Hey I wasn't on her side I was on your side NOT the negative Nancy's side. On the DL I was reminding her to GO to a music channel to listen to music. This channel is a garden channel. lol maybe lost in translation . @Honest Open Permaculture I appreciate your time and content. 🌱♻️✌ Lisa from Plymouth, Ma
I have been making compost for decades. I`m telling you that the old carbon nitrogen thing is bunk. I have made good compost out of just about everything, as long as it was not from an animal (two exceptions: eggshells and homemade bonemeal). Leaf mould under the trees in a woodlot makes the best garden amendment in the whole world. As long as it is not in a coniferous forest. Believe it or not, just straight grass will make some of the best compost. Just leave it in the same spot for a whole season. Worms love the stuff and will produce some fine castings. A good tip would be for you to rig a piece of plywood to attach to the front of that zero turn mower and then you could move that heap around much faster. Also, make the heap in the same place for a couple of years and that spot will have excellent soil to add to your gardens or use it in container gardening. I kind of think of compost heaps as pets and usually have multiple smaller heaps rather than one big one. If you want to speed up your operation some more, add your kitchen waste. The worms will thank you.
I have never made a compost pile and I am a bit intimidated by it. I read a lot of comments here and your response about using organic manure made me think about my parents farm...they have 25 acres in Idaho and have lived their 37 years. They have used a lot of chemicals to control weeds. My dad didn’t have their water tested until he got bladder cancer and a year later found that my mom had bladder cancer...they had the water tested and found arsenic and a bunch of other bad stuff. When my mom showed same symptoms and was tested the doctor recommended getting the water tested...Bladder Cancer is top of list for arsenic poisoning.They have a ton of other health problems and their skin, hair and eyes look really bad. I have shed many tears watching them suffer and in and out of the hospital. Please have your water tested, your soil tested! Also just wanted to share: If your food says organic...that means it only has to be in the soil for 3 years without any herbicides or pesticides....if it says certified organic it means 7 plus years without herbicides or pesticides. If you buy distilled water it’s not the same as Steam distilled water, which is the purest water you can get -preferably in glass jugs because if in plastic jugs it would bleach the jug and the water would have a plastic taste to it. Just a tidbit to share. I have a humongous mound of leaves that has been sitting since last fall and with Spring starting I will have lots of grass clippings, my fear is we use miracle grow on our flower beds and weed and feed on our lawn so I don’t think its safe. Really want to do a vegetable garden and want to learn to do compost. What do you recommend to start. I have very rocky soil, some clay. I live in Western Washington (The Great Pacific Northwest) zone 9 if that helps. Thank you for the video and having captions I am hearing impaired, so the captions are much appreciated.
I wouldn’t use clipping, straw or even manure from animals who ate anything that’s been sprayed with a herbicide! IT WILL ruin ur compost and disform your plants when you use it! Here’s a great vid to explain: th-cam.com/video/wK-VerALwu4/w-d-xo.html
Brilliant! I have 3/4 of an acre. Much of it is lawn-or rather, a lawn that has turned into meadow grass! I live in soggy rural Ireland (surrounded by livestock farming land). In the summer, the rains and warm weather conspire to turn my summer into one long marathon of weeding and mowing. I didn't know what to do with the weeds and piles of lawn clippings. This video has just given me the solution to a major headache. I can now come off the Tylenol. Thank you so much for sharing! 💕
My in-laws discarded their grass clippings in a certain spot for years and never did anything to/with it. Now I’m reaping the benefits of lovely wormy compost that was never turned, or mixed with ‘brown material’, except for a few leaves in one spot... yes some of it is a bit clayish but a lot of it is good. I think a lot of times we overthink all the science behind it.
I am so glad I found this video and your channel. I’ve recently started trying to garden, I’m a disabled veteran with limited mobility and 24/7 Oxygen, I’m trying to keep my mind and hands busy with elevated bed gardening and I honestly think I could do this by myself. Loved the no-nonsense way you explained it and how you brought us along on the journey with clips from different days in the process. Thank you.
For those with less land, you absolutely CAN composte at the same rate with under a cubic yard of material. I used to compost in 30 gallon totes, roughly half a cubic yard of material and fed my garden all summer that way. My backyard in total was maybe 350sq ft, my garden fit in a 6x8 greenhouse. I think too often the "requirements" of composting scare people off or hold them back from starting. Even when I moved onto this bigger house I have now, I started composting in a 35 gallon trash can. Make 35 gallons of compost in 30 days, less if you turned and watered it better then I do. But I tend to produce too much compost for myself, so I compost a bit slower now, letting myself make 6 cubic yards of compost out the piles, plus what the chickens make in their 80sq foot area.
Looking like you Folks are really into it! Vermiculture Manure seems the greatest hope for the most sustainable. Thank you for sharing a slew of informative videos!
Calling everyone who is pointing out that this isn't a functional method of getting good compost a "Karen" is pretty lame. I can tell from looking at this pile that it has gone anaerobic, and can basically gaurantee that if you put this under a microscope you will discover a totally anaerobic microbiology. This will do your garden no good at all, and could damage it. So you can flippantly disregard everyone giving you factual information, but at the end of the day you are just giving everyone watching this video incorrect information.
