Why Your Compost Pile is Taking Forever to Break Down (And How to Fix It!)
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- If you’ve been struggling with composting, this video is here to set you on the right path. I’ll walk you through simple, effective composting methods so you can easily make compost at home. From traditional organic composting to DIY solutions like compost bins from pallets, I cover the basics and golden rules. Whether you’re a beginner or seasoned gardener, this guide will help you understand the process and choose the method that works best for you.
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What temp do you maintain?
Brilliant book, at times I feel I'm doing a university course but brilliant :)
Unless you want rats don’t add food
Just bought it 👍🏻
This is hands down the best, most informative explanation I have seen anywhere. Had a bunch of Aha moments between this and your leaf mold video. Cannot thank you enough for taking the time to share your expertise. Time to go out to the bin!
Glad you enjoyed it Heather. Thats what my channel is about. helping people like you to understand why things work like they do
When I hear a Welshman talking about gardening I know I can trust him.
Hey Oliver. :) Thanks Pal. Being a firefighter too im a pillar of the community lol Only joking
@@simplifygardening Thank you so much for not only your contributions to your community, but across the world!
ThatGuy Ollie I was just thinking why are all the compost and gardening videos I have just watched been with welsh guys I’m not following any set people yet so it’s not even the same few people in different videos
Could Listen to him all day ! 😊
I was wondering what that accent was! thanks
Brilliant video Tony, another one - the best gardening channel I've come across, consistently clear instructions and delivered with authority.
Finally! The carbon to nitrogen ratio explained properly, I have watched many videos and they all give different ratios ( 50/50, 5:1, 5:3, 30:1) no one ever talks about the content of each ingredient. It all makes sense now. Thanks so much
Glad it was helpful Danny. this is the problem I think. A lot of people here the ratios and regurgitate them without really understanding them thats why I made this video
Love the video. I am a compost maker from way back and have being building my own compost heaps for many years. I am strongly in favour of not wasting anything if I can help it and that goes for weeds, vegetable scraps, leaves etc., At present I have 8 compost heaps, bins and barrels in my garden and I still don't have enough of the finished product for my needs. I have just finished "harvesting" one of my bigger bins, (it started out it's life as a rabbit cage) it measure roughly 8 feet long 4 feet wide and roughly 3 feet high. Unfortunately, due to ill health I was unable to turn this pile so it pretty much got left to decompose on it's own. When I uncovered the top layer, some of which was still not broken down, I found the underneath layer to be a fine mixture of beautiful, rich soil ready to start my seeds in, use as mulch or add to my raised beds to top them up ready for the coming growing season. The top layer that still needed to be broken down and a few odds and ends I found in the compost as I harvested it, just went into my next bin and will decompose along with the newer stuff I am putting in it. As a matter of fact that bin is almost full and as I will be unable to turn that one I am leaving it to do it's own thing, so, while that is happening, I sprinkled a couple of inches of finished compost on top and planted a few butternut squash seeds in there to see how well they will do. I did a similar thing with a barrel that I had been using to put most of my household scraps in, I added a layer of rotting leaves every now and then and topped it off also with a couple of inches of finished compost, I now have a great crop of potatoes growing in it, come fall when I harvest the potatoes the bin will be emptied into one of the raised beds and put under a layer of leaves, grass or straw or maybe a combination of all three. Then that bed will be all ready for planting up next year. So for anyone out there who has never tried composting for themselves I would certainly urge them to give it a go, it is the ultimate form of recycling. (Sorry for the long post but you just opened up my pet subject haha) Anyway, take care and stay safe. Sandie from Ontario Canada.
Wow thats great Sandie like you i qish to reusevas much garden waste as possible and making my own is better for the garden
Nice one mate!
That scarecrow scared the living s*** out of me
Same!
i almost though he was going for the knife !
lol Sorry for the late reply
lol Sorry for the late reply
:) Sorry for the late reply
Cheers for the great video, love your bay system!
