How Great Compost Gets Made at Scale | Earth Care Farm
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- In today's video we get a very generous look into how compost gets made at scale, and in a very unique way.
This video gets into: how commercial compost is made, how to make compost on scale, how to make a lot of compost, how to make the best composts, compost making with a tractor, alternative composting methods, retentions ponds, odor management, and much more!
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When you see someone giggle about their business making high quality compost, that is a good day!
we have a lot of good days around here, @paulacothren3591 :)
Her humbled enthusiasm & knowledge is worthy of having schools do field trips here. She will inspire so many of our little ones!
yes! I wonder how to get that idea introduced into schools
She LOVES what she does. So does Dad. This type of passion is so rare nowadays - thanks for highlighting their operation ❤
I agree! I love the way she talks about nature and how much she is invested in protecting it.
I agree with the first part but there’s lots of people out there who are passionate about their work. No less today than before. This difference is there’s so many bullshit jobs out there now. No one would expect passion for those jobs.
I came here to say this! I love how passionate these two are about their operation.
Composting beyond the scale of small backyard gardens takes a combination of science, time, machinery, and love of the process - in addition to the other key factor besides inputs - time. Some places create ‘speedy compost’ or shortchange on inputs or finishing time. The love and care she and her father display could speak proportionately to the quality of the finished product. Given we’ve scraped all the topsoil from the lands, for gardening and farming going forward, a key consideration isn’t whether or not a gardener or farm uses compost, using compost will be a given but the difference will be in the quality of compost - not just the earthy smell, sight, and feel, but also the scientific analysis of the nutrients and composition. Say it again - great highlight
Thank you so much for watching and commenting @veryMiley
Every farming community needs a good compost facility, wish I had learned this back when I could still get it done.
Thank you for watching @birdman1174
I’d say every city should have one on the outskirts of town. Great video!
its not too late, pass down your passion and knowledge to your offspring and have them keep your legacy alive and growing, we need more ppl that are nature conscious in this world
@@jacoobmantra we have so many people that are born for this, but instead they get used for other purposes by spirit controllers to fight a war that could never be won.
@@JeremeyHowlett you are correct, im glad you mentioned that, this is a evil word we live in and the people that controls the world dont want us to be in touch with nature because they know we dont need money and all the things they advertise all we need is to live with nature and we will be healthy and happy and at peace, this is a spiritual war so stay holy and may the light of God shine on us all and set us free from this prison of satan
I'm on 20 acres just North of Brisbane Australia.
We take lots of green garden waste we slow compost. After a few years I combine 3 rows into one with mulch grabs on a 7 ton excavator.
I've turned our poor sandy soil into black gold. I've also used pigs to break down piles and add fertiliser.
We're now growing top quality vetiver grass, an anti erosion plant with roots up to 6m. Also hosted a syntropic market garden.
what a great story of regenerative farming! thanks for sharing and thanks for watching @andrewadford3953
You should put Chinampas on your retention ponds!!!!
The joy for her passion is spilling out of the smile on her face, it's wonderful to see people are still interested in caring for our planet and knowing the life in our soil so well.
thanks for watching!
I am at the pitchfork and wheelbarrow stage and yesterday i turned my pile and it's really cooking!
that's awesome @raincoast 9010. Keep up the great work!
what a cheerful woman to be around
Is this not the cutest family operation!? She seems like a good kid that is passionate about the garden.
I wish more fathers and daughters were in tune like these too they really love nature really gives me hope for humanity 🙏
Thank you @gargoylekingGWO, this is very kind
the love of nature has that power, you will never see such passion and love in a office or factory with chemicals and other unnatural products
What a fascinating place. A family coming together to make a product that can be used by so many people to help recycle the materials of life❤
Tell Jane we need more podcast episodes, she's the best
Thanks @rookietrucking7188. I'm working on it, and new podcasts are coming out soon!
She is an absolute jewel. That little giggle about the Bob Rynk joke: golden
She's a truly good person. I love the passion this family has for their trade and the good that it does for our planet
She is a beautiful soul who really knows and loves what she's doing.What a great opportunity to expand on your dad's dream and making it your own. Happy to see them succeeding at something they are so passionate about.
thanks for your kind words @Cooleyobass
I used their compost for my cut flower flower field this year and had AMAZING results - beyond grateful to leave nearby their awesome composting operation!! 🌸❤️
I don't really post comments, and I often forget to support videos by liking. I had to do both because of how transparent, honest and informative that video was. Everything these days is proprietary and secret recipes, so it was really refreshing how they really seem to want to give all the help they can to others looking to do what they do. I just have a worm bucket to make castings for my plants, and stumbled across this page, but I feel like I have a friend in the industry if I ever decide to go big!