HOP, i used to work at recycling centre in Manchester uk. Every Monday easily 50% of what came in was domestic grass cuttings the other 50% was a mixture of all kinds of domestic gardening waste like finely shredded hedge cuttings and plant material and of course, food waste. It's normally left for 90 days being turned 3 times in that period then its taken away to be sieved into a fine compost and still, the main product uncomposted is grass. Certainly most of it has rotted like short clippings but all in all its a tough cookie
I rented a home once with the most beautiful grass you ever saw had a vegetable garden with egg plant and it stems and leaves the compost pile was steaming only 2 ft x 2ftx 2ft put my hand in black rich soil.I just got eggplant seeds. And now I have 5 acers of grass and timber one is a big hill all trees leaves 100 years laying there and I have horses and poo new old so I'm set I live now in south coast I Oregon near the beach. Fun video thanks 🐎🐎🤔🚜🖐️👍
I have this shovel, its olds school, about 14w by 16 long it scoops on everyething. Gravel, dirt, grass, woodchips, snow, everything and it als just glides and scoops nice. I mived into this house a while back and they must have left it but i dnot think many people think about how handy a shovel like this is....i nevr use a pitch fork for my compost, hate the pitchfork...my shovel is the best yard tool i have...better than my skid steer haha
I retired from the Air Force (medic) 8 years ago and bought a 38 acre small far off foreclosure in central PA. We've failed and we've succeeded. Failure isnt always failing as long as you learn from your mistakes. Keep working hard, keep learning.
@@windmillacres679 ohhh we found ways that simply didn't work and then we flat out failed in a couple others. I'm not too proud to admit where we've failed and unfortunately that meant a few animals suffered or died due to our ignorance. We learned from every failure and I try to prevent us from repeating those mistakes.
Always support North Carolinians, several generations of family further back then I know, id like to research that but love NC, alot of changes with all this progressive thinking that moves to our great state, but thats what they do, mesup thier state and move to our to do the same, but love my state, I think its the best in the country, we have history from the state, mountains and great beaches as well as the outer banks, supporting each other is what makes us such a great state. God bless brother, and God bless America
I hear what you're saying and I understand it, but you also have to realize without progressive thinking there'd still be slaves. I'm all for standing for what you believe in but keep an open mind. You may learn something.
@@HonestOpenPermaculture theres a difference between progressive thinking and regressive thinking, seeing what going on all over the country right now, those are supposed to be the progressive thinkers, but its not, it's identity politics and group think mentality, so progress is one thing, I'm not talking about that. Unfortunately these days you have to say it, so I'm not for racism or any of that stuff but I'm also not for government over reach and mob rule
I have a mower similar to yours that I collect grass clippings for compost. I fashioned a piece of rubber roofing over the discharge chute so that it didn’t discharge out so far and helped me to create my clipping piles every time I mow. I then pick up my piles and take them to my compost area to work them in. I call this my poor man’s grass catcher.
Bro, take all ur clippings and Bury it directly under the soil. Watch the magic. 5 times faster decomposition! This way all.that nitrogen gets trapped in the soil, and it doesnt escape into the atmosphere like ur doing it now....
I like the enthusiasm but dry grass clippings does not count as carbon, itis still nitogen. If you incorporate shredded paper, bark chips and dry shredded leaves, it works. Geoff Latham and dr Elaine Ingham explains what the necessary needed layers are. Xx
Having a varying amount of different mediums has its advantages. However, it is not necessary. A broken down dry leave is essentially the exact same material as a broken down dried grass clipping. It's no longer nitrogen rich once the clipping is dried, for the same reason the dried leaf is no longer nitrogen rich. I've seen and personally had great success with making soil from nothing more than fresh leaves and dried leaves. No reason it wouldn't work with grass also. Once the material has broken down, it will work very well as a soil. Just because one person does something in one way, does not mean that it's the one and only way to do it.
I do the same thing. Just layer it, add in some squishy decaying wood and layers of fall leaves, some coffee grounds and stuff from the kitchen when I need to make it hot.
At the 9 minute location on this video we saw the pile with white this shows the pile had become anaerobic which has killed off the beneficial bacteria and microorganisms. The high temperature is the right environment to grow toxic microbiology. This pile was made with 100% nitrogenous/green materials. dried grass clippings is regarded as nitrogen because it was alive when it was cut. Hay/straw is carbon because it had died and as it died the good stuff went down into the roots. It is only possible to to have anaerobic compost with this recipe. It is not healthy to put on gardens. This is not a true representation of Geoff Lawtons Berkeley method. Geoff gained his knowledge based on Elaine Ingham soil scientist and then adapted away from her methods to accommodate those of us he wanted to support. The method is being called the same but seems to be morphing. This needs to be a learning experience. Thank you
samiya Maza hi Samiya, I would recommend you use TH-cam to connect with Elaine Ingham, soil scientist. She has given talks and demonstrations for those of us who want that level of understanding.
thanks for confirming what I had thought I could do. We have 4 acres of grass to cut. So i wondered if I could use dry grass for the carbon because we don't have many weeds to dry as others have said you need. My husband will cut to throw the grass in rows. I can use the dry grass to mix with the grass. Fantastic! thank you!
I’m in the ten per cent who are allergic to the biological steam that comes out of a hot pile. After three tries at turning a hot pile and having bronchitis the next day, even when wearing a painter’s mask after the first time, I’ve learned to build a big pile in a rewire cage, and letting it cook in its own time. When the pile cools down, scrape away the outer several inches, harvest the cooked compost from the middle of the pile, and rebuild the next pile with the materials from the outside of the original pile. In central Texas we need every drop of rain to go into the pile, so the rewire cage lets you make the top of the pile concave.
Good info. I think I've spoken with you before on my other account; I have the redwood preserve in Stokes Co. While this is "technically" compost, it's still breaking down, so I like to let it go for a few months to continue the process cold. A word of caution about using fresh compost: Never use it on potatoes! It's so high in N that you'll get beautiful vines, but only a few edible marbles in the ground. It's great for heavy feeders like corn and Brussels sprouts though.
Mistakes are bound to happen. You can do the drunken compost method to finish it. Quicker return as well. I appreciate your zeal and enjoyed your video!
5 day old grass is not a "brown" or carbon source, it is basically Hay. Hay is still a "green" or nitrogen source with a carbon/nitrogen ratio 24/1. All you're doing is burning off the nitrogen. You need to use straw. Wheat or oat straw is the dead chaff after the grains are harvested. As wheat and oats mature, the seed heads consume the nitrogen from the mature plant in order to produce viable "living" seeds. That is why straw is a "brown" because it has a carbon/nitrogen ratio of 100/1.
