Have taken your advice and decided to rewatch and watch your older videos while you take your well deserved year end break. Thank you Siloé for your time and dedication to us, the viewers, and for all your awesome content.
so Ive watched the first 12 vids on your channel and you are great my friend> I love how artistic and articulate your videos come off. Thanks for the hard work
I love your videos. I’ve been watching back issues. I’m so glad you didn’t give up when UTUBE started all their ignorant algorithms. Keep up your videos. We all thoroughly enjoy them. Thank You. Hilary in Texas.
I am watching this in 2023 and I am soo happy that TH-cam recommended your channel! I have almost caught up on all your videos and I am blown away by the story telling, videography , the different topics and everything else❣️ The research & work that goes in every single one is super impressive and super appreciated! I know that the algorithm favours the quantitative style of uploads of short clips but I do not! I have watched some of art & garden videos 2-3 times because they are a piece of art. Glad that your material stays on TH-cam ( hopefully or maybe forever…) 😘🇨🇭
Also, I forgot to mention my 2 new addition to the family bun-bun and fufu they are my rabbits. I got them to fertilize my garden next spring. So I feed them a lot. and my other new adding that don't have names as they have been reproducing like crazy are my worms Red Wiggles to be exact. I feed them a lot as well. Then last but not least my bees, Italian honey bees I got them last July. They make me happy.
Hello Siloe, loved the video. I use the cold slow method as I have far too many other things to do. I have 3 or 4 bins, one that I'm filling, one that I have turned, and one that is ready to go. I love my compost, it just totally amazes me how rotten vegetables and fruit turn into soil, and I can do it. So pleased to have found you even if I am quite late. Cheers and thanks
Composting can be made to look far to overcomplicated but your clip has broken it down (pun intended ;-) ) to the basics.. Thanks Siloé & have a great one..
Fantastic episode on composting ! Intend to keep my compost simple and cold. A pile in the back corner with organic material that does not attract rodents. The rest goes to my towns municipal compost. I like to focus on the gardens mulch which is in place composting. It's simple fast and effective. I have not added any fertilizer this year to the garden and had the best results ever.
Thanks Stephen! I'm also moving towards the chop and drop technique of mulching. If I had more time, perhaps I would be more careful with compost making. Thanks for watching!
My goal this weekend was to learn how to make compost. It seems every video I've seen on the matter makes composting seem so complicated. Thank you for your fine explanation.
I watched a series on TH-cam called The Wartime Kitchen and Garden. There are about 8 episodes that show how people in Europe gardened and grew their food during WW2. There is a man on that show Harry Dodson. He is soooo amazing! He has another series on TH-cam about old style Victorian gardens. I can't remember which episode it was, but he shows how to build the brown matter/green matter/soil compost heap like you showed here. I was surprised and happy to see you reference that method I saw Mr. Dodson tell about that has been used for many many years.
Love your videos! Composting is an art! I keep my kitchen waste in an old tupperware cake pan lid. I keep it in the refrigerator so there's no fruit flies or gnats. I put used paper napkins and paper towels in there as well. I empty it into the outside compost every 2-3 days. I like to compost in big plastic composting bins. I think it keeps varmints out and contains it. I put in chicken litter, kitchen scrapes (that don't go the vermicompost) and other peoples leaves. I don't pick up grass anymore due to the threat of persistent herbicide. I "chop and drop" my own yard waste. Cardboard goes to the vermicompost and to build new beds (best thing to kill bermuda grass). Now that I also use actively aerated compost tea, I don't have to buy additional compost.
That's great management right there! if only a larger percent of the population were as responsible, things would be different. With the chicken litter, I am sure your compost is highly fertile. Putting the compost bin in the refrigerator is a great idea (If you happen to have space). Thanks for sharing, and thanks for watching!
Thank you for your clear, simple, organized explanation. Just found your channel today and I appreciate your hard work and sharing of your knowledge with all of us!
I have a tumbler composted, which love. I can get chicken manure with small wood chips. when I use it in compost tumbler I have finished, beautiful compost in less than 6 weeks. It breaks down the fruits and green material so fast.
Liked, commented, shared and tweeted! Your videos should be part of all school curriculums! I think children everywhere need to be taught this and you present it with passion! Scarlett
How to Grow a Garden with Scarlett Damen Thanks! What a compliment! Certainly children need to learn these things. After all it's about food. I'm glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for the encouragement!
The pun was definitely intended.Another great vid.I make compost by just throwing stuff on a pile and then tomatoes and peas grow on it and then i don't feel like turning it.This drum method is better.
