The Art of Lazy Composting | How to Make High-Quality Compost the Simple Way

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  • Опубликовано: 15 май 2024
  • Lazy composting. It is my favourite way to make fantastic homemade compost and is perfect for anyone looking for a simple way to make compost in your own vegetable gardens. backgardens or allotments. Whilst methods like hot composting have their benefits, they often need a lot of intensive work in a short space of time, as well as a lot of ingredients all in one go. Lazy composting is far more accessible for homegrowers and there is only one simple rule you need to follow when it comes to adding things to your compost bin.
    This video is suitable if you're a beginner looking up 'how to make compost' as well as seasoned gardeners who are after a more 'no rules composting method' to follow. I am sharing the composting technique we have been using for over 15 years to make fantastic homemade compost for our permaculture kitchen garden.
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    Green Materials:
    Used coffee grounds & plastic-free teabags
    Unseeded weeds
    Fruit & veg scraps
    Lawn clippings
    Horse & cow manure
    Finished plants/plant tops
    Comfrey & Nettles
    Seaweed
    Spent brewery grain if you have a local brewers
    Hair clippings from the barber
    Brown materials:
    Dust from vacuuming
    Cardboard & newspaper
    Wood chippings & sawdust
    Autumn leaves
    Hay & straw
    Autumn & winter prunings
    Pine needles
    Woodash
    Tissues
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    Pet bedding from herbivores
    Chapters:
    0:00 Introduction
    0:39 What to Expect
    1:02 What is Compost?
    1:14 Size of bin needed
    1:54 Greens and Browns
    2:22 Grass Clippings Tip
    2:57 Adding Ingredients the Lazy Way
    3:49 The One Rule
    5:04 When a bin is full
    6:29 When is Compost Ready?
    7:30 A Note on Rats
    8:20 How Many Bins to Have
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  • @HuwRichards
    @HuwRichards  3 года назад +841

    Just wanted to let you know that every video I now upload has correct captions, rather than the terrible RUclips automated captions. This is due to popular request from viewers who aren't native English speakers, as well as others who have hearing impairments. I hope you enjoy the video😀

    • @jamesgrieve309
      @jamesgrieve309 3 года назад +4

      I am not a native speaker of Englisch and I have a problem with this text.
      What do you mean with "correct captions"

    • @HuwRichards
      @HuwRichards  3 года назад +13

      @@jamesgrieve309 You know the RUclips subtitles feature? Click subtitles for this video and you will see what I mean :)

    • @Gartenlust
      @Gartenlust 3 года назад +27

      I'm not a native English speaker either, but you speak so slowly and clearly that I don't need subtitles on your channel. I like your singing Welsh accent. :)

    • @jamesgrieve309
      @jamesgrieve309 3 года назад +27

      @@Gartenlust I have no problems to understand him either. I just didn't know what he meant with "captions". Now I know because your answer helped me to understand. As I mentioned I can understand Hue very well, but my English is not good enough to understand every word in his videos. This is why I am very glad to have the captions. I can read the words and can look up the ones I didn't know in a dictionary.

    • @c.s.5177
      @c.s.5177 3 года назад +12

      Very considerate. :)

  • @MikeH_PR
    @MikeH_PR 3 года назад +453

    Apart from being helpful, these films are just so damned well produced. I worked in TV & I know how much work goes into this. Kudos to you & your camera operator & editor 👍🏻

    • @professormonkey1151
      @professormonkey1151 2 года назад +15

      Thanks Mike H for bringing that to light. I agree that the video is done well. I forget that it is also an art.

    • @fcres5845
      @fcres5845 2 года назад +10

      Thankyou for the kind words 👍

    • @korzer
      @korzer Год назад

      Great boot licking

    • @endtimesareuponus8930
      @endtimesareuponus8930 Год назад

      Watch the cussing !!

