Your videos make me feel like I have a cool aunt or cousin teaching me directly about these farm skills I don’t yet have but need for our move next week to 6 acres :) thank you for doing what you do!
6 acres? Awesome! That's our dream some day too. We have just under 1 acre now... but with house prices and interest rates, we won't be moving any time soon. Congrats though! It's been 10 months. How'd your garden go last year? Trying anything new this year?
I live in Florida and have problems with chronic fatigue. Our sand, full of root knot nematodes, bull briars, and sand burrs, is really difficult to grow in. The labor is difficult for me, so your relaxed lazy gardening style gives me hope that I can do this!
Not sure what part of Florida but I buy mushroom compost a load for under a hundred delivered. They sell metal grow boxes online around 25 bucks. Bonus material if you use a shade cloth you can pretty much grow year round it makes it much more comfortable in the year round summer...ok I'm exaggerating about the summer but it's not a far stretch.
@@madisonv8642 most places that sell gravel and wood chips in my area sell mushroom compost. I am in Central Florida though. So I can shop in Leesburg Florida and Fruitland park.
This is absolutely the BEST compost video I have ever seen!! I have watched a crap ton of them that are not adequately broken down. (See what I did there?) Not only is your explanation informative and easy for non-scientific people to understand, it’s WILDLY entertaining!!! Thank you a HEAP!!! ❤❤😂
Wow, that was great. Reminded me of my grandmother that’s exactly how she used to do hers. She didn’t have a box with a sieve on top. She used to use a wheel barrel, and my grandfather made a sieve that fit on top of it. She would then shovel it on top of the safe and spread it around with a small hand trowel. Very similar to what you do. My grandmother also used to compost her weeds. She once told me you have to compost them before they go to seed. However, you can compost weeds that have gone to seed as long as your compost pile is hot as it will kill the seeds. Enjoy watching your channel in many aspects, you remind me a little of my grandmother, and that is a compliment as she is the greatest woman I’ve ever known.
I wish I had this much energy! You are living my dream with all of those animal helpers. Love this video and thank you for the tutorial. First I’m gonna take a nap. lol!
You are an amazing teacher! I've watched my dad compost for 20+ years, watched numerous videos and clips. Yours is the first to really make me understand the whys and hows. I think this year's compost is going to really take off with these tips!
@@AnneofAllTrades they lived Tacoma for all of their lives. At first they had two acres of land and had many fruit trees and a full garden. The composting was done by making the pile in stalls. They had three piles that were rotated so there was always fresh compost. Sadly they sold the property to the city when the Tacoma Dome was built and it's all a parking lot now.
Hi Anne: This was a great video and I can't thank you enough for sharing your information about composting and the screen on the totes is a wonderful idea. I moved recently and have tons of totes. Also, I love your animals, they all look so healthy and happy and they are blessed to have you for their mom!
Always fun and educating watching your videos Anne. You really got photo bombed by that crowd! Thank you for the video and all of the helpful tips on composting. This is gong to come in handy this fall and winter so I'm ready in the spring. Take care.
I also enjoy David the Good’s book -Compost Everything, but this is really great too for those who have room to compost this way with “building a house”, really enjoyed it.
I've just been adding to a tote identical to the the black one you had by your second pile. I did have to drill holes in bottom to keep from flooding. Every once in awhile I shake up the tote. Come planting time, I just grab handfuls of the pile all willy nilly and inter it into my garden as I plant. It's a small garden but it's been working for me.
So glad to find your channel! Ive watched a whole bunch of videos and read articles and books over the years and never tried it on our acre. After watching the lazy gardener episode, it was like TaDa! Thats the secret!! You totally made sense and put it in laymans terms ! Simple and much easier to understand !. What us compost @. What to put in / What NOT to put in #. 3. step by step on how to make it from start to finish!! Thank you and will be trying soil test and saving all the leaves and asking neighbors for theirs! Youre a great teacher and we in the gardening/farm/homestead world love you ~ Happy planting everyone
I been praying that you and yours will stay safe from the storm presently raking across the southern coastal areas. The Mighty God of this universe, please lean in close to Anne and her family, friends and critters and keep them safe! Amen.
