Thanks! I will also try to get better about walking around as I talk. My wife says she hates it. I was just hoping to show some of my land as I talk, to keep it from being too dull. I may invest in a stabilizer if the channel catches on.
Nice work getting the word out! There’s 8 billion souls running around pointing fingers saying warming is everyone else’s fault. Your approach of actively doing what you can is spot on. Just imagine if more people acted that way!
Another Great Video @Canadian Permaculture Legacy !! Very simple and easy to understand. I love how you have placed your compost pile near and in your swale as I’m sure there must be leeching happening and the plants below are getting all those nutrients !!! I will keep supporting, thank you again !!!
All living things on Earth require oxygen. Aerobic organisms utilize free/dissolved O2. Anaerobic organisms need O2 as well tho they get it from 'eating' compounds that contain O2 thus 'reducing' them, such as them 'eating' NO3 compounds reducing it to other less complex nitrogen compounds, hence the occasional nasty smells released in unaerated compost piles or a plastic bag of grass clippings. No? Love your vids Keith. Thank YOU sooo much for them.
Because you have compost at 140-150 range, you can just put some walls and mesh around your compost and you don't have to worry about vermin getting into your pile when you compost meats and fats.
Great video, thank you so much... I had a compost pile in the field as the owner told me I can make a garden , well this helps the garden, but now I had to put the pile in a bin, because now they are building apartments & I have tons of worms as well as those gray looking potato bugs looking things, will they cause issues or are they good please? 😘 🌹🌈💞🎵🌷🌼🌺💖😆👏👍💫🌟✌ 💛 ☘️ ☘️1 & all please take care of you & for others that need you through these trying times.😘 ~"Love, Hope, Peace, Kindness, Dream, Inspiration, Laughter, Joy, Give, Live & Let Live"~
Worms and potato bugs are both great decomposes. Same if you see wriggling larvae that are tan in appearance with a slightly different darker brown colored head. Slight tapering towards the head. Those are likely black soldier flies (look up an image of them online and compare), and those are also amazing decomposers. For the mostpart, if you are turning your compost and you have bugs in it, they are a good thing, and don't worry about it. They are critical bugs involved in the nutrient cycle (decomposition).
How exactly are you making money on composting? I absolutely agree that composting is important, but at scale, it would take much more effort and material and people, than would fit in your subdivision. By the way, those giant chunks of “green” material you dumped in will take a very long time to break down.
Definitely. It's all just a matter of speed. Adding greens will speed it up due to some bacterial decomposition, whereas a carbon heavy wood only method will be fungal driven. Still great soil is made, infact maybe even better... just slower.
@@CanadianPermacultureLegacy No. The phloem & cambium layers of a tree contain enough organic compounds to rapidly decompose into mycelium. This is why mushrooms will grow If a tree log is buried under shallow soil.
I dont have a book yet, but one day maybe. Have any idea for a future video? I would love to hear it. For now you can check out my land tour video and listen to some of the food I'm growing on my land.
@@CanadianPermacultureLegacy Have subscribed to your channel today. This is the first subscription of mine in this area. By end of next year I want to be able to grow my own food. Will learn from all your content and will be looking forward to your book. Thank you. I am also an engineer. Right now for video idea I was thinking if it is at all possible to grow like 10 foods(fruits, veggies, nuts and seeds) in a city backyard area that can yield everyday?
@@lohitkapoor1800 that may be a spring video. I have good news for you though, you can and should get started TODAY! I just made a grass to garden guide that will be very applicable to your situation as a fledgling gardener. The bees and whole planet thanks you for starting growing food locally! I hope this helps.
Right here, so that my responses can help everyone. I do my best to help answer questions, but I always ask people to post here. I have a busy life and cant do 1v1 consulting for everyone. So my answers here at least help multiple people who may have similar questions.
It's about what you can charge for high quality compost. You can probably get regular compost for about $25 per yard for yardwaste compost, and maybe $50 per yard for food based compost. However, you can sell your compost as a premium product with biochar, fungal components, well aerated, etc. A premium compost can get double that or more, especially if you are doing biochar and selling it as an extreme premium quality compost.
Indeed. You can go to a bait shop and ask for red wigglers (these are better composting worms) if you want, but you will get worms that find your pile. I always keep mynpiles open to the ground underneath. Not only does that help with worms, but it also helps with drainage and keeping it smelling nice and earthy fresh.
Is it finished compost? It's just soil. Is it new compost? You can always put it in a black composting box until it's turned a few times and spent a month or so in there, then the smells will be way down.
@@CanadianPermacultureLegacy its a whole dump truck from a cow pasture. I think I'm gonna rent a skid and spread it out when it rains. Hopefully that gets rid of some of the smell. Or maybe I might move the pile further back in the yard.