Add wood ash to the grass clippings. More carbon. I dig out my fire pit and add it to the grass clippings as well as leaves and sticks. It will get hot. Make sure to turn it often. Another trick is to add EM1 and some Lacto bacillus. Keeps anaerobic bacteria in check.
If it's working for you, keep doing it, but drying the grass isn't going to change the amount of carbon or nitrogen in it. They're both near enough identical. I get the best results mixing my grass clippings with wood chip.
I would tend to agree, re the nitrogen/carbon content. I think adding the dried grass is helping to keep the pile aerated, so is working in that respect.
You not only get compost, you also save the expense of a fitness center subscription :) I turn mine less frequently, but it's still a lot of work. I kind of enjoy it as long as it's not 3-4m^3 piles.
Both of those heaps are nitrogen heaps. Grass is grass whether it's green or brown, wet or dry. You need some shredded straw, leaves, wood shavings, or even cardboard boxes cut into small pieces. That's carbon. Sometimes some of the best "green" stuff can even have a brown color, such as used coffee grounds or chicken poop. I good way to use leaves in the summer is to save them in a pile or burlap bags from the autumn before. Dry leaves take about 2 years to break down. Without water and nitrogen added, so it you save a bunch of leaves you can used them later when you have plenty of grass for nitrogen.
I see your point, but grass turns into a brown when it dries out, just like leaves. Nitrogen fades fast; even grass a day or two old will lose a lot of its oomph in a pile. The only downside to this method, is the stuff clumps together a lot easier. If it was really a nitrogen heap, it would all turn to ash.
Not the same, nitrogen is a gas, it's found in the air we breath. The fact is the grass turns brown like a banana for other reasons long before its ever depleted of nitrogen.
human Urine is chock full of nitrogen, potassium and phosphorus, which are the nutrients plants need to thrive-and the main ingredients in common mineral fertilizers.
And also useful if you want to make salt peter, or ammonium nitrate, in countries that have outlawed its purchase for fertilisers or curing meat. It's incredibly hard to get in most countries post 9/11 unfortunately.
Can’t it be full of medication chemicals and diseases that can transfer between humans? I think that’s why you are not allowed to use human waste in food production. 🤔
@@aemma_official to be honest, the best fertilizer is worm castings. (worm poop) not only do worms fertilize but they also airiate the soil. the best way to attract worms is with rabbit manure. just get a rabbit and you're all set. (rabbit manure is a warm fertilizer). rabbit poo + worms = magic dirt.
Agreed ,this flys in the face of almost very other compost building information I have seen. To call grass clippings as a "brown" simply because they are dried seems to demonstrate a total misunderstanding of the basics.
@@joequillun7790 even though we use the terms "greens" and "browns" the color is kind of irrelevant. Everything has both carbon AND Nitrogen, but in 'greens' the nitrogen is much higher than the carbon; and the other way for 'browns'. Leaves are considered 'browns'. www.planetnatural.com/composting-101/making/c-n-ratio/
@@user-xb1ht4py2v That's what I wuz getting at..."sarcastically." He said his grass was nitrogen, until it turned brown, or dried out, then it became carbon. I think most of the comments here have corrected that statement. So by the OPs theory, brown leaves are carbon, but what if they're on the tree, or green on the ground? I guess they must be nitrogen. :)
I think current science says compost starts to degrade itself above 131ºF. for those aspiring to make hot compost... it's a lot of work. I'm building one now and It requires turning every 12 - 36 hours. Takes me about 30 minutes non-stop. Harder on a 75 year old on hot days.
Oooo definitely don't start with fresh grass first, the grass will mat down and go anaerobic especially with the weight, initially try to incorporate the brown material in with the green, it doesn't have to be perfect but its better for aeration
Well I’m trying to build my own compound post one reason is I’ve been trying to live off the grid little bit a time I’m gonna get that age it I love working outside are used to be a welder and construction pipe welder don’t do it no more trying to enjoy life a little bit better trusting God I was just in God ever since I was a little so he’s been with me for years But I want to learn how to do all this I don’t read very well are usually watch and learn as I go so help me out please thank you God bless
No mold is a common aspect of compost breaking down. I would suggest turning it to give it air. The mold will go away. Don't use it until the mold is gone .
Grass and leaves work very well. You can also use leaves and nitrogen fertilizer. I use compost for organic matter. If your using it for npk there are better options. Compost should also be used in moderation because it contains high amounts of p&k.
10-4 buddy. This is not how I usually make compost. I was trying to make this video as simple as possible for the average person. I think if you try to make it too difficult and add too many ingredients only the compost nerds like ourselves will be intrested. Lol. That will be a whole separate series of videos. 😁
Hey I have an area in my yard about 15ft by 20ft that’s basically just sand (I live in central FL). I was wondering if I could just spread my fresh grass clippings ever time I mow as well as fallen dead leaves from a huge oak when they fall. I’d just be throwing it on there as material comes available. Would that work or do you have to pre-make the compost like in the video? I also heard about getting used coffee beans and throwing that on there… what do you think about that?
Hey man got here from Justin channel and i like your content. I think that for your channel to blow up you just need to máster the edit You seem really smart so if you study for 2 weeks you can do it. Giving the likes to help!
@@HonestOpenPermaculture For sure. Since I quit drinking for now, I need thingz to keep me busy and wat do you kno, gardening and thingz that come with it are one of those thingz. Thankz
@@HonestOpenPermaculture I really appreciate that. And I will! Itz the best thing I could do for myself, and eventually otherz if that makez sense. Appreciation!
@@etherealrose2139 it is, just need need to turn the 65 minutes into less than 20 minutes. In between farmers market, building a chicken house, and another pig house im running short on time right now. 😔 But I'll get the results out as soon as possible. 😉
If you add less dry material you dont need to add water is my experience. So it can be simple. If you throw big peaces on the heap it will become compost but just a little bit slower.