I discovered you through Jess of Roots and Refuge..she mentioned you and I had to check you out...I truly enjoy your vlog.....like Jess you make everyone feel comfortable..I wish we were neighbors..**has anyone ever told you how much you favor actress Diane Lane...very pretty lady.** I'm 65 and retired in SC and really enjoying my yard...Tks for all your efforts to teach us....love the interaction with the animals.
Great as always. I hope more people start doing this and protect nature and not throw everything where it falls, because we destroy ourselves, not viruses and similar nonsense. The planet is slowly fading and visible but people do not want it perceive.
This sounds dumb, but can you do a video showing how to turn the pile correctly? Do you do it layer by layer? It seems like it would be hard to keep things in correct place.
I’ve been composting for a few years now. I learned the way really fast because the first attempt smelled like raw sewage. I then researched and realized I needed more carbon. Now I simply tear any cardboard that comes in. It’s been black gold ever since. I do the slow natural method, meaning I’m lazy and let the compost do it’s thing. Might take all year but it is easier than trying to rush it. I’ve been teaching my new girlfriend all about it. She’s getting to be great gardener fast. Cheers.
❤ Anne so grateful to found you to the first video I saw today the tour to the lovely lazy garden and now here make my day nite. Love this video you know why the lovely animals all theme are the 🌟 in this video. Gratitude. Love all From Puerto Rico Caribbean. I am share this with my best friend that she call me mom .❤
Thank you for the video. I figured it's pretty expensive to make your own compost since you have to go out and buy mulch. Being able to use paper from around your home can help. Thanks for that tip.
Loved the tutorial on composting, yours looks like a nice airy loam. We have sand and rock for soil so it requires double digging, sifting and mixing organic materials to the sand in everything we plant. Thank You very much for your tips on making compost.
love watching your videos My ten acre farm is a new start. Hope the bad weather steered away from you i spet some time as a kid in Nashville . my family moved there
Excellent video, very well presented and easy to understand, definitely will help when I start my composting. One thing, you mentioned egg shells as something your animals don't really eat, which I found weird, as pretty much all of my 12 dogs absolutely love them, raw or boiled, they eat them like treats.
I grew up in Michigan and spent a large portion of that time on my grand parents dairy farm. But we’ve spent the last 25 years in the suburbs of Houston and I’m ready to leave……pronto. We recently bought some large acreage in Tennessee (North of Chattanooga) but we haven’t moved yet. I’ve been binge watching your videos and now I’m getting really excited to get back to my “roots”. 😁 Love the videos and I hope your hand gets better ASAP. 🙏🏽
@@AnneofAllTrades Aw, come on now! We compost in the city AND grow in raised beds AND raise chickens, (the neighbors do)! Not many restrictions here in Indianapolis. I just wish I had a neighbor with a goat, but someday 😄.
That’s some fine looking compost! I make lots of compost but it never looks as good as yours. I’m starting another pile using your method. I use chicken poo and straw mainly. I can get free sawdust (and I have tons of wood chips but haven’t used them to make compost) Going to try using the sawdust as my carbon because straw takes longer to decompose.
If your straw is taking too long, I’m guessing you’re either not getting it wet enough, your mixture is off, or you’re not stirring often enough. You should be able to get some really stellar compost with chicken poo and straw
Coming soon! The move, the school build, trying to re-establish the farm, and all the business pivots we've had to make during the pandemic haven't left a ton of time for woodwork, but I'm currently editing three woodworking projects just for you :)
Love it! Anne, I share your videos with my brother who, I think, has a farm someplace near you. Some very local help for him. :) Thanks for all you do!
just started a small one. leaves , greens, a few food scraps, coffee grounds.... then more of last falls leaves ' stroke ' interfered with clean up... watered the layers with rain water... covered for now. i live in the woods so smell is no problem if it occurs.
Best compost video ever!! I've watched a few and, each time, gone out to try their method and I am still left with soggy heaps of mush that aren't doing anything. So discouraging! This is a completely different method and makes a lot of sense to me, and I'm gonna give it another try. My only question is, with the cardboard on bottom, is your pile prevented from benefitting from earthworm exposure?
