Just in case you don't know this, Gary you are an EXCELLENT teacher. Plain, simple and to the point. People love you. Hope your channel is doing excellent. You deserve it. Your time and knowledge are very much appreciated. Helping people do inexpensive ways of gardening. Thank you for sharing.
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Gary, Great Video! Have you thought about having a small worm farm to turn the compost into black gold (AKA the Worm castings) :)? I have millions of worms that I raise for fertilizer for my garden, and also to teach others how to care for them :) Worms are the secret to any great garden :)
I follow about 12 gardening channels and this one is my favorite. Overall I learn the most basic things to do from Gary and so many are quite inexpensive and less difficult, aggravating, or stressful. I have three of these compost piles going at the same time, but I used pallets to frame out my bins. I fill them with lots of leaves, food waste from the family, a ton of coffee, garden waste, cardboard, and shredded paper that doesn't have colored ink or plastic. Good stuff! My goal is to buy as few bags of soil as possible.
Thanks so much. Nice on the 3 piles. After they are going for a while, you save so much on soil and bagged organic fertilizer. And the garden is healthier. Join this channel to get access to perks which focus on garden mentoring and member influenced videos: th-cam.com/channels/ptL6_qMImyW_yZwiMjQdpg.htmljoin You can find items I use or discuss in videos, by checking out my Amazon Storefront for fertilizer, pest management, shade cloth, seed starting supplies, books and more! at www.amazon.com/shop/garypilarchiktherustedgarden As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualified purchases. Please visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop (My Shop) for your fabric pots, fall & spring seeds, seed starting supplies, peppermint oil, neem oil, TRG merchandise, and more at www.therustedgarden.com Please subscribe if you have a chance (Thanks!)
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Leaves give us most all the compost we need. Mixing with grass clippings can help and I always add some sprinkles of rotted cow manure packed with worms & microbes. Collecting stops mud forming and is a bi-daily chore for a month or more but well worth the raking time. Love to you all from Tipperary, Eire. 💖🙏🌻
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Grew up under a canopy of 100 ft pecan trees and this is exactly how we composted all those leaves and grass clippings. Mowing and bagging helps speed up since broken up. We would drop in the center some fresh compost and veggie peels. Have to chuckle when I see the cute little compost tumblers.
Work right. The core of green helps too. Please support The Rusted Garden by subscribing and using my Amazon Store Link when shopping for anything on Amazon www.amazon.com/shop/garypilarchiktherustedgarden. As an Amazon Associate I earn from any qualified purchases, not just items I link. You can also find items I use or discuss in videos, by checking out my Amazon Storefront for fertilizer, pest management, shade cloth, seed starting supplies, books and more! Please visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop (My Shop) for your fabric pots, fall & spring seeds, seed starting supplies, peppermint oil, neem oil, TRG merchandise, and more at www.therustedgarden.com Thanks & Cheers!
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Gary was so nice here in N.Y today that's exactly what I did. Used fence and post just like yours. I love the leaves. Fill up the bottom of my pots also in the spring with them so I don't have to use so much dirt. Can never have enough leaves.
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Gary, I’ve been watching you for years and you are the best. I’ve been doing this cold compost for a long time, and it works wonderful! Yes, October is the best time to do with all the mulched leaves in my yard! Like you said, just get started, you won’t be sorry!
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Glad I watched to the end; I was gonna comment to ask whether it mattered if the leaves were placed in direct sunlight or in shade or somewhere in between, but you answered me first!
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I just use a very large, oblong shaped heavy-duty plastic bag, that is zippered(bag is 12mil thick tarpoline material). It holds ~15-20 cubic foot of material. Keeps the rain out when I don't want it. I shred the leaves beforehand with a purposed leaf shredder... and turn the material 2 times/month. I throw in my excess red wigglers from my vericomposting bins, and within 6 months, have beautiful, dark, ready-to-use leaf mold+ castings. I have no idea what this bag I use was originally purposed for, but it works awesome for this purpose.
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GARRRRY!!!😂😂 I haven’t been here in a while, stop gardening for a minute, but if there is anyone to get you back into the yard it’s GARY😊 Blessing to you & your home💖
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Thanks for this explanation. I decided to just do this though I wasn't completely sure how it would work out. I have a bin I built with scrap wood for composting but haven't been keeping up because of back pain and time constraints. It sat empty for over a year. I found a good system to collect and shred leaves using my lawn mower and I'm really pleased with my results just before our first winter weather happening today. Seeing this video gives me so much hope that I finally hit on a good idea to help organize my system. Subscribed!
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Ladies, if you let a garden hose trickle a constant stream of water on the ground as you are pounding in your T-post it goes into the ground easily with much less effort.
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I have been composting in this manner for some years now....and I have been able to have quicker than a year. When start gathering leaves in October, November and December....I have compost available to use in my garden my May or June. I might turn it periodically during winter but it's can be ready long before a year.
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I'm doing it slightly differently but I have 28 garbage bags of leaves I'm hoping to have turned into leaf mold by the time I need it next year. Just finished yesterday in fact and already the ground is as full of leaves as when I started lol. I'm done raking and mowing and bagging by hand though. I'm going to get an attachment for my mower and do it like you. That looks soooo much easier.
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@@LBrown-eb1be Are you planning to add some greens to hurry the process along? If you are and it really matters to you to keep them out I would suggest plastic bins maybe? But that seems a bit expensive and excessive to me so idk. If you're not adding greens I don't think they will be attracted to the bags. They're too damp for them to bed in it as well :/
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One thing to keep in mind when collecting leaves is that leaves are a really important resource for native bugs and small animals to hide or hibernate over winter. If you can, leave some leaf piles in different areas of your yard to ensure everyone has a safe place to hide throughout the winter.
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My compost pile just keeps getting bigger and bigger. I love the idea of using the fencing to raise up the pile. I still just turn it occasionally and wet it.
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This is also a good time to create over-winter red wiggler worm bins for gobs of vermicompost come spring. Keep the bins above 60 degrees to keep them working during the winter. (Worm death occurs at about 40 degrees.) Check periodically to feed & moisten. Best advice is to just let them work without pawing through the bin. My indoor bins run from Oct- April with little fuss.
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I had to clear out A LOT of weeds from my garden this fall so I had bare soil everywhere. When the leaves started to fall I gathered them up and mulched the garden pathways to keep my feet from getting too muddy it rainy conditions and to help nourish the soil and to help manage weeds. I only have two large trees on my property so it takes me a few days to gather up enough.
