My grandad used to dig small circles in the flowerbeds every week an then as the dog pooped he would scoop it up stick it in one of the holes and then add grass clippings then cover it with the soil from the hole, his gardens was stunning
Totally support you in this! We compost our dog's plop in a tumbler. I throw in any spent compost from seed-starting and use shredded cardboard for carbon - doesn't need all that much. Takes 6 months to fill one side, which breaks down while the other side is filling. I only tumble it once or twice a season because it fills up with worms who do all the work mixing. Makes awesome compost for the flowers.
@@rapbattlecarnage3878 I'm in the UK and I get a rough, composty mulch after 6 months maturation (could throw it under a hedge or trees etc) but I usually bag it and let it sit around for a further 6 months and then it becomes a really fine compost. The worms get in by themselves - probably from eggs in the spent compost I sometimes add in. I have dung beetles in there too now, so I never empty the bin fully, I leave a layer undisturbed at the bottom for them to live in because they're doing good work. It's a full ecosystem really. The only downer is yes, it does attract some flies in summer. Doesn't bother me - birds eat 'em.
Excellent video! When we adopted our dog from the SPCA, I was concerned about picking up her poo, putting it in a plastic bag and dumping in the trash. I live in the urban environment of San Francisco, and I can attest that city dwellers can compost dog poo as well. I have composted and vermicomposted in our backyard for years so I have quite a bit of experience. For the bacteria, I add material from our compost pile into the dog poop compost. In addition, I add worm castings and worms into the bin to help break down the poop. If the pile gets hot, the worms simply go to the outskirts of the bin. From my experience the worms appear to attack the poop only after all their other food sources have been used. One piece of equipment I highly recommend - a leaf shredder! As far as adding carbon material in a city environment, I collect leaves from the street and then shred them before putting them in my various compost bins. Leaves that are not shredded tend to mat in the compost bins, which slows down the composting process significantly. It's simply amazing how much faster the compost process happens when ones carbon source(shredded leaves, wood saw dust/pellets) can instantly interact with the nitrogen(food scraps/dog poo). At present, my only caveat with the dog poo compost is that I am not putting it into my vegetable garden beds. Thanks again for video!
I just moved from rural Oregon back to the city. I'll be trying the two decades of what I've learned as an adult in a confined space. Thanks for the video. Heat, Heat, Heat. I can work with this.
What if you were to build a box around your above ground bin - that looks like a raised garden bed - fill around with sand & dirt - make sure the bottom of the raised box isn’t solid. You can make the lid look pretty and even have a shallow raised bed with handles to lift that growing lid off - to access the poop bin? Just an idea. I am going to try this and see how it works. Will circle back here in a few months 😊
I like to use leaves as well ! Sometimes there is soo many leaves and woodchips around ! I gather them around sometimes as well ! I am using permaculture back to eden. Thank you for the tip on compost ! Your garden looks stunning.You should do a Tour on summer burst the harvest ! !
I’m going to try it by adding yeast to create an environment like a septic system where bacteria eats the waste and creates a system for eating any bad stuff in the system. I have great grass near my leach beds!
I'm composting it with EM-1 + dried leaves or grass + old soil or sand. Then I add it to a special worm farm and I'm already getting sprouts from it. Only using it for non-edible plants.
Yes sir! I read the ingreadients on dog food bag and it is made with vegtables. I also keep alot of bones in yard for dogs to eat. Mix dog poo with green matirals, and sticks brown. Mix with dirt out of yard, a ciay soil. oh yeah! egg shells, orange peels fruit and vegtable waste from kitchen, and coffee grounds. put in ground or pot and cover with good soil that I grown in previousaly. Almost forgot egg cartins and carboard stuff wich I use for outdoor app. Good growing man and sharing, I do not tell my customers are secret tho, could kill buissness. LOL!
Hey Geoff, I love this idea. My Staffies are ‘pooping machines’ and although I am familiar with human waste composting systems, I have never heard of doing the same thing for dogs.... it makes total sense as it’s the same. I already have an unused compost bin, in the exact location required, so I will be drilling holes as soon as I can. I am really excited about this, (I know only some folk will understand 😂) adding my dogs into the homestead chain on another level. Just brilliant!