When she pulled out that machete, she was giving Amber Rose from Twisted Metal vibes ha ha 😂 Great video! Thank you. This helped me figure out what I was doing wrong.
haha the one section starts with llamas just watching you... then 1 donkey shows up for a walk by, then the second. Then the first donkey is poking his face back in... next scene they're both standing directly in front taking up the whole shot haha
This is a terrific tutorial full of good information, and a compost "house" is a great, memorable analogy. Thank you. One question: Other content creators say that you should poke a hole through your compost pile to serve as a chimney, allowing oxygen (another necessary ingredient) to get through the layers, especially for "condo" height compost piles. What are your thoughts on this?
I have done a ton of experimenting, and while the chimney does help increase airflow, I find it to also be a greater attractant for bugs and rodents, so I don't personally use them.
Your videos make me feel like I have a cool aunt or cousin teaching me directly about these farm skills I don’t yet have but need for our move next week to 6 acres :) thank you for doing what you do!
That is pretty much the best compliment I could get.
6 acres? Awesome!
That's our dream some day too. We have just under 1 acre now... but with house prices and interest rates, we won't be moving any time soon. Congrats though!
It's been 10 months. How'd your garden go last year? Trying anything new this year?
I live in Florida and have problems with chronic fatigue. Our sand, full of root knot nematodes, bull briars, and sand burrs, is really difficult to grow in. The labor is difficult for me, so your relaxed lazy gardening style gives me hope that I can do this!
hi how are you
Not sure what part of Florida but I buy mushroom compost a load for under a hundred delivered. They sell metal grow boxes online around 25 bucks.
Bonus material if you use a shade cloth you can pretty much grow year round it makes it much more comfortable in the year round summer...ok I'm exaggerating about the summer but it's not a far stretch.
@@eby6114 no.
@@eby6114where do you order the mushroom compost from? What do you grow in it? Thanks
@@madisonv8642 most places that sell gravel and wood chips in my area sell mushroom compost. I am in Central Florida though. So I can shop in Leesburg Florida and Fruitland park.
And they say, "You can't teach an old dog new tricks" WOOF! I just learned something new today. Thank you Anne.
Yeeehaw! Glad to hear it!
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Fricking best composting video ever!!!
So glad to hear it!
Omg I miss seeing your smiling face. Welcome back.
as a master-gardener i give you an A+, as a farmer, i give you an A+ your tolerance is fantastic. good to see you back !!!!!
Thank you! Glad you’re here ❤️❤️
The way you explained compost in this video makes it make a lot more sense to me.
This is absolutely the BEST compost video I have ever seen!! I have watched a crap ton of them that are not adequately broken down. (See what I did there?) Not only is your explanation informative and easy for non-scientific people to understand, it’s WILDLY entertaining!!! Thank you a HEAP!!! ❤❤😂
This is one of the best explanations of compost I've seen. Thank you
Wow, thank you!
Loved how interested your alpaca were in the sifting process, lol.
Wow, that was great. Reminded me of my grandmother that’s exactly how she used to do hers. She didn’t have a box with a sieve on top. She used to use a wheel barrel, and my grandfather made a sieve that fit on top of it. She would then shovel it on top of the safe and spread it around with a small hand trowel. Very similar to what you do. My grandmother also used to compost her weeds. She once told me you have to compost them before they go to seed. However, you can compost weeds that have gone to seed as long as your compost pile is hot as it will kill the seeds. Enjoy watching your channel in many aspects, you remind me a little of my grandmother, and that is a compliment as she is the greatest woman I’ve ever known.
I just found your channel! You are a phenomenal teacher- I’m going to use your videos for my homeschool science!! Seriously, you are so great!
Same! This is perfect for my kiddos to learn!
What a fantastic tutorial! And I never realized that a fist was a measurement! 😊
I've watched a number of composting videos and this was by far the best, most helpful one. Thanks!
in years Never heard such a concise breakdown on compost . Thanks Anne 💪🏽
Thank you!
I wish I had this much energy! You are living my dream with all of those animal helpers. Love this video and thank you for the tutorial. First I’m gonna take a nap. lol!
