FUI. Don’t drill holes at the bottom of bin, as you’re loosing much of precious juices. Drill holes at the lateral Side of the bin, about 10 cm from the bottom. That way - when compost dry it will draw water from the bottom up.
As someone coming to TH-cam university for compost knowledge, this is by far the best content I’ve seen posted about it. Super informational & useful, thank you!!
this is amazing! i am 15 and have developed an interest in gardening and with no money for fertilizer i decided to loko into compost and i already have everything i need!
I have been wanting to make a compost for a while to reduce the waste we put out in the trash can. I'm glad I stumbled upon y'alls short and sweet video. In about 10 minutes, I drilled holes in an extra plastic bin, lined I with dried palm leaves, put some soil, old plants (not plants with fungus) and old veggies and eggshells! I topped it with some extra top soil I had and a few more palm leaves! I'm hoping for the best! Thanks for your help!
My quarantine journey has actually been: More cooking -> "I need fresh herbs" -> "Holy moley fresh herbs are expensive!" -> "I should start an herb garden" -> "Wait, I should probably be composting all of these food scraps from my increased cooking" -> this video.
What a succinct video. Thank you for not telling me I need to start with some store bought purpose built bin. I composted several years ago when I lived in a house with 7 other people. I saw how much organic waste we produced and started collecting. After being away at work for 2 weeks at a time, first thing Id do when getting home was stab into my compost, inhale the wonderful smell. Also the heat produced was incredible. Had to show my baffled roommates...look at the mycelium!
This is the best video on home scale composting that breaks it down really simply and explains all of the aspects of it as well as some troubleshooting thanks a billion!
I have fun running my kitchen scraps through a blender before I spread them on my browns. It seems to keep some of the insect activity down (also cover with browns). AND, seems to process faster, as, I guess, it renders it super-ready for breakdown. Whatever-it sure is fun to get yummy composty stuff for mixing with potting soil for container planting toemaytoes and peppers.
you guys work well together. i do enjoy seeing couples doing these videos together. my husband isn't into the dirt and composting like i am and i am fine doing it alone but i do enjoy it when he's with me harvesting some of our crops. i am in the city and my yard is shared by those who don't have the appreciation of being clean so i am not sure i am going on with my cropping at this address. keep up the good work and thanks for sharing so much i haven't heard of.
Jossiegirl orelse OMG if I didn't know any better I would said you took those words from me.I take care of the inside and the outside. I want to see if I could grow some vegetables 'am pretty good with plants, so I clean a nice place out back to do a vegtable garden and sometimes I wish my other half would help I like working in the yard. So I am going to try the compost bin.I like to see couples working together my neighbors across the street from me are like that, the other day they were washing their car together.
Great video! I’m about to buy my first home with a yard and first thing I want to do is start composting and grow my own fruits and vegetables and this video helped me get an idea of how to get started.
Thank u for the video, was going to run off and spend lots of money on a compost bin, but came across your video. Was able to recycle a old disused 25l bucket that had a crack in it. Now that's the start of my compost manufacturing and cycling process. Trying to make a small difference in persevering our planet. Thanks so much for the help and advice. 🙏🏽
Informative and very simple, concerning the water leekage just put a shallow bowl underneath the bin to keep the water which is precious for having nice microbes and minerals and reuse it again and again 💖
Great job explaining balance is key. I'm starting a big compost and I'm happy I kept all the dead leaves and stuff I cleaned up around the year to use in the compost now, I thought I had too much but now it looks like I'll have just enough!
Thank you guys.. This was really helpful! I've been trying hard to make compost in my little plastic bin.... Got few great tips from what's going wrong.
This was very helpful for me! I'm moving into a place that has a community garden and plan to start gardening in my own back yard, so I wanted to start my own compost bin :D edit: Sorry for all the nasty comments, this video is great! It helped me decide and go forward with starting my own compost bin (I'm sure it has helped many others too) so rest assured you guys helped the planet that much more 💚 Thank you for posting! Great vid!
This is so helpful. I live on my own so there's not heaps of scraps but I would like to use it wisely. And I didn't want anything to big or hard to do. This is perfect, thanks.