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Oak leaves are thick. They need to be chopped up. Please visit my new blog www.therustedgardenblog.com The Rusted Garden Vegetable Seeds & Home Garden Supplies: www.therustedgarden.com Earn 15% and become a TRG Affiliate for our seed & garden shop Sign Up Here: bit.ly/4aarkDD
Thanks for sharing another wonderful video. I love your channel. You always explain things so well so that I can understand. I am new to this, so probably a dumb QUESTION????? But, I already have chicken wire, will that work as well or not????? THANKS
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Yep. Smaller the pieces the faster the compost. Manure will speed up process as it adds nitrogen. So both good things. Please visit my new blog www.therustedgardenblog.com The Rusted Garden Vegetable Seeds & Home Garden Supplies: www.therustedgarden.com Earn 15% and become a TRG Affiliate for our seed & garden shop Sign Up Here: bit.ly/4aarkDD
Hi Gary. I drove through my neighbourhood for the last 2 days getting lots of brown bags of leafs.. I made a cage like yours.. It's almost full . What do I do with the rest of the full brown paper bags. I really don't want to put the leafs into plastic bags $ , with holes in it.. Everything so far has been FREE.. Thank you for helping us with our gardens...
The leaf pile should collapse. Soak it down. It may take a couple weeks but you can add the rest of the leaves then. If you have room a 2nd pen is good. You will eventually have a nonstop supply of compost every year Join this channel to get access to perks which focus on garden mentoring and member influenced videos: th-cam.com/channels/ptL6_qMImyW_yZwiMjQdpg.htmljoin You can find items I use or discuss in videos, by checking out my Amazon Storefront for fertilizer, pest management, shade cloth, seed starting supplies, books and more! at www.amazon.com/shop/garypilarchiktherustedgarden As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualified purchases. Please visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop (My Shop) for your fabric pots, fall & spring seeds, seed starting supplies, peppermint oil, neem oil, TRG merchandise, and more at www.therustedgarden.com Please subscribe if you have a chance (Thanks!)
Hi Gary.. I made another cage , it's full now to. I ended up with 100 brown bags of leafs. Lol Shredded with the lawn mower. Here in Canada today is our last day for nice weather. We are to start getting snow this week. Garden Hose is going inside now.. Couple of questions .. Should I put a tarp around the cage. ? Would that keep moisture in? And is it to heat up .? The Temperature is up to a 150ﾟ in the cage. Thanks for all your help .
Hi Gary . I'm kinda freaking out.. Today, I was wetting it down. I noticed something yellowish just under the top layer of the leaves. I moved more leaves away, and there was so much of it. I left a little broken plastic planter on top of the leaves yesterday. And all this yellowish stuff has like climb up the pot to.. It's really hard to describe to you.. It's really funky looking.. I have 6 Rubbermaid bins of Red Wiggler Worms inside my house. I no, if worms don't like something, they won't go near it. Their so smart, lol I just don't know if this yellowish stuff will hurt the worms that's in my leaf mold . Do you have an email address so I can send you pictures.. Or Hopefully, you know what I'm talking about , and this stuff is normal.. That's what I hope you tell me lol Thank you for all the hard work you put into your videos , for all of us.. Cheers
Thanks Gary! Is there any value in lining the inside walls with cardboard? Obviously, it won't last years, but it seems like it would help retain some moisture for a while. (I'm used to thinking in terms of the Denver area climate, where moisture is scarce.)
Yes, I’m in Wyoming And the biggest obstacles to compost, are the dry winters and ravaging winds. We lived in Md for awhile and I had success with leaf mold there. Beautiful climate there, with lots of moisture. I loved living there.
Cardboard would work. And once soaked, laying a tarp on it is okay. Join this channel to get access to perks which focus on garden mentoring and member influenced videos: th-cam.com/channels/ptL6_qMImyW_yZwiMjQdpg.htmljoin You can find items I use or discuss in videos, by checking out my Amazon Storefront for fertilizer, pest management, shade cloth, seed starting supplies, books and more! at www.amazon.com/shop/garypilarchiktherustedgarden As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualified purchases. Please visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop (My Shop) for your fabric pots, fall & spring seeds, seed starting supplies, peppermint oil, neem oil, TRG merchandise, and more at www.therustedgarden.com Please subscribe if you have a chance (Thanks!)
You can tarp leaves. Just go out and move it once a week or about that, so critters down set in. Join this channel to get access to perks which focus on garden mentoring and member influenced videos: th-cam.com/channels/ptL6_qMImyW_yZwiMjQdpg.htmljoin You can find items I use or discuss in videos, by checking out my Amazon Storefront for fertilizer, pest management, shade cloth, seed starting supplies, books and more! at www.amazon.com/shop/garypilarchiktherustedgarden As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualified purchases. Please visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop (My Shop) for your fabric pots, fall & spring seeds, seed starting supplies, peppermint oil, neem oil, TRG merchandise, and more at www.therustedgarden.com Please subscribe if you have a chance (Thanks!)
Sorry for the stupid question: would I get a bunch of weed seeds in my leaf mold pile using the pen style? Have people had issues with this? I want to make leaf mold to use as potting soil in a few years. I am not sure if I should use the pen style or put the leaves in 6 foot tote bags.
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Hi Gary. I have a Toro leaf blower/vac that I use to bag the leaves and it kinda shreds them. Which is better for cold composting, raked leaving them whole or shredding with the vacuum?
IMHO, whole leaves. The mixture needs air, moisture, and time for the fungus and worms to do their work. The pile will settle during the compost process.
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For those that have small space like an Apartment/Townhouse just get a big trash can & drill holes on the bottom& put yr leaves in there. Leave the lid off. I tend to put other leaf scraps from the garden too as long as they are not infested.
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I had shredded leaves in an old raised garden bed for a long time. I went dig around and check the progress and a bunch of small flying bugs came out. I'm guessing they were gnats, is there anything I can or should do about it?
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I have about 15 30 gallon black trash bags that I filled with leaves last year and just left them alone. I haven't opened them yet, but when I do I was wondering if it would be ok to just dump them all into a cold compost bin that I am going to make like the one you just made in this video. the reason I want to know is that I am not ready to use this yet and I can tell that some have broken down, but not all of them have.
