Grass Clipping Compost - Hot or Not?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 ส.ค. 2014
- Join me as I check on the progress of my compost pile that I built a few days earlier. Is it hot, or not?
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CaliKim29 Garden & Home DIY You are so beautiful , i watch every video of urs and actually developed an interest in gardening stuff
Definitely hot!
Are you talking about her or the compost pile. I think BOTH! :0)
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Awesome update thanks for sharing have a blessed day
I do not garden but compost all grass and wood clippings. I use it to fill uneven or low spots in the yard. It works great! :)
Great learning ,sure it will help my garden, thanks
Composting is great and the best way to grow only the best plants.
Plants absolutely love it and reward you back for planting in compost.
Great video, tips, and update, thank you!
just harvested my first pile, never got very hot but did produce nice compost. i will try again and set if i can get it hotter by following the recipe more carefull. Thanks for sharing.
great work kim
Nice info Kim, I believe when you kneel down next to the compost pile when your about done is when the extreme heating process begins every time, you've got an unfair advantage, gorgeous gardener;:)
what a lovely kitchen
Amazing how fast it gets hot. I look forward to making a pile every time I mow. We measure 2 x 35 gal trash cans cooked down about 10 gals of compost. I can't make enough of it. Great stuff.
***** yes, I am amazed at that! works great on the garden too!
Very knowledgeable and very attractive. Appreciate all your videos.
beautiful. absolutely beautiful.
Great update Kim!
dakotabob10 Thanks, Bob!
Good girl, Kimmie. You are going to have 'BLACK GOLD' in no time. See you soon with the update.
LARK'S GARDENS Hello Lark! I do hope so! Thx for stopping by!
you make it look so easy mine never comes out nice
My favorite TH-cam channel!
TheDeco6 wow, this is so motivating to us to keep the videos coming!
Grass compost works great. Your pile is doing well and I'm sure you'll have fantastic results with it... I've got a big yard, and have a lawn sweeper and have composted grass clippings several times with great success. Neither myself or my neighbors spray any type of chemicals on our lawns, so there's really nothing to worry about. And that nice hot pile will surely kill any type of weed seed that might be in there, so it's really a great way to improve your soil. I know Ray from the Praxxus55712 always uses grass compost and I've used his method several times with great results... Likewise, I've used Reaganite71's Drunken Composting method of turning Grass clippings into Garden Soil in 14 Days! by using Beer, Cola, & Ammonia and it works terrific ..... Best of luck to you!
Tim Huffman Hello Tim, sounds like you have it dialed in with the grass clipping compost pile! I've had great success with leaves in the winter, but I am certainly sold on the grass clipping pile now! I do like Reagnite's method and use it at times as well. Works great and produces some great compost FAST! Thx for stopping by!
I use pvc with a cap on the end and drill hole every 2 inches push it into my compost and it help me a lot
Charles Gourley great suggestion, Charles! Does this eliminate the need to turn?
Thanks for the simple and straightforward presentation. Well done. Just a question - will you advice one add cooked food waste such as left-overs of food.?
You don't want to add fats/ meat to your compost.
THATS HOT
Hahahahahahahahahaha, OMG I am totally cracking up. You are terrific!
I noticed this composting area is in the shady part of your home. Is this the preferred way to do composting or just the best place you had? I'd like to build mine away from the house closer to my 20x20' garden, but that would put it mostly in the sun and I wasn't sure if that would wreck the process or anything.
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I am building a greenhouse for my garden. Last year I planted Kale, Broccoli, Carrots, Cucumbers, Celery & this year I'd like to ad Ginger to the list. Kale & Broccoli produced in abundance. In fact, most everything produced well. Some of the Kale, however, became ill - hence the greenhouse.
Here in the central valley - Tulare, CA the land is fertile and the sun brutal. From seeds when do I begin the process?
Any help is nice.
Will continue to learn.
Paul Pauly Awesome, Paul, thx so much for watching and subscribing! So glad you are here, and we look forward to more interaction with you! And Mr. CaliKim, aka, Camera Guy does have fun filming, he loves using his gear. Your greenhouse sounds great - sounds like you had a wonderful variety last year! Good luck growing in the brutal heat there, but sounds like you are doing a wonderful job! I start my seeds in January and have several videos about this process, you'll have to check them out when you have some time!
You'll have compost in no time, Kim!
OneYardRevolution It does break down quickly, more to feed my garden with - thx for stopping by!
On your compost bin, what is the bottom made up of? Is it simply bare ground or is there some type of bottom to it with boards, landscape fabric or such?Nice videos and explanations. It will help me in making a compost bin in the future. Thanks for sharing.