Hi. I find your videos very helpful. I grew up in the city, have no gardening skills at all. I planted 3 kinds of seeds a week ago namely Pak Choi, Cabbage and Tomatoes, none of them grow. lol. I thought I could just directly plant them in the soil. I hope you can give advice to people like me who have zero gardening knowledge. Thanks for the informative videos. :D
I'm glad you found the channel Clarisse. Starting a garden for the first time can be a bit of a challenge, but once you get the hang of it you will be hooked. There are many reasons why your seeds may not have germinated. It could be too cold, too dry or the seed may be old and nonviable, or they were planted too deep, or too shallow and the birds or other critters ate it. It can also take a few more days than you expect to get things going. There is nothing wrong with sowing directly on the ground, but watch my first video of season 1 and see if the plate method of pre-sprouting works for you.
+suburban homestead yes. I was watching your video about starting seeds indoors. I think that is the best method. You allow them to grow in a more controlled environment. I planted them where cherry tomatoes were previously planted (NB i didnt plant those cherry tomatoes, it just grow there and gave us a lot of fruits (wink)). :) Thanks for the tip.
Thank you, Siloé! Fantastic video! We are compulsive about using every resource, and making compost is the king of that mentality- our trash actually gets better with time.
I love when I come across information like this regarding composting. Lots of people get scared about so many technical infos and never start it. Great job! Fantastic editing btw!
My composts are store bought plastic tubs which are cheap, I throw all veggies n fruits scraps and whatever leaves and plants materials from my garden and small cardboards and brown papers , the tubs are only 1.5x2 feet size or slightly bigger but in less than 4 months I harvest my black gold for my plants. It’s not enough though but I plan to compost forever in the hopes to help our environment. I will invest in a commercial composter once we have a bigger yard. Since we live in a city n our yard is small I’ll only use what I can fit in here and I use my strength to mix my compost file. Nutrient for the soil, exercise for my body. Thanks for another great video.
You’re also capturing carbon and putting it in the soil and keeping it from going anaerobic and producing methane which is 10 times as strong of a greenhouse gas is Carbon
Wow...your channel is so inspiring, both for health and earth friendly ideas. I'm so sad. I wish I had a small house with a some land for a garden. I wonder if you could grow something inside, in pots in a sunny spot?
+Scampergirl You can grow herbs mainly in a sunny window, but I have to say, nothing replaces the joy of gardening in soil. Don't be sad, you will get to the house and the land in due time if you put your mind to it. Meanwhile learn all you can and start growing in pots to gain know-how.
I thought about this video when I harvested my first real batch of finished compost. Hopefully this year I can collect a lot more material for my garden beds.
Just enjoyed watching your composting video, I'm getting more and more enthused about it myself. It does help that I have a huge amount of leaves to clear up each year ( maybe 200 barrowloads of compressed we leaves )
Great job Siloé! A lot of people don't want to make compost because they think it's too complicated...it's not, nature will always take care of it, sooner or later. Now if you want to get very technical about fungal/bacterial dominated, which I am, it's all good. But what ever we do, compost happens ;)
Great Video! Keep up the good work. Great information in a easy to watch entertaining video. Hope you had a good growing season. :] P.S. I would love to see a video of your garden.
Thanks! It's great to hear that! This year had it's ups and downs. I will be editing and releasing videos about that. I just need to find more time to edit everything! Stay tuned! :)
I really enjoyed your video on composting! You do a great job explaining! I’m definitely going to try composting. You said that we could ask any question. This has nothing to do with composting. I really hope that you can answer this question for me. I’m new to gardening. I enjoy it so much! I’m obsessed into growing food from seeds of fresh fruits! Anyhow, here’s my question. I just planted Passion fruit and dragonfly seeds. I was so excited. that I was successful! However, I don’t know what to do now that they are germinated. My Passion Fruit seedlings are now about 1-2” tall and actually have small leaves already. My Dragon Fruit seedlings are only about 1/2-1” tall. Both of the fruits have seedlings are so close together. What do I do now?? When do I put them in pots? Right now they’re in shallow plastic containers. I just need help. Please help me. I’m SO EXCITED that both of the fruits actually started germinating!! SORRY for the long comment! I hope that you would help me! Thank you so much! Moni
It truly is very easy to compost. I have three composting bins measuring 8 ft wide x 8 ft long x 4 feet tall. It is fun to fill the bins with the raw materials you mentioned in the video and watch the pile shrink and turn into the black gold over a period of 1-2 months. I’m lucky to be able to super charge the compost piles with chicken manure 3 times per year when I “harvest” the manure from my “Chicken Palace”. I’ve used compost exclusively for fertilizing the garden for 10 years with very productive harvests in northern Minnesota despite the short growing season. Muito obrigado. Seus vídeos são excelentes!
great info and beautiful video. for me, having a compost pile would attract raccoons, rats and their predators, snakes, coyotes, and maybe even a mountain lion. I have 3 tumblers but haven't yet mastered them. I didn't shred the oak leaves I put in and my twigs are too big. I will keep on trying, though.....