I only have a small space on my allotment for composting. I use a "holding area" whilst collecting materials to start a batch of compost. I then rot it down using the Berkley compost method, which gives a finished pile in 14-18 days. Making fast batches of compost like this feeds my 300 square metre no dig beds just fine. With this system the pile does not shrink down, another bonus!
A carbon : nitrogen ratio of 25-30:1 makes great bacterial dominant compost and 30-35:1 makes great fungal dominant compost. If you can't be bothered with working out precise ratios try going volumetric using say buckets, or barrows; browns : greens at ratio 2:1 generally works for the lazy gardener.
Hope this helps someone out who: doesn't have much space, needs a lot of compost (fast) and doesn't enjoy maths!!
Excellents advice. Thanks for putting your knowledge here for everyone to benefit 😉👍
I also use the Berkeley method these days. A couple of weeks of effort (in terms of turning the pile/heap every other day), and it's almost finished. As for ratios, I tend to go 50/50 with greens and browns, depending on the time of year and what's available, although our allotment has started to get regular finely-ground woodchip deliveries, which certainly helps with browns during the summer.
NB I really don't think those ratio charts are useful to anyone, at all, let alone anyone new to composting. They're baffling, intimidating, and ultimately irrelevant. Aim for roughly half brown and half green (based on volume alone), chuck it all in, mix it up, add some water, and composting will happen regardless. If you want it faster, keep mixing/turning/flipping the pile every week or so. If you're not in a rush, just leave it for a six months, turn it once, and then it should be done a few months later. Oh, and buy some composting worms online and add them to the pile too. Works wonders.
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Thanks for explaining so simply/directly, including answers to possible problems!!!
Love this video. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience
Your not just a pretty face, you sure know what your talking about. I'm always learning from your videos.
Lol thanks Shirley
I appreciate the description of the compost bins as "Dalek style" :)
:) good
He grew up watch Dr Who
Great video mate, this should be mandatory for every house, it would improve the life of us humans👍🏽
100% agree!
I'm a grandmother in Illinois, USA. We are in the midst of shelter in place orders now. My daughter and my grandies are thankfully working in the garden. It took the pandemic to get everyone to help. I cant do as much as I used to plus I'm watching my other daughter's son since schools are closed for now. I always enjoy watching other gardeners all over the world. Blessings and prayers to you all.
Hi Karen. Im seeing this happening all over the world. I think the current situation has scared a lot of people into learning how to grow their own food
Best of luck to all of you
This was extremely helpful and packed with more information than I’ve ever seen on RUclips. Thank you.
Thanks Victoria. I am glad it has been of interest for you
Dog and human hair that's new for me... we learn stuff everyday
Such passion. Thank you Tony. Very much enjoyed the advice and enthusiasm towards making compost.
I am a complete newbie and having never made compost before, I now feel confident that I can build, set up and produce something half decent.
Thanks.
Adam I have plenty of videos on it including building a compost pile video. if you get stuck just holla
@@simplifygardening Thanks. I even took a screen shot of the Carbon and nitrate deposits so I can follow that closely too.
I have recently had a lot of Ivy taking over in our rather large garden. I have removed much of it. Would you use this as a 'green' also?
I'm not sure as it spreads like wildfire doesn't it.
A few large(ish) branches can be a boon on the floor of a heap, giving oxygen access to the centre and allowing excess moisture to both drain and evaporate. As a pyromaniac I find it fascinating how composting is fundamentally similar to fire in slow motion, material transformed as air rises through a hot core, hence taller and narrower being more furnace-like instead of a cooler, spread-out bonfire.
I used Bamboo to do that, tunnels of air.
hugelkulter beds are built like this. Takes a really long time to break those pieces of lumber down.
@Ching Vang They do. The compost is on the ground and the branches just provide gaps for ventilation. The branches don't suspend the entire heap off the ground.
Tony,
I am almost finished reading your fantastic book, "COMPOSTING MASTERCLASS" and it is absolutely the best book on ALL kinds of composting I have ever read!!! Sooo comprehensive!!! Thank you for all the time, research and hard work you did to write it! Anyone interested in composting will surely get an amazing education from your book!!!
