Just add yeast and lots of water. Use dry Instant yeast that you bake with. You can get it in bulk (1 pound vacuum sealed bags) at most restaurant supply stores or a case of 20 lbs (20 bags) for less than $50 - a bargain if you have huge compost bins as I do. This is also the same stuff that's in RID-X Septic Tank Treatment. Yeast breaks down organic materials quickly. So pour some down your sink or flush it down your toilet once a month too. Worth buying it by the case just for that. You don't need anything else special for your compost pile. You don't need the soda or ammonia. Green plant materials (like grass) already have plenty of natural sugars and nitrogen (ammonia). And if you add more ammonia you can make it smell. Grass normally does not smell bad when it breaks down (as he claims) if it's getting enough air. If his grass clippings smell while composting that means the pile is not getting enough air. How to get air into your grass clippings? Well, you have to either toss and mix it often (too often to be practical) or you need to add some browns like dry dead leaves, small twigs, shredded paper and cardboard. Adding different shapes also helps bring air into a compost pile. Since cut grass is basically all the same shape, it doesn't get aerated enough. Shredded corrugated cardboard is fantastic for this purpose because it has little air channels in it that bring air into the compost pile. If you add ammonia to your grass clippings alone it sure will smell like ammonia if it doesn't get enough air circulation (be careful with that). This is also why you don't want to pee on your grass clippings alone, though urine may be helpful on brown dry compost (like wood chips, twigs, paper, cardboard, and dry leaves).
Cooked up a batch of compost in nine days in my compost tumbler using this recipe. I was weeding under the tumbler and found all my worms enjoying the liquid dripping to the ground. Next batch I will take pictures because nobody believes this works so quickly. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge.
I enjoyed this video, being a composter myself. Just recently to the game starting just 2 years ago when I decided to NOT throw away some 60+ bags of leaves that my trees bless me with every fall and instead use them to help me turn this very packed clay soil into something things can grow in. About 2 years later, this harvest is astonishing with me pulling at least a dozen tomatoes out of the garden a day, zucchini, cabbage, cauliflower, artichokes...you name it I can grow it. And last year, my first year growing, my cucumber plant was the only thing that produced anything...all others I lost to insects or did not produce. I am convinced it is the compost. And its easy. Shred the leaves, use more grass than leaves but keep your pile as close to 3-4 feet cubed. Wet it down with water, or this mix, it doesn't matter. You can urinate on it too, it still works as long as the dampness isn't too drenched or too dry. Go for damp (for those that don't know what that is, STOP asking questions and experiment). For those that are asking how much of this and how much of that, STOP! Try it. IF it works, great. If it doesn't, adjust. It really is that simple. It is so simple, it happens BY ITSELF in nature. All by itself, no one needs to monitor it. So you can't mess it up unless you really try or do something really dumb. Mix your pile and keep it wet (not so wet that it would wring out, there is my hint) and watch for it to heat up. If your pile gets over 100, great. the more greens you put in, the hotter it gets. You want to cool it down, what would you add more of? You guessed it, more browns. If you turn it every 3 days or so, it gets aerated and goes faster. Don't ask me if you can turn it every 2 1/2 days instead if you are using mineral water and also wear women's underwear. Like others have said, it's not rocket science. For everyone that said this didn't work for me, figure out why. Not hot enough? Not enough greens. Too hot? Too much greens. Ending up as a pile of half broken down grass? Not enough what, guess? Right browns. Its so simple it HAPPENS BY ITSELF. Stop overthinking everything and just do it. You don't need finished compost to add in, but it helps. Why? Because the bugs are already in there. Was that too hard to figure out? Wow, we overthink everything.
+superfishle I see it as a lot of encouragement with a little sarcasm mixed in for fun. My comment detailed my experience with learning it, as I said I was brand new to this just a short time ago. So I was trying to encourage all those that overthink to do instead of think and think along the way. Patronizing? I don't see it.
Howie F you encouraged me, you know how stupid I've been feeling when I just recently realized I've been going to extreme effort, and hard work getting rid of my leaves, yard waste off my property, it's so extreme I have around 7 bags sitting in my garage from last season. I could of been making dirt verses all that headache. Everything is made just perfect, it makes so much sense. love the sarcasm lol
tammy it is not dirt it is soil. there is a big difference. yeah i did not collect leaves last fall because i am surrounded by trees and figured i could wait till early spring to get them. picked up quite a few but a lot had already started breaking down and being wet was harder to get them off the ground. you can bet your boots this year when they drop all over my yard i am going to get out the leaf blower, suck them up and keep for later use. i live on a dead end road with trees everywhere so i may even hit up some of my neighbors for leaves. if i see bags of them sitting in their yard as i have in the past you can be sure i will check to see if i can have them. it will save them from having to haul them off and will help me out as well. win win
Getting ready to try gardening and so I've been watching a lot videos lately before getting started. This is one of the most helpful videos I've come across! You get to the point. You show how to do it. You say why you do it. You don't waste your (and our) time. Too many gardening people making videos where they go off on story hour about things that have nothing to do with what people are looking for. Thanks!
I have used the organic version of this methods--blackstrap molasses, brewer's yeast, and alfalfa meal for the sugar, yeast, and nitrogen, and it works famously. My husband bought some 55-gallon plastic trash cans and drilled dozens of holes for drainage. If he remembers to turn them at the right time, it takes exactly 14 days to have usable compost. Worms find their way into it and add their castings, but we found that you have to leave the top off the cans so that methane gas can escape. We put a sheet of cardboard over the top and keep it wet. The worms think it is an ice cream party. In 6 years, I think I have linked to this video over 100 times.
What is the ratio of molasses, yeast and alfalfa meal to water? Can give some detail as how you do it? Definitely interested in the organic version! Thanks!
@@JW45174, we just eyeball it depending on the size of the grass clippings. We have a rather large lot, so we only collect grass clippings for the back yard. One mowing will fill up the two 55-gallon trash cans. My husband takes a plastic 4-cup container and puts equal amounts of yeast and alfalfa, so that would be 2 cups of both. He adds blackstrap molasses to a bucket of water, and he doesn't ever have the same amount twice. We also only use rainwater from our rain barrels, except in long droughts. Then, we use water that comes through a water filter that we buy from Boogie Brew that connects to an outdoor garden hose so as not to use chlorinated water. Good luck with it, and don't worry too much about amounts. I am sure we probably use more of each ingredient than we need to use. Oh, and if you have deer in your area, they treat alfalfa meal like kids treat ice cream and cookies.
I started composting late, end of November, and needed to kickstart my composting, since here in central FL we can start planting in February. Without having any grass clippings, I've used garden waste, food waste, and leaves from a neighbor. I put this stuff on each layer, and even after 1 week, I had steam and heat. I'm now about 4 rounds of layers in, and when I turn it, so much heat and steam come up, and the smell is great! I will actually have compost in time...thank you so much!! I also appreciate your approach, since you're basically using chemistry to do the work, and I'm a chemistry teacher!
do you have ant problems in central FL? I'm just starting to garden here in SE FL & have been bitten a lot by ants - I'm concerned that the sugar in this method will just draw more of them
@@pamelanaylor6283 Fire ants! Anytime you put scraps in there they are going to come to dinner! Get some fire ant killer and don't put it directly on any mounds you see, put it near them. If you put it ON them, they think they are under attack and start moving the poison away from any mounds. If you put it near them, they treat it like food.