With all the rain yall have gotten lately I'm sure you do. You should cut a bunch of it up and fill your garden fortress. Go ahead and prime it for next year.
Well you can speed it up with 2 additional items skunky beer that is allowed to air over night alcohol evaporates and finished compost as it will inoculate the pile faster, and if you want faster pour a sugar product like molasses (NON- sulfered) and some ammonia (nh3) if not enough nitrogen (I use the chicken house bedding instead) plenty hot and the pile heats up fast have made compost in late fall and early spring. Now my soil is so active that I rototil grass clippings in the soil and they are gone in a week. In the fall I use the Troybilt rototiller and all the neighbors leaves go into the garden, (as the leaves contain trace elements there is a rule that for the size of the tree above ground the same amt. of roots below ground, and oak leaves need some lime but maple leaves are sweet and perfect), and till under the corn stalks when green, 2 weeks later till again in spring they are gone, soil is so active that I can shovel 1 scoop and get 10-20 worms the gardeners best friend, as they feed and leave worm poop (castings). One more thing the reason I make compost it to make compost tea using a high volume aquarium air pump bubbler, to feed the plants while growing and fruiting. A word of caution don't allow anyone who smokes near your garden as All Tobacco products carry a disease called Tobacco Mosaic, death to tomatoes and somewhat to peppers and other nightshade relatives. Good luck with homestead.
@@caseG80 yes Google, "tobacco mosaic" as the tobacco that is grown and is resistant to the disease, but it is death to tomatoes and some of the other nightshade family like egg plant, & peppers (funny how God made plants that are poisonous but have such good tasting fruits, people who fry green tomatoes are actually mildly poisonous but no where near the toxins in the plant..)
@@HonestOpenPermaculture Smithfield area for me thanks for video I was about to give up on compost because I didn't have a lot of leaves but thanks to you I realized I don't need any
Thank you dude. I love how Gary Vee's Perspective Resonates through every job or action. Everything from homesteading to running a liquor store. It's unfortunate that a lot of homesteaders don't watch him because they can't get over his language. Thank you for popping in and saying hello!
Learn how to make compost with your chickens in this playlist! th-cam.com/play/PLjkG_48eh6T8pFxA1NmOg47Jcfrppx-Du.html
Hey I wasn't on her side I was on your side NOT the negative Nancy's side. On the DL I was reminding her to GO to a music channel to listen to music. This channel is a garden channel. lol maybe lost in translation . @Honest Open Permaculture I appreciate your time and content. 🌱♻️✌ Lisa from Plymouth, Ma
@@lisag2112 lol. Yea lost in translation. No worries!
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I have been making compost for decades. I`m telling you that the old carbon nitrogen thing is bunk. I have made good compost out of just about everything, as long as it was not from an animal (two exceptions: eggshells and homemade bonemeal). Leaf mould under the trees in a woodlot makes the best garden amendment in the whole world. As long as it is not in a coniferous forest. Believe it or not, just straight grass will make some of the best compost. Just leave it in the same spot for a whole season. Worms love the stuff and will produce some fine castings. A good tip would be for you to rig a piece of plywood to attach to the front of that zero turn mower and then you could move that heap around much faster. Also, make the heap in the same place for a couple of years and that spot will have excellent soil to add to your gardens or use it in container gardening. I kind of think of compost heaps as pets and usually have multiple smaller heaps rather than one big one. If you want to speed up your operation some more, add your kitchen waste. The worms will thank you.
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I have never made a compost pile and I am a bit intimidated by it. I read a lot of comments here and your response about using organic manure made me think about my parents farm...they have 25 acres in Idaho and have lived their 37 years. They have used a lot of chemicals to control weeds. My dad didn’t have their water tested until he got bladder cancer and a year later found that my mom had bladder cancer...they had the water tested and found arsenic and a bunch of other bad stuff. When my mom showed same symptoms and was tested the doctor recommended getting the water tested...Bladder Cancer is top of list for arsenic poisoning.They have a ton of other health problems and their skin, hair and eyes look really bad. I have shed many tears watching them suffer and in and out of the hospital. Please have your water tested, your soil tested!
Also just wanted to share: If your food says organic...that means it only has to be in the soil for 3 years without any herbicides or pesticides....if it says certified organic it means 7 plus years without herbicides or pesticides.
If you buy distilled water it’s not the same as Steam distilled water, which is the purest water you can get -preferably in glass jugs because if in plastic jugs it would bleach the jug and the water would have a plastic taste to it. Just a tidbit to share.
I have a humongous mound of leaves that has been sitting since last fall and with Spring starting I will have lots of grass clippings, my fear is we use miracle grow on our flower beds and weed and feed on our lawn so I don’t think its safe. Really want to do a vegetable garden and want to learn to do compost. What do you recommend to start. I have very rocky soil, some clay. I live in Western Washington (The Great Pacific Northwest) zone 9 if that helps. Thank you for the video and having captions I am hearing impaired, so the captions are much appreciated.
I wouldn’t use clipping, straw or even manure from animals who ate anything that’s been sprayed with a herbicide! IT WILL ruin ur compost and disform your plants when you use it! Here’s a great vid to explain: th-cam.com/video/wK-VerALwu4/w-d-xo.html
Brilliant! I have 3/4 of an acre. Much of it is lawn-or rather, a lawn that has turned into meadow grass! I live in soggy rural Ireland (surrounded by livestock farming land). In the summer, the rains and warm weather conspire to turn my summer into one long marathon of weeding and mowing. I didn't know what to do with the weeds and piles of lawn clippings. This video has just given me the solution to a major headache. I can now come off the Tylenol. Thank you so much for sharing! 💕
My in-laws discarded their grass clippings in a certain spot for years and never did anything to/with it. Now I’m reaping the benefits of lovely wormy compost that was never turned, or mixed with ‘brown material’, except for a few leaves in one spot... yes some of it is a bit clayish but a lot of it is good. I think a lot of times we overthink all the science behind it.