Thank you so much Thom I’m so glad you enjoyed it
@@simplifygardening It is a masterpiece, Tony! Can't wait for your next book!
You know your first vegetable garden is out right?
@@simplifygardening I do now, though I am well past my first garden. My First Garden is next on my list! You know your RUclips channel is also a masterpiece. I have enjoyed and learned from it for years. Tony, you are truly a gift to serious gardeners!
Excellent video! You are clearly a very analytical guy and your rigor in composting is impressive. Your information and principles are the key and every person has to find their own way that works in their situation. I mow a very large lawn and collect a lot of grass during the summer months. I also live under a lot of fir trees so I collect a LOT of fir needles and small fir seed cones. I generate about a cubic yard a month for 6 months, so bins are not practical for me. I have a nice hidden field behind my workshop and I keep two large piles there-- one with fresh content and one with nearly finished compost. I use a tractor with a loader bucket to turn the piles and pile them high. It works great. The second pile gets moved into the garden each spring-- all by shovel and wheelbarrow at that point.
Perfect that’s what it’s all about
I used to belong to a community garden in NYC, and the guy running the earth bins for compost said if the measurements aren't right, the compost will "smell like evil". So if your compost smells like evil, something is terribly wrong LOL
Tons of great info in this video Tony! Thank you for sharing and congrats for passing 50K subscribers :-)
Thanks Liz. SO gutted tonight but I guess thats life
Thank you Tony for a great video. I am lucky - with added hard work - in that I have the means to make about 20 cubic yards of compost a year in two systems. I have nearly half an acre of bracken, nettles, grass etc. which I strim off in summer when it can get up to head height. This is piled up in a big heap which is gradually moved along to keep the system active. This is used on the no-dig vegetables and in the garden where needed. For kitchen waste and smaller waste I have four 900 litre bins where the compost starts at number one and comes out for use from number four. This is used for potting etc. I also have two 70 litre bins that I use for kitchen waste with added greens. This is fed into the first 900 litre bin when full. Complicated I know, but it works for me. Just a word of warning bracken spores from mid-august to mid-september and the spores are decidedly bad for your health so steer clear during that time.
I have a few poor quality - definitely not up to your standard - videos on my channel where I show the compost systems.
One other thing I forgot my wife and daughter work from home producing confidential material so I get a large amount of shredded paper which alll goes into the system.
That is brilliant Malcom and its only complicated if you dont know what your doing, makes no difference if no one else can follow as long as you know and can churn out high quality compost
First time composting after watching your video and it is steaming! I'm so excited and I talk about it to anyone who will listen :)
Thats awesome. I am so glad my video has helped you to get it hot and working for you. Wont be long your going to be growing in your own home made compost. Great job and well done :)
The same here 😁
Great video....but...it would help to expand on the math of the carbon:nitrogen ratios for the math-challenged people in your audience. So for example if I'm using shredded cardboard at 350:1 and veg scraps at 1:25, that's 350:25, which reduces to 14:1. Then to get to the target ratio of 30:1, I'll need 2x cardboard to get to 28:2 and that's close enough to 30:1? Is that the right math (or maths as you say in the UK)? Thanks from Minnesota, USA.
Best explanation of greens and browns I've ever seen. Thank you.
Thank you Nancy i am glad you found value in the video
My husband and I compost, but we just throw things in a couple tubs, but after watching this video I now learned how to have it break down quicker. 👍Thanks
Growing up we had a compost hole next to a pie cherry tree....that tree produced tons of cherries every year as a bonus along with the use of the compost.
All the compost run off was feeding the cherries each year
Nice one Tony! Very informative. More and more Tea Bags are becoming fully compostable as the plastic awareness builds.
Steve
Thats gd news Steve hopefully all companies follow suit
Thanks for this, super informative, the table was really good and helped clarify my misunderstanding. I use a "Hotbin" which is really good (though more expensive) and speeds it all up (I think) but the principles are of course the same. I like the fact that you even ended with what to do with it when you've made it - real end to end help.
Glad it was helpful!