Yeah put them all in one place. I sort of do that with the 2 small trashcans and dump them into the bigger container. Join this channel to get access to perks which focus on garden mentoring and member influenced videos: th-cam.com/channels/ptL6_qMImyW_yZwiMjQdpg.htmljoin You can find items I use or discuss in videos, by checking out my Amazon Storefront for fertilizer, pest management, shade cloth, seed starting supplies, books and more! at www.amazon.com/shop/garypilarchiktherustedgarden As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualified purchases. Please visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop (My Shop) for your fabric pots, fall & spring seeds, seed starting supplies, peppermint oil, neem oil, TRG merchandise, and more at www.therustedgarden.com Please subscribe if you have a chance (Thanks!)
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Yep for sure. Anything really. Then video I just did is leaves and grass. My point is that the goals is to just get composting and with time it all turns into great stuff. Thanks! Here is how you can support me, more videos, and The Rusted Garden... The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop: www.therustedgarden.com/ My new Podcast: The Rusted Garden Homestead https: https:bit.ly/443SSGL Visit my blog, The Rusted Garden Journal, for the written DIY recipes and more garden information: therustedgarden.blogspot.com
They are thick leaves. You can but the can take 2x as long. I would chop the up if you can with a mower. The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop: www.therustedgarden.com/ My new Podcast: The Rusted Garden Homestead https: https:bit.ly/443SSGL Visit my blog, The Rusted Garden Journal, for the written DIY recipes and more garden information: therustedgarden.blogspot.com
My husband built me one last weekend per your instructions. He just filled it 2/3 full with leaves. He hasn’t applied a lawn treatment in several months. Would it be safe to use the grass clippings from the next time he mows in the compost bin? Thank You!
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It is fencing and is much thicker. But both work. Please visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop (My Shop) for your fabric pots, fall & spring seeds, seed starting supplies, peppermint oil, neem oil, TRG merchandise, and more at www.therustedgarden.com Plus support The Rusted Garden by subscribing and using my Amazon Store Front link when shopping for anything on Amazon www.amazon.com/shop/garypilarchiktherustedgarden. As an Amazon Associate I earn from any qualified purchases, not just items I link. You can also find items I use or discuss in videos, by checking out my Amazon Storefront for cameras, fertilizer, pest management, shade cloth, seed starting supplies, books and more! Earn 15% by becoming a Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop Affiliate. Some people are using it for their social media followings and some people are using it for a fund raiser for schools and sport teams. To sign up... use this link to our shop and click the MORE tab on the green bar and select TRG Affiliate Program www.therustedgarden.com/ Or use this link to go directly to our TRG Affiliate Program sign up the-rusted-garden.goaffpro.com/create-account
It is often the roots that are a problem. I have composted the leaves with no worries. The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop: www.therustedgarden.com/ My new Podcast: The Rusted Garden Homestead https: https:bit.ly/443SSGL Visit my blog, The Rusted Garden Journal, for the written DIY recipes and more garden information: therustedgarden.blogspot.com Thanks...
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I noticed that there is a tarp laying on the ground beside your leaf compost bin. Do you need to cover the compost bin? I made mine in Oct, and have not covered it. Thank You!
You dont. I use it at times for different reasons. I tarp helps keep the pile moist. So if yours dries out too fast, a tarp helps. Plus support The Rusted Garden by subscribing and using my Amazon Store Front link when shopping for anything on Amazon www.amazon.com/shop/garypilarchiktherustedgarden. As an Amazon Associate I earn from any qualified purchases, not just items I link. You can also find items I use or discuss in videos, by checking out my Amazon Storefront for cameras, fertilizer, pest management, shade cloth, seed starting supplies, books and more! Earn 15% by becoming a Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop Affiliate. Some people are using it for their social media followings and some people are using it for a fund raiser for schools and sport teams. To sign up... use this link to our shop and click the MORE tab on the green bar and select TRG Affiliate Program www.therustedgarden.com/ Or use this link to go directly to our TRG Affiliate Program sign up the-rusted-garden.goaffpro.com/create-account Please visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop (My Shop) for your fabric pots, fall & spring seeds, seed starting supplies, peppermint oil, neem oil, TRG merchandise, and more at www.therustedgarden.com
Heat prevents worms from moving in and filling it with castings. It is faster for compost but if you dont let sit around for 6 months or so, it often has limited castings and worms. Please support The Rusted Garden by subscribing and using my Amazon Store Link when shopping for anything on Amazon www.amazon.com/shop/garypilarchiktherustedgarden. As an Amazon Associate I earn from any qualified purchases, not just items I link. You can also find items I use or discuss in videos, by checking out my Amazon Storefront for fertilizer, pest management, shade cloth, seed starting supplies, books and more! Please visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop (My Shop) for your fabric pots, fall & spring seeds, seed starting supplies, peppermint oil, neem oil, TRG merchandise, and more at www.therustedgarden.com Thanks & Cheers!
You can for sure. The bottom fo that pile you saw had pine needles. The other side of my yard has pines. Ill being doing a video on it. They get a bad rap. Join this channel to get access to perks which focus on garden mentoring and member influenced videos: th-cam.com/channels/ptL6_qMImyW_yZwiMjQdpg.htmljoin You can find items I use or discuss in videos, by checking out my Amazon Storefront for fertilizer, pest management, shade cloth, seed starting supplies, books and more! at www.amazon.com/shop/garypilarchiktherustedgarden As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualified purchases. Please visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop (My Shop) for your fabric pots, fall & spring seeds, seed starting supplies, peppermint oil, neem oil, TRG merchandise, and more at www.therustedgarden.com Please subscribe if you have a chance (Thanks!)
Shade is fine. They key is it needs to stay moist. Please support The Rusted Garden by subscribing and using my Amazon Store Link when shopping for anything on Amazon www.amazon.com/shop/garypilarchiktherustedgarden. As an Amazon Associate I earn from any qualified purchases, not just items I link. You can also find items I use or discuss in videos, by checking out my Amazon Storefront for fertilizer, pest management, shade cloth, seed starting supplies, books and more! Please visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop (My Shop) for your fabric pots, fall & spring seeds, seed starting supplies, peppermint oil, neem oil, TRG merchandise, and more at www.therustedgarden.com Thanks & Cheers!
