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- EASY, How to Make Compost in Place, No Turning, EASY, Dump on Ground or Containers! Layer and Plant! Here is how I compost in Place the fast and easy way. I use Almost everything/trash to create wonderful growing soil and woodchips. Paper, leaves, kitchen scraps and MORE.
COMPOSTING EVERYTHING TO Garden Soil & Plant In PLACE NOW
Here is another Video I did in April, also on composting in Place, may have other interesting details for some on this subject. The containers on the end of this footage (3 green containers) are so full of plants and produce now, all done with the same method. Here is the link: • Lazy Way to Garden Com... In this video Link, you will see those 3 green containers at the 3 minute mark here now: • My Nightmare of WOODCH...
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Robbie I wanted you to know the compost tea finally gave me female flowers on my various zuchinni sqaush and pumkins! Thanks so much for your help Robbie. Im overjoyed and so grateful for all you do💜🌈💗
Wonderful! I have a video I am getting other on Compost Tea this week too. Another way I set it up. SO happy it worked THANK YOU!!!!
"I used to pick these things up for $2, then they raised it to $4, now they think they're gonna get $10 because somebody's buying them. Well it's me. I'm not going to buy anymore" 😂🤣😂🤣
I subscribed just for that ❤
When I was deployed to Afghanistan, I spent most of my time at a fixed, "hardened" forward operating base. There were some struggling rose bushes there. I did not have permission to start a compost pile, but the gentlemen working in our dining facility gladly gave me the coffee grounds, which I used to resuscitate the rose bushes. I discovered that the yellow rose had originated in Afghanistan, and the local people who saw me saving the rose bushes were pleased --- as it turns out, Afghan people are generally very proud of their roses.
Wow, thank you for sharing this! Thanks, Robbie
Thanks for the advice on roundup grass. My opinion is that plastic and shredded paper should also be avoided due to petrochemicals. It is wonderful to shrink the waste stream going to the landfill, but if you intend to eat your crop, you should consider feeding your plants as you would feed yourself. Otherwise, great video. I have used shredded paper as kitty litter with mixed results.
That's nice to know about the people. Thank you.
Tina Hey, Tina, thank you for serving and protecting 🇺🇸. It must’ve been nice to have a diversion like plant 🌹 care, while you were in the middle of all that danger. Take care.
@@mariannesouza8326 No. she was at secure "hardened " post , no danger , so she decided to save some rose bush ! She is not into combat roles must be admin, clerical position
I taught a gardening class one time and this is how I told them they could start a compost bin. You are the only one I have seen to make your drain holes on the side rather than the bottom. When I gave the class that tip, I think it was the most surprising, bc everyone was used to bottom drainage. Well done. New subbie.
I appreciate your direct way of speaking. You’re not condescending or trying to sound impressive. You’re just sharing knowledge with us and your love for gardening shows. Happy growing 💚
Thank you, Robbie
Yes indeed no fancy steps and language. Makes me wanna go out and plant also.
I agree; and, she doesn't go on and on! Some of the other ones lose my interest babbling about stuff I don't care about.
Some go on and on because to make money on TH-cam one criteria is the length of the video, I like your direct manner, because this is how i am, cut to the chase, so I’ve subscribed because i like your style, which i guess complimentary to myself. 😂
This lady is one in a million .
Respect..............
"This is what I do. I don't want to tell anyone what to do" 💗💗💗 my kind of person
I don't have hardly any kitchen scraps yet. Because of you I've got a 10 gallon pot full of my 1st compost pile. I need to go peeking through it to see how well it's breaking down. I'm doing all container gardening and I'm learning so much from your carefree way of growing. I've got marigolds and geraniums growing from seeds first. I have potatoes growing from an old potato from the fridge. LOL only one piece has grown up and meh, I'm okay with it. I'm sure I'll get better at it. Today, I started seeds for radishes, cherry tomatoes and beefsteak tomatoes, italian parsley, sweet basil and bush beans. I can barely wait to see all the seedlings come up 😁 Thank you for being one of my mentors. Hugs from SW Florida!