This is a great video!! The most comprehensive and easy to understand that I’ve seen!! Thank you Tony
New to watching you, THANK YOU for sharing your knowledge. What are ideal temps? High VS Low? Can it get too hot? Thank you
Your garden looks amazing. Thanks for sharing the different vistas to show how productive growing your own food can be. Great video 👍
Cheers Chris, Glad you enjoyed the video
Thanks for your excellent videos! Do you recommend hot composting? I’ve just insulated one of four bays as an experiment. Thank you.
Very informative and detailed video, thank you. I appreciate knowing what's happening behind the curtain though I'll be doing more slow composting for the time being , but we'll see. Thanks for the help!
I was surprised I watched the entire 23 minutes of video. Your presentation is so captivating. I am puzzled about the chart. Usually the carbon / nitrogen ration has more carbon to nitrogen even for the greens. But your chart flipped it. Am I supposed to read 25 carbon to 1 nitrogen for hay instead of 25 nitrogen to 1 carbon?
Glad you enjoyed it Yes you need much more carbon over nitrogen, this is not a weight mind its parts as explained in the video. nitrogen is required but is the single reason why heaps turn anerobic. so carbon heaps with enough nitrogen will produce much better and faster
I'm so excited I've learned sooo much from you. You take care to explain everything so clearly. I can't wait to get started. Thank you for taking the time to make these videos! I'm saving each one I waTch so I can use it for a reference when I need a little help. Happy gardening !!
Really informative video packed full of information. The bad thing about trench composting I find is that the foxes always dig it up no matter how deep.
Yeah that can be an issue if you have foxes around
@@simplifygardening Put chicken wire or hardware cloth over the top of it and that will keep critters from digging it up.
I have watched this tutorial before and my compost is very successful because I literally used all of your advice and now have the pleasure of adding it to my beds and knowing that I have healthier food for my family!! Thank you so very much, it’s brilliant!
So glad your now making your own quality compost. Great job :)
hey! so I have access to lots of fresh and old horse manure. Today I took t
3 large bags from the back of the pile which is a year old at least, it had grass growing on it. They didn't flip it or add water, just stored it. Must I still compost it? since it's considered decomposed rather than composted? Thanks in advance from Finland!
Great Video Tony, very enthusiastically delivered. I have a large lawn which generates lots of grass clippings curently trailling mixing them with shredded cardboard in the main compost heap. Also moving away from using the 'plastic' darlex to using a cardboard box for a compost bin, i'll probably trial it with my leaf mulch in the autumn to.
Leaf mulch is great stuff to make too, let me know how the box goes for you
I never thought I'd get pumped for making dirt, but I'm ready to go make some compost! 🤘
Perfect wait until you pull your first batch
What's really a shocking is whenever you get all excited about seeing worms in your compost... Who da thunk an old lady would get excited about worms.
Ok..... now I know why my compost is taking so long to decompose. Thanks Tony for this information.
Glad it was of use Jamie 👍😁
Hi, I feel quite a bit more confused than ever. Do you add any compost worms at all?
You have a better understanding of compost than most. I have not seen you other videos. I saw no mention here about trace elements being a very important part of your compost. Also you did mention to take off the plastics before composting. By using the Archaea composting microbes all plastics are reduced to elemental state. all toxins and pesticides are eradicated. eliminates any and all possible pathogens and parasites. 100% organic approved. Cheers!
Thank you man , i enjoy this video and I'm learning a lot .
I have question; how many days i should turning my compost in order the microbes to do well they are job
Thank you
I’ve just put my pallets for the compost bins in the allotment,it’s great that you have shared this,it gives me more info.thanks for your time and generosity
Your welcome Thomas and glad the info is of use to you
You say put the composter on concrete/ slabs etc to stop rats, but how do the worms then get in and do their work?
Good question
Half of your chart is backwards. Example: Coffee grounds should be 20:1 C/N ratio not 1:20
Hi Don. SHHHHHH good spot though mate. It was done for a reason, so far your the only one to notice which is good. You will see why in a few months, but keep that to yourself it might just help you out
Love your video but your answer is confusing, sorry.