Something I have been doing for several years is using the lawn mower to clean up the leaves in the fall. I'll let the grass grow a little longer then mow with the grass catcher. Leaves are chopped and mixed with grass clippings. It's a big time saver.
I had a pile of composting leaves but I didn't know you suppose to cover it. and the birds love my composting area. They were always digging in it. Now I know why. Thanks for that info. I'll go ahead and cover it now.
Love the shirt! I got one that looks just like it. Glad to see some good ole Arkansas boys on here teaching people stuff. You would be surprised how many of us i've come across on here
Ammonia is just a liquid form of nitrogen. It replaces that which is lost in the composting process. In a thunderstorm, when lightening streaks across the sky, the nitrogen in the air is actually converted to ammonia and falls to the ground, so it's natural and safe for the pile.
Reaganite71 not at all necessary when you use bedding from a farm animal shelter. Manure, urine, straw is mixed together and creates the perfect balance to percolate the compost pile. ... and it's FREE! Any farmer or rancher will give you as much as you can haul away!🤣😂 There is usually a huge pile of it behind the barn in varying stages of decomp. Be careful though, the deeper you dig the hotter the pile! The HEAT will literally singe your arm hairs!! When we began our organic garden "experiment" in 1986, we dug 2' down into Sugar Sand within the perimeter of our intended raised beds. (I called a horse ranch and asked if we could have some manure. Fellow said, "There's a huge old pile behind the barn. Take as much as you want!" We filled that 2' with the horse manure from an old pile where some was well decomposed to some FRESH. Mixed together as it was gathered & tossed, the slow, underground decomposing process kept the soil warm and nutrient dense while the crops above were growing in rich, composted humus. Setting up those beautiful gardens was truly the most amazing life experience I have ever had. The produce outgrew all of the seed catalog predictions, the plants were huge and stellar! Whether it was okra or daikon radish, we ate it raw from the plant and the flavor was beyond amazing! I followed Rudolf Steiner's BioDynamic Agriculture Method, and planted by his calendar. Phenomenal!!
well, you'll also notice that anywhere your dog likes to pee has the healthiest grass. and ammonia is a waste product of our bodies. if it was horribly toxic, we wouldn't produce so much of it. and fish wouldn't survive in fishtanks with any amount of it either.
I knew it seemed to me like grass an well everything seemed like it had a boost of nitrogen after a t storm. 👍👍 thanks for that tidbit. Im a mariner with not much of green thumb,but i love trying and learning something beneficial to all. Cheers mate
Instructions unclear, I woke up hung over and covered in mud leaves and grass, no compost to be found...? My wife now forbids gardening in the house....
I am going to try your method. I would love to see your compost after about 3 or 4 months. I guess what I mean is what it looks like the following spring after it completely cooks and cools. I have a tumbler with some leaves from rose bushes and green grass and some food scraps. I tossed about a handfull of compost into it. I tumbled it about 3 to 4 times a week for awhile. I had to move away but came back and just looked at it to see. It was full of worms and was some of the most beautiful soil I have ever seen. I can't wait to try your method. Thank you so much my friend. Have a beautiful day. 😃
I think the key to your compost was the mini tiller i applied the beer,cola,nh3 tonic, to every layer,turn it after 7 days, but it didnt break down as fast as yours. Its been 2 weeks BUT BOY!! that thing is a miniature Mt. Vesuvius so thats a good sign. GREAT INFO best composting i have seen on youtube NO exaggeration! .. I love all your vids👌 ! hope u and your family have a wonderful harvest. Stay vibrant!! ^_^
I sit my browns off to the side of where I compost (mainly leaves from the fall) and work that pile into the fresh greens when I start a new compost pile. Usually, before the end of spring, I'll have all the leaves worked into freshly completed compost. Once I'm out of those browns, I'll use layers of the new compost to mix in with the grass that I have ;)
Thank you so much responding to my questions as quickly as you did!! I'm starting my very first compost pile and your "Drunken Composting" makes a lot of sense to me. Thanks again!!!!
I posted here before and I'll say it again. This method REALLY works. I tried it last year and I had compost in 14 days. 13 days ago, I started two piles. The very next day the temp was 150 degrees in each pile. Today, 13 days later, the temp is still at 110 degrees. If you follow the recipe, it will work.
Have been using this method a couple of years now. Works great! I have made a couple of changes in the ingredients since I didn't have beer or cola around the house. I made a video showing how I do it and just wanted to say I appreciate the information about this compost method. This is my gardening/chicken channel and I did give you credit for the drunken compost method. Have a blessed day!
This REALLY works. 2 day ago, I used a 35 gallon trash can, added 4 ounces of ammonia, one pack of yeast, and 8 tablespoons full of sugar and 35 gallons of water. The compost is an unbelievable 175' F. The yeast is probably dead (due to the high temperature) I didn't use cola because I had none on hand, and I didn't use beer.....(alcohol abuse). THIS REALLY WORKS, IT REALLY DOES WORK. Good luck to all, and happy composting !!!!!!
Hi Thomas I am curious to know what else did you add into the trash can? It seems that you have all liquids with the yeast and sugar. What did you do with the contents? Thanks Craig
I followed your receipt and added another ingrediant 2 Tbs. Of molasses to the spray bottle and shake. Then to each layer of compost I scattered a cup of Plant Tone this made it complete compost in 10 days. Plant tone carry beneficial bacteria, this inoculates the pile plus adds extra fertilizer of the organic type.
UPDATE: Eleven days ago, I started two piles using this method and it seems to be working great. The piles are breaking down beautifully and smells like earth. I'm going to mulch my tomato's with it in a few days. The easiest compost method I've ever tried.
Good method! I also add cardboard to my piles and it breaks down great. First I leave it out on the ground for a few weeks so the rain softens it up (my compost area is not in easy viewing distance from neighbors, etc. I have plenty of room so don't have to worry about how it looks). Then I tear it up a bit, into 3-5" pieces, and add them into the layers. This both saves me a lot of trips to the recycling center and improves my compost and garden and trees, shrubs, etc all around the yard. Also I agree with Tiki about mxing in a little dirt and old compost. It really adds to the bacterial and fungal mix. Have fun and don't be in too much of a hurry - it all eventually breaks down, especially if you turn it. If you don't, it still breaks down but just takes a lot longer.
If you run out of leaves, you can take your junk mail and shred it into little pieces and throw those in. That is what I have been doing for the past 10 years or so. But, you don't want to shred anything glossy. or the see through windows on envelopes. I put them through a Kemp shredder with leaves, grass, branches, newspapers, and I don't actually layer it because it is all together and after my pile heats up, I shoot water into the pile under fairly high pressure and the pile heats up again. I try to rake a little off the top that didn't mulch first go around and put it under the pile, or beside it and start another. Works for me every time and it is dirt within two months. I don't have to burn many papers anymore. They are mulch!!! I like your ideas. Keep up the good work!
I just started my pile yesterday using this method and in less than 24 hours, my pile is at 150 degrees. I used grass clippings and straw I mulched with mulching lawn mower.
Agree. Urine is a great source of nitrogen and other fertilising elements. Why waste money on buying Ammonia. It is sold as a cleaner - unlikely to be very pure, probably made in a huge industrial process and could have contaminants. No need to put that on food plants.