It all sounds wonderful, happy growing and thank you so much 😊
This method works. It really works. I watched this video and followed ur instructions exactly. A few months later, I had to report the plant. My soil composition was more than satisfactory: I had earthworms, worm castings and a light, dark appearing soil. The plant thrived!
I've turned into a totally posessed, addicted gardener because of you and Gary! I'm retired, have discovered that I love growing stuff and now I have the tim to do it. You've made it so easy and what you do WORKS! You are my Gardening Goddess! Luv both you guys.
OMG, THANK YOU SO SO SO VERY MUCH, Take care Happy Gardening, Thanks 😊
I was trying to watch another video from a guy talking about free soil. I had to stop because he just kept talking and not getting to the point. Thank you for speaking so well!
Watching this in August 2020. You just saved me 89.95 on a "cheap" composting bin🎉 🎉 Thank you!
Have you tried planting directly in the compost bin?
I am going to start my vegetable garden. You have made it so easy. I been saving eggs shells, fruit peels etc and just throwing in the dirt. Now I know how to do the right way. Someone in the comments suggested getting wood. I am going to walk around my neighbor with a bag. Thank you
I have SO much on filling totes and yes you can do the same thing in the ground, check out this video, but again, I have SO much, THANKS th-cam.com/video/IM6EtTL3bQc/w-d-xo.html
I'm so glad I found this. I am renting for a brief time and it drives me nuts throwing away vegetable peelings (because compost piles are NOT allowed here!) and I also can't dig a garden bed here. So, I get to compost AND garden. Thank you so much!
Yes! If you only have a small amount of space for two compost bin you can produce a lot. Some of our more prolific plants were directly planted in compost bins or came up as volunteer plants.Peppers and Eggplant and even a determinate tomato variety would do well in limited space.
Thanks for mentioning how bad Monsanto & Round-Up is!
'used 2 live
It’s not just Monsanto. It’s the whole petroleum/petrochemical industry (including big pharma)
I agree, Monsanto and Round-Up bad. But so is growing food in non-food grade containers. When the sun is cooking that plastic, it's leaching a lot of chemicals into your crop.
Monsanto is from the DEVIL!
It’s unfortunate some ignorant folks do not know this
I have been doing this kind of things for years. I don't understand why people feel the need to spend money buying loads of Compost, it's such a waste of money when you can do this. Love it! X
Erica, and very expensive compost. I started composting!
I have so much food waste, She has about a day of food waste there. Have so you get all that brown ?!?
@@aegutshall yea
Even though potting soil is expensive, you can re-use it from season to season. It can be revitalized and mixed with shredded leaves, dried hay or grass, old compost, kitchen scraps, or dirt from a rich source. Some people also use slow release fertilizer and mix that in when they are repotting. The plant doesn't need solid potting soil. Who can afford it? I have found great soil under some trees that have dropped leaves year after year in the same place, some are even in my yard. Check out the neighborhood for some good dirt/leaves.
Very well said. I make my own, for some they ca buy a bag to start with, and continue to build on it with the plants growing, take care, Robbie
Thank you so much! Seriously, for how many seeds I've killed or our neglected compost I thought we couldn't grow a garden! I feel like we can! You made it so easy and explained it 👍
Keep trying!
Just a tip or two: Go to virtually any Starbucks and ask for their coffee grounds for gardeners and they will give you a large bag for free and often even more. No cost and it is a company sponsored give away to those who garden. Also, line your bucket or bin with some larger old wood pieces at the bottom and they will rot away and provide minerals galore as they do. You can pick up such often along the roadside or any pond area for free. Not as big as a fireplace log for a bin the size this lady uses, but just old and rotten chunk pieces do best. Nice video info.