How often do you store the compost? I’m new to this but this video the most helpful I’ve seen! Once you put everything in the bin and water it you leave it covered but for how many days till you have to mix it ? And how often after ?
One of the best videos on beginning composting I have seen. I live in the high desert of Southern Arizona. Since it is very dry and hot here how often should I water my compost?
Yes, you can add to your compost continually. Just make sure to stick to the ratio of more browns than greens, and don't add meat/ dairy or diseased plants. Also remember to till it/ "stir" the newly added material down into the rest of the mixture. Stirring helps to aerate the compost as well, which is an important step in the process
@@helenoleksyn5198Definitely! Just make sure you're maintaining that balance of "greens" (produce, plant matter, etc) and "browns" (dead leaves, twigs, etc)
alltough this video is very informative, you do not need all the greens and browns etc. We are a Family of four and have a compost bin of about 1cubic meter for like 3 years , in wich we throw the unedible fruits from our garden and nearly all our biologic kitchen waste, except sour things and things that have already been cooked/heated , as these do not compost that easy. And even with us throwing biologic waste in there every 2-3 days (a whole thrash can) it composts very fast and we always have a good amount of fresh composted soil. Please Note: I do not say that the tipps given in this video are bad or anything like that as some are very usefull (Mixing it to help the air get in) , all i say is that you do not need to do all this just to get some compost.
@Joanne porter what we have done is we simple took a plastic box and drilled holes in the bottom (so that excess water can drain, but moles can't get up) and put a lid over it, Wich is NOT airtight or anything just something to keep too much rain from getting in. Then we started to throw in all that stuff I explained, together with the earthworms we find whilst digging in the garden. Hope I could help!
Great video! very helpful! so can I continue adding kitchen scraps to the compost through the composting process or am I supposed to collect kitchen scraps for a while and then start the compost?
well ya for like 3 months add scraps, then start another bin after you start the first one and 3 months have gone by then start another by 6 months you can clear the compost from the first one and start another compost in that bucket
For a compost pile that is in a bin rather than directly on the ground, do you need a lot of dirt or is there enough microbes on leaves and branches that break down the pile. Also are worms a necessity for compost in a bin
Am starting a compost... wondering, wont' the big sticks be hard to work with and not break down? Also wondering if its OK to put near a large fir tree. Have heard not to put near a tree, but its a pretty big tree, and its about 8 feet away. Its the only place thats not terribly hot in the summer and not too close to our house.
Thank you! I’m new at gardening and still have questions.. so I have the choice of doing the pvc compost in any area where I plan to plant? So the nutrients of the compost spread on the soil? Also.. the big bin.. you keep filling it as you collect organic debris or do it once and leave it? What you do with the final result? Sorry for my ignorance 😝
H Anna C., I'm new also but I believe that yes, you can use the pvc compost in any area and that one purpose is to attract worms. Worms are then added to your compost mix and will help to speed up the composting process. The final result is to mix it with your topsoil and use around your herbs, gardens or flowers.
A lot of literature out there says use a ratio of 2 parts greens (nitrogen) to 1 part brown (carbon) as opposed to your 1:2/1:3 green to brown. Greens or food scraps already have carbon in them. According to them, the ideal Carbon:Nitrogen ratio is 30:1 or 25:1. This is not to be misunderstood as 30 bucket of browns to 1 bucket of greens but by the concentration of C:N in the compost mix. So 2:1 Greens to Browns is recommended. If we were to follow your given ratio, browns would take up more space in the compost bin rather than food scraps which is why we are doing this in the first place and it goes against the point of managing food waste efficiently.
Super helpful! I've been doing drop composting, but I wanted to to start composting to create garden soil (and eventually start a garden). I especially love Grandma's composting system.