Yea. I do a slow compost and fast composting. Shoot i even compost with my chickens. Theres no "right" way to do it just different was. 😁
The difference is the whole "18 days" part.
I am so glad I found this video and your channel. I’ve recently started trying to garden, I’m a disabled veteran with limited mobility and 24/7 Oxygen, I’m trying to keep my mind and hands busy with elevated bed gardening and I honestly think I could do this by myself. Loved the no-nonsense way you explained it and how you brought us along on the journey with clips from different days in the process. Thank you.
For those with less land, you absolutely CAN composte at the same rate with under a cubic yard of material. I used to compost in 30 gallon totes, roughly half a cubic yard of material and fed my garden all summer that way. My backyard in total was maybe 350sq ft, my garden fit in a 6x8 greenhouse. I think too often the "requirements" of composting scare people off or hold them back from starting. Even when I moved onto this bigger house I have now, I started composting in a 35 gallon trash can. Make 35 gallons of compost in 30 days, less if you turned and watered it better then I do. But I tend to produce too much compost for myself, so I compost a bit slower now, letting myself make 6 cubic yards of compost out the piles, plus what the chickens make in their 80sq foot area.
I love it because it's so simple, just straightforward and simple.
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Looking like you Folks are really into it!
Vermiculture Manure seems the greatest hope for the most sustainable.
Thank you for sharing a slew of informative videos!
All these people saying this guy is doing it wrong. If it works it’s right. I’ve made good compost just with fresh cut grass.
I don't sweat it. I don't mine responding, but they don't worry me. We know it will do just fine. There is a lot of Karen's in the comments 9n YouTub.
Calling everyone who is pointing out that this isn't a functional method of getting good compost a "Karen" is pretty lame. I can tell from looking at this pile that it has gone anaerobic, and can basically gaurantee that if you put this under a microscope you will discover a totally anaerobic microbiology. This will do your garden no good at all, and could damage it. So you can flippantly disregard everyone giving you factual information, but at the end of the day you are just giving everyone watching this video incorrect information.
@@5ivearrows I did too but I can not say totally anaerobic
Thank you, I have been thinking about how to make compost of only grass and some more grass lately and you helped me with your video a lot!
Very interesting, I was of the thought that grass was a green fresh or dried out. Very interesting. I may try this!
I’m so glad someone said it. Dry grass is the same nitrogen rich product but less moisture. It is not considered a “brown”
HOP, i used to work at recycling centre in Manchester uk.
Every Monday easily 50% of what came in was domestic grass cuttings the other 50% was a mixture of all kinds of domestic gardening waste like finely shredded hedge cuttings and plant material and of course, food waste.
It's normally left for 90 days being turned 3 times in that period then its taken away to be sieved into a fine compost and still, the main product uncomposted is grass.
Certainly most of it has rotted like short clippings but all in all its a tough cookie
Best video on composting I've seen thank you
I rented a home once with the most beautiful grass you ever saw had a vegetable garden with egg plant and it stems and leaves the compost pile was steaming only 2 ft x 2ftx 2ft put my hand in black rich soil.I just got eggplant seeds. And now I have 5 acers of grass and timber one is a big hill all trees leaves 100 years laying there and I have horses and poo new old so I'm set I live now in south coast I Oregon near the beach. Fun video thanks 🐎🐎🤔🚜🖐️👍
I have this shovel, its olds school, about 14w by 16 long it scoops on everyething. Gravel, dirt, grass, woodchips, snow, everything and it als just glides and scoops nice. I mived into this house a while back and they must have left it but i dnot think many people think about how handy a shovel like this is....i nevr use a pitch fork for my compost, hate the pitchfork...my shovel is the best yard tool i have...better than my skid steer haha
from my understanding grass clippings are all nitrogen brown or green. but if its doing what you want then hey get it!!
I retired from the Air Force (medic) 8 years ago and bought a 38 acre small far off foreclosure in central PA. We've failed and we've succeeded. Failure isnt always failing as long as you learn from your mistakes. Keep working hard, keep learning.
Thanks Joe
You never fail. Never.
It' like Thomas Edison said, you just learned another way that didn't work.
@@windmillacres679 ohhh we found ways that simply didn't work and then we flat out failed in a couple others. I'm not too proud to admit where we've failed and unfortunately that meant a few animals suffered or died due to our ignorance. We learned from every failure and I try to prevent us from repeating those mistakes.
Great video. It was so satisfying to see the compost progress with time. Hard work pays off.
Always support North Carolinians, several generations of family further back then I know, id like to research that but love NC, alot of changes with all this progressive thinking that moves to our great state, but thats what they do, mesup thier state and move to our to do the same, but love my state, I think its the best in the country, we have history from the state, mountains and great beaches as well as the outer banks, supporting each other is what makes us such a great state. God bless brother, and God bless America
I hear what you're saying and I understand it, but you also have to realize without progressive thinking there'd still be slaves. I'm all for standing for what you believe in but keep an open mind. You may learn something.
@@HonestOpenPermaculture theres a difference between progressive thinking and regressive thinking, seeing what going on all over the country right now, those are supposed to be the progressive thinkers, but its not, it's identity politics and group think mentality, so progress is one thing, I'm not talking about that. Unfortunately these days you have to say it, so I'm not for racism or any of that stuff but I'm also not for government over reach and mob rule
Great tips on why you should move and turn it
Thank you brother.
I have a mower similar to yours that I collect grass clippings for compost. I fashioned a piece of rubber roofing over the discharge chute so that it didn’t discharge out so far and helped me to create my clipping piles every time I mow. I then pick up my piles and take them to my compost area to work them in. I call this my poor man’s grass catcher.