    • @christinalynn8143
      @christinalynn8143 Год назад +1

      Seems he could have his own tv show!!! The time to garden. 😁 Now. Now is of course always changing. He has a good tv presentation, the education smarts, I agree, the videos, material, information is 👍

  • @mustafabrennpaste6521
    @mustafabrennpaste6521 3 года назад +78

    I just throw all on it that I have. No order, no rules and yet I still get a good fine compost and my plants love it.

    • @kaalamankusinaatkantahan3487
      @kaalamankusinaatkantahan3487 2 года назад

      Is it necessary to dry it still?

    • @Sypherz
      @Sypherz 2 года назад +2

      Me too. Having multiple bins helps a lot with this.

    • @thecurrentmoment
      @thecurrentmoment 2 месяца назад +1

      ​@@kaalamankusinaatkantahan3487 why would you need to dry compost?

  • @davidchester429
    @davidchester429 2 года назад +17

    My office shreds paper all the time. I take bags of that home. Mixed with kitchen scraps it produces great compost

  • @Kiyarose3999
    @Kiyarose3999 3 года назад +135

    I don’t have a garden so I do my composting in a Black plastic Dustbin on my balcony, so most of what goes into it is kitchen scraps. I started the compost off by adding old Soil from some Flower pots, then gradually built it up over two years. Now I have a second Black plastic Dustbin( found them both in skips) that I’ve got half full. I have a small area where I can get away with growing food crops in pots, so I’ve been using the compost for those. Because the compost is 95% kitchen scraps it makes the compost a bit damp, so it doesn’t get hot enough to kill seeds, which I like cos then I get all sorts of fruits etc growing out of my pots. So far I’ve got a Grape Vine seedling, Apple and Cherry Tree saplings,

    • @pedrosgarden
      @pedrosgarden 3 года назад +7

      Think about the possibility of vermicomposting.

    • @suzyq6767
      @suzyq6767 3 года назад +3

      You might add paper for a carbon source.

    • @crpth1
      @crpth1 3 года назад +5

      "...compost a bit damp" add some dry carbon to the mix. In the form of paper, cardboard, sawdust, wood shavings... pretty much whatever you can get your hands on. It will take care of the damp and smell issues!

    • @Kiyarose3999
      @Kiyarose3999 3 года назад

      @@pedrosgarden Ive never heard of ‘’Vermicompostin’’, whats that?

    • @Kiyarose3999
      @Kiyarose3999 3 года назад +6

      @Ed B Yes I know most fruit seeds don’t grow true to the fruit they come from, I expect to get a Crab Apple Tree, I recently watched a vid of a person had grafted 3-4 varieties of Apple onto the Crab Apple. Re the Cherry, it might fruit like the Cherry it came from, as a friend of Mine grew some Cherryplum Trees from fruit we got from a local Cherryplum Tree. I’m not expecting any fruit worth having from the Grape Vine, although I’ve been told if I grow a different variety next to the one I have, that it will grow better Grapes, also I’ve been told if you prevent the Grapes from growing the first fruiting season, that the second season will produce better Grapes. The first idea ie growing a second different variety sounds like it could possibly work. But the latter idea of not letting the Vine fruit in first season, sounds a bit far fetched, if it was a good Vine from the start then that idea might work. I have a new Tree from my comoist this year, I think it is a Pear Tree if so it might produce good fruit, the reason I say that is cos my friend with the Cherryplum Trees, also has a Conference Pear Tree that he said just appeared one year, so it must have been either from a bird pooing the seeds out or from compost. Now it is a Mature 20 feet tall Tree that produces a lot of fruit every year. But really I’m happy just having the 3 Trees regardless if they fruit or not, as its nice to see the Trees from my kitchen window, and knowing I’m doing a little bit towards CO2 capture. When I have a few more Trees I am thinking of planting the ones I have in a local ‘wild’ green area.

  • @stephaniezeh1074
    @stephaniezeh1074 3 года назад +44

    The noises in this video make me so excited to get back in the garden.