Yep, mine too!! I want to switch them to a raw diet so there'll be less poop from that for the time being, I may as well use it. A few people are concerned about potential pathogens not being killed in the process. I think I'll use the manure for around trees and throughout the flowerbeds rather than veg that actually grow within the compost just to reduce risk even more. I'm sure those that already do this or do humanure are quite convinced it's safe though.
Brimwood Farm I agree, I wouldn’t be using it on my food plants, but there is plenty of other places for it to go, way better than land fill in a bag. 😁👍🏼
@@BrimwoodFarm Back again to comment on using dog waste as compost. I've read that it is not recommended to 'recycle' dog waste to use in your garden beds, and especially NOT in your veggie patch! In fact most of the TH-cam vids tell you to sink the bin into an area well away from foot traffic or water systems due to contamination from the poop. I think I'd play it safe and do some more research before placing the broken down waste into any of your beds.
@@aussiebushgirl1829 it depends on whether you are actively managing the pile to create heat, or relying on slow "cold" composting. Either way, if it has been allowed to sit for long enough then the pathogen issue goes away. If you read Joseph Jenkins' Humanure Handbook, it goes into all these principles and you can apply them to pet waste.
I use my used tea bags for the carbon and i used fruit skins/cores and egg shells, saves a lot of room in food waste as me and my family drink a lot of it haha
Great information..and guide thank you...but do you use your decomposed compose on your garden ?? If so how long would you be leaving it, to breakdown sufficiently ?
I do this in stages. Stage 1 collect and mix with rabbit straw, composting leaves off the ground and grass - leave in a large open plastic container for 3 months (we only have chihuahuas so volume is small). After 3 months move to stage 2 still separate from the regular compost. Turn it and mix in to another container with more carbon and nitrogen sources - grass, straw, leaves, soil and after weekly turning can be added to the regular compost after another 3 months. Top quality stuff in a continuous 6 month process. The key is mainaining the good bacteria balance in soil - do this and the worms will come ..
I agree with some people that human and animal poop compost is not healthy to use for soil in a garden. Rather dig a hole near a tree and throw the "compost" in there. Trees love it and it will be dissolved into the roots and it will not be a problem for the fruit baring trees either.
The Aztecs grew enough food to feed a empire they used human poop and pee as compost I believe everything can be compost as long as it's organic material all that stuff they say about getting sick is a lie people been doing it forever
I’m wondering what the difference is between you and I, mate, because our dog’s poo composted perfectly. I never found hardened clumps of it in there. I wonder if it what you’re feeding your dogs? Perhaps it’s because I just left it sitting for a month or so without stirring a whole lot and then I stirred it. I use a lot of orange peels. Maybe it’s the nature of orange peels that helps break it down?
Hi. Great video. Can I use the final product on plants that I eat where the eating part of the plant is not in direct contact with the soil. Ie tomatoes, peppers, chillies rather than carrots and potatoes. Many thanks.
You can only use compost made from dog and cat waste on NON edible plants. ie flowers, shrubs , grasses, etc. :) there are just too many potential parasites and harmful bacteria present in their feces even after composting.
I've got compostable poop bags, they'd take time to break down slowing the process I'm presuming?.... Great idea though, I'm going to do this too. I'll keep an eye out for that fab bin you've got 👍🙂
So I dug a hole in the ground and created a similar bin... now I'm curious... how often am I supposed to empty this bin before it fills up? Also there is white fungus like stuff growing all over the poo... what am I doing wrong?
the white stuff is either "good" fungus (as opposed to green mould) or bacteria - either way that's good, it shows things are working as they should. The bin contents should continually drop down as they decompose so it may take years before it fills up to the top.
It's a bucket, so I imagine tipping it over to a 45 degree angle and rolling it around a few times would do the job. Then you don't have to actually get into the stuff inside with your hands.
Would compostable bags decompose in this type of compost? Most require heat so I am just not certain this would generate enough heat, especially in the winter. I have no way to pick up waste when I am not at home and bring it to the compost so that's why I am considering compostable bags but I am worried I might end up with a huge mess.
Honestly, the heat you need to create in this system is so high that it should compost the bags too. With dog poo bins the heat has to be much higher so it kills pathogens so bags should compostable bags should disappear!