I like that you can use leftover materials. The problem I have in the mountains of Wyoming (7,000 feet) is that it's extremely cold and dry in the winter (minus 13F last winter, but recorded as low as minus 30F), which makes it difficult to add water and turn the compost. I'm trying deep layers of leaves/grass clippings on the beds this year and hoping we have enough relatively warm days (above freezing) to turn the hose on and keep it moist. When we bought our property 5 years ago we noticed that some areas under the trees were 10-15 inches deep in old dry leaves that still hadn't broken down, so compost is not something that happens naturally here. I used to live in northern Virginia, which gets 36 inches of rain. Sometimes I'd forget to bag a pile of leaves in the fall and find out come spring that it had turned to compost on its own. Here you have to work at it.
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Question...my small town sprays for mosquitoes in the summer as we live near a wildlife refuge area that also has a river and is pretty humid in the summer months. Is it safe to use these leaves as compost if they have the spray on them? It has not rained here since the beginning of September and even if it had, would it completely rinse away the spray?
I would use them. Safe. I dont know but it wont harm the plants. And it already floated through the air and all over the place, including water. Join this channel to get access to perks which focus on garden mentoring and member influenced videos: th-cam.com/channels/ptL6_qMImyW_yZwiMjQdpg.htmljoin You can find items I use or discuss in videos, by checking out my Amazon Storefront for fertilizer, pest management, shade cloth, seed starting supplies, books and more! at www.amazon.com/shop/garypilarchiktherustedgarden As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualified purchases. Please visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop (My Shop) for your fabric pots, fall & spring seeds, seed starting supplies, peppermint oil, neem oil, TRG merchandise, and more at www.therustedgarden.com Please subscribe if you have a chance (Thanks!)
Are cottonwood leaves good for making leaf mold? I have two large cottonwoods next to my garden. I recently read that cottonwood leaves are not good for compost.
You can use them. There is worry that tons of green leaves can effect the pH of your garden. If you are worried toss in some garden lime on them here and there to balance it. But I would not worry about unless you are all CW leaves. Join this channel to get access to perks which focus on garden mentoring and member influenced videos: th-cam.com/channels/ptL6_qMImyW_yZwiMjQdpg.htmljoin You can find items I use or discuss in videos, by checking out my Amazon Storefront for fertilizer, pest management, shade cloth, seed starting supplies, books and more! at www.amazon.com/shop/garypilarchiktherustedgarden As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualified purchases. Please visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop (My Shop) for your fabric pots, fall & spring seeds, seed starting supplies, peppermint oil, neem oil, TRG merchandise, and more at www.therustedgarden.com Please subscribe if you have a chance (Thanks!)
I dont know about the branches but the leaves are fine. The issue is with the roots Join this channel to get access to perks which focus on garden mentoring and member influenced videos: th-cam.com/channels/ptL6_qMImyW_yZwiMjQdpg.htmljoin You can find items I use or discuss in videos, by checking out my Amazon Storefront for fertilizer, pest management, shade cloth, seed starting supplies, books and more! at www.amazon.com/shop/garypilarchiktherustedgarden As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualified purchases. Please visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop (My Shop) for your fabric pots, fall & spring seeds, seed starting supplies, peppermint oil, neem oil, TRG merchandise, and more at www.therustedgarden.com Please subscribe if you have a chance (Thanks!)
There is always a chance but it is not common for open leaves like that. There is no real shelter. Join this channel to get access to perks which focus on garden mentoring and member influenced videos: th-cam.com/channels/ptL6_qMImyW_yZwiMjQdpg.htmljoin You can find items I use or discuss in videos, by checking out my Amazon Storefront for fertilizer, pest management, shade cloth, seed starting supplies, books and more! at www.amazon.com/shop/garypilarchiktherustedgarden As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualified purchases. Please visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop (My Shop) for your fabric pots, fall & spring seeds, seed starting supplies, peppermint oil, neem oil, TRG merchandise, and more at www.therustedgarden.com Please subscribe if you have a chance (Thanks!)
Nope shade is best. Join this channel to get access to perks which focus on garden mentoring and member influenced videos: th-cam.com/channels/ptL6_qMImyW_yZwiMjQdpg.htmljoin You can find items I use or discuss in videos, by checking out my Amazon Storefront for fertilizer, pest management, shade cloth, seed starting supplies, books and more! at www.amazon.com/shop/garypilarchiktherustedgarden As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualified purchases. Please visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop (My Shop) for your fabric pots, fall & spring seeds, seed starting supplies, peppermint oil, neem oil, TRG merchandise, and more at www.therustedgarden.com Please subscribe if you have a chance (Thanks!)
They dont but smaller helps speed up things. Oak leaves should have a chopping. Join this channel to get access to perks which focus on garden mentoring and member influenced videos: th-cam.com/channels/ptL6_qMImyW_yZwiMjQdpg.htmljoin You can find items I use or discuss in videos, by checking out my Amazon Storefront for fertilizer, pest management, shade cloth, seed starting supplies, books and more! at www.amazon.com/shop/garypilarchiktherustedgarden As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualified purchases. Please visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop (My Shop) for your fabric pots, fall & spring seeds, seed starting supplies, peppermint oil, neem oil, TRG merchandise, and more at www.therustedgarden.com Please subscribe if you have a chance (Thanks!)
FASTER and easier - use thicker wire fencing that can stand up on its own. Make a circle with about 15 feet (makes a bin about 4 feet across) and use carabiner clips to hold the ends of the wire together. Toss the leaves into the bin and leave them. When you need the compost, undo the clips and unwrap the cylinder.
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Gary, thank you for the video! Quick question - Are you dumping the leaves as they are or shredding them first? Also will you cover this pile in winter?
They get shredded a bit from the tractor mower but its not a must. Only have leaves like oak leaves need shredding. Chopping any organic matter up does speed up the process, if you have the time. Plus support The Rusted Garden by subscribing and using my Amazon Store Link when shopping for anything on Amazon www.amazon.com/shop/garypilarchiktherustedgarden. As an Amazon Associate I earn from any qualified purchases, not just items I link. You can also find items I use or discuss in videos, by checking out my Amazon Storefront for fertilizer, pest management, shade cloth, seed starting supplies, books and more! Please visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop (My Shop) for your fabric pots, fall & spring seeds, seed starting supplies, peppermint oil, neem oil, TRG merchandise, and more at www.therustedgarden.com Thanks & Cheers!
If you have a good pile, you can mix leaves in; turn it every week and have finished compost in 6 weeks instead of untouched and anaerobic 1 yr compost!
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How do you keep tree roots from growing up into it and “eating” all your compost/leaf mold. We have limited space (open growing sunlight areas) and need to use understory compost sites. Didn’t want to throw down fabric cloth or sheet of metal as that inhibits worms and other microbiology from getting into it. Thanks!