LOL good luck! What I would do is figure out where you want your garden or food forest strip, spread out the manure then cover it with a foot deep of woodchips if possible. It will help keep the smells down and the bylaw office from being called LOL 💩 💩 💩 👃
You have too much carbon in your pile, it won't have enough energy to get hot. You need half and half carbon to nitogen the carbon has such a high carbon value that it of sets the nitogen and gives you the Optum ratio of 25:1
You may be interested in watching my latest video, Can I compost in the winter. I discuss this exact thing in detail. Why I run the pile so brown in the winter, advantages of doing this, and why it makes a while lot of sense to do it in a time period where composting stops anyways.
@@CanadianPermacultureLegacy yes I can understand having browns on the outside of a pile to insulate it but not in the middle where the mixture matters. PS. I have a composting company
For sure. I have better equipment now, this video is quite old. I think I had 20 subscribers when I made this video - so I was hesitant to go spend a bunch of money on stuff like that.
I did, I mentioned at the end how much it sells for. Well over $100 per yard. It sells for way more if you sell in smaller bags for like 20 bucks each.
Sorry to break your heart but you can’t save the earth. 2 Peter 3:10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
That’s a valid comment, back in the day when you made this video the title seems a bit misleading. Making compost you cover for sure, but making money?
Great video. I like how you explain the composting process in a way the "average" person can understand. Love the toque, too!
Thanks! I will also try to get better about walking around as I talk. My wife says she hates it. I was just hoping to show some of my land as I talk, to keep it from being too dull. I may invest in a stabilizer if the channel catches on.
@@CanadianPermacultureLegacy Maybe you can talk your neighbors into giving you their food scraps too? it will save them money as well
Nice work getting the word out! There’s 8 billion souls running around pointing fingers saying warming is everyone else’s fault. Your approach of actively doing what you can is spot on. Just imagine if more people acted that way!
I love composting; it makes all the sense in the world to put the nutrients back into the soil. Also, this guy is very handsome.
Also composting for years, just as handsome.
@@bradleyroman8311 Great to hear you've been composting for years. Guess I'll have to believe both statements then. :)
Super helpful and informative. You rock!
Another Great Video @Canadian Permaculture Legacy !!
Very simple and easy to understand.
I love how you have placed your compost pile near and in your swale as I’m sure there must be leeching happening and the plants below are getting all those nutrients !!!
I will keep supporting, thank you again !!!
Thanks again!
Thank you for making this video-it was really well delivered.
Thank you, very kind 😊
All living things on Earth require oxygen. Aerobic organisms utilize free/dissolved O2. Anaerobic organisms need O2 as well tho they get it from 'eating' compounds that contain O2 thus 'reducing' them, such as them 'eating' NO3 compounds reducing it to other less complex nitrogen compounds, hence the occasional nasty smells released in unaerated compost piles or a plastic bag of grass clippings. No? Love your vids Keith. Thank YOU sooo much for them.
Thank you.
Thanks for the info.
Because you have compost at 140-150 range, you can just put some walls and mesh around your compost and you don't have to worry about vermin getting into your pile when you compost meats and fats.
8:32 "when it gets down to minus 40 it's gonna slow down and stop" is that -40 f or c? OH WAIT it doesn't matter :DDD
:DDD
Anaerobic guys are the good guys when you're fermenting cabbage! :)
They definitely have their place :)
Great video, thank you so much... I had a compost pile in the field as the owner told me I can make a garden , well this helps the garden, but now I had to put the pile in a bin, because now they are building apartments & I have tons of worms as well as those gray looking potato bugs looking things, will they cause issues or are they good please? 😘 🌹🌈💞🎵🌷🌼🌺💖😆👏👍💫🌟✌ 💛 ☘️
☘️1 & all please take care of you & for others that need you through these trying times.😘
~"Love, Hope, Peace, Kindness, Dream, Inspiration, Laughter, Joy, Give, Live & Let Live"~
Worms and potato bugs are both great decomposes. Same if you see wriggling larvae that are tan in appearance with a slightly different darker brown colored head. Slight tapering towards the head. Those are likely black soldier flies (look up an image of them online and compare), and those are also amazing decomposers.
For the mostpart, if you are turning your compost and you have bugs in it, they are a good thing, and don't worry about it. They are critical bugs involved in the nutrient cycle (decomposition).
How exactly are you making money on composting? I absolutely agree that composting is important, but at scale, it would take much more effort and material and people, than would fit in your subdivision. By the way, those giant chunks of “green” material you dumped in will take a very long time to break down.
A penny saved is a penny earned.
100% wood chips will compost just fine. No green needed.
Definitely. It's all just a matter of speed. Adding greens will speed it up due to some bacterial decomposition, whereas a carbon heavy wood only method will be fungal driven. Still great soil is made, infact maybe even better... just slower.
