How to make compost
This how-to video by the nonprofit group Kitchen Gardeners International shows you step-by-step instructions for successful organic composting.
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this video help me alot i built my bin and in two months it was ready ….i just turn it every week ..and now my garden is looking better ….thanks …
“hardcore compostologist”?
@SALFARFAN
maybe babies makes a richer compost
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Can you turn a pile too much? Is it bad to turn it daily? How about every other day?
potato skins- Brown, or Green?
Or you can peel an apple and leave it to rot in the garden -.-
@jackmaggotdude that’s why you need a build a compost filter. Take some 2 x 4 and hardware cloth and buy a stable gun. Make a box out of the 2 x 4, then stable hardware cloth on the bottom.
That way when your compost has made, you can easily filter out the chunky stuff. Put the chunky stuff back into the pile because it is the perfect inoculant.
I have a MASSIVE but not particually well structured compost heap. the trouble is that firstly i dont know what to do with it all and secondly it would be very very challanging to seperate the good decomposed compost with the chunks of stuff that hasnt decomposed.
There is an interesting book called ‘Farmers Of Forty Centuries’, about the turn of the century use of organic farming methods in Japan, Korea and China.
Farmers hauled weeds from less fertile (higher) land to add to their farmland.
Oh that pun! Keep up the good work
I’m getting ready to create my first real compost pile. Thanks for showing me how to do it.
MY QUESTION is: once I’ve created a pile with good green brown ratios, what if I were to only add all my daily fruit/veggie scraps to the pile and no “browns” on an on-going basis? Will that mess it up? Do I need to be diligent about finding browns to toss in regularly, too?
Why are there food flies in my bin when I open my compost? I try to cover kitchen waste when I put in but flies are still there. So the kids hate to go near there!
I just mix everything up, dampen it, pile it and taadaaa it starts cooking. It’s really an easy thing to make and works miracles in the garden.
This is a great demo, thanks for breaking it down so well for people! – Anna
Yes it is alright to add crab shells or shrimp tails. If you have an open pile, just bury them within or if you have an enclosed bin, you are fine. I’ve pushed my luck far beyond just crab shells- I’ve added fish guts from fishing trips, bones from meals and other various “unrecommended” additions. As long as its buried or put into a rapidly composting pile you are fine.
@rxwarrior998 some people say don’t add anything that might attract larger animals. But I’ve thrown in rinsed out sea shells, crab and egg shells , and buried them rather than just putting them on top. Burying them will reduce the chances of say…a squirrel running amok on top of your pile or a raccoon.
@BoogerLad4 You can either work it into your soil before planting or during garden maintenance, or you can just add it as a nice topping over your existing bed to give it that nice dark brown finished look.
i have recently gotten into gardening and this video was very helpful for me. Thanks A lot!!
Do you have to add worms into the composter…because i have a tumbler and i was wondering if worms would help out more
im starting my first compost and i was wondering if its alright to put crab shell’s in there. it was cooked and brine frozen so its kinda salty. would that be alright?
im starting my first compost and i was wondering if its alright to put crab shell’s in there. it was cooked and brine frozen so its kinda salty. would that be alright?
thats some sexy compost
Great video.
I wouldn’t stick your nose over that gas very long. It’s not just steam.
The best way to start the microbs to work in a compost heap is to pee on it – yes I`m not joking we has vve microbs inside us that help digest our food the are the same type that is needed in the compost heap.