Old wood might be great for those that do now have the shredded trees/woodchips. I use woodchips, as we have plenty. Sometimes I add woodchips to the base, or if I am building this up in layers over days or weeks, I toss in some woodchips to cover the kitchen scraps sometimes. BUT fireplace ash is perfect to add in, if one has it, we do in the winter. I found out that McDonald's are doing that give away too, at some of their places.
a1930ford Be sure to tip
a1930ford not my Starbucks: (
Try McDonald's, in Los Angeles, some of them are packing up the used coffee grounds and giving them away, ASK....
Than go to any coffee shop in your area and ask.
Nice video. My compost consist of fruit and veggie scraps cut up. Cabbage ends, eggshells, watermelon rinds, strawberry tops, onion, orange peels,etc. My Garden loves natural foods as if it was eating like a human lol. I have not sprayed 1 chemical or had to used chemical based pesticides. The only pest is my dog trying to eat the scraps. But I believe Organic compost is the way to go!
Sound Great! Thanks for sharing, Robbie
"the only pest is my dog trying to eat the craps" 😂😂😂
Crystal Erica have you tried pickling watermelon rind? It’s quite nice
I'm in Hawaii and been composting for 20 years,and your advice is smarter than most utubers. I make about 75 gallons of compost every month and use grass clippings and BBQ ash.
Codo's on your utube..
William, what's your process for composting?
Is it safe to use the charcoal from bar ba que?
You have shared so much, I am happy to share something good with you. You mentioned mosquitos. Well buy a small bottle of tee tree oil. Add a dollar store squiter top. Spray yourself even over clothes. You can not make mosquitos bite you. Even if you have always been mosquito food. Those days are gone your now mosquito free.
Thank you for posting this video. You've given me hope. I've been postponing to start my garden for years because I'm renting and don't want to plant anything on the ground, but the way you compost AND plant in pots at the same time has opened the door for me to planting.
This method should work perfect for you, thanks, Robbie
you can also compost in a tall garbage can, though that takes a little more work to mix it up occasionally.
jewels 12345 Try garden towers..
Just give it a try the way Robbie does it. Try it with different kinds of veg. Good planting.
Me too, I have been renting too. I have left gardens too. Thanks for freely giving me a new direction and way.
Looks like a good idea. Will try it.
One tip that I got from another gardener is to put down cardboard right on top of the weeds, in overlapping layers, covered with cedar mulch. The earthworms break down the dead weeds, so you don’t have to weed the area.
Great Ideas! We are so blessed to live right on the edge of a forest, the banks of a river. We had a rotted tree recently fall and cave in in itself. Now anytime I want it, I have the most awesome readily available soil/compost addition just right there steps from my Garden. Thanks for reminding me about the tp rolls too! Be Blessed, you wonderfully creative person, you! 😁
Thank you! I’ve seen so many videos that imply you need at least 3’x3’x3’ to compost. Because of this video I’ve started composting
You are getting me excited! I’ve sat here 4 years wanting to garden. Thank you so much. Your excitement is contagious!
Hope you did a garden, thanks!
@@RobbieAndGaryGardeningEasy I did. Hundreds of plants gave their lives as I have learned, but I have gotten a few things to grow. It was the hottest July in history, and that meant heat index of up to 108. But I’ve learned so much from you. Thank you so much.
The thrift store tub spiel at the beginning is legendary. I feel like you're cool already.
You're a hoot! Just found your chanel. You make so easy to understand. I'm in the UK - a brand new Gardner.... lockdown creates all kinds of beasts 😂. I'm addicted! Thank you. Clare
True! Once you taste your own produce it is hard to go back to grocery store quality produce.
I grew up on a farm, we composted all year--Mom saved all our kitchen scraps, tea, coffee grounds, egg shells, you name it. (no meat scraps, but bones, for sure)--it all went in the garden. In the spring my Father would till the soil in. we'd plant as a family and always had
a massive garden. My Mother would can all our food. We lived off our farm. Dad raised chickens and rabbits to dress out. We were sustainable before the word was in fashion. haha :) we didn't start to eat crap until my Mom decided to go to work. Then we were introduced to Betty Crapper and Hamburger Un-Helper. My parents divorced soon after, doh. The whole Idea of composting the compost to a smithereens is not necessary. The fact is, it is a built in feeder when you compost as you go. The plant will use as the compost breaks down.