@@CanadianPermacultureLegacy No. The phloem & cambium layers of a tree contain enough organic compounds to rapidly decompose into mycelium. This is why mushrooms will grow If a tree log is buried under shallow soil.
@@loafandjug321 yes! - which is why I'm a fan of the Hugelkultur principles!
How can one learn how to grow certain foods for oneself? Do you happen to publish an ebook on your teachings that we could buy?
I dont have a book yet, but one day maybe. Have any idea for a future video? I would love to hear it. For now you can check out my land tour video and listen to some of the food I'm growing on my land.
@@CanadianPermacultureLegacy Have subscribed to your channel today. This is the first subscription of mine in this area. By end of next year I want to be able to grow my own food. Will learn from all your content and will be looking forward to your book. Thank you. I am also an engineer. Right now for video idea I was thinking if it is at all possible to grow like 10 foods(fruits, veggies, nuts and seeds) in a city backyard area that can yield everyday?
@@lohitkapoor1800 that may be a spring video. I have good news for you though, you can and should get started TODAY! I just made a grass to garden guide that will be very applicable to your situation as a fledgling gardener. The bees and whole planet thanks you for starting growing food locally! I hope this helps.
Canadian Permaculture Legacy thank you..that’s very encouraging
8:00 "I'm gonna turn this now and show you.."
-video lost-
Lool
My problem is not enough green stuff to mix in.
what if all you got is Paper, cardboard, grass and leaves ?
That's a pretty good mix to be honest. Shred/rip them all as small as practicable and you are set.
I would love to ask you some questions about composting for someone who fairly new to the whole concept. What’s the best way to contact you?
Right here, so that my responses can help everyone. I do my best to help answer questions, but I always ask people to post here. I have a busy life and cant do 1v1 consulting for everyone. So my answers here at least help multiple people who may have similar questions.
How did you get the price for $100-200 per cubic yard of compost? Is this how much you sell it for?
It's about what you can charge for high quality compost. You can probably get regular compost for about $25 per yard for yardwaste compost, and maybe $50 per yard for food based compost. However, you can sell your compost as a premium product with biochar, fungal components, well aerated, etc. A premium compost can get double that or more, especially if you are doing biochar and selling it as an extreme premium quality compost.
Do worms find their way to your compost on their own?
Indeed. You can go to a bait shop and ask for red wigglers (these are better composting worms) if you want, but you will get worms that find your pile. I always keep mynpiles open to the ground underneath. Not only does that help with worms, but it also helps with drainage and keeping it smelling nice and earthy fresh.
Brown stuff: let's not forget old shredded bills :)
Omg I think I dumped my compost pile to close to my house I think my neighbors are gonna hate me.
Is it finished compost? It's just soil. Is it new compost? You can always put it in a black composting box until it's turned a few times and spent a month or so in there, then the smells will be way down.
@@CanadianPermacultureLegacy its a whole dump truck from a cow pasture. I think I'm gonna rent a skid and spread it out when it rains. Hopefully that gets rid of some of the smell. Or maybe I might move the pile further back in the yard.
LOL good luck!
What I would do is figure out where you want your garden or food forest strip, spread out the manure then cover it with a foot deep of woodchips if possible. It will help keep the smells down and the bylaw office from being called LOL 💩 💩 💩 👃
You have too much carbon in your pile, it won't have enough energy to get hot. You need half and half carbon to nitogen the carbon has such a high carbon value that it of sets the nitogen and gives you the Optum ratio of 25:1
You may be interested in watching my latest video, Can I compost in the winter. I discuss this exact thing in detail. Why I run the pile so brown in the winter, advantages of doing this, and why it makes a while lot of sense to do it in a time period where composting stops anyways.
@@CanadianPermacultureLegacy yes I can understand having browns on the outside of a pile to insulate it but not in the middle where the mixture matters. PS. I have a composting company
@@zachscustomcutting22 nothing is composting at -30C. My.pile doesnt turn back on until spring, at which point I rebuild it and turn it on.
@@zachscustomcutting22 you on IG?
@@erichogue7384 why ?
Tripod!!!
For sure. I have better equipment now, this video is quite old. I think I had 20 subscribers when I made this video - so I was hesitant to go spend a bunch of money on stuff like that.
He didn't talk about how to make money by composting.
I did, I mentioned at the end how much it sells for. Well over $100 per yard. It sells for way more if you sell in smaller bags for like 20 bucks each.
Sorry to break your heart but you can’t save the earth. 2 Peter 3:10
But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
Darn
I watched the whole thing twice.. still somehow missed the part aboot making money from composting. 😡🖕
Sell it? Why are you flipping me off?
That’s a valid comment, back in the day when you made this video the title seems a bit misleading. Making compost you cover for sure, but making money?