Billdo O'Reilly This was my idea.. only I have my own sourdough starter that's almost a year old and I use it to cook many things with including home made bread. It rises well so I know it's very alive with wild yeasts and bacteria that make it sour. This mixed with some extra flour instead of sugar (yeast can feed on sugars and starches), and human urine, should, in theory, be able to pull this off the same way the premise of this video did.
Jonathan Deik I started out with a big pile of leaves this year. I did the urine and yeast/sugar water months ago shortly after seeing this. I keep it loosely covered with a blue side up tarp and keep it moist, it gets good sun. I feed large amounts of green plant material like bolted lettuce and grass clippings to the center of it and it eats it in less than a week. I ended up using about half the pile to fill up the bottom of a couple raised beds. The leaf compost that's left is turning into very rich soil/compost. The leaves seem to take awhile to break down vs. grass clippings which the leaf pile eats fast. I've also used the yeast and sugar in some compost tea a few times along with other stuff. I add the yeast and sugar water after the compost etc. has been brewing in it for a few days. Then I let the tea brew for 12-24 hours with the sugar/yeast and then water the plants with it.
A great addition is wood ash. If you have a wood stove a fire pit or a wood burning grill it puts in even more of a variety of nutrients that plants need
Chopped up grass is the best mulch you can get... and it's free! (well, not taking the time to mow it and the cost gasoline into account.) Four inches of that in your garden beds and you won't have to worry about any weeds coming up because it suppresses all the weeds. (Okay, maybe one or two will crop up, but that's better than a whole bedfull.) By the end of your gardening season, the grass would've also rotted down into the bed and turned into soil. So you get two benefits: mulch and soil. Been doing this for 14 years now.
@ ANK H ive been doing that method for 3 yrs now. I have a 25,000 sq ft bermuda lawn here in gerogia. In the winter months during nice days I start dropping my mower blade to scalp the bermuda down to about 1 inch. I take these clippings and use it as a mulch on a big steep hill I am making a big huge bed out of. Works awesome!! If weeds do pop through they are super easy to pull because of how thick the clippings are. Under the clippings the soil is a super deep black color. I am in the red clay region too
My Dad gardened for many years and that was his method. Grass clippings and leaves. In the town I grew up in the borough would schedule leaf pickups and you could put the leaves out in a pile or in bags. My Dad would go around and swipe people's leaves to use in the garden. At the end of the season he'd till it all in and then when spring rolled around he'd till it again before he'd work it and he always had great soil.
This video was so helpful! Thanks. I like your way of composting. I am making myself compost this fall! Tired of buying it from others when I can do it for free. Lol Thanks again! And because your commenters are so hilarious? Yeah. I subbed! Lol
It is advised not to use "light" beer, however. Use regular beer. They are changing from the layer system to mixing all the ingredients together in the right ratio for better results. Even Organic Gardening Magazine now recommends mixing everything up, rather than layering.
Thank you for experimenting, working out the details and especially for teaching those of us out in the world that didn't know about this and how easy it really is to have fresh garden vegetables all growing season and beyond. I for one learned something new and valuable. Keep up the great works please don't stop teaching us.
drunken compost-3oz of beer, 3oz of cola, 2 ounces of ammonia mixed in five gallon of water then just add it to a sprayer if u dnt have the 20 gallon hose end sprayer he have
Its a 20:1 mixture. Us poor kids using an old 1 gal milk jug for our girls need to just use an ounce and a half of tonic to a jug of water. Thats 1 full shot glass and one half shot glass of tonic to the ole milk jug -o- water. Shake well and water liberally! Use your snout to find it in 3 months.
I got a whole bunch of free beer and soda doing a property cleanout at a bar that had been closed for years. My recipe has been to mix 2 24 oz skunk beers, one 20 oz Pepsi Fire mixed in about 4 gallons of water and pee on the pile before applying, stir with a pitch fork once a week. I get similar results composting a mix of grass clippings, the hay from the chicken coop, and a weeks worth of charcoal ash.
So sad. This video popped up in my feed today and I got so excited! I thought Reaganite71 had put out a new video. I really miss his personality and information. I hope the rumors are wrong about him being sick and/or passing. He basically changed my gardening life with his excellent videos. I think of him every time I spank my tomatoes.
Great Video! This is all the ingredients worms need to thrive, The worms with the microorganisms are creating the best fertilizer in the world…Worm Castings! Have you considered starting a worm farm? I have about 2 million worms in my herd now, it is amazing how they are rebuilding our soil!
Most commercial beer is filtered and pasteurized. If you're looking for live yeast, keystone light isnt the beer you want. Why not just buy some yeast? If you really want it to come from beer, something bottle conditioned would be much better, although I'd hate to waste a good craft beer or a homebrew on it. I'd recommend buying some liquid ale yeast, making a starter and using that. Just google how to make a yeast starter.
Just add yeast and lots of water. Use dry Instant yeast that you bake with. You can get it in bulk (1 pound vacuum sealed bags) at most restaurant supply stores.
Urine is actually awesome for compost because it's rich in nitrogen. But you should let a beer sit overnight before using it on compost so all the alcohol has a chance to evaporate.
Ok I got my first drunken compost pile going. I didn't have any grass clippings so instead used some oat and straw hay and alfalfa, along with fruit and vegetable scraps, coffee grounds and leaves. I layered it and sprayed the tonic as you instructed. I also mixed in some store bought compost I had sitting around, then covered pile with a tarp. I cannot wait to see how it turns out.
Used/modified your recipe some and put in on my pile (leaves,grasses, veg/fruit scraps) 4ft high 3ft wide circle cage and my pile is 152 degrees ready to feed the garden when temp calms down.
Hi I am pretty sure commercial beer does not have any yeast left when it is sold, it is filtered out before bottling. If your recipe calls for yeast try a micro brew it usually has active yeast. But if this works Great!
Yyea, this is a good one A memorable video. I saw this 2 years ago and still like to watch it in these modern times . House hold ammonia , human urine, a can of Coke and a can of beer. After it blackens up I like to dry it out and powder it then wet it down again for that aged goodness
Nice........I just put all my grass clippings around my comfrey plants they grew 5 ft tall its crazy.I'm going to try your composting method next free high grade garden soil made from what normally is waste sounds like a great idea and fast too thanks man.
Very good information thank you. What I made is leafs grass all chopped with wood chips on top of river rocks during fall and during the spring I have loads of compost. I'll add the beer and cola now
Your lawn is better off if you use a mulching blade on your lawn mower and leave them on the lawn. Compost leaves and other refuse instead. But, if you must compost grass, this is a great method and is promoted by that garden guru, Jerry Baker, I saw years ago. Another thing to do is be sure to build your pile at least three feet high, preferably five feet to begin with, because it will shrink down to about three feet quickly. This way you get it to adequately heat up and kill weed seeds, and when you turn it, it will heat up again. Great video though. Good job.
I get a truckload of woodchips every year. The furthest one is four years old and is ready to use. The closest is about 6 months old. Made a large batch of your beer/cola/ammonia mixture and just poured it across the top of the closest (newest) pile. Well, it's been 6 months and was climbing around in it, and it's almost as composted as the 4 year old compost! Am thinking am going to make up some more big batches and doing it again... to ALL the piles! This Spring, I'm going to be selling bag-fulls of all that EXTRA composted woodchips I won't need!