I use the blue tarps under my leaf coral, I have done this for ten years and the worms still find their way into the coral. My compost corals are right next to oak and cherry trees and I have never had roots grow up into any compost coral. I use horse panels that require no t post. Works the same way as Gary's system. I started the first year with four corals and harvest two of them at end of 10 to 18 months. The other two are ready to harvest the next growing season. I live in North Central Florida and it can take from 10 to 18 months for the leaves to break down. Leaf Mold is great compost, I have grown strawberries in 100% leave mold with great harvests. I have over 100 oak trees so I have an abundance of free organic leaves in which to make lots of leaf mold compost.
You dont have to worry. It makes more than a tree can take. If the roots actually grow up through it. Put down barrier. Worms will come in from the side. Just let some of the pile expand over the barrier. Join this channel to get access to perks which focus on garden mentoring and member influenced videos: th-cam.com/channels/ptL6_qMImyW_yZwiMjQdpg.htmljoin You can find items I use or discuss in videos, by checking out my Amazon Storefront for fertilizer, pest management, shade cloth, seed starting supplies, books and more! at www.amazon.com/shop/garypilarchiktherustedgarden As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualified purchases. Please visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop (My Shop) for your fabric pots, fall & spring seeds, seed starting supplies, peppermint oil, neem oil, TRG merchandise, and more at www.therustedgarden.com Please subscribe if you have a chance (Thanks!)
@@THERUSTEDGARDEN Thanks, Gary! I’ll try the tarp trick that William mentioned, and let the worms come in from the sides. Had masses of fine roots come into the piles on the ground, and I fear take too much from the composting material. Plus with masses of fine roots makes it hard to spread. Appreciate all you do.
Could you not just use your lawnmower to mulch up the grass & leaves together, and put that right on top of your raised garden beds to decompose over the winter?
It more just dries and takes much longer to breakdown. However it does work and is good to do. I recommend that as a winter mulch and something that builds organic matter over the years.
Best compost pile you never have to touch it or turn it. Throw everything on top of your garden. Six inches high or two feet high. Doesn't matter. The worms do all the work. Your garden soil is mulched, your soil is evenly moist, and alive 365 days a year. You'll never have to dig it or rototill it. It's not complicated. Nothing to build. No digging. Your plants won't need fertilizer.
Discovered leaf mold 2 years ago. I mulch in driveway with mower actually pulverizes light easy to move to final spot. Drench the bag tie loosely poke a few holes with pencil around tie. Walk away. No further watering turning or other care. Get black gold in following autumn which makes your cover crops explode from seed. 24 years ago the clay was so hard weeds barely lived. Today I have twice the original bed over 12” deep. So looking forward to 25 because June 12 wind storm decimated (free trim) my giant silver maple which ramped up production to off the chart. Love your channel
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Most of my leaves fall into the chicken yard. So tons of chicken poo mixed in. Should I still use it to make leaf mold or just keep adding it to my compost bins? Thanks
I've hot composted for a hundred years. Never done leaf mold or cold compost. This year I'm going to. I live in the desert so leaves are a little harder to come by.
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Just in case you don't know this, Gary you are an EXCELLENT teacher. Plain, simple and to the point. People love you. Hope your channel is doing excellent. You deserve it. Your time and knowledge are very much appreciated. Helping people do inexpensive ways of gardening. Thank you for sharing.
Very appreciated and I enjoy it. It doesnt have to be expensive for sure.
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Absolutely! Agree 200%!! Have learned so much from Gary and his book also!
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Gary, Great Video! Have you thought about having a small worm farm to turn the compost into black gold (AKA the Worm castings) :)? I have millions of worms that I raise for fertilizer for my garden, and also to teach others how to care for them :) Worms are the secret to any great garden :)
Thank you Gsry.
I follow about 12 gardening channels and this one is my favorite. Overall I learn the most basic things to do from Gary and so many are quite inexpensive and less difficult, aggravating, or stressful. I have three of these compost piles going at the same time, but I used pallets to frame out my bins. I fill them with lots of leaves, food waste from the family, a ton of coffee, garden waste, cardboard, and shredded paper that doesn't have colored ink or plastic. Good stuff! My goal is to buy as few bags of soil as possible.
Thanks so much. Nice on the 3 piles. After they are going for a while, you save so much on soil and bagged organic fertilizer. And the garden is healthier.
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Have you considered worm composting?
Last year I started two piles. One in my front yard. Another in the back. I am so glad I did that. Now I have a ton of leaf mold. Fantastic.
Perfect!
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Leaves give us most all the compost we need. Mixing with grass clippings can help and I always add some sprinkles of rotted cow manure packed with worms & microbes.
Collecting stops mud forming and is a bi-daily chore for a month or more but well worth the raking time.
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You have a great set up. That is perfect.
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Grew up under a canopy of 100 ft pecan trees and this is exactly how we composted all those leaves and grass clippings. Mowing and bagging helps speed up since broken up. We would drop in the center some fresh compost and veggie peels. Have to chuckle when I see the cute little compost tumblers.
Work right. The core of green helps too.
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I've made leaf bins a couple different ways and this is definitely my preferred method. I like having the "door" to easily get leaves in there.
The door is key. And the build is solid and simple.
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Excellent Video and probably the easiest way to build a compost bin. Thanks for the video.
Thanks. The goal is quick and simple to get the compost going.
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I use cold compost also. If you add a shovel full of garden dirt ion each layer it will speed up the process.
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Gary was so nice here in N.Y today that's exactly what I did. Used fence and post just like yours. I love the leaves. Fill up the bottom of my pots also in the spring with them so I don't have to use so much dirt. Can never have enough leaves.
Good call on the using them in pots.
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Gary, I’ve been watching you for years and you are the best. I’ve been doing this cold compost for a long time, and it works wonderful! Yes, October is the best time to do with all the mulched leaves in my yard! Like you said, just get started, you won’t be sorry!
Thanks. Yeah, I hope to just get people to pen stuff up. It always works
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A man that makes stuff & wears flannel 👍 yes!
You have to love the basic flannels.
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I have actually been motivated to start a compost pile. I started it yesterday. Thanks, Gary!
Outstanding. You will like the outcome.
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Thanks so much Gary. I’m in Southern MD and truly love watching your videos & series, especially since we’re in the same zone!
Glad to help. You can follow along.