There are biodegradable bags and there are compostable bags. Both will break down, but the compostable ones are designed to break down a lot faster. Even they may take months or years, though, and both will leave long chain polymers in your soil even if plant based compounds are used instead of hydrocarbons. It's really better to avoid using them at all.
If you let it break down like he does it's fine, but as he said at the start of the video, you have to keep it moist and hot for it to break down properly so don't put it in with your other compost.
Although its completely safe to use as long as you're feeding organic food to your dogs, you can opt to only use it for your flowers since you're not going to be consuming those.
So how's this going? I would ha e thought you'd cut the bottom out of the bin. I assume at some point you'll have to dump it all and start over. I would rather be ae to just lift the bin away from the contents.
It was great! I've moved in the meantime so was actually super handy as I simply brought the bin with me and then used the compost around the trees and started again. I can see your point. For me it's just easier being able to take the bin to where I want to use the manure.
Yes composting it works.. idk about this because it’s reliant on heat being equal throughout.. I put it in a pile on a piece of old plywood, mix with the grass cuttings every time, mix with any trimmings or weeds just anything outside naturally.. you need some soil from somewhere else to kinda kickstart it, you have to mix about every 2-3 days and not let it stay too wet, its kinda the opposite composting with fresh waste, it will turn into like a nasty sludge and never break down, so let the sun/heat break it apart and just every now and then spray it, I like to wet it in the morning so it gets to dry out through the day, this constant process breaks it down extremely fast and it will be soil within the month, I’ve been using it to fill in low spots around the yard..
I too have switched from "poo bags" but I just use an old shovel and a hoe. no plastic and it just goes in my red bin. I wouldn't recommend composting dog poo if you have children the pathogens and bacteria can lead to blindness in kids. only take a small bit to cause harm, so best to just get it off-site ASAP. it will rot down in landfill and it doesn't make the bin smell any worse than it would anyway with meat/fish etc in it for 2 weeks.
I definitely wouldn't recommend composting it in a main compost - to kill the pathogens you need to get high temperatures for a minimum of three days. In a small garden - get rid if you're worried. On a larger plot you could pop the bin somewhere the kids cant access.
@@BrimwoodFarm I just wouldn't even risk it at all with kids, i want my kids planting and digging in the garden, etc, i wouldn't trust putting dog poo compost in my beds. Risk isnt worth the reward IMO.
Honestly it's down to personal risk. I played outdoors 24/7 as a kid. I was known for picking up poop from anything and everything and I'm fine. BUT there is a small risk so best to take the precautions you're satisfied with.
Yes, I have created over a ton of rich "cat manure" compost over the past year. I use a large square solid sided wooden compost bin with a lid and once the first filled up a few months ago, I got a second. Water once a week. I use straw pellets as cat litter and also add in household waste, leaves I collect from my oak tree, garden trimmings/weeds and the occasional bag of horse manure from the local stables. It breaks down and drops down almost as fast as I can add to it. The "resting" bin - which by the time it was full already mostly looked like compost (other than the very top layers) has reduced by 50% volume since then and is absolutely full of compost worms, who are breaking it down further. Once the "active" bin is full, I will empty the resting bin and use it on fruit trees under a wood chip mulch. The compost is incredible in the older bin - almost pure worm castings at this point.
DearJRenae so flushing waste down the toilet into a septic tank is bad? If it’s bad why do they have an attachment for the sewer line especially for dog waste....
DearJRenae it's absolutely fine to flush- human waste is probably more toxic given the antibiotics and hormones we take. However it's a waste of water and not the ideal solution- imagine of every pet owner was flushing even once a day, it would be tens of millions of gallons of water wasted.
I've never seen an "above-ground" dog poo composter! Every video I've seen, plus leaning on my own past experience with poo composters, says to bury the bin in the ground - after you've removed the base of the bin, and placed some river pebbles or small rocks in a layer directly over the soil, as this helps with drainage. I'm now very confused about the system you're using, particularly as you have drilled minimal holes around the base for aeration. I thought the whole objective of sinking it into the ground is to alleviate smells and help decompose the waste quicker. I'm interested to see how yours holds up.