Hi Mr Handsomeface. Going back and catching up on your content. ☺️ I’m a nurse, we keep the coffee pot going 24 hours a day on our unit. I bring home the grounds and throw them in the flowerbeds. In the hidden corner compost pile I carry the eggshells and throw the yard waste. It’s at the top corner of the property so I assume rain runoff assists to carry the goodness of that to the landscaped areas downhill from it. I’m more of a chilled out gardener. Being a nurse I work too much. But I do prefer to work outside to working inside 🙂
Hi, i live in Michigan. Can i start composting, in december using a bin in my garage.does the compost will be ready for the next gardening season? Or shall i wait untill spring to start composting.
+babu p I believe any time is a good time to start composting. That being said, If your garage is cold, you might not get compost in time for spring. When the temperature drops compost slows down or even stops unless there is a good amount of material so that the core keeps warm. If your garage is warm the compost will likely be full of flies and that might not be pleasant. For indoor composting people usually do worm composting. You can learn more about that in the +OneYardRevolution channel. I just do outside composting winter and all.
hi your videos are interesting. . . i have so many question about planting peppers in a raise beds using drip irrigation and plastic mulch.. but all were by hand.. no available equipment so far..sample of my concern is about spacing, watering and fertilizing.. can you create a video for that..
christoff burnnhan Thank you for watching and for writing in. I personally don't use irrigation lines or plastic mulch. Although there is some efficacy to plastic mulch, I dislike the amount of un-renewable plastic wasted. I feel that thick organic mulches do even better. Spacing is relative to humidity, and fertility. More fertile soils can accommodate closer spacing. As a rule of thumb peppers are spaced about 1 foot apart, maybe a bit more. Try it out and see what works for you.
Animals can help with gardening, that is for sure, but they also take a bit more time to care for than I currently have available. Being that I don't eat meat or eggs, only the manure would interest me, but I would have to feed them and that is an additional expense.
I started gardening in the summer of 2019 this year, I bought a compost barrel that I put my food scraps and shredded paper and cardboard in, While this past weekend my husband was complaining he told my oldest that I'm crazy for doing this and on top of that my oldest told me WHY I'm I doing this when I can get free compost from the city. YES I know I can BUT I don't feel it has the good nutrients that I compost has. I don't know who is right SO I'm asking you for your opinion. Do you think the compost from the city is as good as my homemade compost Theirs is made of leaves and tree parts NO green? Can you help me
Could you please do a video on gardening/growing food/composting in an apartment? I’m a college student that’s very interested in growing my own food and I do (in my parent’s garden) but I want to be able to produce some food too at my own place (apartment).
I let my chickens on the compost pile, they help me rotate it. After a few months i start a new pile and let the old one finish by itself. Love your channel! Greetings from the Netherlands.
I've been building raised beds one or two at a time, so I just throw my sticks and scraps in one I'm building and cover it up with dirt and other compost and let it set for several months before I plant.
I've been trying to compost. Something that sounds so easy is not for me...lol. I have a tumbler and getting the right ratio is my problem. Can't get enough dry material. I did call a local tree trimmer service for wood chips. It was difficult to deal with them. They thought I was crazy. Plus hauling all the bags of tree trimmings was very hard. I'm a woman with not enough strength. I live in Nevada so trees aren't really available for me unless I call around to the local gardeners. I'm not a social person so it's hard for me to call around. Plus with the experience with the wood chipper's it's not happening. I've heard of the Japanese method of just letting the vegetables rot in the ground. Not sure if that's safe.
I completely understand the difficulty of getting dry material (and I completely get not being a social person :-) Maybe here in the east were tree are being cut down all the time, tree trimmers really want to get rid of the stuff. You can still compost with more wet stuff, it just gets more smelly and gross and full of flies. It may not be the best compost, (or neighbor friendly) but it still is compost.
Thanks for the info. Will have to try to do that. I've heard that keeping it in a air tight container helps. Love your videos and look forward to the next.
Great video! I'm a little impatience when it comes to compost. It's like I'll throw stuff on the pile and in a few weeks wonder why it's not rich soil already.(LOL) Just wondering what is the normal wait time to receive rich composted soil? I'm seriously giving it a real try this year, but my piles are taking like forever!
lovers4healthylife Thanks, and thanks for the question. I've selected to answer it in the next full episode. If you have pictures of the piles it would be awesome if you could send them to the e-mail I provided in the end of the video. Thanks!
Kick ass video, thanks. all true with composting. thumbs up on the video. thank you very much for your time and effort on this video. plus you have a kick ass beard :-) plus I subscribed to your youtube channel!!! thank you very much, rdowner
+Richard Downer Thanks for the kind words and for subscribing! I appreciate that you value the effort I've put into all of this. (except for the beard. No effort there, it just grew itself :-)
suburban homestead haha ya, but all your loved ones have to put up with that kick ass beard.. I wish I could grow a good beard.. thanks bud... I trim about every 2 months... BOOO hahaha
Thank you, Siloé! If you let the grass clippings/weeds/food sit out on the ground fist like that and then you put them in after they've started to decompose a bit, does that mix count as green or brown then, after it has been sitting out? Also, what is a good way to 'make' brown matter, naturally, if one didn't have leaves to use? Could one purposefully grow something that could be considered a cover crop and then cut it and let it sit and then would that be brown matter, because it had sat for a bit first?