I love this idea of composting in place I have been doing layered beds now I plan on doing lots of large pots, I also live in California and it can get to be a real challenge to keep things watered this solves so many of my issues I have so much to compost with tons of leaves and kitchen scraps not to mention the weeds, Thank for taking the time to make the you tube video. I have already put one together. more to come
Thank you, Robbie
This would be a good way to use potting soil from the previous year and recycle it. This has to be the easiest way to create good soil and reduce waste from indoor and the garden. Too notes to do it once winter is over. (Huge piles of snow right now.) will definitely try it with squash and probably sweet potatoes so I can extending their growing year once it starts to get cold.
Thank you so much for this video. All the other videos I’ve watched make composting seem so complicated. Thank you for breaking down… No pun intended… So easily for me.
I get charged up watching your videos. Your energy is amazing.
This is the best compost video I've seen so far. Thank you.
My husband and I are going to be moving soon most likely to an apartment complex, but I love gardening and don't want to give that up.
The great thing about these totes is they're cheap plus they'd be so much easier to move around. Even if I have to dump out most of the soil and put their lids on, they can be packed up and moved a lot easier than a traditional garden raised bed. I think this is the route I want to try as well as composting all our kitchen scraps to make our own soil right in the totes! Maybe throw some composting worms in them and they become their own worm farms and grow on top of that! This is sparking all kinds of fantastic ideas I can't wait to experiment with! 🤩
I thought I was the only one that had compost in pots!! thank you. I have sprouted so many veges from my compost pots!!! its so funny.
Thanks for sharing, Robbie
LOL another one? :)
We get some remarkable results from the plants the either emerge from or compost or ones that we intentional plant in our compost bins. Eggplant, peppers and squash do great! Thanks for sharing.
Thank you for imparting so much practical knowledge to city-dwellers like us .We now know what we can achieve.
you can also get Epson Salts at the dollar stores to add to the soil. Its magnesium sulfate and the plants love it. help bring minerals to plants with yellowing leaves.
Use very little, I once toss a tiny bit around and my plants did not like it, maybe that Epson Salt I got was bad?
Epson salt doesn't go bad. However if you just toss it around your plants in an uneven distribution that may hurt the plants. I'm not an expert but I think you start by putting some under the roots when planting, then water with it diluted.
Barb you are right, I toss a TINY bit of Epson salt in once, and the plants were NOT happy. I personally would NOT put in straight under the roots, as it MIGHT burn them. I tried adding in a small amount into my VERY SPECIAL easy homemade plant food, and that worked great. I do need to get up a video on this plant food I make, in case anyone is interested.
Robbie and Gary, new subbie and yes I would be very interested in your homemade fertilizer as I'm sure others would as well. Evidently it's working because your garden looks lush with greenery. Blessings!
Robbie and Gary! Soil test works the best .. I wouldn't go crazy with Epsom salts you can unbalance the soil
Robbie I learned gardening from my family, but so many people need to learn about how to grow things. Thanks for sharing in such a fun and engaging way.
One thing I learned from you is why NOT just compost in the veggies garden? This makes way more sense than carting compost. I also use mostly biodegradable items, and I compost most of my waste. My yard is fairly big, so it has not been an issue. We get raccoons here.
I'm composting in pits now...because my soil is crap...in order to improve it for trees next year. Also Yes to your paper. I don't do that, but more power to you. I even compost clothing if it has all natural materials.
I typed in "composting in situ" to see who else besides myself is composting THEN planting in big pots and I FOUND YOU.
Water is Life I hear you lady and I am learning! I appreciate the tips! Thanks to all of you! 💚
I watered my garden an I believe I over watered my squash
This video is so important and basic that kids should be shown in school. Great work
Put your fruit pits in there. I now have two peach trees and a nectarine that sprouted in the compost.