I was wondering the same thing. I'm currently using a Doggie Dooley system and it really smells when I open the lid. Not sure if I just started with too much poo (have two adolescent dogs who got A LOT...hoping a switch to raw food diet amends this), we'll see. Might give this a try in the future.
@@radbikeadventure The doggie dooley isn't a compost bin, it is just a digester. Kind of like a septic but for dogs which is why it smells. I haven't tried composting my dog's poo so I don't know if it would smell or now but I think I would give it a try
there is more than one way to do aerobic composting, and some of this depends on climate. Both ways work. I recommend you read the Humanure Handbook by Joseph Jenkins, the principles can be applied to dog/cat manure.
I've read that, due to the nasty bacteria contained in dog poo you shouldn't use the compost to fertilize edible plants. Any fact supporting his concept? -which kind of makes sense cause dogs are carnivores...thanks in advance
Most I saw were countersunk barrels so the broken down poop slowly seeps into a lower level of soil. Im guessing you are making it right in the barrel. Im a bit relectant to use carnivore excrement for compost. Just like you dont use meat in your garden composter. Let me know.
💩💩💩💩💩Well. Thank you sir for at least keeping it in a bin with a top on it. I am a big animal lover. BUT I have a neighbor living downstairs from me. He has large pitties with a small enclosed yard and does not ever clean up after them part of this enclosure is covered with cement bricks. It smells horrid. I have flies on my screens large and small. I can barely open my windows. He has had a bin which has been filled with the same gross poo with NO cover. And is not cleaning up. It is unsanitary. It stinks. There are flies and maggots. And yes I have complained. I don’t care if he has a herd of cows in the yard. CLEAN UP AFTER THEM. WHAT PIGS.
I cannot keep watching. The bird noises are so loud and annoying, I can’t hear or pay attention to anything you are saying. What is that mic doing? Only picking up bird noise?
My grandad used to dig small circles in the flowerbeds every week an then as the dog pooped he would scoop it up stick it in one of the holes and then add grass clippings then cover it with the soil from the hole, his gardens was stunning
I cant hear anything over that HUMUNGOUS pitcher plant in the back 😍
Totally support you in this! We compost our dog's plop in a tumbler. I throw in any spent compost from seed-starting and use shredded cardboard for carbon - doesn't need all that much. Takes 6 months to fill one side, which breaks down while the other side is filling. I only tumble it once or twice a season because it fills up with worms who do all the work mixing.
Makes awesome compost for the flowers.
How long does it take for the compost to break down and do you add worms to. It x
@@rapbattlecarnage3878 I'm in the UK and I get a rough, composty mulch after 6 months maturation (could throw it under a hedge or trees etc) but I usually bag it and let it sit around for a further 6 months and then it becomes a really fine compost. The worms get in by themselves - probably from eggs in the spent compost I sometimes add in.
I have dung beetles in there too now, so I never empty the bin fully, I leave a layer undisturbed at the bottom for them to live in because they're doing good work. It's a full ecosystem really.
The only downer is yes, it does attract some flies in summer. Doesn't bother me - birds eat 'em.
Excellent video! When we adopted our dog from the SPCA, I was concerned about picking up her poo, putting it in a plastic bag and dumping in the trash. I live in the urban environment of San Francisco, and I can attest that city dwellers can compost dog poo as well. I have composted and vermicomposted in our backyard for years so I have quite a bit of experience. For the bacteria, I add material from our compost pile into the dog poop compost. In addition, I add worm castings and worms into the bin to help break down the poop. If the pile gets hot, the worms simply go to the outskirts of the bin. From my experience the worms appear to attack the poop only after all their other food sources have been used. One piece of equipment I highly recommend - a leaf shredder! As far as adding carbon material in a city environment, I collect leaves from the street and then shred them before putting them in my various compost bins. Leaves that are not shredded tend to mat in the compost bins, which slows down the composting process significantly. It's simply amazing how much faster the compost process happens when ones carbon source(shredded leaves, wood saw dust/pellets) can instantly interact with the nitrogen(food scraps/dog poo). At present, my only caveat with the dog poo compost is that I am not putting it into my vegetable garden beds. Thanks again for video!
I just moved from rural Oregon back to the city. I'll be trying the two decades of what I've learned as an adult in a confined space. Thanks for the video. Heat, Heat, Heat. I can work with this.