I'm trying to make (because it doesn't seem available anywhere) a kitchen compost bin (so just for collecting food scraps, not for making soil) but one with a foot pedal. All the kitchen compost bins for sale seem to be made for counter top use, meaning they have a lid (a lid would require you to use your hands which may be dirty from cooking etc). What I need to make is a foot pedal, hands-free version. Do you think I can simply buy a regular foot pedal trash can and drill holes in it? And should I maybe glue some charcoal filters to the underside of the lid or elsewhere for the smells? And if it comes with a liner bucket (ideally it would) would it be OK if only the liner had holes drilled into it, and not the outside of the can? Thanks for any ideas!- Maria
The grass clippings stay green for atleast a few hours. I worked at a golf course for a bit. We produced hundreds of pounds of grass clippings per day. We dumped the bagger 3-4 times in a 6 hour period, may have been a ton a day, idk. Those containers got HEAVY! They were mere millimeters in length & stayed green for a long time... Hours atleast. I don't know how long it takes to go brown. It's aleast several hours.
@@d-puppup okay, but what I don't understand is that dead leaves are considered brown, full of carbon, whereas clippings are....still considered green? But isn't it just a matter of hours, days or weeks before fresh clippings become dead leaves?
@@JohnSmith-nz2yq If you put any of those in compost, I'm pretty sure they are very broken down as days/weeks pass. They won't be the exact same material. Hints "Composting".
I appreciate the tutorial and just learnt that the holes at the top of my bin just might not be enough! I need to drill the bottom too. Also, can you make a video on how to take care of cooked waste? A cooked food compost too? If so, how will it me maintained.
So Im totally starting a compost bin but still have lots to learn. This video was very informative so thank you, but I was wondering.. I’m living in PA and wanted to start a compost pile for a vegetable garden for next spring. Is it too soon to start that? We have crappy winters and the compost bin would be outside, is that okay? What would you recommend ? If any of this makes sense lol
You can start, it's not too early, and you can directly mix your organic wastes with soil on the place where you want to start vegetable garden. You can even use meet and dairy products in your "underground" compost, as the smell would not come out. Further, you can dig some moist places in search of earthworms, or may be you can buy some and leave them under the soil where you are starting to compost.
I recommend that you try to avoid using plastic If you can. Because very small pieces usually fall off. Also when you make holes in it, there are small plastic pieces that falls to the ground. But there are pros and cons for everything. For example, I think it’s good that we don’t switch out plastic with paper for everything. We can not increase our paper-production , because of the rainforest.
Hello friend, as a Brazilian just wanted to let you know that the paper we use don't come from the rainforest, neither the oxygen we breath (the oceans produce it). The major value of the rainforest is in the chemicals it produces, its a giant lab. Most repellents, medicines and fertilizers that we use have some origin here. Mostly by ilegal researchers....
y Y I know. I think it was in january, when there were a lot of media attention to the rainforest in Brazil, because of the fires, over and over they said it was the earths lungs. I went crazy when they repeated that line.
it was better to drill holes above rather than below and drill bit larger holes below. we can also keep a container below the composting bin so that the essential nutrients draining out could be kept and yes not to add water when nitrogen green waste have been added. The browns absorb the excess water from the greens so minimal water and mineral wastage takes place and less rot
First doing it and when I opened my container, I notice some kind of white mold, similar what we see on bread more or less, is it normal? Thanks for the content, very very useful for someone like me (first time house owner and starting a new garden =) ). BTW I'm doing in a very similar way as you showed.
If it looks too wet and sludgy, try adding more browns and mix it up a bit. I use a trash can with a lid, and I turn it on its side and roll it around a little every few days. I have to go slow and hold the lid because it snaps shut, but can easily come off.
How long does the food scrapes stay in thr pvc? How long of a period can a compost pile stand before using in the garden? I'm in north Florida, so the garden 30' x 30' dems is planted late march.
Great! I want to introduce composting in our neighborhood in the urbans and potentially minimize Biodegradable waste. This video is very comprehensible. Thank you! Keep it up! 🌏
I truly appreciate the time you both put into this video. When I searched about this topic, your video was the 1st to pop up. This will make a difference and I’m getting started as we speak💯
can I just buy some soil conditioner into the compost bin? I use that for my compost toilet, so I think might work just as well with kitchen waste. What do you think?
I think the garden pvc is the way to go, we make about a small bucket of food scraps every 3 days not enough to do a full bin but certainly enough to keep a well made garden box fed full of nutrients.
I teach a 1st grade class. And we have a little garden space. I like the grandma's compost idea. Any tips that we can use to start our own class compost projects?