I'm definitely going to try this! Ammonia, whoda thunk it? We've just always gone to the fertilizer plant & got a bucket full of NH4. I guess we're lucky in that we use an older chipper/shredder for compost mixing. We've also got compost bins which are awesome! Thanks for the info
omg thank you so much for your video. I was at a loss for what to do with the sod I had ripped up for my garden. Headed out to poor one of my beers and a soda on the pile of sod and cover. :)
Wow.. it seems many people aren't interested in reading the comments. I see you've answered nearly every question asked, but the same questions get repeated over and over again. You've answered all those questions IN the VIDEO! Oh!! I'd suggest you put those brief answers in the "About" section... but then you'd have to tell everyone to click on "About" to get some answers and well.. it's a shame so many wouldn't think to check there in the first place IF they weren't paying attention in the video. Reaganite71 said: "Ammonia is just a liquid form of nitrogen. It replaces that which is lost in the composting process. In a thunderstorm, when lightening streaks across the sky, the nitrogen in the air is actually converted to ammonia and falls to the ground, so it's natural and safe for the pile." and, " it's actually a very small amount and it's diluted over 20 gallons of water in the 20 gal. hose end sprayer." AND: "I posted elsewhere, you can use shredded newspaper or older compost for your brown layer instead of leaves." THANK YOU Reaganite71 for all the repeats! I think you've got some really fine looking compost and the method seems pretty easy. I love being able to produce something from regular waste that'll benefit my garden. This is top notch! Thank you!
ShelliKittens Thank you because I missed the shredded newspaper part. I wasn't gonna ask but I was gonna rematch or scroll through to find my answer. Thank you do much too.
I just did a fertility test on my completed drunken compost ... I could grow a bus in this stuff. I'm super excited. Starting in on another round of compost!
Blast from the past, man I miss these video's, I know you're into tropical plants now but I'd definitely watch some composting videos if you make anymore.
Perhaps four ounces of molasses diluted in 8 ounces of water (to make up for a 12 oz. can of cola) would work fine. You wouldn't want thick molasses added directly to the sprayer since it might clog up.
I love this top tip for creating quick compost, thank you! A quick question, my farmer friend dropped off some straw, cow dung mix, it’s pretty fresh. Would I be able to incorporate this into your process. Many thanks and keeping fingers crossed
Just saw this and I'm going to try it today. I'm starting my first veggie garden this year, been super busy digging up garden plots. My soil is clay so I have a lot of work to do to get the beds ready for planting but I've got 11 oak trees in the yard and tons of leaves still from the fall, they're going to be a great source of soil this summer. Thanks for sharing this idea.
To use urine instead of ammonia, let the urine stand in a jar or container uncovered for several days. You will smell the ammonia that's created when it's ready to use. Just get the kids to pee in a jug or bucket, they will love it! lol
Praxxus55712 I have to laugh ding the random clicks on RUclips videos and scrolling comments while they play and found an old one of yours. Have you ever tried this method ray?
THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR VIDEO, I ALWAYS DID MY COMPOSTING THE OLD HARD WAY! BUT AFTER YOUR GREAT ADVICE I CAN GET STRAIGHT INTO MY GARDENING. CHEERS FROM AG" SOUTH AUSTRALIA. 🌻🌴🌵🌱🌲
Thanks for the response! Of course, my last question also got me to thinking about the beer component too, and while there might not be the cheap equivalent as there is with soda and molasses, there actually are organic beers that could be used instead. No doubt the barley, malt, and hops helps but if it's the yeast we want, what about using just a packet (or half packet) of actual yeast? I'm not losing sleep over the chemical traces we might find mind you, just thinking out loud here. Thanks!
I don't know about mixing ammonia with straight yeast, that *almost* sounds like an accident waiting to happen, no? Beer is awfully diluted compared to a packet of yeast. Not really even on par with each other. What do y'all think?
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Just add yeast and lots of water. Use dry Instant yeast that you bake with. You can get it in bulk (1 pound vacuum sealed bags) at most restaurant supply stores or a case of 20 lbs (20 bags) for less than $50 - a bargain if you have huge compost bins as I do. This is also the same stuff that's in RID-X Septic Tank Treatment. Yeast breaks down organic materials quickly. So pour some down your sink or flush it down your toilet once a month too. Worth buying it by the case just for that.
You don't need anything else special for your compost pile. You don't need the soda or ammonia. Green plant materials (like grass) already have plenty of natural sugars and nitrogen (ammonia). And if you add more ammonia you can make it smell. Grass normally does not smell bad when it breaks down (as he claims) if it's getting enough air. If his grass clippings smell while composting that means the pile is not getting enough air.
How to get air into your grass clippings? Well, you have to either toss and mix it often (too often to be practical) or you need to add some browns like dry dead leaves, small twigs, shredded paper and cardboard. Adding different shapes also helps bring air into a compost pile. Since cut grass is basically all the same shape, it doesn't get aerated enough. Shredded corrugated cardboard is fantastic for this purpose because it has little air channels in it that bring air into the compost pile.
If you add ammonia to your grass clippings alone it sure will smell like ammonia if it doesn't get enough air circulation (be careful with that). This is also why you don't want to pee on your grass clippings alone, though urine may be helpful on brown dry compost (like wood chips, twigs, paper, cardboard, and dry leaves).
Thank you now I understand the purpose of the browns and mixing them up and chopping up
Cooked up a batch of compost in nine days in my compost tumbler using this recipe. I was weeding under the tumbler and found all my worms enjoying the liquid dripping to the ground. Next batch I will take pictures because nobody believes this works so quickly. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge.
I'm so glad you found it helpful. Thanks.
Can you compost on the ground? Those worms will break it down in a flash.
@@patriotfarms8249 yes, he said it's best. I been doing it on the ground for 3 years with no issues
i put beer in my compost and now the compost pile is staggering all over the garden singing " i beg your pardon, i didn't promise you a rose garden "
🤣🤣🤣 I🤣 belted out🤣a wheeze laugh!!! So funny!! Hahahaha
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Mine's knocking on the kitchen door demanding for more beer!
Omg...that was a good laugh lol
Hahahaha! You all are too much.. :D
I enjoyed this video, being a composter myself. Just recently to the game starting just 2 years ago when I decided to NOT throw away some 60+ bags of leaves that my trees bless me with every fall and instead use them to help me turn this very packed clay soil into something things can grow in. About 2 years later, this harvest is astonishing with me pulling at least a dozen tomatoes out of the garden a day, zucchini, cabbage, cauliflower, artichokes...you name it I can grow it. And last year, my first year growing, my cucumber plant was the only thing that produced anything...all others I lost to insects or did not produce. I am convinced it is the compost.
And its easy. Shred the leaves, use more grass than leaves but keep your pile as close to 3-4 feet cubed. Wet it down with water, or this mix, it doesn't matter. You can urinate on it too, it still works as long as the dampness isn't too drenched or too dry. Go for damp (for those that don't know what that is, STOP asking questions and experiment). For those that are asking how much of this and how much of that, STOP! Try it. IF it works, great. If it doesn't, adjust. It really is that simple. It is so simple, it happens BY ITSELF in nature. All by itself, no one needs to monitor it. So you can't mess it up unless you really try or do something really dumb. Mix your pile and keep it wet (not so wet that it would wring out, there is my hint) and watch for it to heat up. If your pile gets over 100, great. the more greens you put in, the hotter it gets. You want to cool it down, what would you add more of? You guessed it, more browns. If you turn it every 3 days or so, it gets aerated and goes faster. Don't ask me if you can turn it every 2 1/2 days instead if you are using mineral water and also wear women's underwear. Like others have said, it's not rocket science.