Hans Quistorff ohhhhh,just never know,hmmm!!!Thank you FOR the idea!!
Don't mean to be a naysayer but when you grow fruit trees from a pit you don't have the good rootstock that you get when you buy from a nursery. Those rootstocks are specifically grafted to a particular fruit tree for their characteristics good and bad. If you look at the fruit trees in the catalogs they will tell you what stock has been grafted onto that fruit tree.
Janet Ortega I think you’ve provided some important information! 👍🏼
Hans Quistorff, so fun, I have orange trees, and also avocados and apple trees too, Thanks Robbie
Our nectarines grow fast and true, the seedlings grow fruit within 3 years. No grafting on them. Thanks, Robbie
First time watching this video really inspiring and motivating. I plant mango trees, avocado, lemon, figs, permogranate, moringa, basil, lady's finger, tomato, brinjal, capsicum, chilli as well as roses in my small lawn. Recycling is one of the best solution!!!
Thank you so much for all your great ideas.
I was cleaning my humming bird feeder ports with a toothpick, then I graduated to pipe cleaners until I saw your idea about
a Mascara brush. It’s wonderful. We’re getting a lo t of pleasure from our birds!
Thank you!
Perry, Chatsworth, CA
That Mascara Brush really works great, and seems to last forever, Thanks so much, Robbie
Went back and watched. So good and simple! Composting so much this year. Out here in middle TN and still working the fall garden. Thanks!
Wonderful! Works perfect after all nature does it 😊 thanks
Very simple and easy, and your garden is the proof. Thank you for the step by step!
Cathy West ii
The woodchip and leaves from the yard sounds like a good idea, I started planting but could try this tip. It was good information
NO EXCUSES! Thank you for the motivation!
Just watching this Throw Back video...... This is the video that helped me get started gardening four years ago! Thanks Mr. Gary and Mrs. Robbie for your time and help
I found out that adding the chicken scraps to my wood stove, while it's burning is a good way to process those bones and scraps. The ash goes into the garden, and almost everything is reduced.
SUPER COOL! Thanks so much for sharing...now I wonder if Gary will be tossing Chicken bones into our fireplace 😆
thanks for sharing that, Robbie
GUESS WHAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I just told Gary about what you wrote, and he NOW tells me he has been tossing in all the Chicken scraps into our burning fireplace. I had told him a few times that I hear sizzling in the fireplace, he told me the wood might be damp!
@@RobbieAndGaryGardeningEasy Lol!!! Tsk, Gary! 😎
I was absolutely amazed by your video.
I have started a compost bin, but is driving me crazy the fact that I have to wait, but you have taken the waiting time practically out of the equation, absolutely brilliant, thank you, you have a new subscriber:)
Thank you. I'm a beginner, and I'm excited to see how composing in place works for me. I'm in So Cal too. Starting with squash & herbs in the compost containers. Binge watching all your videos. Great info. Thank you
Thank you so much, Robbie
So how is it going?
I did this also and I have a lot of flies do you also?
Thank YOU!!! this is such a PERFECT beginners way to start simple composting. Sorry, that was a run on sentence that wasnt simple... lol . But since i have not decided if i want to do (or invest time, space or money) into a "pile" or a "drum" or a "vermi-composting" system .... this simple (SIMPLE) (ty) bin system ... gets me started. I have shredded paper /leaves and grass clippings/coffee grounds... plus wood chips or potting soil. So Easy!
I love this video, very inspiring! "don't forget to eat what you grow!"
Thanks, Robbie
Fascinating!!
I'm renting and have a small yard.
This "bin" gardening idea is perfect for me!
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I found you through the hummingbird vids, and stayed for the easy gardening vids...well, I'm staying for the hummers, too.❤
Gathering supplies for my first solar hummer birdbath. Never imagined it could be so easy.
My birds are gonna love me and I hope they spread the word about where to find The Swimming Hole.😁
Thank you.Put you on pause and had everything I needed and planted my peppers on top that had been slow growing.Used the weeds fro my weed tea.