Maria Urosa my high school science class takes food scraps from the kitchen and used paper for compost. We have a whole garden next to the school where we grow fruits and veggies! Everyone in my class loved it. Plus, our school lunches are made with food the students have grown.
There were some at the end that I've never heard of! Like the tube directly in the garden and the idea of putting a spout on the bottom of the compost bin instead of just letting it drain out of a hole into a container under it.
You ppl r very lucky to hv such natural n beautiful place to live. I love ur video. We in cities don't get proper sunlight in our apartments... You guys are lucky
It's good to know there are people who aren't destroying our planet. God Bless!
Woke littering should not go into the compose bin ...
Yes he’s saving the planet hahahaha
When you compost you create emissions c02 and methane.
@@squibboops9651 youve been brainwashed
FUI. Don’t drill holes at the bottom of bin, as you’re loosing much of precious juices. Drill holes at the lateral Side of the bin, about 10 cm from the bottom. That way - when compost dry it will draw water from the bottom up.
If you don't drill holes at the bottom of the bin, worms won't be able to get inside to help decompose your material.
Why not bones?
@@petros-petraboth of you guys you make sense
@petros-estin-petra- she said it was for airflow right? Also couldn't you just put worms in there and let them reproduce?
@@lilly_l0vell you probably could. I believe natural is always better though
I’ve been watching videos on composting all week and this is by far the most beneficial in educational one I’ve seen yet. Thank you all so much
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As someone coming to TH-cam university for compost knowledge, this is by far the best content I’ve seen posted about it. Super informational & useful, thank you!!
Same!
this is amazing! i am 15 and have developed an interest in gardening and with no money for fertilizer i decided to loko into compost and i already have everything i need!
I have been wanting to make a compost for a while to reduce the waste we put out in the trash can. I'm glad I stumbled upon y'alls short and sweet video. In about 10 minutes, I drilled holes in an extra plastic bin, lined I with dried palm leaves, put some soil, old plants (not plants with fungus) and old veggies and eggshells! I topped it with some extra top soil I had and a few more palm leaves! I'm hoping for the best! Thanks for your help!
Joanna Gapinski me too!
Please give us the status on your compost bin. How is it going? Was it a success and did you have to make any revisions.
I've been feeling really intimidated and worried about trying to start my own bin but this was incredibly encouraging, I'm going to start it today!!
I love your grandmother's idea of the PVC pipes and bin for liquid plant food.
Who else is led to do gardening because of quarantine?
My quarantine journey has actually been: More cooking -> "I need fresh herbs" -> "Holy moley fresh herbs are expensive!" -> "I should start an herb garden" -> "Wait, I should probably be composting all of these food scraps from my increased cooking" -> this video.
I've always gardened but now that I don't have to go to work, I have so much more time for it. The garden is really benefiting!
@@MDkid1 same here! Now that I have the extra time I added so many plants to my collection. I hope I can maintain them when this is all over 👀😂😂🤣
What a succinct video. Thank you for not telling me I need to start with some store bought purpose built bin. I composted several years ago when I lived in a house with 7 other people. I saw how much organic waste we produced and started collecting. After being away at work for 2 weeks at a time, first thing Id do when getting home was stab into my compost, inhale the wonderful smell. Also the heat produced was incredible. Had to show my baffled roommates...look at the mycelium!
This is the best video on home scale composting that breaks it down really simply and explains all of the aspects of it as well as some troubleshooting thanks a billion!
I have fun running my kitchen scraps through a blender before I spread them on my browns. It seems to keep some of the insect activity down (also cover with browns). AND, seems to process faster, as, I guess, it renders it super-ready for breakdown. Whatever-it sure is fun to get yummy composty stuff for mixing with potting soil for container planting toemaytoes and peppers.
The cat shot was super important for this video, thank you, I appreciated it 💜💚
you guys work well together. i do enjoy seeing couples doing these videos together. my husband isn't into the dirt and composting like i am and i am fine doing it alone but i do enjoy it when he's with me harvesting some of our crops. i am in the city and my yard is shared by those who don't have the appreciation of being clean so i am not sure i am going on with my cropping at this address. keep up the good work and thanks for sharing so much i haven't heard of.
