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Veteran Compost
Добавлен 15 окт 2014
We're a veteran-owned business focused on making great compost and soil blends. We operate 2 compost facilities in Aberdeen, Maryland and Alexandria, Virginia and have a third under construction in Lothian, Maryland.
Everyday we collect food scraps from homes, offices, and businesses throughout Maryland, Washington DC and Northern Virginia. We compost those food scraps along with wood chips and make some pretty good stuff.
You can learn more about our compost operation and products at www.veterancompost.com
Got questions or suggestions? Leave a comment or shoot us a message.
Happy Composting!
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Everyday we collect food scraps from homes, offices, and businesses throughout Maryland, Washington DC and Northern Virginia. We compost those food scraps along with wood chips and make some pretty good stuff.
You can learn more about our compost operation and products at www.veterancompost.com
Got questions or suggestions? Leave a comment or shoot us a message.
Happy Composting!
FOLLOW US HERE:
Instagram - veteran_compost OR @veteran_compost
Facebook - veterancompost
LinkedIn - www.linkedin.com/company/veteran-compost
Twitter - veterancompost
How We Compost with University of Maryland Medical System
A big thanks to University of Maryland Medical System and their video team for making this awesome video!
We're proud to have more than a decade working together to compost food scraps together. It's grown from 1 hospital in Baltimore to 7 hospitals across Maryland. Each week their kitchen staff keeps tons of food waste out of the landfill by placing it in our compost bins!
You can learn more about our compost operation and products at www.veterancompost.com
Got questions or suggestions? Leave a comment or shoot us a message.
Happy Composting!
FOLLOW US HERE:
Instagram - @veteran_compost
Facebook - veterancompost
LinkedIn - www.linkedin.com/company/veteran-compost
Twitter - @veteran...
We're proud to have more than a decade working together to compost food scraps together. It's grown from 1 hospital in Baltimore to 7 hospitals across Maryland. Each week their kitchen staff keeps tons of food waste out of the landfill by placing it in our compost bins!
You can learn more about our compost operation and products at www.veterancompost.com
Got questions or suggestions? Leave a comment or shoot us a message.
Happy Composting!
FOLLOW US HERE:
Instagram - @veteran_compost
Facebook - veterancompost
LinkedIn - www.linkedin.com/company/veteran-compost
Twitter - @veteran...
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Dos and Don'ts for Horse Manure in the Garden and the Compost Pile
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There are pros and cons to using horse manure and bedding in your garden and compost pile. Make sure you understand a couple of the risks before you find yourself knee deep in it! You can learn more about our compost operation and products at www.veterancompost.com Got questions or suggestions? Leave a comment or shoot us a message. Happy Composting! FOLLOW US HERE: Instagram - @veteran_compost...
Can I Compost Eggs and Eggshells? At home or commercially???
Просмотров 5367 месяцев назад
Composting eggs and eggshells raises concerns about the "S word" aka salmonella. So, can they be safely composted??? You can learn more about our compost operation and products at www.veterancompost.com Got questions or suggestions? Leave a comment or shoot us a message. Happy Composting! FOLLOW US HERE: Instagram - @veteran_compost Facebook - veterancompost LinkedIn - www.linkedin...
Can I Compost What Was Vacuumed - What is in the Vacuum Canister or Vacuum Bag?
Просмотров 1077 месяцев назад
Seems simple enough, it's just dust and crumbs right? Unfortunately, household dust and carpeting is full of a scary amount of PFAS, chemicals, and microplastics. So, it's not the kind of material we would want to add to our soil..... You can learn more about our compost operation and products at www.veterancompost.com Got questions or suggestions? Leave a comment or shoot us a message. Happy C...
Can I Compost Hair?? Is Pet Hair or Human Hair ok to compost??
Просмотров 3968 месяцев назад
Can you compost your hair or hair from your pets??? Good Question. One thing we didn't mention - some folks use hair around their garden to help keep away deer (They claim the smell of humans keeps them away). So, keep this in mind as another use for hair if you are trying to keep away deer You can learn more about our compost operation and products at www.veterancompost.com Got questions or su...
Using a Torch to Eliminate Weeds! 🔥 🔥 It's organic, chemical-free, cheap, easy and really fun!!!
Просмотров 2508 месяцев назад
For under $30 you can have a simple way to remove weeds in your garden or lawn. We like that we don't have to use any herbicides or chemicals to keep weeds away. And its a lot less work than pulling weeds!! This isn't affiliate marketing or a paid spot - we bought the stuff ourselves and just really like how its worked out for us. Here is the torch from Harbor Freight that we use - www.harborfr...
Can I Compost Citrus - Oranges, Lemons, Limes and Grapefruit??