It is only considered brown matter if it is mainly carbon, with most of the nitrogen gone. Letting leafy things dry up does that, but I must say that finding enough brown material to balance the abundance of greens is always a challenge. It is part of the reason why a slow compost where you just dump things and wait 2 years is much easier, as well as the practice of chop and drop and mulching with thin consecutive layers of clippings.
i wanted to know if compost can be made without earthworms? coz most of the videos i have looked 4 use worms & i couldn't find worms anywhere. I have made compost earlier but only out of tea leaves,it take a lot of time & ther's only minimum output.
Hi! I love your videos and your animations skills are awesome. I was pretty excited to hear you live near Baltimore. It's hard to find gardener videos for this area. I also live near Baltimore and grow a garden every year. Keep the videos coming.
I just found your videos today. Wow! I love them so much and I'm so pleased you didn't give up (I've just watched 'that' video). I'm in the UK so I know I can't apply all your advice but you've given me so much inspiration to try new things in the garden. Thank you. Please keep it up. Your videos are so relaxing, kind of Bohemian which I LOVE, and very inspiring. New sub here!
your videos are very educational, I love them, beautiful editing. l have a problem with composting, my compost don't get hot, what am I doing wrong? can you help me?
Thanks! I have made hot compost in the past, but for me its too much maintenance to bother. You must have the right ratio of carbon to nitrogen (30/1) and it must be big enough (4 feet pile minimum) and it must be kept at the right amount of moisture.(moist but not waterlogged) And it needs air so you must turn it every so often. It is much easier for people using manure and straw. That tends to heat up nicely. I just do cold compost, and wait longer for it to do its thing. of course the risk of disease and weed seeds is greater in cold compost.
Me and my wife have reduced our waist about 50%eating a more vegetarian diet and buying compostable containers and any egg cartons we give to people we know have laying hens and we don't buy bottled water no soda and some other stuff and it's pretty cool makes good soil my first year of doing it so I'm finally getting results now at the end of the year
Excellent video, Siloé! I love your use of the old slides to demonstrate the different inputs into compost. Very creative as always!
Thanks Patrick! I've gotta say, using older technology is always fun and nostalgic.
Have taken your advice and decided to rewatch and watch your older videos while you take your well deserved year end break.
Thank you Siloé for your time and dedication to us, the viewers, and for all your awesome content.
so Ive watched the first 12 vids on your channel and you are great my friend> I love how artistic and articulate your videos come off. Thanks for the hard work
I love your videos. I’ve been watching back issues. I’m so glad you didn’t give up when UTUBE started all their ignorant algorithms. Keep up your videos. We all thoroughly enjoy them. Thank You. Hilary in Texas.
I am watching this in 2023 and I am soo happy that TH-cam recommended your channel! I have almost caught up on all your videos and I am blown away by the story telling, videography , the different topics and everything else❣️ The research & work that goes in every single one is super impressive and super appreciated! I know that the algorithm favours the quantitative style of uploads of short clips but I do not! I have watched some of art & garden videos 2-3 times because they are a piece of art. Glad that your material stays on TH-cam ( hopefully or maybe forever…) 😘🇨🇭
Also, I forgot to mention my 2 new addition to the family bun-bun and fufu they are my rabbits. I got them to fertilize my garden next spring. So I feed them a lot. and my other new adding that don't have names as they have been reproducing like crazy are my worms Red Wiggles to be exact. I feed them a lot as well. Then last but not least my bees, Italian honey bees I got them last July. They make me happy.
Hello Siloe, loved the video. I use the cold slow method as I have far too many other things to do. I have 3 or 4 bins, one that I'm filling, one that I have turned, and one that is ready to go. I love my compost, it just totally amazes me how rotten vegetables and fruit turn into soil, and I can do it. So pleased to have found you even if I am quite late. Cheers and thanks
Composting can be made to look far to overcomplicated but your clip has broken it down (pun intended ;-) ) to the basics..
Thanks Siloé & have a great one..
Thanks Rob! Yes! seriously all the real work is done by the microbes. And they would still do it with or without humans intervening.
Rob Bob's Aquaponics & Backyard Farm your channel is one of my faves !!
Easy cold compost 4 me ...throw it on the ground.. add some brown & let the worms turn it around
Thanks for keeping the explanation so simple. Loved seeing another video from you.
superslyfoxx1 Thanks. It's good to hear that it was simple!
Fantastic episode on composting ! Intend to keep my compost simple and cold. A pile in the back corner with organic material that does not attract rodents. The rest goes to my towns municipal compost.