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@@kellyramos4140 hi - that’s awesome! Enjoying the beautiful foliage too? 🤩
@@tanishabruns3602 it’s so beautiful! We definitely have a different here than Gary does up north, he gets a lot more snow and hard frosts than I do!
Last week I put up my first leaf mold compost fence! I’m excited about it. Thank you Gary!
Youll be happy.
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Glad I watched to the end; I was gonna comment to ask whether it mattered if the leaves were placed in direct sunlight or in shade or somewhere in between, but you answered me first!
The key is keeping it moist. So in more sun, it can dry out faster.
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This is on my to do list for tmrw! I love making leaf mold!
It is so satisfying for some reason.
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I just use a very large, oblong shaped heavy-duty plastic bag, that is zippered(bag is 12mil thick tarpoline material). It holds ~15-20 cubic foot of material. Keeps the rain out when I don't want it. I shred the leaves beforehand with a purposed leaf shredder... and turn the material 2 times/month. I throw in my excess red wigglers from my vericomposting bins, and within 6 months, have beautiful, dark, ready-to-use leaf mold+ castings. I have no idea what this bag I use was originally purposed for, but it works awesome for this purpose.
Perfect. Good method.
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Thanks for this explanation. I decided to just do this though I wasn't completely sure how it would work out. I have a bin I built with scrap wood for composting but haven't been keeping up because of back pain and time constraints. It sat empty for over a year. I found a good system to collect and shred leaves using my lawn mower and I'm really pleased with my results just before our first winter weather happening today. Seeing this video gives me so much hope that I finally hit on a good idea to help organize my system. Subscribed!
Thanks for subscribing and just filling it as you do will work wonders. Good luck.
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This is perfect timing. I just setup some garbage bins with leaves after re - watching the last leaf mold video. Thanks Gary.
It is good stuff
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Ladies, if you let a garden hose trickle a constant stream of water on the ground as you are pounding in your T-post it goes into the ground easily with much less effort.
It would take a jack hammer to pound those in almost any area if my yard! Clay and rock...ugg
After a rainy day works also.
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I have been composting in this manner for some years now....and I have been able to have quicker than a year. When start gathering leaves in October, November and December....I have compost available to use in my garden my May or June. I might turn it periodically during winter but it's can be ready long before a year.
A couple turns really does help.
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I mix mine with lots of coffee grounds great work buddy
Coffee grounds are good stuff
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I use this method. I do like to line the inside with cardboard as my summers are hot and dry and it keeps it a little wetter.
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This is a great amendment to the garden. Thanks for sharing
I really like it.
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THANKS FOR THIS INFORMATION. VERY WELL EXPLAINED
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Guilty Getting started this Fall.
Good luck
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I'm doing it slightly differently but I have 28 garbage bags of leaves I'm hoping to have turned into leaf mold by the time I need it next year. Just finished yesterday in fact and already the ground is as full of leaves as when I started lol. I'm done raking and mowing and bagging by hand though. I'm going to get an attachment for my mower and do it like you. That looks soooo much easier.
What kind of attachment is needed for the mower?
@@terryhall2299 I'm planning to do a DIY with some venting equipment. But I've seen you could buy attachments or pull behinds if you prefer that.
The attachment is the best for composting. I use it know for leaves and for greens when hot composting.
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How can I deter mice from sheltering in the pile?
@@LBrown-eb1be Are you planning to add some greens to hurry the process along? If you are and it really matters to you to keep them out I would suggest plastic bins maybe? But that seems a bit expensive and excessive to me so idk.
If you're not adding greens I don't think they will be attracted to the bags. They're too damp for them to bed in it as well :/
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Thank you. I’m looking forward to your how to do a garden in 2023 videos.
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I did with out the post 3x3 fence. Stood up pretty well.
You can just circle the fencing for sure
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One thing to keep in mind when collecting leaves is that leaves are a really important resource for native bugs and small animals to hide or hibernate over winter. If you can, leave some leaf piles in different areas of your yard to ensure everyone has a safe place to hide throughout the winter.
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There are plenty of leaves in the woods for that.
Thank you friend🤓
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I only have evergreens on my property! I'm so jealous of leaves LOL
Love the trees here
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Thanks for the great tips
Glad to share
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Thank you for sharing this!
Glad to share. Good luck in 2023
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Zip ties and bungee cords ,work great too
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Thank you for the information!
Do you add worms or let them find their way?
They find their way in.
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Leaves=Black Gold for the garden! 👍
For sure!
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Good info. Been lovin the 2023 videos and will keep following!
Thanks so much. 2023 is getting set up with building and composting.
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My compost pile just keeps getting bigger and bigger. I love the idea of using the fencing to raise up the pile. I still just turn it occasionally and wet it.
Thats a good problem to have!
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I just set up my leaf bin today!🤯👍💚 I've already filled my darlec style compost bin and it reached 134 degrees Fahrenheit in 2 days 🤯👍🎃
Congrats. Yeah my hot compost can get to 140 in 2 days Always amazing.
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@@THERUSTEDGARDEN it's only a 220ltr compost bin 🤯👍😁🎃🙏
Wooden pallets work as well
They are good.
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Great video as always Gary!
This is also a good time to create over-winter red wiggler worm bins for gobs of vermicompost come spring. Keep the bins above 60 degrees to keep them working during the winter. (Worm death occurs at about 40 degrees.) Check periodically to feed & moisten. Best advice is to just let them work without pawing through the bin. My indoor bins run from Oct- April with little fuss.
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I had to clear out A LOT of weeds from my garden this fall so I had bare soil everywhere. When the leaves started to fall I gathered them up and mulched the garden pathways to keep my feet from getting too muddy it rainy conditions and to help nourish the soil and to help manage weeds. I only have two large trees on my property so it takes me a few days to gather up enough.
Perfect use!
great video Gary
Thanks so much
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Great stuff.
Thanks so much
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Thank youuu
Glad to share
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In Houston, our leaves fall in the Spring if you have Live Oaks. We had 120 bags of leaves last year. Never again.
Oak leaves are thick. They need to be chopped up.
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@@THERUSTEDGARDEN Live Oaks are interesting trees, and the leaves are annoying.
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Thanks for sharing another wonderful video. I love your channel. You always explain things so well so that I can understand. I am new to this, so probably a dumb QUESTION????? But, I already have chicken wire, will that work as well or not????? THANKS
Glad to share and I try and keep it a teaching channel. Yeah anything works that will keep the pen mostly contained.
