
Hi 👋🏾 welcome to the channel! I’d love a little rural living every now and again. Thank you! I have absolutely fallen in love with gardening. Happy to have you here!
I never water my compost whoops 😂 I just dump my grass clippings on top...never smells. Often my grass clippings get dumped straight onto my garden beds. I'm a lazy gardener 😂
That’s a lot easier than I thought it would be. My brother uses starters and stuff. But he has worms.
Thanks for the information. Spider-Man is so cute and she looks so grown up. Like I did at 16 or older.
Adorable 🎃🕸🦄
I’ve seen people add things to jump start their pile. I’ve never tried any of. It seems to work well without it.
You’re welcome! Thank you very much. She big for her age lol.
Hi Asia! Great video on how to create your own compost. Thanks for sharing!
Hi Elwanda! Thank you! You’re welcome!
Hello sister and your daughter you doing the one for job baby. Keep it up keep it up 👋👋
Hi 👋🏾 thank you very much!
Love your videos! I might have missed it, but why divide in 2 section?
Thank you! I have two so that when one pile is almost ready I’ll have another side to start more. I want a pile decomposing at all times.
I started out with only one pile. That works too!
@@YellowDoorUrbanHomestead Good idea, thank you!
This was very helpful thank you for the helpful tips hope you and Spider-Girl enjoy you'll evening 😊
You’re welcome! And thank you! We had a nice evening.
Do you have any recommendations for a compost fork? The last one I bought broke off right at the handle...so frustrating! Thanks for the video :)
I use what is classified as a manure fork. It is pretty heavy duty. It designed to move heavy wet animal manure and bedding, it should last for you.
I honestly can’t remember where I got mine from. I’m sure it was one of the big box stores. It had been very sturdy. I do believe it’s was a bit more than I wanted to pay but it has been worth the money. I can definitely understand how that could frustrate you. You’re welcome!!
Hi Asia,
As I said earlier I love your channel, I have a question! Are you on City water? well two questions , and if you are, are you afraid that the chemicals in City water will kill all the microbes in your soil?
Hi! 👋🏾 I don’t so anything extra related to chemicals in the city water. Sorry I couldn’t be more help!
Great compost video,good detailed info you gave ! Awesome video
Thank you! I appreciate the comment!
Great videos on making compost! Does your compost pile attract rodents or snakes?
Thank you! As of now no. I hope it stays that way lol. I had mice this summer but they were attracted to the chicken area that had lots of straw in it. I have never found a snake in the garden or pile. Also hope it stays that way lol.
@@YellowDoorUrbanHomestead That's great news! The rodents and snakes are the only thing keeping me from composting! Every time I research it, I get the same response. I think the rodents are attracted to the food scrapes, and the snakes are attracted to the rodents. So if there is no food for rodents, then maybe this breaks the cycle. Please keep us posted. You sound experienced doing this so I may try the composting one day! Thanks again for a great video!
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