Can’t wait to see the results! This is something I’ve been thinking about for awhile now...
Dude did it work? im really interested in this since i cant do an in-ground waste digester because of some clauses of my property
It does work
What if you were to build a box around your above ground bin - that looks like a raised garden bed - fill around with sand & dirt - make sure the bottom of the raised box isn’t solid. You can make the lid look pretty and even have a shallow raised bed with handles to lift that growing lid off - to access the poop bin? Just an idea. I am going to try this and see how it works. Will circle back here in a few months 😊
I like to use leaves as well ! Sometimes there is soo many leaves and woodchips around ! I gather them around sometimes as well ! I am using permaculture back to eden. Thank you for the tip on compost ! Your garden looks stunning.You should do a Tour on summer burst the harvest ! !
That is my next plan - a full garden tour. 😊 I use a lot of leaves on the main compost so I'll try some on this too.
I’m going to try it by adding yeast to create an environment like a septic system where bacteria eats the waste and creates a system for eating any bad stuff in the system. I have great grass near my leach beds!
Wondering if the common monthly meds (dewormers, flea/tick etc) that dogs are on will be problematic for healthy compost?
I'm composting it with EM-1 + dried leaves or grass + old soil or sand. Then I add it to a special worm farm and I'm already getting sprouts from it. Only using it for non-edible plants.
Yes sir! I read the ingreadients on dog food bag and it is made with vegtables. I also keep alot of bones in yard for dogs to eat. Mix dog poo with green matirals, and sticks brown. Mix with dirt out of yard, a ciay soil. oh yeah! egg shells, orange peels fruit and vegtable waste from kitchen, and coffee grounds. put in ground or pot and cover with good soil that I grown in previousaly. Almost forgot egg cartins and carboard stuff wich I use for outdoor app. Good growing man and sharing, I do not tell my customers are secret tho, could kill buissness. LOL!
Hey Geoff,
I love this idea.
My Staffies are ‘pooping machines’ and although I am familiar with human waste composting systems, I have never heard of doing the same thing for dogs.... it makes total sense as it’s the same.
I already have an unused compost bin, in the exact location required, so I will be drilling holes as soon as I can.
I am really excited about this, (I know only some folk will understand 😂) adding my dogs into the homestead chain on another level. Just brilliant!
Yep, mine too!! I want to switch them to a raw diet so there'll be less poop from that for the time being, I may as well use it.
A few people are concerned about potential pathogens not being killed in the process. I think I'll use the manure for around trees and throughout the flowerbeds rather than veg that actually grow within the compost just to reduce risk even more. I'm sure those that already do this or do humanure are quite convinced it's safe though.
Brimwood Farm I agree, I wouldn’t be using it on my food plants, but there is plenty of other places for it to go, way better than land fill in a bag. 😁👍🏼
Brimwood Farm I’ve set mine up and the first full layers are in...... now I’m just waiting for the Dogs to do what they do best. 😊
@@BrimwoodFarm Back again to comment on using dog waste as compost. I've read that it is not recommended to 'recycle' dog waste to use in your garden beds, and especially NOT in your veggie patch! In fact most of the TH-cam vids tell you to sink the bin into an area well away from foot traffic or water systems due to contamination from the poop. I think I'd play it safe and do some more research before placing the broken down waste into any of your beds.
@@aussiebushgirl1829 it depends on whether you are actively managing the pile to create heat, or relying on slow "cold" composting. Either way, if it has been allowed to sit for long enough then the pathogen issue goes away. If you read Joseph Jenkins' Humanure Handbook, it goes into all these principles and you can apply them to pet waste.
How often do you add water? And how long did the process take to turn into useable compost?
I just have to say what gorgeous dogs .
What should we do with the compost bin during the cooler winter months?
I use my used tea bags for the carbon and i used fruit skins/cores and egg shells, saves a lot of room in food waste as me and my family drink a lot of it haha
I wish more shared this approach to using plastic
Great information..and guide thank you...but do you use your decomposed compose on your garden ?? If so how long would you be leaving it, to breakdown sufficiently ?
