Emptying My Hot Compost Bin and Starting a New Pile
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- Опубликовано: 15 сен 2024
- I enjoy taking the waste from my yard and kitchen and turning it into beautiful compost. I can then use the compost to grow all of the food and flowers I enjoy in my space. I have tried many types of composting over the years. The composting method that I prefer in my Saskatchewan, Canada climate is hot composting. Hot composting can take a bit more effort, but produces compost in a fairly short period of time and helps deter pests from settling into the compost bin.
I grow flowers and vegetables in Saskatchewan, Canada. My cold hardiness zone is zone 3b. I have an average of 110 frost free growing days each year. The past few years have seen our temperatures go as low as -37C (-34.6F) to as high as 37C (98.6F). Come see what and how I grow in these conditions.
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Wow! Great job Prairie Plantgirl!👍
It's so hot here that I get hot compost from my trashcan method. I don't turn or stir it. And when I dig some out it's warm and beautifully broken down.
We were at 103 today with a heat index of 108. Tomorrow we are supposed to hit 107. Great compost making weather.😄
Thanks for encouraging me to make my own compost...it really is fun and rewarding.👩🏾🌾💕
That is one benefit of your hot weather!
Believe me, I know how much work that is! I made a new screen just like that and screened my compost about 2 weeks ago to top dress my empty garlic beds. Then I planted some quick-growing Asian vegetables to get a crop before I resow my garlic. I also cleaned out my cold frame, top dressed, and planted similar stuff there , including carrots and winter radish. The unfinished stuff gets tossed back in and I start over. I do that about twice a year. My temp never exceeds 100°F.
That is awesome!
PPG, that’s some beautiful compost that you have created. I have the same compost bin that you are storing your finished compost in, I use it to do my composting. I have a small yard her in Southern California so it takes a long time to fill it completely. Happy Gardening 🧑🌾
Up until last fall that was the bin I made compost in. I really like that bin compared to two other purchased types I’ve used.
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I do late season in a simple place on the garden soil and after about 6 inches of garden waste or leaves or grass clippings I simply toss on enough garden soil to help break it down adding layers until it's a mess then turning into a stack and adding some water and covering it up at times.My method take about till planting time usually dressing seedlings at planting time.
If we're seeing worms we are doing something right is my thoughts.
Feeding the soil then selecting the seeds/ seedlings and the soil feeds what I need it's a great system. I don't see mice ( can't say they have never been around.But just grass clippings can attract rodents..
I'm truly enjoying my Thourburg Terracotta in my salad and I usually just adding them without other dressings but not my wife's favorite but mine.
We got Mrs.Wages brand ketchup mixture and will be making some with the Thourburg Terracotta and also with the Black Krim tomatoes.I believe the store ketchup will probably have more sugar and many ingredients so we'll expect to enjoy homemade ketchup as we do like or salsa better than the Mexican restaurants that was a very pleasant surprise.
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That’s great info. Thanks for sharing!
I find that the paper coffee filters and any type of tea bags take a long time do break down. I have to make myself a sifter like you have. I already have the wire mesh. All I need is to get some wood for the frame. I am waiting to see how the maple leaves will look like this Fall. Last year they were covered with powdery mildew so I didn't use them in my compost. When they look normal, I vacuum them with my leaf blower/vacuum which shreds them into little pieces which decompose pretty fast.
I don’t have much issue with coffee filters, but tea bags take a long time to break down.
Those leaf vacuums that mulch are great for collecting leaves for compost. I used to go through all the extra bags of leaves that I’d get from people and run them through my leaf vacuum. It is a dusty job, and I’ve stopped going through that extra step. I still use it for my own leaves from my yard.
@@PrairiePlantgirl You never know what may be lurking in that bag or a garbage can of neighbour's leaves. Couple years ago, I accidently vacuumed up a piece of gravel, which made a hole through the barrel of my leaf blower/vacuum near the top. I had to use the duct tape and wrap it around the barrel a few times. So far, it's helping.
Yes, I’ve had a few bits of gravel and large mulch go through. I haven’t had damage yet. A few times I was sure something blew through the bag - but never found a hole!
I imagine that the amount of compost you made would cost $100.
I believe it saves a lot of money making my own compost!
@@PrairiePlantgirlmaking it yourself has another benefit: you know what is in it
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