So when do we find out why you made the coffee ratio backwards??
Oh I have not been putting the old hay from my pet bunny in my compost because I thought it would sprout. I will start putting some in.
We get a LOT of oak leaves on my property. Instead of burning them we made one giant pile; like forty cubic yards of them. After them sitting for about a year, I decided to move them with my tractor. I was kind of surprised by the natural composting that had taken place, especially in the interior, but everywhere really. I got some horse manure from a neighbor, which I added. I wet it and turn it every week now ( lucky I have a tractor, I know). Can you recommend a "soil" tester that would analyze the nutrient composition or should I pay to have it professionally tested? I think this is important. Thanks for the video.
I would send it off to a lab as its quite complex from leaves
Thank you for this channel, the work and effort you put into these videos is incredible. I am one of the people who has discovered gardening during the lockdown and your channel has been fantastic for information and inspiration. I've started a few containers for vegetables and I'm planning on starting a raised bed or two next spring. I'm looking to start composting to get me ready for this and I have a couple of questions for you; 1) Where did you get the C/N ratio charts in this video? 2) Do you have a rough guide on the volumes of compost produced for the raw materials used for a compost pile? eg. If you compost a metre cubed of material how much finished product would you expect to get? Thank you for the videos again, I think you may have missed your calling as a teacher!
Those charts I made up for the video, but the information was provided by various universities looking into the CN ratios
Compost usually breaks down to about 30% of what the original pile was.
Tony I also add old soil from pots & garden so I am having great success with mine. Cheers Denise - Australia
Denise, that is perfect. In fact the batch I made in this video is ready and will be showing it in an upcoming video so stay tuned in
I’m sure he explained it perfectly but I’m so confused 🤢
Thank you! Tremendously informative and well-paced!
You're very welcome! thanks and welcome to the channel
Thanks Tony, just started to make my own in 3 x 330 litre bins. The mix ratios are very helpful.
Great video my friend, learn something new every day! Keep it up! :)
thank you for your job. As I know ash is not the best option to use during composting process because it kills bacteria and makes water and air penetration harder. maybe I am wrong but this is all what I know about ash. despite this, I use it with other organic materials for my potatoes at the planting stage.
"Recycled beer" is far better than water for adding to a too dry compost heap, as it contains loadsa nitrogen & other beneficial chemicals & will boost compost heap temperatures.
Not everyone has access to that. also for me its not an option as my son and I are celiacs and need a gluten free diet
@@simplifygardening I think he was referring to urine.
@@ProfesserLuigi but he still doesn't have access to that... :)
Best Chanel for growing , can you do an indepth video on manure please ?
Very informative! Your passion for sharing information is quite obvious. Thank you, I will use your channel as a go to for information.
Awesome, thank you! Welcome to the channel
I love when you call them delek style bins and it's funny because you're not wrong.
Another fantastic video Tony. I have been composting for a few years now but never quite understood the carbon/nitrogen ratio. After watching this I now have a better understanding of this process which I will put into practice. Thank you Tony. 🇦🇺
Thats great laurel glad its helped u a little
I your video was very informative but I have 2 questions. 1. Where is the best place to put your composter, I have the turning kind. 2. So the smaller I cut my stuff the quicker it will turn into compost or what is the time frame? From what I see it takes about 3 months, my garden will be planted by them so thanks for the mulch aspect.
Keep it near where you are constantly walking by it will prevent pests. Smaller you cut the quicker it can even be a month
So hard to explain c/n ratio to folk u did real well here man 👐
Thanks. It takes time to grasp but once u know its easy
Thanks for your informative video🙏. I learnt so much, added my little knowledge about composting😊
I use free local resources to help build my pile. Used coffee grounds form coffee shops, horse manure and bedding, spent brewery grains, kitchen peelings from work. The more the merrier
Great stuff Al. always good to see fellow FIrefighters doing their bit :)
They eat. I compost 🤣
that scarecrow is TERRIFYING
You are so patient in explaining in details the step by step of composting! Thank you very much!