I like to focus on the gardens mulch which is in place composting. It's simple fast and effective. I have not added any fertilizer this year to the garden and had the best results ever.
Thanks Stephen! I'm also moving towards the chop and drop technique of mulching. If I had more time, perhaps I would be more careful with compost making. Thanks for watching!
My compost does not take much time. Mostly the time it takes to pick up coffee grounds and place them with some other goodies :)
***** true...true... :)
It's all about time management. Low investment high return.
Your videos are great!! :)
Thanks! Valeu Lucas!
My goal this weekend was to learn how to make compost. It seems every video I've seen on the matter makes composting seem so complicated. Thank you for your fine explanation.
I watched a series on TH-cam called The Wartime Kitchen and Garden. There are about 8 episodes that show how people in Europe gardened and grew their food during WW2. There is a man on that show Harry Dodson. He is soooo amazing! He has another series on TH-cam about old style Victorian gardens. I can't remember which episode it was, but he shows how to build the brown matter/green matter/soil compost heap like you showed here. I was surprised and happy to see you reference that method I saw Mr. Dodson tell about that has been used for many many years.
Great job on the video!
Love your videos! Composting is an art! I keep my kitchen waste in an old tupperware cake pan lid. I keep it in the refrigerator so there's no fruit flies or gnats. I put used paper napkins and paper towels in there as well. I empty it into the outside compost every 2-3 days. I like to compost in big plastic composting bins. I think it keeps varmints out and contains it. I put in chicken litter, kitchen scrapes (that don't go the vermicompost) and other peoples leaves. I don't pick up grass anymore due to the threat of persistent herbicide. I "chop and drop" my own yard waste. Cardboard goes to the vermicompost and to build new beds (best thing to kill bermuda grass). Now that I also use actively aerated compost tea, I don't have to buy additional compost.
That's great management right there! if only a larger percent of the population were as responsible, things would be different. With the chicken litter, I am sure your compost is highly fertile. Putting the compost bin in the refrigerator is a great idea (If you happen to have space). Thanks for sharing, and thanks for watching!
Very important video !!! Thank you
Thank you for your clear, simple, organized explanation. Just found your channel today and I appreciate your hard work and sharing of your knowledge with all of us!
Thanks! I'm glad you found the channel. Welcome!
Thanks, Siloe. Another great video! Keep up the great work!
Thanks man! I will.
Hi, new subscriber here... I just wanted to greet you and say great content!
+DeDe Thank you. Welcome to the channel!
I have a tumbler composted, which love. I can get chicken manure with small wood chips. when I use it in compost tumbler I have finished, beautiful compost in less than 6 weeks. It breaks down the fruits and green material so fast.
+Sandi Aberle It is a great tool especially for small gardens.
Yippy! Another episode! Like always, your work is all beautifully done!
Scarlett
Liked, commented, shared and tweeted! Your videos should be part of all school curriculums! I think children everywhere need to be taught this and you present it with passion!
Scarlett
How to Grow a Garden with Scarlett Damen Thanks! What a compliment! Certainly children need to learn these things. After all it's about food. I'm glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for the encouragement!
Best gardening channel! Keep it up!
Ashley S thanks! I do need the encouragement! :)
The pun was definitely intended.Another great vid.I make compost by just throwing stuff on a pile and then tomatoes and peas grow on it and then i don't feel like turning it.This drum method is better.
Hi. I find your videos very helpful. I grew up in the city, have no gardening skills at all. I planted 3 kinds of seeds a week ago namely Pak Choi, Cabbage and Tomatoes, none of them grow. lol. I thought I could just directly plant them in the soil. I hope you can give advice to people like me who have zero gardening knowledge. Thanks for the informative videos. :D
I'm glad you found the channel Clarisse. Starting a garden for the first time can be a bit of a challenge, but once you get the hang of it you will be hooked. There are many reasons why your seeds may not have germinated. It could be too cold, too dry or the seed may be old and nonviable, or they were planted too deep, or too shallow and the birds or other critters ate it. It can also take a few more days than you expect to get things going. There is nothing wrong with sowing directly on the ground, but watch my first video of season 1 and see if the plate method of pre-sprouting works for you.
+suburban homestead yes. I was watching your video about starting seeds indoors. I think that is the best method. You allow them to grow in a more controlled environment. I planted them where cherry tomatoes were previously planted (NB i didnt plant those cherry tomatoes, it just grow there and gave us a lot of fruits (wink)). :) Thanks for the tip.
Thank you, Siloé! Fantastic video! We are compulsive about using every resource, and making compost is the king of that mentality- our trash actually gets better with time.
That's the spirit Ian. After all, It is clear that you want to leave a better world for your child. :) Thanks for watching!
I love when I come across information like this regarding composting. Lots of people get scared about so many technical infos and never start it. Great job! Fantastic editing btw!
+Como Fazer Horta No need to over-complicate compost!