Sounds perfect, thanks Robbie
I LOVE this! My husband made some growing beds for his blueberries and then moved the berry bushes to a different place so I took over the growing boxes and this is exactly what I am using them for! 😄👍
Just filled my first pot using this method, anxiously waiting to see the results and growth of my plants. Thanks of sharing.
Thanks for sharing, Robbie
I will use this method, I live in California too and my zuchinni dont grow well in small pots. This idea is genius
I love your manner of presentation, very relatable. Thank you for the great tip!
Than you!!! Great no nonsense tutorial, applicable to all!
Thank you so much easiest DIY compost video!!! I'm going to make one right now!
YOU'RE the BEST at explaining and making it simple for those who live in the cities. I have 40 acres of lovely compost and I am going to use YOUR method for planting mints and dandelions and plants I want to keep clean for teas. Also the cage idea is fabulous as well. !! Thank you so much !!
Wow, I am so glad I found your video today! I have been feeling intimidated to make compost myself, as they seem complicated, but your recipe is so much easier than others. Thank you for sharing this great video. Can't wait to try it!
Oh, by the way, I have 7-8 pine trees in my yards and have a lot of pine needles all the time. Can I use them in the compost too?
leina miller I’ve been moving home grown compost into my raised beds for two days, I’m dying from exhaustion. This will be my go to for the future but my chicken help with compost piles, not moving it though. Lol
New subscriber! Im so intimidated with veggie gardening, but now willing to try because of you! Once i layer fresh food scraps, can i layer soil and start my planting ? I appreciate your practical, money saving approach. Thank you!
YES, I plant right away, check this out that I did on what you are asking here, thanks, th-cam.com/video/IM6EtTL3bQc/w-d-xo.html
Love your spirit, especially that you make it EASY. Thank you!
Easy and the best for your garden plants! Thanks, Robbie
! I love being a backyard farmer! Excellent video!
Simple enough!!! Thank you both, much appreciated, Peace to you and Gary!! :)
Hello from Canada, zone 5b .
I am a virgin vegetable Gardner... will be my 1st year.
This is great.... and exactly what I needed.
Thank you
I love your videos, i have only just started to grow veggies and was at first overwhelmed by all the information out there, however I am following your methods and all seems to be growing nicely. Actually its common sense, its what happens in nature, my dad used to do similar in his garden and it was a joy to behold, a riot of colour in spring and summer turning to more subtle tones in autumn and winter. Thank you for taking the time to produce your videos you have been an inspriration,
Thank you so much, Robbie
Thank you I am teaching my daughter a science lesson on plants its my third year attempting planting something thanks for your advice I hope this is the year things actually grow
It's worth checking with your local department of sanitation to see if they have a free mulch program. For example, I'm in Los Angeles and we have such a program. Also if anyone has a neighbor who is cutting down a tree and it's gets chipped onsite, you may be able to arrange to get some from them.
Just a NOTE, ASK the Sanitation Dept (DWP), for the PRINT OUT, as to WHAT exactly is in there, after my brother got the print out.....well let's just say, he no longer needs anymore 😱
Sign up at chipdrop.com for a free load of wood chips from arborists who need a place to dump their chips. They have to pay a fee to dump, so they appreciate not having to pay. You can also offer to pay a small amount for a load. Not all cities are set up, but more are being added. It's a great service that helps gardeners and arborists.
Kyle Aldrich I did that one summer and had a ton of weeds. There is no way to know what you are getting.
One time when we lived in Oklahoma City we had a big windstorm. Afterward, The city garbage dept. had everybody bring downed limbs for mulching. Guess what? We also imported slugs which ate up my pansies. So be careful.
I do this exact same thing! I also like to put my pots and containers on top of grass piles that I gather up so that it just keeps feeding when the roots grow down and put of tnr containers. And I do put holes in tje bottom becauar the roots like to keep going and I like to let them spread as they wish. But we also like in rainy Oregon so my containers need the drainage too.