Bro, take all ur clippings and Bury it directly under the soil. Watch the magic. 5 times faster decomposition! This way all.that nitrogen gets trapped in the soil, and it doesnt escape into the atmosphere like ur doing it now....
Thanks for the tips and efforts to show us amazing video i appreciate
Very nice!!! We always have tons of clippings!!! Good way to use them up and put them to good use!!!
Yea man it's a great way to put them to use! Thanks bro.
I like the enthusiasm but dry grass clippings does not count as carbon, itis still nitogen. If you incorporate shredded paper, bark chips and dry shredded leaves, it works. Geoff Latham and dr Elaine Ingham explains what the necessary needed layers are. Xx
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Having a varying amount of different mediums has its advantages. However, it is not necessary. A broken down dry leave is essentially the exact same material as a broken down dried grass clipping. It's no longer nitrogen rich once the clipping is dried, for the same reason the dried leaf is no longer nitrogen rich. I've seen and personally had great success with making soil from nothing more than fresh leaves and dried leaves. No reason it wouldn't work with grass also. Once the material has broken down, it will work very well as a soil. Just because one person does something in one way, does not mean that it's the one and only way to do it.
Just found you. This was awesome and very informative. Thank you very much.
Thanks you!
When i bought my house and was unaware of this composting thing, I panicked when i saw my grass pile smoking.
Lol. I completely understand. When you don't know what is going on it's puzzling.
Don't pile green grass around flammable stuff cause it can catch, if it's smoking an not just steam
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I do the same thing. Just layer it, add in some squishy decaying wood and layers of fall leaves, some coffee grounds and stuff from the kitchen when I need to make it hot.
Nice! I bet it works well!
At the 9 minute location on this video we saw the pile with white this shows the pile had become anaerobic which has killed off the beneficial bacteria and microorganisms. The high temperature is the right environment to grow toxic microbiology.
This pile was made with 100% nitrogenous/green materials. dried grass clippings is regarded as nitrogen because it was alive when it was cut. Hay/straw is carbon because it had died and as it died the good stuff went down into the roots.
It is only possible to to have anaerobic compost with this recipe. It is not healthy to put on gardens.
This is not a true representation of Geoff Lawtons Berkeley method. Geoff gained his knowledge based on Elaine Ingham soil scientist and then adapted away from her methods to accommodate those of us he wanted to support. The method is being called the same but seems to be morphing. This needs to be a learning experience. Thank you
Thank you so much, I thought I was dumb when it didnt, work. Thankyou!
It seems that you don"t agree with this method. Do you have a method for heat compusting in the open place?
samiya Maza hi Samiya, I would recommend you use TH-cam to connect with Elaine Ingham, soil scientist. She has given talks and demonstrations for those of us who want that level of understanding.
In particular a video called “Elaine Ingham soil food web compost and compost tea”
@@joannecook6105 Thank you so much. I'm going to watch it to find the answer.
That's such a good idea to get your carbon source from older grass clippings
I just found your video and love you are explaining it to were anyone can understand, I’m just learning this stuff thank you
Thank you! I hope it helps!
thanks for confirming what I had thought I could do. We have 4 acres of grass to cut. So i wondered if I could use dry grass for the carbon because we don't have many weeds to dry as others have said you need. My husband will cut to throw the grass in rows. I can use the dry grass to mix with the grass. Fantastic! thank you!
I’m in the ten per cent who are allergic to the biological steam that comes out of a hot pile. After three tries at turning a hot pile and having bronchitis the next day, even when wearing a painter’s mask after the first time, I’ve learned to build a big pile in a rewire cage, and letting it cook in its own time. When the pile cools down, scrape away the outer several inches, harvest the cooked compost from the middle of the pile, and rebuild the next pile with the materials from the outside of the original pile. In central Texas we need every drop of rain to go into the pile, so the rewire cage lets you make the top of the pile concave.
Good info. I think I've spoken with you before on my other account; I have the redwood preserve in Stokes Co. While this is "technically" compost, it's still breaking down, so I like to let it go for a few months to continue the process cold. A word of caution about using fresh compost: Never use it on potatoes! It's so high in N that you'll get beautiful vines, but only a few edible marbles in the ground. It's great for heavy feeders like corn and Brussels sprouts though.
Mistakes are bound to happen. You can do the drunken compost method to finish it. Quicker return as well. I appreciate your zeal and enjoyed your video!
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Drunken compost?? How is this one made??
@@charlesrockey5203 there's a famous video about it on YT I can't remember the guys name. Just type in "Drunken Compost" on YT should come up.
Well done video. U don't ever have a lost of words do u. Enjoyed it. Gonna try ur method. Thanks.
I like to talk about things I like to talk about what can I say. Lol
5 day old grass is not a "brown" or carbon source, it is basically Hay. Hay is still a "green" or nitrogen source with a carbon/nitrogen ratio 24/1. All you're doing is burning off the nitrogen. You need to use straw. Wheat or oat straw is the dead chaff after the grains are harvested. As wheat and oats mature, the seed heads consume the nitrogen from the mature plant in order to produce viable "living" seeds. That is why straw is a "brown" because it has a carbon/nitrogen ratio of 100/1.
Your compost pile of green & dry grasses is good. But animal manure will kick it up a notch & make your compost garden ready in 18 days.
Add wood ash to the grass clippings. More carbon. I dig out my fire pit and add it to the grass clippings as well as leaves and sticks. It will get hot. Make sure to turn it often. Another trick is to add EM1 and some Lacto bacillus. Keeps anaerobic bacteria in check.
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What is EM1
Nice idea sir,,thanks for the tips, watching here from Philippines
Thank you very much for your share (From Bangkok Thailand )
If it's working for you, keep doing it, but drying the grass isn't going to change the amount of carbon or nitrogen in it. They're both near enough identical. I get the best results mixing my grass clippings with wood chip.
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I would tend to agree, re the nitrogen/carbon content. I think adding the dried grass is helping to keep the pile aerated, so is working in that respect.