Jossiegirl orelse OMG if I didn't know any better I would said you took those words from me.I take care of the inside and the outside. I want to see if I could grow some vegetables 'am pretty good with plants, so I clean a nice place out back to do a vegtable garden and sometimes I wish my other half would help I like working in the yard. So I am going to try the compost bin.I like to see couples working together my neighbors across the street from me are like that, the other day they were washing their car together.
Great video! I’m about to buy my first home with a yard and first thing I want to do is start composting and grow my own fruits and vegetables and this video helped me get an idea of how to get started.
Thank u for the video, was going to run off and spend lots of money on a compost bin, but came across your video. Was able to recycle a old disused 25l bucket that had a crack in it. Now that's the start of my compost manufacturing and cycling process. Trying to make a small difference in persevering our planet. Thanks so much for the help and advice. 🙏🏽
Informative and very simple, concerning the water leekage just put a shallow bowl underneath the bin to keep the water which is precious for having nice microbes and minerals and reuse it again and again 💖
This is one of the most informative composting videos I've seen! Thanks!
1:41 - Just for that split second, I thought you were drawing something else...
Great job explaining balance is key. I'm starting a big compost and I'm happy I kept all the dead leaves and stuff I cleaned up around the year to use in the compost now, I thought I had too much but now it looks like I'll have just enough!
This compost Video is really helpful for me. Because now I know what step I was forgetting, it was adding water.
Thank you guys.. This was really helpful! I've been trying hard to make compost in my little plastic bin.... Got few great tips from what's going wrong.
This was so helpful!! I have tried to search for other videos and it did not explain the step by step process at all. This is what i needed!
This was very helpful for me! I'm moving into a place that has a community garden and plan to start gardening in my own back yard, so I wanted to start my own compost bin :D
edit: Sorry for all the nasty comments, this video is great! It helped me decide and go forward with starting my own compost bin (I'm sure it has helped many others too) so rest assured you guys helped the planet that much more 💚 Thank you for posting! Great vid!
Thanks for your time guys. What a sensational video. I'm actually off to Bunnings to buy a compost bin.
yes! this is exactly what i needed i barely even knew the definition of the compost and everytime i look it up i get overwhelmed this was perfect!
Simple is good. Just starting is good. You figure out the rest as you go.
This is just great guys. I've started mine today out here in dubai. And I've only used the advice you guys give on this video. Thanks alot.
This is so helpful. I live on my own so there's not heaps of scraps but I would like to use it wisely. And I didn't want anything to big or hard to do. This is perfect, thanks.
Awesome video! The science explanations are informative and easy to understand. This rocks.
Of all the videos I've watched over years, this is the best one. Thanks!
I watched this video a million times, I don’t know why I love it so much ♥️
This is the best composting video i've ever seen
How often do you store the compost? I’m new to this but this video the most helpful I’ve seen! Once you put everything in the bin and water it you leave it covered but for how many days till you have to mix it ? And how often after ?
How often do you turn it? How often do you add food scraps? Do you add carbon when you add food scraps? how do I know it's done?
Very informative but i was very much so distracted by his lack of shoes.
You guys are truly making a difference. Good job.
One of the best videos on beginning composting I have seen. I live in the high desert of Southern Arizona. Since it is very dry and hot here how often should I water my compost?
should i be turning my compost pile as soon as i make it? should it keep the structure that i laid it down in?
Can you continually add food to your compost? Or no since some will already be broken down and then adding new food would mess it up?
I was wondering too.
Yes, you can add to your compost continually. Just make sure to stick to the ratio of more browns than greens, and don't add meat/ dairy or diseased plants. Also remember to till it/ "stir" the newly added material down into the rest of the mixture. Stirring helps to aerate the compost as well, which is an important step in the process
Alice Masterson can spoiled veggies or fruits be added?