Thank you for sharing so interesting! It really is amazing how fast plants send down their long fine slender feeder roots out of pots to get all that good nutrition. Thanks again, Robbie
Love the simplicity, nature-ness and healthiness of this!! Thank you!!♡ Sue
This looks great. We have a problem with "wire grass" in our yard; this would be a good way to isolate some food plants from it. The one thing I might add would be a few worms in each container,
Awesome Video, here is how to get tubs for free. Just phone supermarkets up and ask if they have any damaged ones that they cannot sell and if they have just ask if you can recycle them. They will in most cases be happy for you to take them away. Great info in your video! keep the good work up.
I will try that someday, thanks! Robbie
I dump vegetable kitchen waste, weeds, yard cuttings, leaves, coffee grinds, twigs and leftover fruit from the trees right on the soil around the base of the bushes/trees. Sometimes I cover with some shovels full of dirt or a pile of 1' branch cuttings. They compost in place, and I don't have to mess with compost bins. Works exceedingly well. My loquat trees sprang into fruit for the first time this year due to piling up short branches and some yard dirt around the base. It took about 2 years for the material to break down and seep into the roots. No fertilizer. I am on sand, too, so the "soil" is totally depleted. I have a tangerine tree that just did the same thing. Grass clippings are wonderful, too. For looks, you can put decorative mulch on top of the compost. Weed tea works wonders, too. Soak piles of weeds in water for 48 hours (or put a lid on it if longer, as it smells). Dilute it down by half or more with water, and pour around the base of plants. Look up more info on weed tea online, as everyone has their own formula. This is a great way of "composting" vegetable matter.
I've been putting my drainage holes 3 inches above the base and I hardly have to water those plants and no rotting of my plants.
You don't have to put holes in the bottom?
Perfect!!!
I am from Australia and I love your style of gardening I come to your channel every morning and watch a video. I am going to Bunnings today to get large storage containers for composting 😻😻😻
Should work great for you, thanks 😊
I love this! I was kicking myself for not starting a raised bed or two in the fall so the soil would've had time to develop over the winter. I had no idea the soil could develop so quickly with these easy ingredients! I have about 8 weeks until it's time to start planting outdoors. Do you think I could do these same layers with a 4x4 raised bed (8in high)? Also, it's still fairly cold outside. Generally 50-60s during the day and 20-30s at night. Can I keep the container outside at night or will that slow down the decomposition too much? Should I keep them inside? If I keep them inside at night, is it okay to put a lid on them so my cats don't get in them?
Several places around me have gardeners that come in to cut grass and rake leaves. I get them to dump their trimmings on my front lawn. They also mulch leaves as they are cutting the grass so I have 5 huge bags of compost and they are happy to get rid of it.
Best channel I've come to for compost info. I am now a subscriber and love your channel. Thanks
This method does work! I’m doing the same thing in plastic 6 inch pots and in 4 and 10 inch tin cans and it is working. I can tell it’s working because when I water it, compost tea comes out and it’s slowly losing volume. I don’t turn it but I poke it so Air Can flow
Thanks Robbie for the great discription of how you do this...Sherry :)
I am using a large trash can bin as my compost house. Just a larger version of what you are doing. I drilled holes in the bottom, sides, and top of my can because we get a lot of rain until summer. I never thought about using chicken bones, but I see no reason why not.
I've been composting for 30 yrs, generally following standard recommendations (no meat, no dairy). I listened to some one say you can use chicken bones, so I tried it in my big bin that is "rat proof". No rats, but I started to have roaches that I had never had in my bins before. Maybe it was coincidence but I don't but meat or bones in regular compost bins anymore. Last spring I bought a Joraform insulating tumbling composter. I will put meat and bones in it because the Joraform is so much easier to keep the compost hot, so roaches can not live in it.
We follow David The Good, he wrote the book, 'Compost Everything', and it works for us. You can try burying meat deeper, or just don't bother with meat products, I do not always put in the big bones in, depends on my mood.