I do this in stages. Stage 1 collect and mix with rabbit straw, composting leaves off the ground and grass - leave in a large open plastic container for 3 months (we only have chihuahuas so volume is small). After 3 months move to stage 2 still separate from the regular compost. Turn it and mix in to another container with more carbon and nitrogen sources - grass, straw, leaves, soil and after weekly turning can be added to the regular compost after another 3 months. Top quality stuff in a continuous 6 month process. The key is mainaining the good bacteria balance in soil - do this and the worms will come ..
I agree with some people that human and animal poop compost is not healthy to use for soil in a garden. Rather dig a hole near a tree and throw the "compost" in there. Trees love it and it will be dissolved into the roots and it will not be a problem for the fruit baring trees either.
The Aztecs grew enough food to feed a empire they used human poop and pee as compost I believe everything can be compost as long as it's organic material all that stuff they say about getting sick is a lie people been doing it forever
So if I put this on my apple trees it will not affect the apples
I buried a smaller bucket with more holes in it. Half filled the bucket with dried leaves and paper. The worms filled the space quickly
Did you cut out the bottom of the bin at all? Did it not collect too much liquid during composting process?
Did you do a follow up the this ?
What size drill bit did you use to cut holes
Do you have a follow up video?
Do the bad parasites die in the composting process? Is it safe to use In vegetable gardens?
Yes.
I’m wondering what the difference is between you and I, mate, because our dog’s poo composted perfectly. I never found hardened clumps of it in there. I wonder if it what you’re feeding your dogs?
Perhaps it’s because I just left it sitting for a month or so without stirring a whole lot and then I stirred it.
I use a lot of orange peels. Maybe it’s the nature of orange peels that helps break it down?
Is it okay to use dog poop for vegetable planting and fruits?
How bout adding some red wiggler or night crawler worms? Will they make a time difference?
Just curious, how well did this bin work? Don't you have flies and maggots breeding in the bin if the dog's waste contains meat?
Composted down really well. As long as you can get the heat up, it's too hot for the flies and maggots to survive.
Hi. Great video. Can I use the final product on plants that I eat where the eating part of the plant is not in direct contact with the soil. Ie tomatoes, peppers, chillies rather than carrots and potatoes. Many thanks.
You can only use compost made from dog and cat waste on NON edible plants. ie flowers, shrubs , grasses, etc. :) there are just too many potential parasites and harmful bacteria present in their feces even after composting.
Love the Sarracenias in the back…
I had LOADS. They were really successful. We've moved them to one of our farm ponds now and I MUST put more time and effort into them next year.
Did this work? What did you use it on?
What kind of bird was that at the beginning of the video? A type of chicken? Quail?
Hey Ronnie, he's a Reeves pheasant.
What bird is that at 00:21?
I've got compostable poop bags, they'd take time to break down slowing the process I'm presuming?.... Great idea though, I'm going to do this too. I'll keep an eye out for that fab bin you've got 👍🙂
Yeah, they should break down and actually, quite quickly considering the temperatures achieved inside the bin.
How is this working out?
We are putting in an underground one for ours
Worked really well. Used it around the nut trees when we transplanted them and they've thrived.
So I dug a hole in the ground and created a similar bin... now I'm curious... how often am I supposed to empty this bin before it fills up? Also there is white fungus like stuff growing all over the poo... what am I doing wrong?
the white stuff is either "good" fungus (as opposed to green mould) or bacteria - either way that's good, it shows things are working as they should. The bin contents should continually drop down as they decompose so it may take years before it fills up to the top.
Take the drill off hammer drill lol
What kind of bird was that GORGEOUS colored bird in the beginning
He's a Reeves pheasant. Gorgeous, aren't they?!
🔥 landed🔥
Wishing you the best with this my friend 😊
Great idea about the landfills with the plastic bags never thought of that...curious what do you use to stir the compost?
I take the roller off a paint roller and use the metal part. Works well!
Thank you and very creative!
It's a bucket, so I imagine tipping it over to a 45 degree angle and rolling it around a few times would do the job. Then you don't have to actually get into the stuff inside with your hands.
@@TheSteve0583now we have chickens and dog poo how fun composting🎉
Why did you not cut the bottom out?
Would you please show us the complete process wherein we could see the drum full of feces totally turned into manure.
it's a gradual process, it doesn't start with a full drum. It gets added to slowly and rots down over time.