    • @HashPhantom
      @HashPhantom 3 года назад +1

      Gardening ASMR

    • @helenebennie3961
      @helenebennie3961 2 года назад +1

      I loved the sound the secateurs cutting the fennel/dilly (unsure which) and them landing in the wheelbarrow too.

  • @LegumesEtFleurs
    @LegumesEtFleurs 3 года назад +17

    I have been lazy composting since I started gardening here in France. Tomorrow I will be completely emptying the compost bin, with all the wormies. Lol. They all go to the new flower bed I am preparing for Spring. I should ask my 6 year old daughter to “jump in” the compost. She will be more happy to do it. 😁

  • @catts4christ
    @catts4christ 3 года назад +93

    I really appreciate the recommendation and explanation for 3 compost bins! It seems so simple, but, as a beginning gardener, the idea had eluded me, and I was struggling to understand how to eventually have finished compost when I was regularly adding content to my single compost pile. Thank you!

    • @Thelmageddon
      @Thelmageddon 3 года назад +8

      With a small bin they often have a removable flap at the bottom, so hopefully your bottom half is ready first and you can scrape it out.

    • @pmg2016
      @pmg2016 Год назад +1

      You can put away unfermented and half fermented matter. Beneath that you will get fully fermented manure. Thus emptying the bean, you can put unfermented matter first in the bean or pit whatever it is. and half fermented afterwards.

  • @kyleebenstein3442
    @kyleebenstein3442 3 года назад +9

    Loved the stylistic camera shooting of this one. Plus great tips. Thanks Huw!

  • @ChuckUnderFire
    @ChuckUnderFire 3 года назад +60

    That camera is just never gonna compost. But I loved the intro!

    • @HuwRichards
      @HuwRichards  3 года назад +14

      Give it a few hundred years😉 Thank you, it was great fun filming and editing it!

    • @rebeccamcnutt5142
      @rebeccamcnutt5142 3 года назад

      😄

  • @amayatheperson1074
    @amayatheperson1074 3 года назад +2

    Thank you so much! This video is very helpful, simple and not too long! Love watching you go about the garden !

  • @reallysmallfrisby
    @reallysmallfrisby 3 года назад +13

    As ever thanks for an informative and well made gardening video, your videos have been helping me make a start with an allotment over the past few months, also don't be afraid to be weird in videos it's adorable seeing you jumping on he compost pile tbh.

  • @NeilMagill
    @NeilMagill 3 года назад +11

    Thanks for the tips on composting. I've moved into a house that has two bins (Daleks), so this has really encouraged me to start filling them!

  • @wyominghome4857
    @wyominghome4857 Год назад +4

    I actually discovered this years ago in California when I forgot about a pile of leaves and yard waste at the back of the yard. By the next spring when I finally got back to gardening I stumbled upon it and discovered it was all compost...all by itself!

  • @wudangmtn
    @wudangmtn Год назад

    Love this channel. It is one of a half dozen channels that I turn to for gardening and permaculture info. Thanks.

  • @ikillprettythingz7947
    @ikillprettythingz7947 3 года назад +1

    The grass tip is great to know. Never started composting before because I thought it would smell. Thank you for sharing.

  • @valium-fm7236
    @valium-fm7236 3 года назад +48

    Years ago I was given a top tip to get your compost going and help it break down the matter quicker . The guy told me - collect your. “first P” of the day and pour it over the compost. Something about enzymes and other big words. It works a treat. I’ve done a comparison and the one that had the “first P” did a lot better than the compost that didn’t.

    • @cynthiafisher9907
      @cynthiafisher9907 3 года назад +5

      Urine has a lot of nitrogen, I think. It’s interesting that it might matter what time of day you collect it, though.