I love this womes, she's so sweet and funny and so happy. Like she actually is enjoying being there with her husband making mulch. So fascinating. I really enjoyed watching this, and I loved this woman and the dude. Cool people. Her laugh is awesome and makes me smile. Thank you.
i love what they did. i love the idea.
thanks for watching @oscar86456
This is exactly what i was looking for, trying to start a composting business of my own, only have about an acre to work with, this helped a ton. Never owned a business or anything but i cant wait to get started.
Wow, I loved this video! I am so into learning about compost and I was also touched with how sweet this young lady is with her dear old dad! The loving relationship between these two is what makes the video so special!
I luv seeing the generations out there working together passing down info and secrets to the art I wish there were a few more of these companys in New England
Thank you for watching @zgoat4127
This is excellent! What an asset to their community to have such a high quality facility like this. Wish they were in Ohio!
Thanks for watching @jasonhatfield4747
Seeing people like this with so much passion for compost restores my faith in humanity
thanks for watching @thelittlegreyshed9843
This was great! It seems like this family operation is in great hands under Jane's stewardship.
I, too, would love to hear about some method to avoid plastic bags. I'm glad they seem to have their eye on this issue.
Thanks for watching @robertcotrell9810
Wax-coated bags or boxes? I think wax composts more slowly, at least. The zero-waste crowd may be into bringing their own bins or just filling a pickup truck bed.
You'd need to make wooden or wax-coated crates or bins that are RETURNABLE. You incentivize that with a small deposit fee on them that is refunded when they are returned.
I wish every company was run like this!!! Absolutely amazing people and they are concerned about the environment around them and the impact they can have on it. They also take care of the land so nature takes care of them too. I'm in love! You are an incredible family and I wish you all the best. You deserve it!!
Thank you for this sweetness and kindness @erickaguay1084! We appreciate you watching and being part of this awesome composting community!
It's so nice listening to people so passionate about one subject!
Thanks for watching @claudioberle
What a wonderful family and Operation. I wish all facilities had this mind set !!!
Thank you so much for watching and for your kind words @janellroehr4142
Earth Care Farm is a wonderful family composting operation, I see that they have good relationships with suppliers and buyer of their products, can’t wait for the next instalment ❤
Thank you so much @rickthelian2215
Compost is the start for every succesfull NoDig garden. Thanks for sharing this beautiful video.
Thanks for watching @robertling9872
Nice! Thanks for the tour!
I'm in the early stage of a similar composting operation. I started with a pitchfork too, driving around town to collect leaves and grass clippings as people mowed their grass for the last time in the fall. I built a couple huge piles of mostly carbon materials.
Every day I would collect the coffee grounds and food waste from a local coffeehouse. They produced about two five-gallon buckets a day. I would dig a hole into the pile and dump the buckets, then cover it over. Next day, I dug a hole next door to yesterday's so I slowly rotated the holes around the circular piles, adding fresh food scraps to the top layer.
Every couple weeks, I would turn the pile by pitchfork. The food scraps and coffee grounds were enough nitrogen to keep the piles smoking hot all winter long, even at high altitude in the Rocky Mountains in Wyoming. The work was enough to keep me in good physical shape too!
Years later, I started keeping horses, and composting their manure. Horse manure has a near-perfect carbon nitrogen ratio, so the manure and urine-soaked bedding creates a hot pile without adding anything else. I use a small loader to turn the piles, in an operation like the one in this video, but a smaller scale. I build my piles against a long retaining wall, and each time I turn the pile, I start in the pile at the "garden end" of the retaining wall, and turn that end of the pile farther toward the garden. Then I work my way along the pile, and turn the whole thing until I reach the "barn end" of the retaining wall. That's where the fresh manure comes from the barn each day. On turning day, I take the manure that has built up at the barn end, and make the newest pile at the barn end of the existing pile.
The compost is finished and ready to use after about three months in the pile. Then I use a wheelbarrow to move it into the garden and top-dress all the beds. I also keep a couple hot frames, with two layers of compost inside a structure, with a greenhouse-like lid over the top. The bottom layer is fresh manure-rich compost, that is still hot when I load the hot frame. Then I put a foot-deep layer of the oldest compost on top, and plant directly into the old compost. It allows me to extend the gardening season by a couple months, using the heat from the hot bottom layer to avoid freezing the plants inside the frame.
I make more compost than I can use in the garden, and I try to give away the excess, but I find few people want it. Gardeners seem to be convinced that home-made compost is full of weed seeds, despite the high temperatures. I wind up spreading the excess on a grassy field where my wife jumps her horses. the added compost makes the ground softer, and helps avoid injuries to the horses' legs.