For everyone that said this didn't work for me, figure out why. Not hot enough? Not enough greens. Too hot? Too much greens. Ending up as a pile of half broken down grass? Not enough what, guess? Right browns. Its so simple it HAPPENS BY ITSELF. Stop overthinking everything and just do it. You don't need finished compost to add in, but it helps. Why? Because the bugs are already in there. Was that too hard to figure out? Wow, we overthink everything.
patronising, much?
+superfishle I see it as a lot of encouragement with a little sarcasm mixed in for fun. My comment detailed my experience with learning it, as I said I was brand new to this just a short time ago. So I was trying to encourage all those that overthink to do instead of think and think along the way. Patronizing? I don't see it.
Howie F you encouraged me, you know how stupid I've been feeling when I just recently realized I've been going to extreme effort, and hard work getting rid of my leaves, yard waste off my property, it's so extreme I have around 7 bags sitting in my garage from last season. I could of been making dirt verses all that headache. Everything is made just perfect, it makes so much sense. love the sarcasm lol
tammy it is not dirt it is soil. there is a big difference.
yeah i did not collect leaves last fall because i am surrounded by trees and figured i could wait till early spring to get them. picked up quite a few but a lot had already started breaking down and being wet was harder to get them off the ground.
you can bet your boots this year when they drop all over my yard i am going to get out the leaf blower, suck them up and keep for later use. i live on a dead end road with trees everywhere so i may even hit up some of my neighbors for leaves. if i see bags of them sitting in their yard as i have in the past you can be sure i will check to see if i can have them. it will save them from having to haul them off and will help me out as well. win win
paul k its actually compost hes making lol
Getting ready to try gardening and so I've been watching a lot videos lately before getting started. This is one of the most helpful videos I've come across! You get to the point. You show how to do it. You say why you do it. You don't waste your (and our) time. Too many gardening people making videos where they go off on story hour about things that have nothing to do with what people are looking for. Thanks!
amen!
Ryan Kuehl I completely agree, too many people love the sound of their own voice.
These people get it how the "story time" is so stupid and a day waster
Surely marmite would work ?
amen
I have used the organic version of this methods--blackstrap molasses, brewer's yeast, and alfalfa meal for the sugar, yeast, and nitrogen, and it works famously. My husband bought some 55-gallon plastic trash cans and drilled dozens of holes for drainage.
If he remembers to turn them at the right time, it takes exactly 14 days to have usable compost. Worms find their way into it and add their castings, but we found that you have to leave the top off the cans so that methane gas can escape. We put a sheet of cardboard over the top and keep it wet. The worms think it is an ice cream party.
In 6 years, I think I have linked to this video over 100 times.
What is the ratio of molasses, yeast and alfalfa meal to water? Can give some detail as how you do it? Definitely interested in the organic version! Thanks!
@@JW45174, we just eyeball it depending on the size of the grass clippings. We have a rather large lot, so we only collect grass clippings for the back yard. One mowing will fill up the two 55-gallon trash cans. My husband takes a plastic 4-cup container and puts equal amounts of yeast and alfalfa, so that would be 2 cups of both. He adds blackstrap molasses to a bucket of water, and he doesn't ever have the same amount twice. We also only use rainwater from our rain barrels, except in long droughts. Then, we use water that comes through a water filter that we buy from Boogie Brew that connects to an outdoor garden hose so as not to use chlorinated water.
Good luck with it, and don't worry too much about amounts. I am sure we probably use more of each ingredient than we need to use. Oh, and if you have deer in your area, they treat alfalfa meal like kids treat ice cream and cookies.
I started composting late, end of November, and needed to kickstart my composting, since here in central FL we can start planting in February. Without having any grass clippings, I've used garden waste, food waste, and leaves from a neighbor. I put this stuff on each layer, and even after 1 week, I had steam and heat. I'm now about 4 rounds of layers in, and when I turn it, so much heat and steam come up, and the smell is great! I will actually have compost in time...thank you so much!! I also appreciate your approach, since you're basically using chemistry to do the work, and I'm a chemistry teacher!
do you have ant problems in central FL? I'm just starting to garden here in SE FL & have been bitten a lot by ants - I'm concerned that the sugar in this method will just draw more of them
@@pamelanaylor6283 I have not seen any ants.
@@pamelanaylor6283 Fire ants! Anytime you put scraps in there they are going to come to dinner! Get some fire ant killer and don't put it directly on any mounds you see, put it near them. If you put it ON them, they think they are under attack and start moving the poison away from any mounds. If you put it near them, they treat it like food.
You just saved me a huge headache of work between starting my garden as well as getting rid of my leaves. Thank you!
Something I have been doing for several years is using the lawn mower to clean up the leaves in the fall. I'll let the grass grow a little longer then mow with the grass catcher. Leaves are chopped and mixed with grass clippings. It's a big time saver.
I had a pile of composting leaves but I didn't know you suppose to cover it. and the birds love my composting area. They were always digging in it. Now I know why. Thanks for that info. I'll go ahead and cover it now.
Love the shirt! I got one that looks just like it. Glad to see some good ole Arkansas boys on here teaching people stuff. You would be surprised how many of us i've come across on here
Ammonia is just a liquid form of nitrogen. It replaces that which is lost in the composting process.
In a thunderstorm, when lightening streaks across the sky, the nitrogen in the air is actually converted to ammonia and falls to the ground, so it's natural and safe for the pile.
Reaganite71 not at all necessary when you use bedding from a farm animal shelter.
Manure, urine, straw is mixed together and creates the perfect balance to percolate the compost pile. ... and it's FREE!
Any farmer or rancher will give you as much as you can haul away!🤣😂
There is usually a huge pile of it behind the barn in varying stages of decomp.
Be careful though, the deeper you dig the hotter the pile! The HEAT will literally singe your arm hairs!!
When we began our organic garden "experiment" in 1986, we dug 2' down into Sugar Sand within the perimeter of our intended raised beds.
(I called a horse ranch and asked if we could have some manure. Fellow said, "There's a huge old pile behind the barn. Take as much as you want!"
We filled that 2' with the horse manure from an old pile where some was well decomposed to some FRESH.
Mixed together as it was gathered & tossed, the slow, underground decomposing process kept the soil warm and nutrient dense while the crops above were growing in rich, composted humus.
Setting up those beautiful gardens was truly the most amazing life experience I have ever had.
The produce outgrew all of the seed catalog predictions, the plants were huge and stellar! Whether it was okra or daikon radish, we ate it raw from the plant and the flavor was beyond amazing!
I followed Rudolf Steiner's BioDynamic Agriculture Method, and planted by his calendar.
Phenomenal!!
I went to find ammonia all I could find is lemon scented can we use that?
well, you'll also notice that anywhere your dog likes to pee has the healthiest grass. and ammonia is a waste product of our bodies. if it was horribly toxic, we wouldn't produce so much of it. and fish wouldn't survive in fishtanks with any amount of it either.
Ty. Cheaper than buying blood or none meal
I knew it seemed to me like grass an well everything seemed like it had a boost of nitrogen after a t storm. 👍👍 thanks for that tidbit. Im a mariner with not much of green thumb,but i love trying and learning something beneficial to all.