You are an amazing teacher! I've watched my dad compost for 20+ years, watched numerous videos and clips. Yours is the first to really make me understand the whys and hows. I think this year's compost is going to really take off with these tips!
That makes my heart happy! Making complex things make sense is my favorite!
I don’t plan on composting anytime soon but I enjoy watching your videos! Keep up the awesome work 😎👍
That’s the best compliment I could get!
I like your take on composting. It's different from the way I learned from my grandparents but there is always more than one way to do everything.
I’d love to hear more about your grandparents’ method!
@@AnneofAllTrades they lived Tacoma for all of their lives. At first they had two acres of land and had many fruit trees and a full garden. The composting was done by making the pile in stalls. They had three piles that were rotated so there was always fresh compost. Sadly they sold the property to the city when the Tacoma Dome was built and it's all a parking lot now.
Hi Anne: This was a great video and I can't thank you enough for sharing your information about composting and the screen on the totes is a wonderful idea. I moved recently and have tons of totes. Also, I love your animals, they all look so healthy and happy and they are blessed to have you for their mom!
Thank you! So glad you enjoyed it!
Always fun and educating watching your videos Anne. You really got photo bombed by that crowd! Thank you for the video and all of the helpful tips on composting. This is gong to come in handy this fall and winter so I'm ready in the spring. Take care.
I also enjoy David the Good’s book -Compost Everything, but this is really great too for those who have room to compost this way with “building a house”, really enjoyed it.
It's hard to watch your video without hitting the like button 😂😂😂 the machete part just made me laugh lols
Hiiiiiiya!
I've just been adding to a tote identical to the the black one you had by your second pile. I did have to drill holes in bottom to keep from flooding. Every once in awhile I shake up the tote. Come planting time, I just grab handfuls of the pile all willy nilly and inter it into my garden as I plant. It's a small garden but it's been working for me.
So glad to find your channel! Ive watched a whole bunch of videos and read articles and books over the years and never tried it on our acre. After watching the lazy gardener episode, it was like TaDa! Thats the secret!!
You totally made sense and put it in laymans terms ! Simple and much easier to understand !. What us compost @. What to put in / What NOT to put in #. 3. step by step on how to make it from start to finish!! Thank you and will be trying soil test and saving all the leaves and asking neighbors for theirs! Youre a great teacher and we in the gardening/farm/homestead world love you ~ Happy planting everyone
Simple and clear. Nothing fancy or complex.
Thank you! That’s the goal!!
A leaf shredder would help shred your greens. You have a great channel. Thanks for sharing!.
Great info Anne! And I am so happy to see you on the TH-cam again!
Thanks so much! Glad to be back! Lots of new videos coming shortly!
I just found you and I ADORE YOU AND THOSE BABIES❤❤❤❤❤❤
I been praying that you and yours will stay safe from the storm presently raking across the southern coastal areas. The Mighty God of this universe, please lean in close to Anne and her family, friends and critters and keep them safe! Amen.
Thank you! We are ok here, just a little
Wet :)
I’ve been wondering how to created a convenient screen to screen my compost. Never thought of using a storage bucket. Great idea.
I discovered you through Jess of Roots and Refuge..she mentioned you and I had to check you out...I truly enjoy your vlog.....like Jess you make everyone feel comfortable..I wish we were neighbors..**has anyone ever told you how much you favor actress Diane Lane...very pretty lady.** I'm 65 and retired in SC and really enjoying my yard...Tks for all your efforts to teach us....love the interaction with the animals.
Great as always. I hope more people start doing this and protect nature and not throw everything where it falls, because we destroy ourselves, not viruses and similar nonsense. The planet is slowly fading and visible but people do not want it perceive.
Yes, everyone should just compost their depleted batteries
This sounds dumb, but can you do a video showing how to turn the pile correctly? Do you do it layer by layer? It seems like it would be hard to keep things in correct place.
I have this question too. My initial pile's always great for a while, and then turning it kills it.
Well done Anne! The 'wall' approach is brilliant. I will be doing this next year. 🙂
Heck yes! Just gotta remember our house :)
OH!! Carbon to Nitrogen ratio... That is where I am messing up. Thank you!!!