Would compostable bags decompose in this type of compost? Most require heat so I am just not certain this would generate enough heat, especially in the winter. I have no way to pick up waste when I am not at home and bring it to the compost so that's why I am considering compostable bags but I am worried I might end up with a huge mess.
Honestly, the heat you need to create in this system is so high that it should compost the bags too. With dog poo bins the heat has to be much higher so it kills pathogens so bags should compostable bags should disappear!
There are biodegradable bags and there are compostable bags. Both will break down, but the compostable ones are designed to break down a lot faster. Even they may take months or years, though, and both will leave long chain polymers in your soil even if plant based compounds are used instead of hydrocarbons. It's really better to avoid using them at all.
How often can u add poo to it
I was told NOT to fertilize my garden with dog waste...
If you let it break down like he does it's fine, but as he said at the start of the video, you have to keep it moist and hot for it to break down properly so don't put it in with your other compost.
Although its completely safe to use as long as you're feeding organic food to your dogs, you can opt to only use it for your flowers since you're not going to be consuming those.
The dangerous pathogens and bacteria that dog poop may harbor will all be eliminated by the high temperatures your compost SHOULD reach.
Anyone with sense would know not to. It has bacteria it is toxic. There are some sick people in this world to even do that.
Don’t use it on edible plants just your flower garden
Can you use prickly pear Cactus in a compost bin
So how's this going? I would ha e thought you'd cut the bottom out of the bin. I assume at some point you'll have to dump it all and start over. I would rather be ae to just lift the bin away from the contents.
It was great! I've moved in the meantime so was actually super handy as I simply brought the bin with me and then used the compost around the trees and started again. I can see your point. For me it's just easier being able to take the bin to where I want to use the manure.
@@BrimwoodFarm Good point. I think I'll try it your way.
About how long does it take?
Does it work? We have 7 dogs!
Also waiting on an answer. Eight dogs here!
Have two Swiss Shepherds. Mine has just gotten full after around 10 months of use.
@@Brenda.Aguilar Why the hell do you have so many dogs?
Yes composting it works.. idk about this because it’s reliant on heat being equal throughout.. I put it in a pile on a piece of old plywood, mix with the grass cuttings every time, mix with any trimmings or weeds just anything outside naturally.. you need some soil from somewhere else to kinda kickstart it, you have to mix about every 2-3 days and not let it stay too wet, its kinda the opposite composting with fresh waste, it will turn into like a nasty sludge and never break down, so let the sun/heat break it apart and just every now and then spray it, I like to wet it in the morning so it gets to dry out through the day, this constant process breaks it down extremely fast and it will be soil within the month, I’ve been using it to fill in low spots around the yard..
I too have switched from "poo bags" but I just use an old shovel and a hoe. no plastic and it just goes in my red bin.
I wouldn't recommend composting dog poo if you have children the pathogens and bacteria can lead to blindness in kids. only take a small bit to cause harm, so best to just get it off-site ASAP. it will rot down in landfill and it doesn't make the bin smell any worse than it would anyway with meat/fish etc in it for 2 weeks.
I definitely wouldn't recommend composting it in a main compost - to kill the pathogens you need to get high temperatures for a minimum of three days. In a small garden - get rid if you're worried. On a larger plot you could pop the bin somewhere the kids cant access.
Blindness in kids is a big mith name someone who went blind from it cos I can't
@@BrimwoodFarm I just wouldn't even risk it at all with kids, i want my kids planting and digging in the garden, etc, i wouldn't trust putting dog poo compost in my beds. Risk isnt worth the reward IMO.
@@leoncallaby1881 not a myth at all!!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-11012044
Honestly it's down to personal risk. I played outdoors 24/7 as a kid. I was known for picking up poop from anything and everything and I'm fine. BUT there is a small risk so best to take the precautions you're satisfied with.
You had your drill on hammer.
Think I will try this
Can cat poo go in this too?
I don't see why no ! I have been using cat shit for years not had any problems yet, best gardening to you !