Cheers mate
Ty for the post. You make it less complicated than anybody else on the net. Much appreciated.
Instructions unclear, I woke up hung over and covered in mud leaves and grass, no compost to be found...? My wife now forbids gardening in the house....
I thought I was the only one..🤣
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around 6:09, "sun STOPS the cooking process" sumpin got cooked
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I am going to try your method. I would love to see your compost after about 3 or 4 months. I guess what I mean is what it looks like the following spring after it completely cooks and cools. I have a tumbler with some leaves from rose bushes and green grass and some food scraps. I tossed about a handfull of compost into it. I tumbled it about 3 to 4 times a week for awhile. I had to move away but came back and just looked at it to see. It was full of worms and was some of the most beautiful soil I have ever seen. I can't wait to try your method. Thank you so much my friend. Have a beautiful day. 😃
A tried and true method ... works really REALLY well for me.. couldn't be much easier
I miss this guy, he was the reason I got into Gardening.
Anyone know what happened to this amazing youtuber?
I think the key to your compost was the mini tiller i applied the beer,cola,nh3 tonic, to every layer,turn it after 7 days, but it didnt break down as fast as yours. Its been 2 weeks BUT BOY!! that thing is a miniature Mt. Vesuvius so thats a good sign. GREAT INFO best composting i have seen on youtube NO exaggeration! .. I love all your vids👌 ! hope u and your family have a wonderful harvest. Stay vibrant!! ^_^
Same here
Isaac Hinez is
I sit my browns off to the side of where I compost (mainly leaves from the fall) and work that pile into the fresh greens when I start a new compost pile. Usually, before the end of spring, I'll have all the leaves worked into freshly completed compost.
Once I'm out of those browns, I'll use layers of the new compost to mix in with the grass that I have ;)
Thank you so much responding to my questions as quickly as you did!! I'm starting my very first compost pile and your "Drunken Composting" makes a lot of sense to me. Thanks again!!!!
I posted here before and I'll say it again. This method REALLY works. I tried it last year and I had compost in 14 days. 13 days ago, I started two piles. The very next day the temp was 150 degrees in each pile. Today, 13 days later, the temp is still at 110 degrees.
If you follow the recipe, it will work.
I bet if you do everything exactly the same as you are now, but leave out the beer, cola and ammonia, it will work just as well.
i do this almost every year this guy is the best i promise u
Have been using this method a couple of years now. Works great! I have made a couple of changes in the ingredients since I didn't have beer or cola around the house. I made a video showing how I do it and just wanted to say I appreciate the information about this compost method. This is my gardening/chicken channel and I did give you credit for the drunken compost method. Have a blessed day!
I wanted to watch your video but I don't see any videos on your channel. What is your recipe?
This REALLY works. 2 day ago, I used a 35 gallon trash can, added 4 ounces of ammonia, one pack of yeast, and 8 tablespoons full of sugar and 35 gallons of water. The compost is an unbelievable 175' F. The yeast is probably dead (due to the high temperature) I didn't use cola because I had none on hand, and I didn't use beer.....(alcohol abuse). THIS REALLY WORKS, IT REALLY DOES WORK. Good luck to all, and happy composting !!!!!!
Hi Thomas
I am curious to know what else did you add into the trash can? It seems that you have all liquids with the yeast and sugar. What did you do with the contents?
Thanks
Craig
Great video!. Simple to the point and answered all of my questions!... just sent the hubby out to get me some beer LOL
I followed your receipt and added another ingrediant 2 Tbs. Of molasses to the spray bottle and shake. Then to each layer of compost I scattered a cup of Plant Tone this made it complete compost in 10 days. Plant tone carry beneficial bacteria, this inoculates the pile plus adds extra fertilizer of the organic type.
UPDATE: Eleven days ago, I started two piles using this method and it seems to be working great. The piles are breaking down beautifully and smells like earth. I'm going to mulch my tomato's with it in a few days. The easiest compost method I've ever tried.
Now I know what to use the crappy bud beer people leave at my house
You drink that stuff you will grow a dress!
Especially in 2023😂
Good method! I also add cardboard to my piles and it breaks down great. First I leave it out on the ground for a few weeks so the rain softens it up (my compost area is not in easy viewing distance from neighbors, etc. I have plenty of room so don't have to worry about how it looks). Then I tear it up a bit, into 3-5" pieces, and add them into the layers. This both saves me a lot of trips to the recycling center and improves my compost and garden and trees, shrubs, etc all around the yard. Also I agree with Tiki about mxing in a little dirt and old compost. It really adds to the bacterial and fungal mix. Have fun and don't be in too much of a hurry - it all eventually breaks down, especially if you turn it. If you don't, it still breaks down but just takes a lot longer.
Good for bringing in the worms too!
FYI--- I tried this method and I am totally pleased ! The compost smells of life ! My many thanks for your time and care for gardening !!!!!
If you run out of leaves, you can take your junk mail and shred it into little pieces and throw those in. That is what I have been doing for the past 10 years or so. But, you don't want to shred anything glossy. or the see through windows on envelopes. I put them through a Kemp shredder with leaves, grass, branches, newspapers, and I don't actually layer it because it is all together and after my pile heats up, I shoot water into the pile under fairly high pressure and the pile heats up again. I try to rake a little off the top that didn't mulch first go around and put it under the pile, or beside it and start another. Works for me every time and it is dirt within two months. I don't have to burn many papers anymore. They are mulch!!! I like your ideas. Keep up the good work!
THANK YOU SO MUCH Mr.REAGANITE..FOR POSTING THIS VIDEO..I ENJOY READING ALL COMMENTS AND YOUR ANSWER,IN THAT" I LEARNED A LOT.
Thanks for watching.
eric white The amonnia is NH3, N for Nitrogen (a fertilizer)
As long as you don't overload, it's safe.
yea,yea,yeah, good video. , excellent audio , quick and painless presentation and you stick to the viedo' so title in your narrative
Taking my compost pile out for happy hour tomorrow! Awesome video, thanks! 🌱🌱🌱🌱
Good tip thanks. We used to make clay for pottery with beer. It makes really plastic like great clay like its a thousand years old.
I just started my pile yesterday using this method and in less than 24 hours, my pile is at 150 degrees. I used grass clippings and straw I mulched with mulching lawn mower.
Couldn't you drink a couple of the beers first and substitute the ammonia with urine? I'm gonna try it. Thanks for sharing your method!
Agree.
Urine is a great source of nitrogen and other fertilising elements.
Why waste money on buying Ammonia.
It is sold as a cleaner - unlikely to be very pure, probably made in a huge industrial process and could have contaminants.
No need to put that on food plants.
George Gibson I think I'm also going to substitute the soda and beer with some sugar, yeast and water.
Billdo O'Reilly This was my idea.. only I have my own sourdough starter that's almost a year old and I use it to cook many things with including home made bread. It rises well so I know it's very alive with wild yeasts and bacteria that make it sour. This mixed with some extra flour instead of sugar (yeast can feed on sugars and starches), and human urine, should, in theory, be able to pull this off the same way the premise of this video did.
Jonathan Deik I started out with a big pile of leaves this year. I did the urine and yeast/sugar water months ago shortly after seeing this. I keep it loosely covered with a blue side up tarp and keep it moist, it gets good sun. I feed large amounts of green plant material like bolted lettuce and grass clippings to the center of it and it eats it in less than a week. I ended up using about half the pile to fill up the bottom of a couple raised beds. The leaf compost that's left is turning into very rich soil/compost. The leaves seem to take awhile to break down vs. grass clippings which the leaf pile eats fast.