Happy to help!
i never knew it was so simple to make something nice and useable
I’ve been composting for a few years now. I learned the way really fast because the first attempt smelled like raw sewage. I then researched and realized I needed more carbon. Now I simply tear any cardboard that comes in. It’s been black gold ever since. I do the slow natural method, meaning I’m lazy and let the compost do it’s thing. Might take all year but it is easier than trying to rush it. I’ve been teaching my new girlfriend all about it. She’s getting to be great gardener fast. Cheers.
❤ Anne so grateful to found you to the first video I saw today the tour to the lovely lazy garden and now here make my day nite. Love this video you know why the lovely animals all theme are the 🌟 in this video. Gratitude. Love all From Puerto Rico Caribbean. I am share this with my best friend that she call me mom .❤
I've never seen it done this way! Brilliant!!
Good to see "Old MacDonald's Farm" is chugging along. We've missed you!
Thank you! Yeah this place has really given me a run for my money this year but I’m getting better at juggling.
Thank you for the video. I figured it's pretty expensive to make your own compost since you have to go out and buy mulch. Being able to use paper from around your home can help. Thanks for that tip.
Lovely to see your mates coming to check what you're doing. Great trust there, good to see :-)
Loved the tutorial on composting, yours looks like a nice airy loam. We have sand and rock for soil so it requires double digging, sifting and mixing organic materials to the sand in everything we plant. Thank You very much for your tips on making compost.
Best of luck! Hopefully this helps you on your road to better soil!’
The machete part was gold. TY! 😂
Hiiiiiya!
I love your ideas and I will incorporate them into my garden, thank you for all your posts. ❤
Best composting video ever! 💚💚💚
"Little bit of water" -> proceeds to dump a full bucket😂
love watching your videos My ten acre farm is a new start. Hope the bad weather steered away from you i spet some time as a kid in Nashville . my family moved there
Excellent video, very well presented and easy to understand, definitely will help when I start my composting. One thing, you mentioned egg shells as something your animals don't really eat, which I found weird, as pretty much all of my 12 dogs absolutely love them, raw or boiled, they eat them like treats.
Oh what a treat...love love all of your 4 legged helpers, Dr Annelittle :D Clearly they love you
Very entertaining. Love your co-stars.
Best composting vid I've seen. Thanks for the teaching.
Always great info and tips from Anne! Thanks!
So much love for life in Anne. Thanks for the video.
Haha loved how everyone showed up to help you at the end ❤
You’re amazing! I love how you taught this. Now I know what to do.
Welcome back, I so look forward to your videos
I grew up in Michigan and spent a large portion of that time on my grand parents dairy farm. But we’ve spent the last 25 years in the suburbs of Houston and I’m ready to leave……pronto. We recently bought some large acreage in Tennessee (North of Chattanooga) but we haven’t moved yet. I’ve been binge watching your videos and now I’m getting really excited to get back to my “roots”. 😁 Love the videos and I hope your hand gets better ASAP. 🙏🏽
best video i've seen on composing, i can actually do this.
As a city dweller moving to the countryside this is gold, thank you for sharing.
That is EXACTLY what I’m hoping to share here. Stuff that helps you gain the confidence to ditch the city and go country :)
@@AnneofAllTrades Aw, come on now! We compost in the city AND grow in raised beds AND raise chickens, (the neighbors do)! Not many restrictions here in Indianapolis.
I just wish I had a neighbor with a goat, but someday 😄.
@@paja7647 That's fantastic! That was me less than two years ago! Except... I was the neighbor with the goat haha
I could not stop laughing with all your animals around you. So cute. Thank you for all your wisdom! I love your videos!
That’s some fine looking compost! I make lots of compost but it never looks as good as yours. I’m starting another pile using your method. I use chicken poo and straw mainly. I can get free sawdust (and I have tons of wood chips but haven’t used them to make compost) Going to try using the sawdust as my carbon because straw takes longer to decompose.
If your straw is taking too long, I’m guessing you’re either not getting it wet enough, your mixture is off, or you’re not stirring often enough. You should be able to get some really stellar compost with chicken poo and straw
I love all your friends that want to help.