Yes, now I wonder if he is "full of beans".
Just do not put chicken bones in, simple. You try things and if it does not work for you, try something else. Just stick for now with food scraps like fruits and vegetables, and card board and paper....leaves and dead plants.
have you considered grub composting as a pre vermicomposting stage for the more problematic food waste? specifically black soldier fly grubs, one of the beneficial insects out there to ally with imho? socal could prob sustain a population year round They're cold sensitive Other grubs are amazing too but have heard so much about what champs are the BSF
@@osccvh Those aren't grubs. They're maggots.
we need more and more people like these to heal the planet asap!!!
I can vouch for that, Robbie! Did everything you said, starting with shredded paper and ending with plain old dirt (on top of lots of garbage in a medium-sized bin), planted little cantaloupe vines which are growing like crazy so that in just a couple of months we have five grapefruit-sized cantaloupe, and many little tiny ones coming along. Thanks a million for fantastic info and for being fun! :)
Thanks for sharing this! Wait for my NEW compost in place, another fun way to grow anywhere, same way just UP, thanks again, Robbie
@@RobbieAndGaryGardeningEasyLooking forward to that (and all your videos)!
Can you give me some ideas what to do about our little groundhog friend - she just ate one of the bigger cantaloupes. :P And she's been climbing our trellis, eating the leaves of the morning glories - who knew they were so delish! haha She's a cute "little" pest... would the tulle work, do you think?
I like how you hve previously taught to put sticks in the bottom first - love cleaning up my yard!
I don't even use a container. I dump my kitchen scraps straight into the mulch in my yard. No vermin issues, or smell. Just pull back the mulch, dump and cover .
me too! Great, even in the winter and lots of snow.
I've been burying mine but hubby refuses to dig and I'm too weak. My composter attracted mice a few years back so I'd rather bury it...
This is perfect , I do it ,and it works so well
Best video on composting!! Thank you so much for sharing and also the demo!
Thank you, Robbie 🙂
You are so real and so refreshing
Hi! I appreciate your post so much. Great, inexpensive idea for coposting. I would like to know why you did not add worms? I am under the impression( maybe erroneously?) that worms are necessary... Thanks in advance for your reply!
Super cool video. I love how you can start right away. A compost pile proves it. If you are not turning it and it's not super hot, so many plants grow out of it so fast!
Hi All, Love all the comments....I see some strong comments coming in here to one another on paper...let me just jump in here for a moment. As I showed in this video, I did say SHREDDED PAPER, and as you can see, it looked pretty much all White. I do not know anyone personally wasting their time shredding colored Newspaper, or colored Mail AD, MOST I know are shredding BILL Inserts with personal information, which, usually is pretty plain in color. ANYONE in doubt on anything, just do not use it....The main thing is get out there and GROW in whatever works for YOU! 🌱 🍓 🥕 🙂
Robbie and Gary ........you can shred newspaper. The ink used on the paper is soy based. Don't use the inserts that are shiny and smooth like Target add book. I use shredded paper as you do wood chips getting the same effect. I smother weeds with the thick paper sections and use these as a walkway around my garden. I don't shred magazines but up use them by offering them to nursing homes. I've used paper boxes for walkways also. Good gardening and I like your style.
Robbie and Gary GOOD VIDEO THANKYOU
See Canon Thank you for sharing
I put my toilet paper if I've just peed in the trash can so I dumped my toilet paper in my tub and covered it with scraps and woodchips, it will break down fast. I appreciate your simple way of gardening. Water is LIFE!
@Colette Haboush Obeck yes, that can work, you can start with one layer, thanks, Robbie
Thanks for sharing this. Well Done. I love using the totes. Getting some ready now. I had saved up a bunch over the years and I'm glad I did now with all the price hikes.
You're too cute. "No excuse". I love it. Thanks for the video. :)
Just Bcuz she's in SoCal duzn't mean she's a homosex-ual... tho' the jury's still out on you!