I've also used the yeast and sugar in some compost tea a few times along with other stuff. I add the yeast and sugar water after the compost etc. has been brewing in it for a few days. Then I let the tea brew for 12-24 hours with the sugar/yeast and then water the plants with it.
Jonathan Deik Also even though it's kind of a hot pile, it's still full of earthworms. I think the worms do most of the work.
A great addition is wood ash. If you have a wood stove a fire pit or a wood burning grill it puts in even more of a variety of nutrients that plants need
Chopped up grass is the best mulch you can get... and it's free! (well, not taking the time to mow it and the cost gasoline into account.) Four inches of that in your garden beds and you won't have to worry about any weeds coming up because it suppresses all the weeds. (Okay, maybe one or two will crop up, but that's better than a whole bedfull.) By the end of your gardening season, the grass would've also rotted down into the bed and turned into soil. So you get two benefits: mulch and soil.
Been doing this for 14 years now.
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@ ANK H ive been doing that method for 3 yrs now. I have a 25,000 sq ft bermuda lawn here in gerogia. In the winter months during nice days I start dropping my mower blade to scalp the bermuda down to about 1 inch. I take these clippings and use it as a mulch on a big steep hill I am making a big huge bed out of. Works awesome!! If weeds do pop through they are super easy to pull because of how thick the clippings are. Under the clippings the soil is a super deep black color. I am in the red clay region too
My Dad gardened for many years and that was his method. Grass clippings and leaves. In the town I grew up in the borough would schedule leaf pickups and you could put the leaves out in a pile or in bags. My Dad would go around and swipe people's leaves to use in the garden. At the end of the season he'd till it all in and then when spring rolled around he'd till it again before he'd work it and he always had great soil.
This video was so helpful! Thanks. I like your way of composting. I am making myself compost this fall! Tired of buying it from others when I can do it for free. Lol Thanks again! And because your commenters are so hilarious? Yeah. I subbed! Lol
Thank you!
It is advised not to use "light" beer, however. Use regular beer.
They are changing from the layer system to mixing all the ingredients together in the right ratio for better results. Even Organic Gardening Magazine now recommends mixing everything up, rather than layering.
Thank you for experimenting, working out the details and especially for teaching those of us out in the world that didn't know about this and how easy it really is to have fresh garden vegetables all growing season and beyond. I for one learned something new and valuable. Keep up the great works please don't stop teaching us.
drunken compost-3oz of beer, 3oz of cola, 2 ounces of ammonia mixed in five gallon of water then just add it to a sprayer if u dnt have the 20 gallon hose end sprayer he have
Its a 20:1 mixture. Us poor kids using an old 1 gal milk jug for our girls need to just use an ounce and a half of tonic to a jug of water. Thats 1 full shot glass and one half shot glass of tonic to the ole milk jug -o- water. Shake well and water liberally! Use your snout to find it in 3 months.
I just started gardening vegetables & fruits and the drunken composting sounds great.
Great tutorial for quick composting! And super easy to follow! Subbed.
I got a whole bunch of free beer and soda doing a property cleanout at a bar that had been closed for years.
My recipe has been to mix 2 24 oz skunk beers, one 20 oz Pepsi Fire mixed in about 4 gallons of water and pee on the pile before applying, stir with a pitch fork once a week. I get similar results composting a mix of grass clippings, the hay from the chicken coop, and a weeks worth of charcoal ash.
BEST DAMN VIDEO, EVER. You explained everything that I needed to hear and I'm grateful for your time and effort. Thank-you.
Hillbilly's get excited when they find a harder way to do something.
I tried your method and it really works! Thanks for the awesome video.
So sad. This video popped up in my feed today and I got so excited! I thought Reaganite71 had put out a new video.
I really miss his personality and information. I hope the rumors are wrong about him being sick and/or passing. He basically changed my gardening life with his excellent videos. I think of him every time I spank my tomatoes.
He’s alive and well and posting new vids under the name tiki71. He posted a video explaining where he’s been
Great Video! This is all the ingredients worms need to thrive, The worms with the microorganisms are creating the best fertilizer in the world…Worm Castings! Have you considered starting a worm farm?
I have about 2 million worms in my herd now, it is amazing how they are rebuilding our soil!
Most commercial beer is filtered and pasteurized. If you're looking for live yeast, keystone light isnt the beer you want. Why not just buy some yeast? If you really want it to come from beer, something bottle conditioned would be much better, although I'd hate to waste a good craft beer or a homebrew on it. I'd recommend buying some liquid ale yeast, making a starter and using that. Just google how to make a yeast starter.
Hint, Drink beer FIRST!!!
Keg beer
Just add yeast and lots of water. Use dry Instant yeast that you bake with. You can get it in bulk (1 pound vacuum sealed bags) at most restaurant supply stores.
Escape From NY this sounds doable. Any tips on the ratio of yeast yo water? Thanks :)
looking for live yeast ? you find it in home baked bread
Wow! Finally someone found a good use for beer and cola. I thought they were just good for flushing down the toilet.
I'll bet you could use apple juice, or something similar in place of cola and urine in place of the household ammonia.
Nice video..
Yes I am thinking Urine and Molasses or sugar would be just perfect.
Beer has had all the yeast filtered out of it thats why its clear.
Urine is actually awesome for compost because it's rich in nitrogen. But you should let a beer sit overnight before using it on compost so all the alcohol has a chance to evaporate.
Good tip about microwaving egg shells before composting! Will definitely try 😊
Haven’t thought of beer yet, but I’m really anti the cola. Rather mix some molasses with a bit of water to mix in. Lots of micro-minerals in there
Ok I got my first drunken compost pile going. I didn't have any grass clippings so instead used some oat and straw hay and alfalfa, along with fruit and vegetable scraps, coffee grounds and leaves. I layered it and sprayed the tonic as you instructed. I also mixed in some store bought compost I had sitting around, then covered pile with a tarp. I cannot wait to see how it turns out.
Grass clippings are a critical element to fast composting though, so good luck. It should assist anyway though.
A fake owl from Home Depot has kept birds away from my planter-compost tower.
Clover and grass clippings is great. High moisture content makes it cook fast. Leaving plenty for the bees though.
I say drink the beer and feed the rabbits, they make the compost
Used/modified your recipe some and put in on my pile (leaves,grasses, veg/fruit scraps) 4ft high 3ft wide circle cage and my pile is 152 degrees ready to feed the garden when temp calms down.
Hi
I am pretty sure commercial beer does not have any yeast left when it is sold, it is filtered out before bottling. If your recipe calls for yeast try a micro brew it usually has active yeast. But if this works Great!
What about just buying yeast instead of wasting a more exensive beer?
Yyea, this is a good one A memorable video. I saw this 2 years ago and still like to watch it in these modern times . House hold ammonia , human urine, a can of Coke and a can of beer.
After it blackens up I like to dry it out and powder it then wet it down again for that aged goodness
I have a large barrel compost tumbler, can I use this concept in there and still get good results?
Nice........I just put all my grass clippings around my comfrey plants they grew 5 ft tall its crazy.I'm going to try your composting method next free high grade garden soil made from what normally is waste sounds like a great idea and fast too thanks man.