Important thing is it still works quite well, maybe just not as quickly as proper materials.
You not only get compost, you also save the expense of a fitness center subscription :) I turn mine less frequently, but it's still a lot of work. I kind of enjoy it as long as it's not 3-4m^3 piles.
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Awesome video! We are also in NC on a small farm learning day by day!
Sweet. What part of NC? We are just north on Winston-Salem.
Honest Open Permaculture we live about an hour east of Charlotte, not far from you at all!
So very interesting because it is dried grass clippings and fresh cut grass clippings only. Thank you for the lesson!!! Carol
Very well done video , I will try your method thanks for sharing
Congrats on hitting 1000!!!
NC is beautiful!
Thanks for composting tips
Thank you! Hope you enjoyed it!
@@HonestOpenPermaculture I sure did!
Both of those heaps are nitrogen heaps. Grass is grass whether it's green or brown, wet or dry. You need some shredded straw, leaves, wood shavings, or even cardboard boxes cut into small pieces. That's carbon.
Sometimes some of the best "green" stuff can even have a brown color, such as used coffee grounds or chicken poop.
I good way to use leaves in the summer is to save them in a pile or burlap bags from the autumn before. Dry leaves take about 2 years to break down. Without water and nitrogen added, so it you save a bunch of leaves you can used them later when you have plenty of grass for nitrogen.
I see your point, but grass turns into a brown when it dries out, just like leaves. Nitrogen fades fast; even grass a day or two old will lose a lot of its oomph in a pile. The only downside to this method, is the stuff clumps together a lot easier. If it was really a nitrogen heap, it would all turn to ash.
Not the same, nitrogen is a gas, it's found in the air we breath. The fact is the grass turns brown like a banana for other reasons long before its ever depleted of nitrogen.
human Urine is chock full of nitrogen, potassium and phosphorus, which are the nutrients plants need to thrive-and the main ingredients in common mineral fertilizers.
And also useful if you want to make salt peter, or ammonium nitrate, in countries that have outlawed its purchase for fertilisers or curing meat. It's incredibly hard to get in most countries post 9/11 unfortunately.
Thats actually disgusting and bad for worms.
@@demonetized6837 Gross.
Can’t it be full of medication chemicals and diseases that can transfer between humans? I think that’s why you are not allowed to use human waste in food production. 🤔
@@aemma_official to be honest, the best fertilizer is worm castings. (worm poop) not only do worms fertilize but they also airiate the soil. the best way to attract worms is with rabbit manure. just get a rabbit and you're all set. (rabbit manure is a warm fertilizer). rabbit poo + worms = magic dirt.
Add sugar to your water or soda pop to feed the bacteria
Thanks man. Brilliant demo
Thank you!
Thanks bro. You taught me a lot and im srarrting my own compost pile this week. Awesome info. Thanks again.
Awesome! Glad it helped!
thank you for this video very informative i am going to do this my self i might get it right yet. good one.
Thank you
Dried grass is still a nitrogen. It just loses moisture/water but still retains the nitrogen.
Agreed ,this flys in the face of almost very other compost building information I have seen. To call grass clippings as a "brown" simply because they are dried seems to demonstrate a total misunderstanding of the basics.
@@user-xb1ht4py2v Does it mean that my green maple leaves in the summer are nitrogen? :)
@@joequillun7790 even though we use the terms "greens" and "browns" the color is kind of irrelevant. Everything has both carbon AND Nitrogen, but in 'greens' the nitrogen is much higher than the carbon; and the other way for 'browns'. Leaves are considered 'browns'. www.planetnatural.com/composting-101/making/c-n-ratio/
@@user-xb1ht4py2v That's what I wuz getting at..."sarcastically." He said his grass was nitrogen, until it turned brown, or dried out, then it became carbon. I think most of the comments here have corrected that statement. So by the OPs theory, brown leaves are carbon, but what if they're on the tree, or green on the ground? I guess they must be nitrogen. :)
@@joequillun7790 He has those special 'Carbogen" leaves I guess. LMAO
Great video really interesting 👍
I find a mulching fork works better for turning the stuff when you get to the finer more broken down material
Thanks for the tip!👍😁
Really well explained this thank you👍
👍 Thank you man!
Totally appreciate you putting it in 1 video. Thank you.
thank you for sharing your knowledge!
No problem
Great. Now I know what to do with all the grass clippings I have here in the middle of May. Thanks. Will let you know how it goes. ❤️👍❤️
Awesome! Please do!
@@HonestOpenPermaculture how about grass clippings from grass that has the weed/feed stuff on it
I think current science says compost starts to degrade itself above 131ºF. for those aspiring to make hot compost... it's a lot of work. I'm building one now and It requires turning every 12 - 36 hours. Takes me about 30 minutes non-stop. Harder on a 75 year old on hot days.
Awesome! I hear ya
On the Brightside you get to have some workout. Important to keep them body healthy.
Oooo definitely don't start with fresh grass first, the grass will mat down and go anaerobic especially with the weight, initially try to incorporate the brown material in with the green, it doesn't have to be perfect but its better for aeration
great information.
Drying grass out does not increase the carbon content. It might look brown, but technically it's still green..
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Well I’m trying to build my own compound post one reason is I’ve been trying to live off the grid little bit a time I’m gonna get that age it I love working outside are used to be a welder and construction pipe welder don’t do it no more trying to enjoy life a little bit better trusting God I was just in God ever since I was a little so he’s been with me for years But I want to learn how to do all this I don’t read very well are usually watch and learn as I go so help me out please thank you God bless
Just ask your manmade god to show you how, and get back to us , on how that work out for you .
Good job. Going to try.it. thanks
Give it a try 😁😁
Thanks looks very simply explained.
But when if it gets mold would it be ruined?
No mold is a common aspect of compost breaking down. I would suggest turning it to give it air. The mold will go away. Don't use it until the mold is gone .