Thanks glad you found value
I have a lot of fruit scraps. Peals, melon rinds, cores… etc. every week I have about 3 grocery store produce bags full of these scraps. Is this volume too much to put into a plastic compost bin (the tall ones)?
no it will deal with it. putt shedded paper or leaves with it
This is the most useful composting video I've yet seen. Thank you.
Thanks Wayne. I really appreciate that :)
Great information! Shout out from Kentucky
Thanks for another great video Tony, much appreciation from up here in Gogledd Cymru. I've been experimenting with the 'lasagne method' where you layer greens and browns alternately and I have a cheap paper shredder in the garage to help with this because at this time of year there is an abundance of greens such as grass cuttings and flower prunings but not so much brown material. Dead leaves are not quite so readily available until autumn so old newspapers and cardboard shredded up are ideal. I turn the heap monthly to aerate it and don't seem to need to add water as there is plenty moisture in the greens from grass clippings and veg peels from the kitchen
Alexis exaclty the same here when i first build the heap i use lasagne methods too
Hi Tony, love your videos … I’m just about to start clearing ivy from my house fence and had numerous conversations with my friends on my allotment site … can it be composted or is it better to bag and get rid of by other means 🇬🇧
I wouldnt recommend composting ivy
Well done Tony , so informative even to an old composter like me, keep up the good work..
Thanks Gordon. Glad you found it of interest
I'm in hot desert area of southern CA. I just make a pile 3 feet high 4 feet wide on the ground, about 3 feet next to my favorite tree (pine or large grapefruit). I turn it 1-2 x per week with a shovel and hose it down with water after layering kitchen scraps and old brown leaves in the garden. Thank you for the detailed info it helps.
I stopped covering with tarp becuz the tarps deteriorated in the hot summers, and the fibers (sometimes plastic) had to be picked out of the compost. Now I leave it uncovered. No rat or rodent problems becuz it's piled high and hot. Away from house so no smell problems. My tree next to the compost loves it's proximity, and thrives with the extra watering & soil near it. Thankyou kind sir!
Thank you for this very informative and clear explanation about composting. Your gardens are beautiful and I learned so much. I am composting in a small bin on my tiny balcony in New York City and will change the ratio of browns and greens based on the table. I can’t wait to see how it turns out. Thank you!
You are so welcome!
Man, i just throw the stuff in the pile and it breaks down. It's never failed. I must be lucky.
Me too . I've been trying this for 3 months now and I've been putting things up at random. I have a ready-made compost and everything is breaks
Never thought I would watch the whole video but it was so interesting that I did. Thank you. I never turn my compost but will from now on.
Hi Christine. I am glad you found it interesting. Sometimes its hard to pass over enough information and keep people watching at the same time. a recent study shows the human race on youtube has an 8 second attention span. even goldfish have 9 seconds lol :)
1. Is it going to work during cold winters?
2. Is it possible to compost indoors?
3. Does the warmth/heat not attract animals?
This man is amazing , hands down !
:) Thanks I am glad you enjoyed my video
Excellent video, thank you sir.
I've noticed nobody has mention peeing on a compost which is a great activator. I have fantastic results doing this and my compost builds up a lot of heat. Sometimes it get's to hot to handle
I do too. Didnt want to mention that
Do you just fill a bucket ?
@@sarah140386 not always, but on my good days yes!
I do too, when up the plot I pee into a bottle and then add to the compost pile and in return I get finnished compost quicker then anyone else on site happy days lol 👍🏴🇬🇧
@@rhomanmason8131 ok, let's discuss 'humanure' next :-) , or maybe we better not
Grest video. Best I've seen. Why can you reuse the Compost from potatoes and not from other vegetables? Can old compost be added to a composter to renew it after a season of growing in it?
Yes Tony you can reuse old compost. and you can reuse it all. dont throw it away, check this video ruclips.net/video/3G9du1Bhlas/видео.html
This was very helpful! I've started a compost bin for my garden in Corpus Christi, Texas and now I know it needs more carbon. I didn't know about adding cardboard. Thank you!