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Like a lemon to a lime, a lime to a lemon - Can you compost them?? There are concerns on some "Don't Compost This!!!!" lists on the internet about citrus. Seems like most of the concerns are about how citrus is acidic or issues with their peels. Unless this is the majority of what's going in your compost pile - then you are going to be fine!! You can learn more about our compost operation and p...
Can I Compost It? Pumpkins
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Can you compost pumpkins? They aren't recyclable, so is composting an option? Check out our answer for backyard composting and commercial composting. You can learn more about our compost operation and products at www.veterancompost.com Got questions or suggestions? Leave a comment or shoot us a message. Happy Composting! FOLLOW US HERE: Instagram - @veteran_compost Facebook - veter...
Can I Compost It? Napkins
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Can you compost napkins? They aren't recyclable, so is composting an option - check out our answer for backyard composting and commercial composting. You can learn more about our compost operation and products at www.veterancompost.com Got questions or suggestions? Leave a comment or shoot us a message. Happy Composting! FOLLOW US HERE: Instagram - @veteran_compost Facebook - veter...
What is Vermiculite? How can you use it in your garden?
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Ever heard of Vermiculite? It's a popular lightweight soil aggregate that works great in container and raised bed mixes. One thing we forgot to mention in the video - there are sometimes concerns about asbestos being mixed in with vermiculite. Vermiculite is tested to make sure there is no asbestos (The mine with this issue was supposedly closed back in 1990). So, this isn't a concern among cur...
Can I Compost Wax Paper? aka Is Wax Paper Compostable?
Просмотров 366Год назад
Is wax paper compostable? It depends. It's the most common answer when it comes to compost topics, but listen along and we'll quickly explain why. And as always, if you have more questions - just let us know. Here is a link to the BPI product list (its a great resource for checking products or finding certified compostable ones). bpiworld.org/find-certified-products You can learn more about our...
Can you guess which compost is organic? And why one isn't organic?
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We make OMRI certified compost and all-natural compost, can you guess which is which? And why one of them isn't allowed to be certified organic? You can learn more about our compost operation and products at www.veterancompost.com Got questions or suggestions? Leave a comment or shoot us a message. Happy Composting! FOLLOW US HERE: Instagram - veteran_com... OR @veteran_compost Fa...
Is My Compost Ok?! Using a Solvita Test Kit to Check Compost Maturity
Просмотров 293Год назад
Solvita Test Kits help to measure compost maturity aka how finished a compost is. It does this by using two probes that measure CO2 and ammonia. Usually these kits are out of our price range (we opt for seed germination tests which only cost 5-10 cents). But, they have been interesting to try out as part of a project we're working on. You can find out more about the test kits on their website -...
Check out this Oxygen Probe! We were gifted an expensive (and Fun) tool to use for composting
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Check out this Oxygen Probe! We were gifted an expensive (and Fun) tool to use for composting
What words and symbols should you look for when you want to know if something is compostable??
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What words and symbols should you look for when you want to know if something is compostable??
Can I Compost - Potted Plants, Old Potting Mix & Spent Soil
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Can I Compost - Potted Plants, Old Potting Mix & Spent Soil
How do you test if something really is compostable??
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How do you test if something really is compostable??
Chicken Coop Setup At Our Compost Site in Aberdeen Maryland
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Chicken Coop Setup At Our Compost Site in Aberdeen Maryland
Why We Have Chickens At Our Compost Facility - It’s Not Why You Think We Do….
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Why We Have Chickens At Our Compost Facility - It’s Not Why You Think We Do….
Screening Compost In The Rain - Wildcat 510 Trommel Screen
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Screening Compost In The Rain - Wildcat 510 Trommel Screen
How We Screen Worm Castings and Harvest Red Wigglers 🪱
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How We Screen Worm Castings and Harvest Red Wigglers 🪱
AsteriSk not asterick lol
i really grateful what yall are doing but i would also invest in your composting strategies' as your blowing off nutrients as gasses
starts at 0:30
People don't want to work for less than a living
Good informatio, thank you
Happy Composting!
What if i put the poipy woodbased litter into the thing i use to make biochar?
what a useless video no information what so ever except be careful if buy it and do not ise it raw! No dos or do not to tell you how to compost it yourself.
Unfortunately we cannot find any hay/straw that’s organic and the horses eat the hay. However I got from someone who uses it in their garden with no issues. Organic 10/10/10 fertilizer is stupidly expensive. And i can get the manure free. I use straw for mulch. Gotta use what you can get.
is it good for plants ?
Can kitchen foil be composted?
We see foil mixed in with food waste in our commercial operation. If it is something we can pick out quickly, then we do. However, if it is 200lbs of foil wrapped baked potatoes - we let those go ahead to composting since it would be too much labor to remove. In a large pile like ours which gets to 140-150F - we see full degradation of the foil. In a backyard pile with lower temps - you probably would see some foil pieces remaining.... Overall, aluminum is a good soil element to have in your finished compost, as long as you have a good pH
What’s a safe temperature to plant plant in?