Great video explaining how to compost and the different ways to compost
compost !
My composts are store bought plastic tubs which are cheap, I throw all veggies n fruits scraps and whatever leaves and plants materials from my garden and small cardboards and brown papers , the tubs are only 1.5x2 feet size or slightly bigger but in less than 4 months I harvest my black gold for my plants. It’s not enough though but I plan to compost forever in the hopes to help our environment. I will invest in a commercial composter once we have a bigger yard. Since we live in a city n our yard is small I’ll only use what I can fit in here and I use my strength to mix my compost file. Nutrient for the soil, exercise for my body. Thanks for another great video.
Do not compost any material infected with blight. Discard at your please
how can you find the right black and white film for your videos! It's because you have an incredible memory or you just work in a museum of cinema?
Great Video, love your filmic techniques
You’re also capturing carbon and putting it in the soil and keeping it from going anaerobic and producing methane which is 10 times as strong of a greenhouse gas is Carbon
Thank you for sharing your valuable information.
Patrick Meehan Thanks for watching!
Wow...your channel is so inspiring, both for health and earth friendly ideas. I'm so sad. I wish I had a small house with a some land for a garden. I wonder if you could grow something inside, in pots in a sunny spot?
+Scampergirl You can grow herbs mainly in a sunny window, but I have to say, nothing replaces the joy of gardening in soil. Don't be sad, you will get to the house and the land in due time if you put your mind to it. Meanwhile learn all you can and start growing in pots to gain know-how.
Very well done 👏 thank you for the great information!
I thought about this video when I harvested my first real batch of finished compost. Hopefully this year I can collect a lot more material for my garden beds.
That's awesome! That means you get the "gold seal of an accomplished gardener."
:-)
Cool! Does that also include bug bites and a sore back?suburban homestead
unfortunately yes :-)
superslyfoxx1
Brilliant!! Thank you so much
Just enjoyed watching your composting video, I'm getting more and more enthused about it myself. It does help that I have a huge amount of leaves to clear up each year ( maybe 200 barrowloads of compressed we leaves )
Michael Collinson Now that's some serious amount of material. It should make great compost. your soil will be happy! Thanks for watching!
Great job Siloé! A lot of people don't want to make compost because they think it's too complicated...it's not, nature will always take care of it, sooner or later. Now if you want to get very technical about fungal/bacterial dominated, which I am, it's all good. But what ever we do, compost happens ;)
I couldn't agree more. :)
It's the best food your soil and plants will love.
can mite or tick get atracted to compost bin smell ? ? ?
Brilliant as always Thankyou !
Great Video! Keep up the good work. Great information in a easy to watch entertaining video. Hope you had a good growing season. :]
P.S. I would love to see a video of your garden.
Thanks! It's great to hear that! This year had it's ups and downs. I will be editing and releasing videos about that. I just need to find more time to edit everything! Stay tuned! :)
I really enjoyed your video on composting! You do a great job explaining! I’m definitely going to try composting. You said that we could ask any question. This has nothing to do with composting. I really hope that you can answer this question for me. I’m new to gardening. I enjoy it so much! I’m obsessed into growing food from seeds of fresh fruits! Anyhow, here’s my question. I just planted Passion fruit and dragonfly seeds. I was so excited. that I was successful! However, I don’t know what to do now that they are germinated. My Passion Fruit seedlings are now about 1-2” tall and actually have small leaves already. My Dragon Fruit seedlings are only about 1/2-1” tall. Both of the fruits have seedlings are so close together. What do I do now?? When do I put them in pots? Right now they’re in shallow plastic containers. I just need help. Please help me. I’m SO EXCITED that both of the fruits actually started germinating!! SORRY for the long comment!
I hope that you would help me! Thank you so much! Moni
You must put them in pots immediately. And give them lots of sunlight
It truly is very easy to compost. I have three composting bins measuring 8 ft wide x 8 ft long x 4 feet tall. It is fun to fill the bins with the raw materials you mentioned in the video and watch the pile shrink and turn into the black gold over a period of 1-2 months. I’m lucky to be able to super charge the compost piles with chicken manure 3 times per year when I “harvest” the manure from my “Chicken Palace”. I’ve used compost exclusively for fertilizing the garden for 10 years with very productive harvests in northern Minnesota despite the short growing season. Muito obrigado. Seus vídeos são excelentes!
Valeu! indeed chicken manure will make very strong fertilizer
great info and beautiful video. for me, having a compost pile would attract raccoons, rats and their predators, snakes, coyotes, and maybe even a mountain lion. I have 3 tumblers but haven't yet mastered them. I didn't shred the oak leaves I put in and my twigs are too big. I will keep on trying, though.....
+Maria HillCountryHick I feel it takes time and critical mass for compost to be right. Shredding is great but it takes energy.