Dare I ask... how did you come up with this combination? Just curious about the thought process that led to this
Good video and love the info you told us about the yeast feeding the beneficial bacteria already in the compost pile.
Thanks for watching!
I used cola and ammonia, as I didn't have any beer, and after 2 weeks its breaking down nicely
bowler8 interesting.
the beer really does not do anything, no live yeast in Keystone light
My amazed subscribe for your drunken composting method!
Hi Mr R:
Thanks for your suggestions.
Will the tonic also work on a tumbler??
Appreciate your point of view
Very good information thank you. What I made is leafs grass all chopped with wood chips on top of river rocks during fall and during the spring I have loads of compost. I'll add the beer and cola now
Your lawn is better off if you use a mulching blade on your lawn mower and leave them on the lawn. Compost leaves and other refuse instead.
But, if you must compost grass, this is a great method and is promoted by that garden guru, Jerry Baker, I saw years ago. Another thing to do is be sure to build your pile at least three feet high, preferably five feet to begin with, because it will shrink down to about three feet quickly. This way you get it to adequately heat up and kill weed seeds, and when you turn it, it will heat up again. Great video though. Good job.
I get a truckload of woodchips every year. The furthest one is four years old and is ready to use. The closest is about 6 months old. Made a large batch of your beer/cola/ammonia mixture and just poured it across the top of the closest (newest) pile. Well, it's been 6 months and was climbing around in it, and it's almost as composted as the 4 year old compost! Am thinking am going to make up some more big batches and doing it again... to ALL the piles! This Spring, I'm going to be selling bag-fulls of all that EXTRA composted woodchips I won't need!
Can you use yeast instead of beer? Will it have the same effect if you activate the yeast with warm water or warm the cola?
It's like happy hour for plants ...
I'm definitely going to try this! Ammonia, whoda thunk it? We've just always gone to the fertilizer plant & got a bucket full of NH4. I guess we're lucky in that we use an older chipper/shredder for compost mixing. We've also got compost bins which are awesome! Thanks for the info
Urine is full of ammonia and plants love it in small quantities. Drink the Beer and pee in a bucket. The plant win you win everybody wins.
EXACTLY what I needed. Putting this recipe in my gardening recipe box tonight. TY Soo much
I thought he was going to drink the beer and coke and then pee on the compost.
omg thank you so much for your video. I was at a loss for what to do with the sod I had ripped up for my garden. Headed out to poor one of my beers and a soda on the pile of sod and cover. :)
Wow.. it seems many people aren't interested in reading the comments. I see you've answered nearly every question asked, but the same questions get repeated over and over again. You've answered all those questions IN the VIDEO! Oh!! I'd suggest you put those brief answers in the "About" section... but then you'd have to tell everyone to click on "About" to get some answers and well.. it's a shame so many wouldn't think to check there in the first place IF they weren't paying attention in the video.
Reaganite71 said:
"Ammonia is just a liquid form of nitrogen. It replaces that which is lost in the composting process. In a thunderstorm, when lightening streaks across the sky, the nitrogen in the air is actually converted to ammonia and falls to the ground, so it's natural and safe for the pile." and, " it's actually a very small amount and it's diluted over 20 gallons of water in the 20 gal. hose end sprayer." AND: "I posted elsewhere, you can use shredded newspaper or older compost for your brown layer instead of leaves." THANK YOU Reaganite71 for all the repeats!
I think you've got some really fine looking compost and the method seems pretty easy. I love being able to produce something from regular waste that'll benefit my garden. This is top notch! Thank you!
ShelliKittens Thank you because I missed the shredded newspaper part. I wasn't gonna ask but I was gonna rematch or scroll through to find my answer. Thank you do much too.
He should pin you to the top! You answered the question I had about the ammonia:)
Great idea. I am new gardener and just learning so will ask a lot of questions. Subbed ya. Havagudun bud.
Thanks & welcome aboard! 🤙🌴🦜🗿🍹
I just did a fertility test on my completed drunken compost ... I could grow a bus in this stuff. I'm super excited. Starting in on another round of compost!
Blast from the past, man I miss these video's, I know you're into tropical plants now but I'd definitely watch some composting videos if you make anymore.
Perhaps four ounces of molasses diluted in 8 ounces of water (to make up for a 12 oz. can of cola) would work fine. You wouldn't want thick molasses added directly to the sprayer since it might clog up.
Hi there I have tried your method this morning, so sad to see a good beer go but can't wait to see result in two weeks.thanks for the videos
Not sure what happened. I didn't have success with it. I think my Drunken Composting must of went to AA.
seacruse to me all it looks like is mixed up not broken down
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I love this top tip for creating quick compost, thank you! A quick question, my farmer friend dropped off some straw, cow dung mix, it’s pretty fresh. Would I be able to incorporate this into your process. Many thanks and keeping fingers crossed
Instead of ammonia, I let my chickens make their own contributions
Just saw this and I'm going to try it today. I'm starting my first veggie garden this year, been super busy digging up garden plots. My soil is clay so I have a lot of work to do to get the beds ready for planting but I've got 11 oak trees in the yard and tons of leaves still from the fall, they're going to be a great source of soil this summer. Thanks for sharing this idea.
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Excellent as always!
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Started a pile of leaves and fresh green grass with the Drunken formula last Friday. Can't wait to see what it looks like this week. Thanks!
To use urine instead of ammonia, let the urine stand in a jar or container uncovered for several days. You will smell the ammonia that's created when it's ready to use. Just get the kids to pee in a jug or bucket, they will love it! lol
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Thank you so much for this helpful video ! I hope you have a beautiful , productive garden this year !
Drunken compost. LOL Love the mental image that gives me. :)
Praxxus55712 I have to laugh ding the random clicks on RUclips videos and scrolling comments while they play and found an old one of yours. Have you ever tried this method ray?
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This is a really cheap and awesome way to make compost! Thanks a ton.
Fascinating! I would use urine instead of ammonia. Thank you.
Filbert66 his ammonia looked pretty yellow just saying
Yes drink the Beer and pee in a bucket everybody wins.
COOL,...Drunken composting but i'll be trying this out over here!! Thumbs up, subbed and thankin' ya for the COOL Info! :)
Good video. WOOO PIG SOOIE
THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR VIDEO, I ALWAYS DID MY COMPOSTING THE OLD HARD WAY! BUT AFTER YOUR GREAT ADVICE I CAN GET STRAIGHT INTO MY GARDENING.
CHEERS FROM AG" SOUTH AUSTRALIA. 🌻🌴🌵🌱🌲
Thanks for the response! Of course, my last question also got me to thinking about the beer component too, and while there might not be the cheap equivalent as there is with soda and molasses, there actually are organic beers that could be used instead. No doubt the barley, malt, and hops helps but if it's the yeast we want, what about using just a packet (or half packet) of actual yeast? I'm not losing sleep over the chemical traces we might find mind you, just thinking out loud here. Thanks!
Or Brewer’s yeast?
I don't know about mixing ammonia with straight yeast, that *almost* sounds like an accident waiting to happen, no?
Beer is awfully diluted compared to a packet of yeast.
Not really even on par with each other.
What do y'all think?
8 ounces gets diluted over 20 gallons of water that runs through the hose end sprayer.
Like it...i aim to try it this season. Much appreciated.
The nitrogen of the grass needs the carbon of the leaves, to create a well-balanced compost.