How hot is to hot for compost
We recommend staying under 165-170F. Ideally the 140s would be best for topping out. In the 160s or above, microbial life is minimal so there isn't any value to being that hot. Plus, if you climb higher and get into the 180s and have a very dry pile (35% moisture or lower) you run the risk of spontaneous combustion
@@veterancompost I’m composting chickens out of a big layer barn and google says 160 or hotter is to hot. So thanks for that information because My windrow seems to heat up to 160 and I was worried that was to hot. I’ll leave it for a couple days and see if it cools down
Interesting… the walking backwards just made it awkward though.
lots of bizarre comments here
Thanks for the breakdown. Cheers to our Veterans!!!%
Thanks!!!!
I need help!!! I have reason to believe the sellers of the home we just got was using cat poop and litter for compost! The fruits and vegetables we were told were good never grew back in our yard. As a matter of fact, everything is dying. Including the Palm Tree in my front yard!! Please help!!!! I hope she didn’t kill her husband feeding him that stuff. He was a good man. We’ve only been here a few weeks. There is redness inside everything I cut down!! What is this??
We would recommend contacting your local extension office for help. They should be able to assist with looking at both your plants and your soil to see what the issues are. They are a free resource in every US state, so reach out to them and let them know your issues. Good Luck!
I didnt have any woid ash so burnt some brown paper that came with something i ordered do you think thats a good idea?
Above 131 degrees celcius is way hotter than compost.. im sure you meant Fahrenheit, great video though 👍
Yup 131 C is way too hot! 55 C is the goal for hot composting (131 F)
I second that eggshells take a long time to break down! As do avocado peels and pits! I now don't put any of those in my compost! Also, chicken manure -- best thing in the world to speed up the breakdown of your compost. Guess you can tell I'm not worried about salmonella! :)
I have 2 donkeys on a mini-farm. The longest I can "compost" their manure is about 3 months, before I have to spread it in the pasture or use it on something. I add some waste hay, some lime, and turn it some but not terribly effectively. It never heats up! Today I spread some that was 3 months old and had melted down to about 1/4 its original bulk, on some shrubs, sunflowers, and perennials. It was the consistency of dense black mud (and FULL of tiny red wigglers!) Now I'm worrying about burning my plants. My hay is pesticide free. My local ag office hasn't been terribly helpful. Any suggestions? And should I scrape this stuff off my flame azaleas??
For a small 2 animal pile - I would recommend a small aerated compost bin like the Microbin from O2 Compost - www.o2compost.com/micro-composting-bins.aspx (Not a paid link). You can also look around for other examples of free designs of Aerated Static Pile Systems. The key is getting your manure and waste hay to the right moisture content so it will break down for atleast 3 weeks on aeration. Otherwise, if you are just spreading more "raw" manure like in your current situation, you can find some good guidelines online on when and how to spread it. It will still be good in the long term, just need to take a few precautions for nutrient and pathogen reasons
Is there a problem with the bleach used to make it white? thanks
Thank you for sharing this… great education for those who do well dabbling but want to maybe grow it a bit.
What about brands like if you care unbleached parchment? I looked up other websites that says it’s ok for that brand to compost
If you have a specific brand that says its ok, that's great. There are some compostable certified parchments. But, anything that isn't labeled as "certified compostable" we would recommend trashing due to chemical concerns if they don't specifically say there are no chemicals.
Whaaat? Problem?? Since i was a child: just put a stone on the hole. Simply
Like how he's worried about soil falling out, but he dumps all the soil on the floor
Oh look! A fix for a problem no one has ever had! Sweeeeeet.
How dry and dusty is your soil if it just drops out a 1" hole?
Love seeing another vet out there on the same mission! We're doing the same in rural Oregon, using it to support our veterans programs. We've been building up as we go and just got into more equipment. Your advice is appreciated and valuable.
That's awesome to hear! We're all about bootstrapping to the top of the compost world!
My grandmother just used to put broken pieces of other pots in the bottom to keep the soil in.
Also same here
dang that’s legit a good idea
Wow! A genius. 😂
i did this for 5 years, went out in my boots in the pouring rain and marched and stomped all over that dirt! I loved working in my compost while I was singing and feeling the stress drop!❤
Place looks great. We need more of these in this country but I gotta ask, the walking backwards, is he trollin?
Thank you!
Great video, Justin! - Cory from Greener Bay Compost
Hey, thanks!