Hi Mr Handsomeface. Going back and catching up on your content. ☺️ I’m a nurse, we keep the coffee pot going 24 hours a day on our unit. I bring home the grounds and throw them in the flowerbeds. In the hidden corner compost pile I carry the eggshells and throw the yard waste. It’s at the top corner of the property so I assume rain runoff assists to carry the goodness of that to the landscaped areas downhill from it. I’m more of a chilled out gardener. Being a nurse I work too much. But I do prefer to work outside to working inside 🙂
I completely understand the chilled out gardener angle. If gravity works, let it work.
When you are ready to use your compost anything that's not broken down completely you just leave in? How full can you fill your compost bin?
Ashley Martin
Yes, you can leave that in - Some parts need more time
great job & high quality
Hi, i live in Michigan. Can i start composting, in december using a bin in my garage.does the compost will be ready for the next gardening season? Or shall i wait untill spring to start composting.
+babu p I believe any time is a good time to start composting. That being said, If your garage is cold, you might not get compost in time for spring. When the temperature drops compost slows down or even stops unless there is a good amount of material so that the core keeps warm. If your garage is warm the compost will likely be full of flies and that might not be pleasant. For indoor composting people usually do worm composting. You can learn more about that in the +OneYardRevolution channel. I just do outside composting winter and all.
hi your videos are interesting. . . i have so many question about planting peppers in a raise beds using drip irrigation and plastic mulch.. but all were by hand.. no available equipment so far..sample of my concern is about spacing, watering and fertilizing.. can you create a video for that..
christoff burnnhan Thank you for watching and for writing in. I personally don't use irrigation lines or plastic mulch. Although there is some efficacy to plastic mulch, I dislike the amount of un-renewable plastic wasted. I feel that thick organic mulches do even better. Spacing is relative to humidity, and fertility. More fertile soils can accommodate closer spacing. As a rule of thumb peppers are spaced about 1 foot apart, maybe a bit more. Try it out and see what works for you.
Called compost makes more available nutrients and you can also make food by using wine Spores for your cold compost
interesting
hi i think you garden and your homestead lifestyle would benifit a lot from having 1 or two chickens quail or ducks
Animals can help with gardening, that is for sure, but they also take a bit more time to care for than I currently have available. Being that I don't eat meat or eggs, only the manure would interest me, but I would have to feed them and that is an additional expense.
Amazing and creative!
cool video! :D both informative and fun, thanks for sharing!
+Cat Sapasap Thanks! I'm happy you liked it!
Your videos are very well made! I was wondering what video software you used? I would like to use the same for my home vacation movies!
+Andre Terzian Thanks! I still use Final Cut 7
Should earthworms be added? Is it normal for them to appear even if you didn't put any?
Sorry, wrong reply. I did not add them to mine intentionally
Another great video.
I started gardening in the summer of 2019 this year, I bought a compost barrel that I put my food scraps and shredded paper and cardboard in, While this past weekend my husband was complaining he told my oldest that I'm crazy for doing this and on top of that my oldest told me WHY I'm I doing this when I can get free compost from the city. YES I know I can BUT I don't feel it has the good nutrients that I compost has. I don't know who is right SO I'm asking you for your opinion. Do you think the compost from the city is as good as my homemade compost Theirs is made of leaves and tree parts NO green? Can you help me
the veggie scraps have seeds, don't they grow in the compost?
They do, but I don't mind.
Could you please do a video on gardening/growing food/composting in an apartment? I’m a college student that’s very interested in growing my own food and I do (in my parent’s garden) but I want to be able to produce some food too at my own place (apartment).
Você é brasileiro? O seu canal é muito bom! Parabéns pelo seu trabalho! Já me inscrevi.
Lucas Freire Valeu! Sou brasileiro sim!
I let my chickens on the compost pile, they help me rotate it. After a few months i start a new pile and let the old one finish by itself.
Love your channel! Greetings from the Netherlands.
Fantastic overview of composting! Thanks for sharing!
Compost! Love compost!!!!
I've been building raised beds one or two at a time, so I just throw my sticks and scraps in one I'm building and cover it up with dirt and other compost and let it set for several months before I plant.
I've been trying to compost. Something that sounds so easy is not for me...lol. I have a tumbler and getting the right ratio is my problem. Can't get enough dry material. I did call a local tree trimmer service for wood chips. It was difficult to deal with them. They thought I was crazy. Plus hauling all the bags of tree trimmings was very hard. I'm a woman with not enough strength. I live in Nevada so trees aren't really available for me unless I call around to the local gardeners. I'm not a social person so it's hard for me to call around. Plus with the experience with the wood chipper's it's not happening. I've heard of the Japanese method of just letting the vegetables rot in the ground. Not sure if that's safe.
I completely understand the difficulty of getting dry material (and I completely get not being a social person :-) Maybe here in the east were tree are being cut down all the time, tree trimmers really want to get rid of the stuff. You can still compost with more wet stuff, it just gets more smelly and gross and full of flies. It may not be the best compost, (or neighbor friendly) but it still is compost.