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If you chop up the leaves, will you get leaf compost faster?Will putting chicken poop in the leaf compost help the process go faster?
Great video!
Yep. Smaller the pieces the faster the compost. Manure will speed up process as it adds nitrogen. So both good things.
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Hi Gary. I drove through my neighbourhood for the last 2 days getting lots of brown bags of leafs.. I made a cage like yours.. It's almost full . What do I do with the rest of the full brown paper bags. I really don't want to put the leafs into plastic bags $ , with holes in it.. Everything so far has been FREE.. Thank you for helping us with our gardens...
The leaf pile should collapse. Soak it down. It may take a couple weeks but you can add the rest of the leaves then. If you have room a 2nd pen is good. You will eventually have a nonstop supply of compost every year
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Hi Gary..
I made another cage , it's full now to.
I ended up with 100 brown bags of leafs. Lol Shredded with the lawn mower.
Here in Canada today is our last day for nice weather. We are to start getting snow this week. Garden Hose is going inside now..
Couple of questions ..
Should I put a tarp around the cage. ?
Would that keep moisture in?
And is it to heat up .?
The Temperature is up to a 150ﾟ in the cage.
Thanks for all your help .
Hi Gary . I'm kinda freaking out.. Today, I was wetting it down. I noticed something yellowish just under the top layer of the leaves.
I moved more leaves away, and there was so much of it.
I left a little broken plastic planter on top of the leaves yesterday. And all this yellowish stuff has like climb up the pot to..
It's really hard to describe to you.. It's really funky looking..
I have 6 Rubbermaid bins of Red Wiggler Worms inside my house.
I no, if worms don't like something, they won't go near it.
Their so smart, lol
I just don't know if this yellowish stuff will hurt the worms that's in my leaf mold .
Do you have an email address so I can send you pictures..
Or
Hopefully, you know what I'm talking about , and this stuff is normal..
That's what I hope you tell me lol
Thank you for all the hard work you put into your videos , for all of us..
Cheers
Do you need to cover this over the course of the year? Or is it best to leave it open? Thanks!
Thanks Gary! Is there any value in lining the inside walls with cardboard? Obviously, it won't last years, but it seems like it would help retain some moisture for a while. (I'm used to thinking in terms of the Denver area climate, where moisture is scarce.)
Yes, I’m in Wyoming And the biggest obstacles to compost, are the dry winters and ravaging winds. We lived in Md for awhile and I had success with leaf mold there. Beautiful climate there, with lots of moisture. I loved living there.
Cardboard would work. And once soaked, laying a tarp on it is okay.
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You can tarp leaves. Just go out and move it once a week or about that, so critters down set in.
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Sorry for the stupid question: would I get a bunch of weed seeds in my leaf mold pile using the pen style? Have people had issues with this? I want to make leaf mold to use as potting soil in a few years. I am not sure if I should use the pen style or put the leaves in 6 foot tote bags.
You can get leaf seeds. But it be rare for them to blow in or anything like that.
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I used this method this year, I like it better than wood pallets. Because the wood starts to rotten every couple of years and I to replace it.
It works well
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Hi Gary. I have a Toro leaf blower/vac that I use to bag the leaves and it kinda shreds them. Which is better for cold composting, raked leaving them whole or shredding with the vacuum?
IMHO, whole leaves. The mixture needs air, moisture, and time for the fungus and worms to do their work. The pile will settle during the compost process.
Shredded and smaller is always better.
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True on the air but even pulverized, leaves let in a enough air. Matted fresh grass is the worry, thats why you get the smell.
very helpful! :)
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Great Advice
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For those that have small space like an Apartment/Townhouse just get a big trash can & drill holes on the bottom& put yr leaves in there. Leave the lid off. I tend to put other leaf scraps from the garden too as long as they are not infested.
Good tip. I have those 2 trash cans going and they work well.
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I had shredded leaves in an old raised garden bed for a long time. I went dig around and check the progress and a bunch of small flying bugs came out. I'm guessing they were gnats, is there anything I can or should do about it?
This is just a simply project, I’m definitely getting one done ✊🏾 Have you ever done a Johnson-Su bioreactor or a variation of it?
It is simple and effective. No on the JSB but I am going to look it up.
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I have about 15 30 gallon black trash bags that I filled with leaves last year and just left them alone. I haven't opened them yet, but when I do I was wondering if it would be ok to just dump them all into a cold compost bin that I am going to make like the one you just made in this video. the reason I want to know is that I am not ready to use this yet and I can tell that some have broken down, but not all of them have.
Yeah put them all in one place. I sort of do that with the 2 small trashcans and dump them into the bigger container.
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So do you need to add wirms into that leaves pile?
Nope. They crawl in from the ground.
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I am in zone 6a, very cold, and lots of snow. Can I still do that on my weather?
Yeah you can collect organic matter any time. That is the hardest part really. Is getting started collecting it.
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can I mix leaves and grass clippings?
For sure
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Could you also combine grass clippings in it?
Yep for sure. Anything really. Then video I just did is leaves and grass. My point is that the goals is to just get composting and with time it all turns into great stuff.
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I live under 3 big Oaks (Quercus agrifolia). Can I compost their leaves?
They are thick leaves. You can but the can take 2x as long. I would chop the up if you can with a mower.
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My husband built me one last weekend per your instructions. He just filled it 2/3 full with leaves. He hasn’t applied a lawn treatment in several months. Would it be safe to use the grass clippings from the next time he mows in the compost bin? Thank You!
It has been closer to 90 days, you are good.
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Is that 4ft “welded wire” fencing?
I was going to try this with chicken wire, but this fencing looks nicer.
It is fencing and is much thicker. But both work.
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Thanks again for another great video. One question, can Black Walnut leaves be used in leaf compost?
It is often the roots that are a problem. I have composted the leaves with no worries.
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What about if you have dogs that use the yard? Still safe to use these leaves?
Dogs are no worry.
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I noticed that there is a tarp laying on the ground beside your leaf compost bin. Do you need to cover the compost bin? I made mine in Oct, and have not covered it. Thank You!
You dont. I use it at times for different reasons. I tarp helps keep the pile moist. So if yours dries out too fast, a tarp helps.
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If I do hot compost with leaves and don’t mind turning the pile frequently, won’t that be faster? What is drawback of hot composting of leaves?
Heat prevents worms from moving in and filling it with castings. It is faster for compost but if you dont let sit around for 6 months or so, it often has limited castings and worms.