If you happen to be near Denver, I'm happy to give away that excess. It's NOT full of weed seeds!
I’m just a residential gardener in Phoenix, AZ but I’m fascinated watching “No Till Growers” particularly this series on composting 🎉
Absolutely fantastic wholesome family operation.
Their passion is beautiful ❤
I love that you both get the chance to talk and it's family inclusive and respectful to each other and each's pace :)
What a lovely character she has, I'm sure she brings sunshine to every persons life that she meets. Made me happy to watch this.
AMAZING, the passion in their work, the way they explain it almost philosophically it's really inspiring.
I love these two, Dad and daughter. So inspiring.
Incredible video on compost. The operator is very passionate about all of this and that has to be recognized. So good, it made it to my saved list.
I am so happy you are getting such enjoyment out of your career. Back a few years when we were property owners I had composting going for ourselves it made for beautiful gardens and there was always worms for fishing. I miss the interactions with the land. Thank you for disseminating this knowledge.
She's so excited and knowledgeable about her business. I can believe in a product created with such care.
I love there positive energy and love for the proces .. keep it up ya'll thanks !
Gives our small compost business hope. Thanks for sharing. Very inspiring.
So lovely to see someone composting on a large scale, I love your passion and indept knowledge, wish I had the time to do the same. Your dad must be really proud of you continuing his vision love it.
Wow, real compost! These days when I go to buy a bag of "compost", all I can find is a bag of ground up wood labeled compost.
When you're looking for a bag of composted manure, they offer a bag of compost & manure which has an extremely low percentage of manure.
I miss the old days when businesses were more honest.
thanks for watching @villageidiot8718
What delightful people and what a wonderful life they have. Well done and very blessed.
Amazing place.
thank you @theresatyree3090
Loved this one! So cool that they shared so much of their process and encouraged others to start their own composting operation. Thanks Jesse
thanks for watching @mattoja8857
Such a delight after listening to Jane on the compost pod cast.
Amazing, I could listen to these guys all day. I'm in the UK, made my first compost this year in the garden., I got the mix right but lots of weeds so didnt generate the heat. I will try again this year. Great content, I didnt know how good compost is made at scale.
I love their passion for what they do, thanks for filming and sharing videos like this one, they're such enjoyable interviews / tours.
Thanks so much for watching @eighteenandcloudy
Love seeing this passion around doing something you love!
I love her passion for her business. She is such a neat lady! I would happily do business or even just visit such a place. It would be great to see this operation again.
Who knew compost could be so sweet to learn about. I'm learning. So inspiring! Thank you.
Thank you for watching @thegoodoldways
I love how the dad and daughter interact and I wish my relationship with my daughters when they grow up are like that!
Thank you for all the content you share with us. I have a passion for anything that involves soil. If you keep posting, I’ll keep watching!! Thanks for the nuggets! RESPECT
thank you for watching @followyourlight420
Very informative. Everyone should be congratulated on the tidyness of the work area.
Great video Jesse! Super informative and this definitely makes one consider stepping up their compost scene! Thanks!
doing important work yet remaining humble
thank you for watching @2001lextalionis
The cutest and most passionate authentic people I have seen in the longest time. Thanks for sharing this life and purpose!
Such lovely, such great work. All power to you and for the future of your family farm.
thank you so much @andrewcrabb8407
Great walk around, you go girl , love seeing the passion you have ✌🏼💚✌🏼💚💪🏻🙏🏻
Thanks so much for watching @southernvtgrown
What a fantastic operation and lovely people ❤
What a great video! So enjoyable seeing this father - daughter team Jean & Mike at Earthcare & learn about composting on a larger scale than my own. Love this! Thank you!
thank you for watching @thereseboogades8498
Loved all of this - Thank you guys for sharing!
thanks for watching @faeronx
What a great place!! thank you for sharing, I can't imagine not being, living on site, too beautiful!
Started a small compost operation, in year 3, it absolutely does build over time.
so cool! thanks for watching and for sharing @OnSiteTrav
Very excited! Library finally got the copies of your book I asked them to order and I get to check one out tomorrow!
Thank you so much for sharing your process.
Thank you for the video. Amazing information Amazing people God bless you
thanks for watching @WesleyJasonSpiritoftruth
her laughs when she is so happy about every data point are so adorable
Girl is on point, she knows whats what, listened to everyone thats spoken before her, so young and already full of knowledge. Top shelf winner right there.
I wish we had a great compost place like that. thanks for sharing.