Cory from Greener Bay Compost here. The paraffin wax that coats most wax paper is made from petroleum-based. Even if the paper is coated with wax made from soy and, say, BPI-certified as compostable, the problem for composters like us is that the paper tends not to be clearly and individually labeled/watermarked as such, which means that we can't possibly know whether it is truly safe for composting or not when/if we receive it from someone. For this reason, Greener Bay Compost does not accept any wax, baking, or parchment papers. The material itself simply isn't valuable enough for us to deal with the headache of it potentially contaminating our finished products. Check with your compost service in your area before giving them any coated papers like this. They'll likely tell you they don't want them. It is best to toss them in the trash. 🚮
The biggest issue is to watch out for is grazon. It will ruin your garden for @ least one season. It happened to me 5 years ago.
Grazon is a tough one, that stinks! The top of the label says "Hay from grass treated with GrazonNext HL within the preceding 18 months can only be used on the farm or ranch where the product is applied unless allowed by supplemental labeling" but some farmers go ahead and sell their hay at auction or on Facebook Marketplace, etc to unsuspecting buyers. So, we try to source manure from farms where they grow their own hay and know 100% that no persistent herbicides were used.
@@veterancompost You did a great job of fully covering the topic. I warned a friend 3x about the compost he was making for his garden, but the info just didn't sink in. His garden is going to suck next season. He uses hay for his chickens. I know the fields where he gets his hay. The field is perfect, no weeds. You know it was sprayed just by looking @ the field.
Can someone explain the “carbon stealing nutrients from my soil” statement? I was always taught the larger the carbon pool the better plants can fight off pests, pathogens, and stress. Would love to learn more about this.
Large amounts of carbon, such as uncomposted wood chips, in compost will require nitrogen from the soil you add it to to break down, and the microbes will take the nitrogen from the soil to do this, which will make it unavailable for your plants. This is why much compost is screened to a smaller size before use, so big chunks of unprocessed/unbroken-down wood aren't in it. Really woody compost is fine as a topdressing/mulch, but not as a garden bed filler/soil blend.
I use it n the compost pile and also in a bucket of water to make a liquid fertilizer.
You make manure tea? How do you use it after you make it? Like a soil drench or something else?
We do spoiled hay, shavings, and tree/garden waste (through a chipper), and minimal kitchen scraps with our horse manure. Consistent turning 2-3x per week and I can get temps upwards of 150 with no weeds…. I can make a lumpy; well composted product in about 45-90 days depending on rain.
Thats great! We've been conditioned as consumers to want super finely screened material because that's what the national brands sell. But, lumpy compost is awesome. The larger particle size will help create tilth in soils.
Thank you Justin
Never had a problem with horse manure, seems like a scare campaign to buy commercial compost.
Glad it worked out for you! Wasn't trying to scare anyone into buying other compost - just want to make sure folks know some of the issues. When things go right with horse manure composting - it does make some good stuff.
Thank you for your video from Australia.
Good to know!! I pulverize my egg shells and feed them to my worm farms!🪱🪱🪱
Oh cool! Good way to add nutrients to your castings!
Great info!!🪱🪱🪱
I haven't run any windrows with manure yet but I'd like to try it out as an experiment. Right now we're focused on food waste and that seems to be the "low hanging fruit" for now.
We have only composted manure in ASP systems, but have had really good results in the past. We haven't handled it for the last 10 years due to the herbicide risk - but we might open a site to handle horse manure and food waste in the future. The mixture of food waste and horse manure/bedding does make some great compost when done well
Threw a dead groundhog in a large compost pile and kept it hot & aerated…. Was GONE in just weeks, hair, bone, and all
Mortality Composting (ie. composting dead animals) is an awesome way to handle animals lost on farms, roadkill, etc. In the past, folks had paid to send these mortalities to rendering companies (very expensive) or buried them in the ground (potentially bad for water quality) but those options aren't as effective as composting
How big a of space would I need to start my own business?
If you look up "community composter" on the internet - you can find lots of stories of folks who started a compost business out of their garage or backyard. With a simple aerated box system like the Microbin from O2 Compost, you could handle a good amount of material quietly in a small space like a backyard.
Thank you for informative channel, Sir. I am trying to do something like this in another part of the world, and your channel is very informative. I have a question, don't you crush the input waste material before sending it to the piling and curing area?
There are some operations that use rotary mixers (like you would use for cattle feed) to blend and crush their initial mix. However, we see this as just another cost and another machine to have to repair. So, we just ensure that our loader operators get a good mix when then are doing the initial mixing of feedstocks
@@veterancompost I see. Thank you for the information.
Dangit, i've been throwing those things out for years. Cheers for clearing this up. You're the most commonsense voice I've seen on composting, so if you say a thing's okay, I'm gonna be chill about it.
Glad we could help. Our motto is "Compost Happens". So, there is plenty of math and science behind feedstock blending (Cornell University has great calculators on their website) but we try not sweat it unless we are dealing with a tough feedstock. At the end of the day - as long as you add things in moderation and have enough carbon and good moisture content - you're going to end up with great compost!