@@helenoleksyn5198Definitely! Just make sure you're maintaining that balance of "greens" (produce, plant matter, etc) and "browns" (dead leaves, twigs, etc)
alltough this video is very informative, you do not need all the greens and browns etc. We are a Family of four and have a compost bin of about 1cubic meter for like 3 years , in wich we throw the unedible fruits from our garden and nearly all our biologic kitchen waste, except sour things and things that have already been cooked/heated , as these do not compost that easy. And even with us throwing biologic waste in there every 2-3 days (a whole thrash can) it composts very fast and we always have a good amount of fresh composted soil.
Please Note:
I do not say that the tipps given in this video are bad or anything like that as some are very usefull (Mixing it to help the air get in) , all i say is that you do not need to do all this just to get some compost.
@Joanne porter what we have done is we simple took a plastic box and drilled holes in the bottom (so that excess water can drain, but moles can't get up) and put a lid over it, Wich is NOT airtight or anything just something to keep too much rain from getting in. Then we started to throw in all that stuff I explained, together with the earthworms we find whilst digging in the garden.
Hope I could help!
I'm doing a kitchen compost, to start a garden next fall.
Great video! very helpful! so can I continue adding kitchen scraps to the compost through the composting process or am I supposed to collect kitchen scraps for a while and then start the compost?
Yes you can add any time :) I dump scraps every day.
Danielle Saunders thank you!!
well ya for like 3 months add scraps, then start another bin
after you start the first one and 3 months have gone by then start another
by 6 months you can clear the compost from the first one and start another compost in that bucket
instead of wasting burlap sack, just dont dump 3 gallons of water on your compost.
This is the best compost video we have seen so far. Thank you so much ❤
For a compost pile that is in a bin rather than directly on the ground, do you need a lot of dirt or is there enough microbes on leaves and branches that break down the pile. Also are worms a necessity for compost in a bin
What a beaut couple showing what they love and whats right. I hope you have a bunch of kids so you can share your wisdom.
Awww! Pretty kitty! Thank you for this video. They should teach these things in school.
Great Video. I don't have a yard, but have been trying to figure out how to re-cycle my kitchen scraps. This was very helpful.
Am starting a compost... wondering, wont' the big sticks be hard to work with and not break down? Also wondering if its OK to put near a large fir tree. Have heard not to put near a tree, but its a pretty big tree, and its about 8 feet away. Its the only place thats not terribly hot in the summer and not too close to our house.
Thanks for ur efforts, why r some people rude on comments,either take it or discard it...peace
Loved the video and the drawings were helpful. You guys are so cute and down to earth! Keep up the good work 😃🌿👍
My project starts this week. Thank you for everything. Love and support from Canada
Thank you! I’m new at gardening and still have questions.. so I have the choice of doing the pvc compost in any area where I plan to plant? So the nutrients of the compost spread on the soil? Also.. the big bin.. you keep filling it as you collect organic debris or do it once and leave it? What you do with the final result? Sorry for my ignorance 😝
Answer this please :(
H Anna C., I'm new also but I believe that yes, you can use the pvc compost in any area and that one purpose is to attract worms. Worms are then added to your compost mix and will help to speed up the composting process. The final result is to mix it with your topsoil and use around your herbs, gardens or flowers.
Gabriela Vallesi-Richards thank you so much! 🙏🏻
A lot of literature out there says use a ratio of 2 parts greens (nitrogen) to 1 part brown (carbon) as opposed to your 1:2/1:3 green to brown. Greens or food scraps already have carbon in them. According to them, the ideal Carbon:Nitrogen ratio is 30:1 or 25:1. This is not to be misunderstood as 30 bucket of browns to 1 bucket of greens but by the concentration of C:N in the compost mix. So 2:1 Greens to Browns is recommended.
If we were to follow your given ratio, browns would take up more space in the compost bin rather than food scraps which is why we are doing this in the first place and it goes against the point of managing food waste efficiently.
Oooh the liquid fertilizer part. I like the idea of putting a tap on the bin.
Super helpful! I've been doing drop composting, but I wanted to to start composting to create garden soil (and eventually start a garden). I especially love Grandma's composting system.