Yes, I have created over a ton of rich "cat manure" compost over the past year. I use a large square solid sided wooden compost bin with a lid and once the first filled up a few months ago, I got a second. Water once a week. I use straw pellets as cat litter and also add in household waste, leaves I collect from my oak tree, garden trimmings/weeds and the occasional bag of horse manure from the local stables. It breaks down and drops down almost as fast as I can add to it. The "resting" bin - which by the time it was full already mostly looked like compost (other than the very top layers) has reduced by 50% volume since then and is absolutely full of compost worms, who are breaking it down further. Once the "active" bin is full, I will empty the resting bin and use it on fruit trees under a wood chip mulch. The compost is incredible in the older bin - almost pure worm castings at this point.
I've been spading it up and flushing it down the toilet. Just wondering if it could be used as fertilizer. Save the bags guys.
I could've sworn it was crucial not to flush pet waste due to the toxins found in there's.
DearJRenae so flushing waste down the toilet into a septic tank is bad? If it’s bad why do they have an attachment for the sewer line especially for dog waste....
DearJRenae it's absolutely fine to flush- human waste is probably more toxic given the antibiotics and hormones we take. However it's a waste of water and not the ideal solution- imagine of every pet owner was flushing even once a day, it would be tens of millions of gallons of water wasted.
In the UK it is not allowed to flush dog waste down the toilet🤷♀️
Gah!!! What breed of doggies are those?
No follow up on how the compost turned out.
Havent' had a chance to film but worked out great! I used it around my nut trees I planted at my farm. All rotted down well.
I've never seen an "above-ground" dog poo composter! Every video I've seen, plus leaning on my own past experience with poo composters, says to bury the bin in the ground - after you've removed the base of the bin, and placed some river pebbles or small rocks in a layer directly over the soil, as this helps with drainage. I'm now very confused about the system you're using, particularly as you have drilled minimal holes around the base for aeration. I thought the whole objective of sinking it into the ground is to alleviate smells and help decompose the waste quicker. I'm interested to see how yours holds up.
I have one abs it's above ground. Doesn't smell and as long as I attend it correctly it breaks down rather fast.
I was wondering the same thing. I'm currently using a Doggie Dooley system and it really smells when I open the lid. Not sure if I just started with too much poo (have two adolescent dogs who got A LOT...hoping a switch to raw food diet amends this), we'll see. Might give this a try in the future.
@@radbikeadventure The doggie dooley isn't a compost bin, it is just a digester. Kind of like a septic but for dogs which is why it smells. I haven't tried composting my dog's poo so I don't know if it would smell or now but I think I would give it a try
Yes i am confused at what to do too now .
there is more than one way to do aerobic composting, and some of this depends on climate. Both ways work. I recommend you read the Humanure Handbook by Joseph Jenkins, the principles can be applied to dog/cat manure.
My neighbor is a real "Karen" they complain about the smell 😒
Way too quiet. I’ve got my volumes all at max and can barely hear you.
Agreed. Speak up Jeffy.
To risky one mistake could cause a lot of problems, just put your poop in a paper bag
I've read that, due to the nasty bacteria contained in dog poo you shouldn't use the compost to fertilize edible plants. Any fact supporting his concept? -which kind of makes sense cause dogs are carnivores...thanks in advance
B.t.w great video
Most I saw were countersunk barrels so the broken down poop slowly seeps into a lower level of soil. Im guessing you are making it right in the barrel. Im a bit relectant to use carnivore excrement for compost. Just like you dont use meat in your garden composter. Let me know.
That nast
I like the sound of all your birds, but I just can’t hear what you’re saying. I hope you’ve found a way to improve your audio since making this video.
Haha I couldn’t hear above the birds either! 🤣
💩💩💩💩💩Well. Thank you sir for at least keeping it in a bin with a top on it. I am a big animal lover. BUT I have a neighbor living downstairs from me. He has large pitties with a small enclosed yard and does not ever clean up after them part of this enclosure is covered with cement bricks. It smells horrid. I have flies on my screens large and small. I can barely open my windows. He has had a bin which has been filled with the same gross poo with NO cover. And is not cleaning up. It is unsanitary. It stinks. There are flies and maggots. And yes I have complained. I don’t care if he has a herd of cows in the yard. CLEAN UP AFTER THEM. WHAT PIGS.
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I cannot keep watching. The bird noises are so loud and annoying, I can’t hear or pay attention to anything you are saying. What is that mic doing? Only picking up bird noise?
Would diamatacious earth kill parasites in the poo?