Thank you for watching @toneyjohnson8910
8:41 " Beach Party for microbes " LMAO on that one and it got you a new subscriber from Canada --- a Sasquatch sized THANK YOU from a potential future COMPOST PILOT IN TRAINING ! ---- your detailed info & awesome drive IS SO REFRESHING TO SEE AND LEARN FROM --- PODCAST TIME with your channel is in the stars for me ! ---- KEEP SHINING AND KEEP SHARING THAT WEALTH OF AMAZING NFO ! ----- TOODLES , from Alberta, Canada J.
best of luck to you on your first flights in composting and thanks for watching @j.szelecz2530
I have been dreaming about a video like this. Gods work!!!!!
thanks for watching @matthewfontaine4928
Wow, that's a nice compost operation. Great video.
If Jane and Mike had a channel, I would subscribe for sure. Jane is sharp as a tack and loves to be a good steward of the land. Fantastic video!
I learned enough to know I would probably not want to be in the compost business. But I feel like I could scale down from what they do, but scale up from the usual small home compost pile, with the tips I've learned here.
Man! From *Brazil* accept my gratitude for your work and shared knowledge ♥
Nice! Doggo is doing quality assurance!
What an awsome job I bet it's a dream waking up to do this everyday great work and hats of to all involved this is wicked 👍👍
Beautiful natural forest, what a fantastic place and a great facility.
thank you so much @aaronhopkins6697
This is an amazing space. I plan on opening a composting facility of my own soon. Thank you for the tour
best of luck with your facility @MrJimtheRooster. We need more!
@@earthcarefarm1247 thank you! Wouldn't know where to start without videos like this
I love how much she loves that dead tree and sees it importance,., thanks for the amazing info,., doing what we can to implement composting in chicago
What a lovely family operation 🙏😊
thank you @markbrooke4100. We are so fortunate to be in this together :)
That was so interesting and excited me to continue composting! Thank you.
What a great operation! We are a small farm, and are always researching how to use what we produce…even the manure 😃
So good! Great video, very helpful, illustrative.
thanks for watching @nathanrutz5595
Fascinating stuff - we compost all of our manure, organic scraps and yard waste so I found this very helpful!
that's great! thanks for watching @denaross
we need more people to do this, thanks for sharing.
Their story was so nice. Thanks for sharing!
Awesome!!!
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Thanks for sharing!!
thank you for watching @patriciahogg5763
This gave me reminder of what the city I live in is doing, only you don’t have to pay to have anything from the compost center, you can just go and take as much as you want to have. 😁 Great Video!
Just make sure it doesn't contain composted biosolids aka human sewage solids. Lot's of municipalities give it away and it can contain many harmful chemicals and micro plastics regardless of how well it is composted. I've watched numerous documentaries showing farmers from several states whose land and entire lively hoods were destroyed permanently by "free compost" that contained biosolids. Even some cattle ranches that used feed from those farms had animals test so high in toxic chemicals that the FDA banned every single head of cattle from ever being sold. People flush all kinds of nasty things that composting bacteria can't break down.
Excellent. I compost for fun on two suburban acres fir the past seven years. I have a compact tractor with a loader. I get wood chips dumped for free from two different companies I contacted. I called the local race track and contacted the company that hauls the manure/bedding that is dumped for free. I don’t get all the material collected just overflow when it’s convenient for them. I estimate I get five yards a week. It’s very relaxing to manage the process. I give most of it away but it I’ve contemplated how to turn it into a small business.
thanks for watching and sharing your story @oldstudbuck3583
Watch out for Grazon in that manure. Horse people and “perfect” hay. Hot compost may break it down enough, IDK.
Thank you for the informative video! From the other side of the world I'm able to listen to such nice people
and learn about such a vital process, this is what sustains us as species!
thanks for these kind words @csibesz07. So glad we are connected!
Thank you for all this information .. it’s great to see this all happening in real life.
And what a joyful and cute host!
[3:25] You'd want to get those shell fish incorporated into the mix, in a hurry :-)
Im just getting myself a pitchfork and a pickup truck... thank you so much for the inspiration.
Awesome kitty cameo!
Loved seeing their operation.
thanks for watching @irisdude
Absolutely amazing! Thanks guys!
thank you so much for watching @peterv3216!
Such an informative episode! I love seeing all the ins and outs of an operation like this. I'm also curious about compost prices around the country. Obviously there's a lot that goes into an operation like this, and I know everything is more expensive on the coasts, but my jaw dropped at $82/yard. We pay about $35-$40/yard here in Indiana. I'm curious to hear more about what prices are like in different places.
that would definitely be an interesting survey! Thanks for watching @wclaytor