I'm trying to make (because it doesn't seem available anywhere) a kitchen compost bin (so just for collecting food scraps, not for making soil) but one with a foot pedal. All the kitchen compost bins for sale seem to be made for counter top use, meaning they have a lid (a lid would require you to use your hands which may be dirty from cooking etc). What I need to make is a foot pedal, hands-free version. Do you think I can simply buy a regular foot pedal trash can and drill holes in it? And should I maybe glue some charcoal filters to the underside of the lid or elsewhere for the smells? And if it comes with a liner bucket (ideally it would) would it be OK if only the liner had holes drilled into it, and not the outside of the can? Thanks for any ideas!- Maria
thank you...soo far the best video about the composting i found, from my months of searching
Why are fresh grass clippings green?
Wouldnt they die and turn brown quickly when clipped?
In which case, they are brown?
The grass clippings stay green for atleast a few hours.
I worked at a golf course for a bit.
We produced hundreds of pounds of grass clippings per day. We dumped the bagger 3-4 times in a 6 hour period, may have been a ton a day, idk. Those containers got HEAVY!
They were mere millimeters in length & stayed green for a long time... Hours atleast. I don't know how long it takes to go brown. It's aleast several hours.
@@d-puppup okay, but what I don't understand is that dead leaves are considered brown, full of carbon, whereas clippings are....still considered green?
But isn't it just a matter of hours, days or weeks before fresh clippings become dead leaves?
@@JohnSmith-nz2yq If you put any of those in compost, I'm pretty sure they are very broken down as days/weeks pass.
They won't be the exact same material.
Hints "Composting".
My compost bin is amazing so many larvaes from black soldier fly I’m so happy when they visit my trash ! They eat everything in there 👍🏼
I'm hoping to get them in Melbourne, but I'm not getting any in my compost. Where are U at?
I plan on starting one next year, not growing anything. Just want to reduce my waste
You guys rock. Its nice to see my generation doing things clever way.
I appreciate the tutorial and just learnt that the holes at the top of my bin just might not be enough! I need to drill the bottom too. Also, can you make a video on how to take care of cooked waste? A cooked food compost too? If so, how will it me maintained.
Lovely picture at the end 😍 Thanks for sharing your tips
If you live in a concrete jungle.
You can use shredded paper if you don't have dead leaves. Newspapers, old magazine, envelope
Awesome! Thanks for sharing. I really like the PVC pipe in the ground. 👍
Going to start mine today.
Does grass clippings from my lawnmower count as “browns”?
Bitch Boss yes
Bitch Boss greens actually
Green if fresh, Brown if dry, Brown's are just dead material of some kind, usually..
So Im totally starting a compost bin but still have lots to learn. This video was very informative so thank you, but I was wondering.. I’m living in PA and wanted to start a compost pile for a vegetable garden for next spring. Is it too soon to start that? We have crappy winters and the compost bin would be outside, is that okay? What would you recommend ? If any of this makes sense lol
You can start, it's not too early, and you can directly mix your organic wastes with soil on the place where you want to start vegetable garden. You can even use meet and dairy products in your "underground" compost, as the smell would not come out.
Further, you can dig some moist places in search of earthworms, or may be you can buy some and leave them under the soil where you are starting to compost.
Great video. I never would've thought about thunde PVC pipe, thanks for that gem.
I recommend that you try to avoid using plastic If you can. Because very small pieces usually fall off. Also when you make holes in it, there are small plastic pieces that falls to the ground. But there are pros and cons for everything.
For example, I think it’s good that we don’t switch out plastic with paper for everything. We can not increase our paper-production , because of the rainforest.
Hello friend, as a Brazilian just wanted to let you know that the paper we use don't come from the rainforest, neither the oxygen we breath (the oceans produce it). The major value of the rainforest is in the chemicals it produces, its a giant lab. Most repellents, medicines and fertilizers that we use have some origin here. Mostly by ilegal researchers....
y Y I know. I think it was in january, when there were a lot of media attention to the rainforest in Brazil, because of the fires, over and over they said it was the earths lungs. I went crazy when they repeated that line.
it was better to drill holes above rather than below and drill bit larger holes below.
we can also keep a container below the composting bin so that the essential nutrients draining out could be kept and yes not to add water when nitrogen green waste have been added. The browns absorb the excess water from the greens so minimal water and mineral wastage takes place and less rot
Just what I have been looking for! Thank you!!