Thanks for the info. Will have to try to do that. I've heard that keeping it in a air tight container helps. Love your videos and look forward to the next.
I use cardboard, that works perfectly
Great video! I'm a little impatience when it comes to compost. It's like I'll throw stuff on the pile and in a few weeks wonder why it's not rich soil already.(LOL) Just wondering what is the normal wait time to receive rich composted soil? I'm seriously giving it a real try this year, but my piles are taking like forever!
lovers4healthylife Thanks, and thanks for the question. I've selected to answer it in the next full episode. If you have pictures of the piles it would be awesome if you could send them to the e-mail I provided in the end of the video. Thanks!
Super! I will send the pics. Thanks a million!
Awesome
Thank you for your videos.
You are awesome👌🏻👌🏻
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Kick ass video, thanks. all true with composting. thumbs up on the video. thank you very much for your time and effort on this video. plus you have a kick ass beard :-) plus I subscribed to your youtube channel!!!
thank you very much,
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+Richard Downer Thanks for the kind words and for subscribing! I appreciate that you value the effort I've put into all of this. (except for the beard. No effort there, it just grew itself :-)
suburban homestead
haha ya, but all your loved ones have to put up with that kick ass beard.. I wish I could grow a good beard.. thanks bud... I trim about every 2 months... BOOO hahaha
Thank you, Siloé! If you let the grass clippings/weeds/food sit out on the ground fist like that and then you put them in after they've started to decompose a bit, does that mix count as green or brown then, after it has been sitting out? Also, what is a good way to 'make' brown matter, naturally, if one didn't have leaves to use? Could one purposefully grow something that could be considered a cover crop and then cut it and let it sit and then would that be brown matter, because it had sat for a bit first?
It is only considered brown matter if it is mainly carbon, with most of the nitrogen gone. Letting leafy things dry up does that, but I must say that finding enough brown material to balance the abundance of greens is always a challenge. It is part of the reason why a slow compost where you just dump things and wait 2 years is much easier, as well as the practice of chop and drop and mulching with thin consecutive layers of clippings.
@@suburbanhomestead I see, thank you so much, Siloé!
Very good.
i wanted to know if compost can be made without earthworms? coz most of the videos i have looked 4 use worms & i couldn't find worms anywhere.
I have made compost earlier but only out of tea leaves,it take a lot of time & ther's only minimum output.
Yes it is possible, it just takes more time because worms and other bigger microorganism help break things down faster.
tku
Love it
Hi! I love your videos and your animations skills are awesome. I was pretty excited to hear you live near Baltimore. It's hard to find gardener videos for this area. I also live near Baltimore and grow a garden every year. Keep the videos coming.
Elias Castillo Thank you very much. It's great to hear from local viewers. I hope we have a good growing season this year, despite the late start.
Great
Just found your channel when looking for composting tips! LOVE IT! Thanks so much for the awesome videos.
Taylor Adney Thanks man!
Great vid
I just found your videos today. Wow! I love them so much and I'm so pleased you didn't give up (I've just watched 'that' video). I'm in the UK so I know I can't apply all your advice but you've given me so much inspiration to try new things in the garden. Thank you. Please keep it up. Your videos are so relaxing, kind of Bohemian which I LOVE, and very inspiring. New sub here!
Thank you and welcome to the channel. :-)
EW! Animals?
your videos are very educational, I love them, beautiful editing. l have a problem with composting, my compost don't get hot, what am I doing wrong? can you help me?
Thanks! I have made hot compost in the past, but for me its too much maintenance to bother. You must have the right ratio of carbon to nitrogen (30/1) and it must be big enough (4 feet pile minimum) and it must be kept at the right amount of moisture.(moist but not waterlogged) And it needs air so you must turn it every so often. It is much easier for people using manure and straw. That tends to heat up nicely. I just do cold compost, and wait longer for it to do its thing. of course the risk of disease and weed seeds is greater in cold compost.
keep up your most personal and inviting garden videos, I found you, and enjoy your informative videos.
+Rick Schulte Thanks for the feedback! Hope you enjoy the channel!
that was a pot, not a pan... certainly not the right choice for sauce.
I wasn't aware of the difference, even after more than 16 years of speaking english. Thanks for clarifying
LOL its all good, call it a stock pot, or just a large pot!
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+luis tavares Valeu Luis!
Most of the time a pan has one long handle and a pot has two small handles
thanks for the tip!
You are most welcome! When I was a little girl my mother's English was limited so I know how it can be
Me and my wife have reduced our waist about 50%eating a more vegetarian diet and buying compostable containers and any egg cartons we give to people we know have laying hens and we don't buy bottled water no soda and some other stuff and it's pretty cool makes good soil my first year of doing it so I'm finally getting results now at the end of the year
That's the way to go!