Such a great explanation. You make it seem very doable.
Wow thank you so much your videos have helped me so much I have been living off grid for 2 years now, this is so helpful ❤️
You are so welcome!
This is a great video. Can you make a video of you turning a pile
You’re in luck, I Already did! th-cam.com/video/wpa1B0hqucs/w-d-xo.htmlsi=PJ9BdP_-9JQ0ZtTJ
I love your animals!!! Yes, I learned a lot. But!! Those animals ❤❤❤❤❤
I enjoyed your compose video, thank you for sharing.
I also loved your sweet tamed animals, Noah's Ark so awesome ❤❤
You are a GREAT teacher! Thank you!!!
Thank you, i have learned so much! Your animals are so great ❤
sure hope to see some woodworking videos soon... I lie in the High Desert of southern California.... plants don't do well here....
Coming soon! The move, the school build, trying to re-establish the farm, and all the business pivots we've had to make during the pandemic haven't left a ton of time for woodwork, but I'm currently editing three woodworking projects just for you :)
Those alpacas are super curious about exactly what you are talking at. 😂
Love it! Anne, I share your videos with my brother who, I think, has a farm someplace near you. Some very local help for him. :) Thanks for all you do!
Thanks for that!
Love the truck!!! (Just saying)
Love all your helpers. Thanks for the great information.
You bet!
Thanks so much, I can easily remember this method.
So glad to hear it!
Great job ,thank you for the work
Great video
Love seeing your fur buddies in your videos
I love their interruptions too, most of the time 😂
just started a small one. leaves , greens, a few food scraps, coffee grounds.... then more of last falls leaves ' stroke ' interfered with clean up... watered the layers with rain water... covered for now. i live in the woods so smell is no problem if it occurs.
Yeah I noticed that Lucy was stirring the compost pile hustle recently to leave it outside the house
I love your videos i always learn so much😍😍😍
Excellent primer, well explained, in depth
Glad it was helpful!
Your lessons always are
Wonderful teaching video
that's funny how your "executive producers" decided to show up near the end to micro-manage the video! 😂 lots of great info (as usual) thanks!
This is such a great video! Thanks!
Best compost video ever!! I've watched a few and, each time, gone out to try their method and I am still left with soggy heaps of mush that aren't doing anything. So discouraging! This is a completely different method and makes a lot of sense to me, and I'm gonna give it another try. My only question is, with the cardboard on bottom, is your pile prevented from benefitting from earthworm exposure?
The earthworms will eventually find it, but we don’t want them in there at first, because the pile will get too hot and kill them
@5:44 Chef's Soil Salad! Yummy! Thanks for the advice. My son now has a legitimate reason to use his similar looking machete haha! 👍
Excellent info.
my favorite part is all the animals wanting to be a part of what your doing 😆
Mine too :) that’s my favorite part of most things I do
Thank you for sharing this with us…..
Much love and respect
👍🏼💪🏼#girlpower
Excellent video! 👊🏻🌻👊🏻
You are so awesome! Thank you so much!! 😃
Love the Alpaca photobomb!
But apparently nothing compared to the donkey! 😂
And then Lucy. What’s next? Ok I’ll stop now. Love it!!
Loving all the helpers 😂
When she pulled out that machete, she was giving Amber Rose from Twisted Metal vibes ha ha 😂
Great video! Thank you. This helped me figure out what I was doing wrong.
haha the one section starts with llamas just watching you... then 1 donkey shows up for a walk by, then the second. Then the first donkey is poking his face back in... next scene they're both standing directly in front taking up the whole shot haha
We all know who the real stars are around here
Great tips 👍
This is a terrific tutorial full of good information, and a compost "house" is a great, memorable analogy. Thank you. One question: Other content creators say that you should poke a hole through your compost pile to serve as a chimney, allowing oxygen (another necessary ingredient) to get through the layers, especially for "condo" height compost piles. What are your thoughts on this?
I have done a ton of experimenting, and while the chimney does help increase airflow, I find it to also be a greater attractant for bugs and rodents, so I don't personally use them.
wow excellent tutorial!! thanks!!
Glad it was helpful!