Garden Trench Composting and a Basic Compost Bin: Chop Up Your Garden Leaves and Bury Them!
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You can chop up your leaves and bury them in a trench when you have 5 months or so before you would use your beds in the spring. Here is how I do it. You may not have composted before so I show you a basic bin you can make out of chicken wire. I actually use 2 of my chicken wire cucumber trellises to build my winter compost bin.
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As always you are right on time!
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All of my planting is in containers, but I'm thinking of building a small raised bed just to make soil/compost in - for my containers. Many of my buckets/containers do not touch the ground, so they are pretty much sterile as far as having critters to break down the soil in them. All of the containers that do touch the ground have screening in the bottom of them to prevent soil loss, so not a lot of critters access those buckets/containers either. My "garden" area has taken over the driveway in the rear of my house, and consists of alternating strips of grass (with very shallow depth) and cement slabs to drive a vehicle up. All this is contained in a yard/driveway that is only about 12 foot wide, with the growing area about 36 feet long.
I mostly grow tomatoes, with all of them going up baling twine approx 10ft high, to Tomohooks strung on two parallel 36 ft long cables. I have a good sized maple tree at the bottom of the yard/driveway that drops a lot of leaves, that I've had to get rid of over the years. It would be nice to utilize them in my garden. I have very little space to do any kind of composting, plus need to watch what I may attract to it ( my dog does not play well with critters, and has had nasty encounters with them as it is - last one being a raccoon). I'll have to see what I can do with those leaves, as well as all the plant matter left from the containers next year ...... as they say "when there's a will - there's a way! Take care ...... happy gardening.
That sounds wonderful. I use the liquid soluble ferts for containers just for that reason. Sometimes they don't have soil critters and life to break down the insoluble types. Thanks for the information.
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Great video and perfectly timed as I was just thinking about that!
Yeah great to use the resources out there.
Plus they can be used as a mulch too. I also see you have lots of other things to add to you compost pile.
Yep it makes a great mulch. More will be going in my compost.
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I’m not advertising for them but a couple of years ago I purchased the Sun Joe Shredder Joe 12 in. 13 Amp 16:1 Reduction Ratio Electric Leaf Mulcher/Shredder. I blow my leaves in a pile and send them through
the shredder and the come out the size of a dime or smaller. It’s a bit more work but it does a good job for me.
That is a perfect size. Thanks
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Great idea! I saw some tv garden show episode years ago in which the leaves were put in a metal barrel and the weed trimmer was placed inside and ran for a few minutes. Have you ever tried anything like this?
This is a great idea. I might borrow it for a video.
Yes we really enjoyed this
Glad to help. It is effective.
Hi I recently tried to make compost using house hold vegetable scraps and a few green leafs this I used for greens and so I used cardboard and shredded paper for brows. I turn this mix once every 10 days. Today while turning the mix i noticed that there are lots of white worms wriggling and also noticed eggs of some insect. Is this normal ? I am doing this in a plastic 7 gallon drum. pls need your advice on whether I should keep this or throw it all and start again ?
Thats awesome! 🍁🍁🍁🍁Take care
You too. It is effective.
Excellent Video.
Thanks
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Thank you again Gary, I love composting videos... I don't know why but I am obsessed with composting and vermicomposting. I currently have three 50 gallon worm bins on the go and I hope to add more next spring! I have been through a lot of your videos, do you have any worm bins? :)
I use the regular compost method. I have the black bins and I try to keep the ratio work. Works great in the warm months. But as you said, it's slow in the colder months. Have you tried anything with red wigglers? I hear they are like the cockroaches of the worm family as they go in there and break down and multiply like crazy Lol
I have tried the red wigglers. I know I set my compost up on a raised bed and the regularly worms have at it.
Very practical and informative nice video you helping some people who thinks leaves as a garbage
TY
Gary, I am just getting started in gardening. I have been trying to get some Stevia plants started. I ordered some seeds and planted them according to another video I watched. It said that Stevia seeds are hard to get started because many of them don't get pollinated so they don't sprout. I have had several sprout but they don't seem to be growing. It has been several months since they came to the surface and they are still very small and don't seem to be growing at all. Do you have any suggestions?
Like my Dear.
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Hello do you use your lawn mower to add grass clippings to your compost?
Yep. The bin is a mix of leaves and grass. Come spring, the binned browns will get green grass clippings.
Do you add oak leaves too to the raised bed,do leaves make soil acidic,please share your experience
I do with no worries. The issues really is more of a concern if you have an acidic soil to start with. You can always throw a handful of lime on the leaves and let Nature neutralize itself.
Butter Nut, things like pine needles, spent coffee grounds and tree leaves wont acidify soil. As these materials break down, they quickly reach a neutral ph, which is why most finished compost sits right around a 7 (neutral) on the ph scale. I hope this helps.
Great video! Can u put kitchen scrapes in bin during winter?
Yep. Things just breakdown slower in winter. Ill toss stuff into that pile too.
i think it would chop the leaves better if you don't have the basket on and only put it on for the final pass to pick up the leaves
Hey that is wise, great idea. Going to do that for now on.
If you have compost bin no need to shred the leaves
THanks
I/ve been putting them in a trash can or such and shredding with the weed eater
That works
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Sound quality needs improvement. Other than that Ok video.
So that was a test run. It was actually super high winds. In the past I couldn't shoot. Thanks for the feed back as I work out the external mic. I should be able to improve it.