First doing it and when I opened my container, I notice some kind of white mold, similar what we see on bread more or less, is it normal? Thanks for the content, very very useful for someone like me (first time house owner and starting a new garden =) ). BTW I'm doing in a very similar way as you showed.
Yes it's normal and encouraged since it's beneficiary to the compost.
If it looks too wet and sludgy, try adding more browns and mix it up a bit. I use a trash can with a lid, and I turn it on its side and roll it around a little every few days. I have to go slow and hold the lid because it snaps shut, but can easily come off.
Possibly fungus? Mycelium is important for decomposition, it often looks like white root things
How long does the food scrapes stay in thr pvc?
How long of a period can a compost pile stand before using in the garden? I'm in north Florida, so the garden 30' x 30' dems is planted late march.
I just pulled a bunch of weeds and vines from my garden can i use them to start a pile
as long as theyre not perenials.
This was fascinating! I learned what I needed.
I will spread this message & hopefully more people will start composting.
It's not that complicated!
I loved this video, so informational and visually aided. The cat tax to go with it!
You see that folks? Hippies DO contribute to society!!
Very inspired now will be starting a compost bin
Great! I want to introduce composting in our neighborhood in the urbans and potentially minimize Biodegradable waste. This video is very comprehensible. Thank you! Keep it up! 🌏
Thanks for the video. I'm starting one today!
Nice video thank you. Just a quick question- grandma's bin does not appear to have any holes. How does it get aerated?
Phoenix 3:00 shows them drilling holes
@@mommaearthxo thanks @3.00 is their bin. Grandma's bin is at 8.45. No holes?
@@Phoenix-kf4xo 8:45 is the end of the video, im not sure which bin you're seeing.
@@echo_silvio_jvb5224 apologies. Grandmas bin @ 7.20
I assume they toss it more frequently and/or leave the cover off whenever possible
What category would the hair and nails be in? Browns or greens?
lol
Browns
Depends how old they are lol
That backyard setup is creative af. Going to copy that. 👌🏾
Cheap immersion blender works great for breaking your food scraps down to more manageable sizes
Thank you for posting this. I've tried and failed 3 times at making a compost pile. You guys made it so clear. I'll try for lucky number 4!
I truly appreciate the time you both put into this video. When I searched about this topic, your video was the 1st to pop up. This will make a difference and I’m getting started as we speak💯
can I just buy some soil conditioner into the compost bin? I use that for my compost toilet, so I think might work just as well with kitchen waste. What do you think?
You are a lovely couple. Thanks for sharing your dream with the world
Trial and error is great and all. I'm Really glad they included their mistakes
I think the garden pvc is the way to go, we make about a small bucket of food scraps every 3 days not enough to do a full bin but certainly enough to keep a well made garden box fed full of nutrients.
this was great! I wish i could get a copy of the drawing you made!! Super helpful. Thank you.
Yeah, it was a nice drawing. Try doing a screenshot or more to help recreate it.
I teach a 1st grade class. And we have a little garden space. I like the grandma's compost idea. Any tips that we can use to start our own class compost projects?
Maria Urosa my high school science class takes food scraps from the kitchen and used paper for compost. We have a whole garden next to the school where we grow fruits and veggies! Everyone in my class loved it. Plus, our school lunches are made with food the students have grown.
Wonderful presentation .
There were some at the end that I've never heard of! Like the tube directly in the garden and the idea of putting a spout on the bottom of the compost bin instead of just letting it drain out of a hole into a container under it.
Thank you for this i'm gonna give it a go
You ppl r very lucky to hv such natural n beautiful place to live. I love ur video. We in cities don't get proper sunlight in our apartments... You guys are lucky
21Mason Ferguson yes
21Mason Ferguson stfu
do i mix up the compost whenever i add new stuff?
and should i add more browns whenever i add more food waste?
I like the pvc tube on the ground idea….do we need to put browns as well or not?
I think with all forms of composting a balance of greens and browns is always necessary for proper storage
I just came here because I want to grow a great garden.
Very helpful. Thank you so much. Wished there was something to contribute you for your work.
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