    • @valium-fm7236
      @valium-fm7236 3 года назад +12

      @@cynthiafisher9907 it’s because it’s been in the bladder longer , like over night. Approx 8 hours. Giving time for it to collect nitrogen’s etc and not be watered down. (No pun intended). Most people go to the toilet around every 75 mins - 100 mins during the day(approx) Disclaimer- I’m not a urologist 😉

    • @cynthiafisher9907
      @cynthiafisher9907 3 года назад +4

      @@valium-fm7236 Oh, I see. I guess that makes sense, it’s more concentrated.

    • @valium-fm7236
      @valium-fm7236 3 года назад

      @@cynthiafisher9907 that’s the one 😁

    • @Tlhakxza
      @Tlhakxza 3 года назад +3

      Ahhhh Thanks for the tip👍🏿👎🏿👊🏿 I am a first time compost maker so this means it’s gonna come in handy...Thank You

  • @coyotetacticalsolutions
    @coyotetacticalsolutions 2 года назад +24

    Been watching all your videos lately. You’re like the Bob Ross of gardening. Videos are always straight forward, peaceful, and make everything we know is hard look so damn easy. Keep it up. Also got your book ordered.

  • @davidleakey2721
    @davidleakey2721 Год назад

    Thank you for sharing this video.
    This is what I have been doing and trying to spread this message of simple “lazy” composting.

  • @lazone3184
    @lazone3184 2 года назад +1

    Merci beaucoup Huw ! Tu a une simplicité en toi qui est rafraîchissante !

  • @innerstream
    @innerstream 3 года назад +56

    This is the first “ jump on it” compost video I’ve seen! Love it! Great vid as always Huw! Thank you!

    • @thomasfuchs9451
      @thomasfuchs9451 3 года назад +4

      I feel like this pushes out oxygen. I try to keep it as loose as possible, keeping a lot of air in. I think Dowding does the same and only turns his compost once.

    • @mamo9389
      @mamo9389 2 года назад

      @@thomasfuchs9451 Same here, I also try to keep it loose. In the video he uses garden left overs as a whole..the lazy methode. I can imagine this is the reason why he needs to compact the compost heep quite a bit...it's just too much air in between the materials.

  • @simplifygardening
    @simplifygardening 3 года назад +108

    Great tips on composting Huw. This time of year there is a lot of green matter while we are cleaning our gardens.

    • @davidbutlin8271
      @davidbutlin8271 3 года назад +5

      I agree with most of it apart from the rats part. In my experience if you build any kind of structure where rats can hide be warm sheltered then you will get rats even if you never put meat dairy bread etc in the heap they will make a home.

    • @Misterdandamanify
      @Misterdandamanify 3 года назад +2

      Green matter matters

  • @joshcook9487
    @joshcook9487 2 года назад

    Its nice to hear someone who knows what they are doing and why they do it

  • @yeskeepgoing2919
    @yeskeepgoing2919 3 года назад +1

    Thank you so much this is the best one I have seen and so easy to make. I have had all these greens and browns laying around and your video has definitely inspired me to start doing this. Why did I only just use veges scraps...thanks again man. Your channel is the real deal.

  • @pilkyish
    @pilkyish 2 года назад +3

    The production quality of your videos is second to none. Fantastic stuff!

    • @HuwRichards
      @HuwRichards  2 года назад +1

      Thanks, what a lovely comment! Glad you like them

  • @Liz-lp3ms
    @Liz-lp3ms 3 года назад +23

    Huw, you're too much fun :) I wish you were my neighbor here in Texas. I have greatly benefitted from watching your videos. Your efforts in sharing your pearls of wisdom are truly appreciated. Thank you!!!!

    • @Giove83
      @Giove83 3 года назад

      More to the point I wish YOU was my neighbor liz, you stunner. Happy gardening!

  • @koto3754
    @koto3754 2 года назад

    I’m so glad I found this video. I needed this no nonsense approach to start out with. Too many requirements were a deterrent for me to start.

  • @voidsibyl
    @voidsibyl 2 года назад +2

    This was an AMAZING video, I cannot thank you enough for this.