Glad it was helpful! Sorry for the late reply
Aaaaaarrrrggg... Why am I not getting this?? I wish it could be broken down for brand spanking new gardeners.. For example:1cup of grass clippings
4 cups of straw
1/2 cup of worms
1 cup of water
a sprinkle of coffee grounds
1 cup of kitchen scraps
and
2 cups of air..
I have broken it down in my new book that launches early next month so stay tuned for the exact date
@@simplifygardening Thank you for sharing your knowledge. I'm determined to get this right and I look forward to your book. I watched your wonderful potato mistake video and was thoroughly impressed by your bin of composting gold! I'm going to indeed buy your book and until then, binge watch your videos. Thank you again, from a newbie gardener. 🍠🥔🌱🥦🍏🥬🥕🍅🍇🌱☀️
This is so helpful, thank you for sharing!
Thanks. Im glad you found it useful
I see you have enclosed sides in your compost bins and you have put plastic etc on top. How is this allowing the air to circulate?😊
air is already within the pile., and is sufficent when turning is implemented
I enjoyed that subtle Dr. Who reference at 13:58. I can’t be the only one who caught that.😏
A couple of ppl caught it. good spot :)
PG Tips tea bags are fully compostable as they have removed the plastic from the bags.
Yes Kev they are
great video Tony. p.s. chickens are omnivores 😉
Yeah I know ;) lol but its creative choice lol
Not my cat
What do u mean by carbon gives body (@4:35)
Fast compost can be made from anything that once lived. use any amount of browns no greens needed add them if you can get hold of them, save urine and water down 50 / 50 add half a cup of sugar per gallon and pour on inoculate with a sprinkle of finished compost. keep damp and turn every five or six days to let air in and excess ammonia out. works a treat.
Thanks Sidney. I have a follow up video on this in a week or two so stay tuned
Thank you for the fine detail and explanations of why you provided! I've tried composting before with little success because I broke almost everyone of the cardinal rules you went over in the video. I think I can do it much better now that I have the understanding of why to do or not to do.
I just discovered you, THANKFULLY!!!. Amazing content and delivery of crucial information. I love the passion and experience and will follow from now on. The more I watch this video and others the more impressed I am. THANK YOU! you are a wonderful source of inspiration and information to nature and gardening.
Thanks and welcome to the channel. I am glad your enjoying my videos :)
My compost smells very sour. Is that ok?
We only have 2 dalek style bins, and find if we blend the grass cuttings into existing compost each time we empty the mower box, it composts better. It's probably more work but seems a good way to aerate it, as sometimes the cuttings clump together if we simply chuck them in. When they aren't very full we often empty one into the other doing alternate layers of grass and compost, blending it as we go. I think microbes in the existing compost help
Adding nitrogen does heat it up
@@simplifygardening definitely, I couldn't believe the heat coming from a barrow of cuttings that were waiting to go in for couple days.
Love it! Such a comprehensive instructional. I’m excited to start composting!
That is brilliant Christine. I'm here to help motivate people into gardening and improving their soil quality and soil life
Very informative,thank you.
Making compost is something that fascinates me, so this was really interesting.
Glad its been of interest to you. Thanks for commenting 😁👍
What about adding aged chicken manure to up the nitrogen?
i live near a large fishmongers ----- and during the winter i collect fish heads and tails from them for free --- which goes into my compost pile --along with chicken carcess / bones .
never had a problem with rats but i do understand that they are a pest in some areas !
You are very lucky Paul
There must be plenty of cats nearby?
@@mikeharrington5593 cats are way too lazy to dig more then a few inch down.
as i have proved to myself by burying the fish heads /chickens etc in trench es in the actual garden itself !
Great vidoi Tonny .I make compost with cardboard and garden waste with cardboard at 360/1 and waste at 1/ 30 this equal 12/1 ratio do I need 2/5 times more cardboard to get 30/1 ratio
its the weighted amount not volume
@@simplifygardening thank you for your reply regards Roger