+a1930ford Hi there - glad you are enjoying the videos! The bottom is just bare ground - I recently made a new and improved (and very simple to build) bin: th-cam.com/video/KR6R-Ue4qcQ/w-d-xo.html, and hot compost pile: th-cam.com/video/y2lyI4JDPwQ/w-d-xo.html. Let me know how your composting goes and thanks for watching!
why do you cover the pile with the tarp? Do you recover after turning it each time? I thought the stuff needed oxygen to decompose...perhaps it gets enough from around the edges of the tarp? thanks for your videos.
10 acres of property and I never thought to compost my clippings. Oh me
Dean O well, now ya know! You'll have one massive compost pile with 10acres! Thx for stopping by!
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Can someone explain what makes the compost get hot and the significance of it?
so I have a question.. what if I collect dead leaves, grass and food scraps in a medium size bucket like 20 lt and just shaking it once in a while and of course add the needed moisture.. will it work? what do u think
+MrStefanDr19 Yes, that should work just fine. Won't get too hot, but it will still break down, but will take longer than a hot pile. Let me know how it goes! Thanks for watching!
Do you think black plastic would gather more heat?
do you have to put a tarp on it....Or can the sun make it hot
Woah... she looks almost like Reese Witherspoon. Lol! Thanks for the video.
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Cali Kim, You are a very nice looking women. You are so focused on what you speak about...Thanks for your videos!!
What if your lawn clippings has some weeds and dandylions in it will they grow in your garden?
Yes seeds will often carry along with the compost. Also be careful with any insecticides or chemicals that may be on the grass if you want to stay organic. I have used layered oak leaves, discarded foods and grass cuttings and have had some weeds but I pull them out as soon as they poke their heads out.
What would you be using that compost for??
Rene Romero I put in on my garden - watch my compost playlist for more info - plants love it.
CaliKim29 Garden & Home DIY I will definitely check it out. Thanks
I was pretty sure it would be hot. Im like you hope it dont burn down your house. I have never seen grass clipping catch fire. But I have seen a hay barn catch fire one time. They guy was really removing the bails with his tractor. We had just arrived when it started.
shartne I do check it everyday and if it seems to hot, I open it up and let it cool down. I have heard of those hay barns self combusting . That would not be good. Thx for stopping by!
+CaliKim29 Garden & Home DIY
I'm not sure if a compost pile can get "TO HOT"... I try to get my pile up to 160 degrees for 3 to 4 days then turn it every other day to keep it cooking evenly and I have rich compost in 18 to 20 days from the start.
I have a compost thermometer but any kitchen thermometer will work. "It's in the soil".
Hı Cali ; You need to get a degree to measure the temperature of compost...I want to see the temperature ok.You look great by the way by by
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a spoon full of molasses mixed into water and spread over the core will really accelerate it. you'll know it's right when you can see steam.
Hi, Chip! Thanks for the tip- sounds like a method that has worked well in your garden! What are you planning to grow this gardening season? Thanks for watching!
G'day Ms CaliKim29. You're most welcome, and thanks for the reply!
The added sugar "hypes" up the digestive bacteria and fungus, and cuts my compost time down to about a week, two weeks tops. I also make sure to keep coffee in there for the addition of caffeine. My piles will actually steam when you turn them over due to the energy inside. That gray matter in the grass clippings is the fungus I seed throughout the pile. The debris from my aquarium filters provide the bacteria. I mean, it's already present in the ground, I just know where to harvest large quantities to kick start the compost party.
Except, one trick. The soil is contaminated with lead here so I can't grow in the ground; can't compost on the ground. Heavy urban area, years of lead paint flaking off very old homes, etc. I only get about 7 hours of direct sunlight, you're always in a shadow with homes this close together.
As for what I'm growing, I'm square foot gardening in 4 raised beds for vegetables. Far too many varieties to list in only about 35 square foot of space. The compost is vital to keep this many plants as close as I have them. The excess compost goes towards my flower beds, I enjoy the hummingbirds visiting.
I believe it was one of your videos I just watched covering arduino based gardening. I've been programming those buggers for years now, and have since moved on to higher level microprocessors for robotics. However, I have a revision for my old gardenCore system coming up, maybe I'll get the go pro out and share.
Chip Bacis I sprout beans and they get hot. I'm sure bean soaking and rinse water would accelerate a compost pile as well and it's a waste product anyways.
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Hi DeVaughn! It really shouldn’t smell at all- if an odor is detected you should throw in some more carbons or “Browns”