Grass and leaves work very well. You can also use leaves and nitrogen fertilizer. I use compost for organic matter. If your using it for npk there are better options. Compost should also be used in moderation because it contains high amounts of p&k.
10-4 buddy. This is not how I usually make compost. I was trying to make this video as simple as possible for the average person. I think if you try to make it too difficult and add too many ingredients only the compost nerds like ourselves will be intrested. Lol. That will be a whole separate series of videos. 😁
@@HonestOpenPermaculture Compost Nerd? I resemble that!
@@kansasgardener5844 lol
Hey I have an area in my yard about 15ft by 20ft that’s basically just sand (I live in central FL). I was wondering if I could just spread my fresh grass clippings ever time I mow as well as fallen dead leaves from a huge oak when they fall. I’d just be throwing it on there as material comes available. Would that work or do you have to pre-make the compost like in the video? I also heard about getting used coffee beans and throwing that on there… what do you think about that?
Hey man got here from Justin channel and i like your content. I think that for your channel to blow up you just need to máster the edit
You seem really smart so if you study for 2 weeks you can do it. Giving the likes to help!
Yeah I'm very new to editing and the technical side of all of this. I'm trying to get better but that would just come with time.
Thankyou from Bali lndonesia,,🙏🙏🙏
Wasn’t expecting the techno music during the compost build.
Watched the rest of the video and you answered my question
Sweet! Thanks for watching!
@@HonestOpenPermaculture For sure. Since I quit drinking for now, I need thingz to keep me busy and wat do you kno, gardening and thingz that come with it are one of those thingz. Thankz
@@california8118 awesome. Proud of you. Keep it up!👍
@@HonestOpenPermaculture I really appreciate that. And I will! Itz the best thing I could do for myself, and eventually otherz if that makez sense. Appreciation!
Can’t wait to see the finished product!
Today is day 11. It won't be to long. 😉
Should be done by now!
@@etherealrose2139 it is, just need need to turn the 65 minutes into less than 20 minutes. In between farmers market, building a chicken house, and another pig house im running short on time right now. 😔 But I'll get the results out as soon as possible. 😉
Love your jamz bro
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If you add less dry material you dont need to add water is my experience. So it can be simple. If you throw big peaces on the heap it will become compost but just a little bit slower.
Thankyou soo much..your videos are soo helpful
You know I love a good compost pile!👋 😁
Surprisingly, we actually have a decent amount of grass growing out here.
With all the rain yall have gotten lately I'm sure you do. You should cut a bunch of it up and fill your garden fortress. Go ahead and prime it for next year.
Composting like a.boss should be the video name
Thank you
Hi have you heard of the history of biochar for gardening yet tell everyone you know about it. Kenny from northern Kentucky USA
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New Sub! Luv North Carolina
Dry brown grass is still the same as green grass not carbon
I really love earth magic!🥰
This is exactly what i need. No need to build stuff. Quick and dirty. Hot and dripping :p ;)
Well you can speed it up with 2 additional items skunky beer that is allowed to air over night alcohol evaporates and finished compost as it will inoculate the pile faster, and if you want faster pour a sugar product like molasses (NON- sulfered) and some ammonia (nh3) if not enough nitrogen (I use the chicken house bedding instead) plenty hot and the pile heats up fast have made compost in late fall and early spring. Now my soil is so active that I rototil grass clippings in the soil and they are gone in a week. In the fall I use the Troybilt rototiller and all the neighbors leaves go into the garden, (as the leaves contain trace elements there is a rule that for the size of the tree above ground the same amt. of roots below ground, and oak leaves need some lime but maple leaves are sweet and perfect), and till under the corn stalks when green, 2 weeks later till again in spring they are gone, soil is so active that I can shovel 1 scoop and get 10-20 worms the gardeners best friend, as they feed and leave worm poop (castings). One more thing the reason I make compost it to make compost tea using a high volume aquarium air pump bubbler, to feed the plants while growing and fruiting. A word of caution don't allow anyone who smokes near your garden as All Tobacco products carry a disease called Tobacco Mosaic, death to tomatoes and somewhat to peppers and other nightshade relatives. Good luck with homestead.
Ted Papesh to much tilling and where did you find this information about tobacco that’s been dried and smoked still possible to spread TM?
@@caseG80 yes Google, "tobacco mosaic" as the tobacco that is grown and is resistant to the disease, but it is death to tomatoes and some of the other nightshade family like egg plant, & peppers (funny how God made plants that are poisonous but have such good tasting fruits, people who fry green tomatoes are actually mildly poisonous but no where near the toxins in the plant..)
Good job
Thank you!
Great video.
Thank you!
Sup from NC too
Nice. We are in the Winston-Salem area. You?
@@HonestOpenPermaculture Smithfield area for me thanks for video I was about to give up on compost because I didn't have a lot of leaves but thanks to you I realized I don't need any
Good man right here
Thank you Tim! I'm as best as I can be and try to get better every day.
@@HonestOpenPermaculture God bless you man...I'm with you!
Great channel my friend! Found you on Gary Vee! Thought I'd say hi! Nice video! 🤓👊
Thank you dude. I love how Gary Vee's Perspective Resonates through every job or action. Everything from homesteading to running a liquor store. It's unfortunate that a lot of homesteaders don't watch him because they can't get over his language. Thank you for popping in and saying hello!
Is this kinda compost any good after winter, with the snow and freezing weather? Will I be able to use it the next spring??
Absolutely! The freeze and thaw cycles help it break down.
Hey there! Thanks for sharing.
But how do you chop the cut grass?
Thanks again.
brilliant
i want this compost file to feed my chicken.thank you
Good idea
@@HonestOpenPermaculture thank you
Great
I have no real clue either, but I heard rotating too much can kill good bacteria? Got my own pile goin on. Tips help.
Very simple way of composting of Horticulture Waste.
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