How to Get Enough Compost for No-Dig
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- Опубликовано: 10 сен 2024
- How to Get Enough Compost for No-Dig
When starting out with No-Dig we often think we need loads of expensive compost, but we can sometimes make our own. This video will show you our set up and also the final results. After watching this, you can decide if it is something you can do as well, and it is much easier than many think
This is my third year gardening and I’ve done pretty well but compost is just so expensive and I only work odd jobs since I can’t get a real one so this video is super helpful
I am so pleased to read this from you. Not only is it expensive but the quality is not as good as it should be either. I hope you find the other videos useful too.
Making compost is definitely a struggle, the amount of material i collect incidentally is nowhere near enough even for a couple of beds. I have to constantly scavenge material from neighbours etc. and even then it's really not very much. The other problem you mention is the lack of moisture, our summers are very hot and dry, maybe not unlike yours and there's just not enough green material most of the time, it's mostly dry, carbon-heavy stuff and takes ages to break down. I just have to keep planting, keep chopping and dropping and keep collecting as much material as possible. To me the no-dig approach that Charles Dowding promotes is brilliant, don't get me wrong, but it's not sustainable at scale without bringing in inputs and that isn't a long-term solution because what if we were all growing our own food, where would the fertility come from then? So I think no-dig has to be combined with other approaches that we can generally lump together under "permaculture" - using animals, regenerating landscapes, growing food forests etc. but I am still trying to figure it out.
You do make some valid points but even permaculture needs inputs. If you look at all the different theories (or opinions) there is not one thing that is the best otherwise we would all be doing it. It's why I set up Re-Gen. We take all the theories and use a mixture to suit our needs which are different to yours, my neighbours etc but always chemical free. I have an old mower I use to chop up materials. It is hard to gather them and so now I am growing veg that can help. For example I have just sown peas. Fixes the nitrogen gives me a harvest and then the plants are added to the compost
@@diaryofanorganicgrower Oh sure, there is no completely hands-off system, but I guess I am saying that no-dig by itself only works for someone like Charles Dowding because he is able to bring in large amounts of material from outside. He certainly doesn't produce enough compost himself, he's said as much. So more complex systems are required to reduce dependence on outside sources. It ought to be possible for a system to not need any inputs other than sun and rain, nature seems to manage it :D. But of course our systems are more contrived and thus a long way from sustaining themselves - it does seem a good goal to aim for though.
I cannot get into my veg patch the ground is slop at the moment it just keeps raining here, I am very frustrated with the weather, I have ponds and streams in my garden that I have never had before. Question, Have you ever thought about incorporating green waste as a brown into your compost production instead of using it as a mulch?
Hi. There is no reason why not but if you saw the last 2 videos where I talked about increasing our growing space the green waste was used to get some organic matter on the new beds immediately because there was nothing there. I am luck that my supplier is very good and having had over 8 tonnes in 2 years any plastic content has not been more than a small handful. Yep I am that sad I do look for it! Now established I hope to not need as much and make our own. Produced over 500 kilos of produce last year so fingers crossed for this year. I have also sieved it to make seed sowing mixes and worked well. Thanks for your question and I hope you can resolve your water issues