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I would like to start a leaf compost, however, I have a ton of pine trees dropping needles as well. Can I put pine needles in with the leaves?
You can for sure. The bottom fo that pile you saw had pine needles. The other side of my yard has pines. Ill being doing a video on it. They get a bad rap.
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Does it matter if it's in full shade or does it need sun?
Nevermind...should have finished listening before typed a question! 🤦
Shade is fine. They key is it needs to stay moist.
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I like that you can use leftover materials. The problem I have in the mountains of Wyoming (7,000 feet) is that it's extremely cold and dry in the winter (minus 13F last winter, but recorded as low as minus 30F), which makes it difficult to add water and turn the compost. I'm trying deep layers of leaves/grass clippings on the beds this year and hoping we have enough relatively warm days (above freezing) to turn the hose on and keep it moist. When we bought our property 5 years ago we noticed that some areas under the trees were 10-15 inches deep in old dry leaves that still hadn't broken down, so compost is not something that happens naturally here. I used to live in northern Virginia, which gets 36 inches of rain. Sometimes I'd forget to bag a pile of leaves in the fall and find out come spring that it had turned to compost on its own. Here you have to work at it.
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Question...my small town sprays for mosquitoes in the summer as we live near a wildlife refuge area that also has a river and is pretty humid in the summer months. Is it safe to use these leaves as compost if they have the spray on them? It has not rained here since the beginning of September and even if it had, would it completely rinse away the spray?
I would use them. Safe. I dont know but it wont harm the plants. And it already floated through the air and all over the place, including water.
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Are cottonwood leaves good for making leaf mold? I have two large cottonwoods next to my garden. I recently read that cottonwood leaves are not good for compost.
You can use them. There is worry that tons of green leaves can effect the pH of your garden. If you are worried toss in some garden lime on them here and there to balance it. But I would not worry about unless you are all CW leaves.
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I have black walnut scattered around my property. Is that a no go? I've been told not to hugel or compost with the branches of black walnut.
I dont know about the branches but the leaves are fine. The issue is with the roots
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do you have Critters underneath the leaves as they break down and when you go back and use it that's what I'm afraid of
There is always a chance but it is not common for open leaves like that. There is no real shelter.
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Great info. Does it have to be in a sunny spot?
Nope shade is best.
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Do the leaves have to be shredded first?
They dont but smaller helps speed up things. Oak leaves should have a chopping.
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FASTER and easier - use thicker wire fencing that can stand up on its own. Make a circle with about 15 feet (makes a bin about 4 feet across) and use carabiner clips to hold the ends of the wire together.
Toss the leaves into the bin and leave them. When you need the compost, undo the clips and unwrap the cylinder.
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How can you put it in the shade when the leaves are down? Just saying. :)
Lol still some leaves. But future shade
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Hello👋 My leafs pile smell terrible (like poop) is it normal? We just started ours about 3-4 weeks ago.
It should but I would just turn it. Could just be really wet.
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Gary, thank you for the video! Quick question - Are you dumping the leaves as they are or shredding them first? Also will you cover this pile in winter?
They get shredded a bit from the tractor mower but its not a must. Only have leaves like oak leaves need shredding. Chopping any organic matter up does speed up the process, if you have the time.
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If you have a good pile, you can mix leaves in; turn it every week and have finished compost in 6 weeks instead of untouched and anaerobic 1 yr compost!
Yep. Turning speeds up the process greatly.
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How do you keep tree roots from growing up into it and “eating” all your compost/leaf mold. We have limited space (open growing sunlight areas) and need to use understory compost sites. Didn’t want to throw down fabric cloth or sheet of metal as that inhibits worms and other microbiology from getting into it. Thanks!
I use the blue tarps under my leaf coral, I have done this for ten years and the worms still find their way into the coral. My compost corals are right next to oak and cherry trees and I have never had roots grow up into any compost coral. I use horse panels that require no t post. Works the same way as Gary's system. I started the first year with four corals and harvest two of them at end of 10 to 18 months. The other two are ready to harvest the next growing season. I live in North Central Florida and it can take from 10 to 18 months for the leaves to break down. Leaf Mold is great compost, I have grown strawberries in 100% leave mold with great harvests. I have over 100 oak trees so I have an abundance of free organic leaves in which to make lots of leaf mold compost.
You dont have to worry. It makes more than a tree can take. If the roots actually grow up through it. Put down barrier. Worms will come in from the side. Just let some of the pile expand over the barrier.
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@@THERUSTEDGARDEN Thanks, Gary! I’ll try the tarp trick that William mentioned, and let the worms come in from the sides. Had masses of fine roots come into the piles on the ground, and I fear take too much from the composting material. Plus with masses of fine roots makes it hard to spread. Appreciate all you do.
Could you not just use your lawnmower to mulch up the grass & leaves together, and put that right on top of your raised garden beds to decompose over the winter?
It more just dries and takes much longer to breakdown. However it does work and is good to do. I recommend that as a winter mulch and something that builds organic matter over the years.
Best compost pile you never have to touch it or turn it. Throw everything on top of your garden. Six inches high or two feet high. Doesn't matter. The worms do all the work. Your garden soil is mulched, your soil is evenly moist, and alive 365 days a year. You'll never have to dig it or rototill it. It's not complicated. Nothing to build. No digging. Your plants won't need fertilizer.
Excellent idea.
Discovered leaf mold 2 years ago. I mulch in driveway with mower actually pulverizes light easy to move to final spot. Drench the bag tie loosely poke a few holes with pencil around tie. Walk away. No further watering turning or other care. Get black gold in following autumn which makes your cover crops explode from seed. 24 years ago the clay was so hard weeds barely lived. Today I have twice the original bed over 12” deep. So looking forward to 25 because June 12 wind storm decimated (free trim) my giant silver maple which ramped up production to off the chart. Love your channel
1 year 😫 but i want my compost today
Faster if you turn it and all that. Good luck lol.
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Can I make one with just grass clippings?
You can but it will smell bed piled high. It’s best blended with carbons like leaves.
Most of my leaves fall into the chicken yard. So tons of chicken poo mixed in. Should I still use it to make leaf mold or just keep adding it to my compost bins? Thanks
I would use it for just leaves if you want to have more leaf.
So… worms can eat leaves?
Worms eat paper that has not been chemically treated so yes they eat leaves
I've hot composted for a hundred years. Never done leaf mold or cold compost. This year I'm going to. I live in the desert so leaves are a little harder to come by.
Shredded cardboard can be use too in compost btw
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