  • @juliaauweiler3246
    @juliaauweiler3246 3 года назад +15

    I started using your"lasagna"-method last spring and I this year I can use my first compost. I was so happy about the result! :) The rule of using 2 buckets of browns and 1 bucket of greens is really easy to remember. Thank you very much! Keep up the great work.

  • @jasonn668
    @jasonn668 2 года назад +15

    This is now my most favorite gardening channel. video quality is amazing, and everything is explained so well and easy to understand. Thank you so much, can’t wait to learn more.

    • @HuwRichards
      @HuwRichards  2 года назад +1

      That's so great to hear! Thank you :)

  • @uthrones
    @uthrones 6 месяцев назад

    Wow, what an awesome distillation of the most foundational elements of life. Needed now more than ever, thanks.

  • @radharcanna
    @radharcanna Год назад

    A great, useful guide to composting. A nicely produced video too. It makes all the difference.

  • @macker155
    @macker155 3 года назад +3

    Thanks Huw for your update.
    I have 3 bins made from pallets.
    I've been using the bins for different stages, turning compost from one bin to next so that the last bin is the final stage. I considered this as turning the compost but I gather from you that you don't turn at all.

  • @LiliansGardens
    @LiliansGardens 3 года назад +7

    For the topic alone.. a big like. Then I enjoy learning I can put the materials in as they come. Thanks.

  • @selberdenker6138
    @selberdenker6138 3 года назад +1

    Ich liebe diesen Mann! Super Videos, danke❣

  • @TheNorthernrobbie
    @TheNorthernrobbie Год назад

    Fantastic just what I needed having built a compost bin this morning at the allotment

  • @niallgardens
    @niallgardens 3 года назад +20

    Really interesting video, thanks Huw! So many people like to make out that compost is this tricky, exact science and I think it can put others off (including me in the past). This was brilliant and makes it really accessible!

    • @SC15R
      @SC15R 2 года назад

      Hand Picked Green Chillies at back yard garden
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  • @hollymartin9563
    @hollymartin9563 3 года назад +7

    I'm so pleased to have found Jack Whithall's farming twin

    • @HuwRichards
      @HuwRichards  3 года назад +1

      Thanks Holly😉

    • @dahmed8993
      @dahmed8993 3 года назад

      @@HuwRichards dont think that was a compliment lol

    • @HuwRichards
      @HuwRichards  3 года назад +3

      @@dahmed8993 I don't care😉 I like Jask Whitehall

    • @dahmed8993
      @dahmed8993 3 года назад

      @@HuwRichards hehe...just came across your channel, good channel well worth watching

    • @rebeccamcnutt5142
      @rebeccamcnutt5142 3 года назад

      LMAO
      When he (JW) was on Graham Norton talking about doing Who Do You Think You Are? with his father: "I am deeply upset; I had no idea we were Welsh!" 😂😂😂

  • @gerryshort1426
    @gerryshort1426 6 месяцев назад

    This is the first time I have watched your video. I have struggled with compost making for years. but your simple approach. very clear instructions. Give me the confidence going forward. thank you.

  • @loisjong
    @loisjong 10 месяцев назад

    I love your jumping in the compostbin! 😀

  • @EMSpdx
    @EMSpdx 3 года назад +15

    Thank you! For those of us with smaller urban yards, the Dalek type compost bins are all we have space for; but now I will try to design a bin with wooden boards that will give the same sort of area space for heating up and breaking down garden matter.

    • @HuwRichards
      @HuwRichards  3 года назад +5

      You can grow on top and up the sides of a compost bin too :)

  • @lyndaturner3592
    @lyndaturner3592 3 года назад +3

    Loved the video , gave me the idea to use my two chicken wired containers for compost and my Dalek type plastic ones for leaf mould

    • @HuwRichards
      @HuwRichards  3 года назад

      Great thinking Lynda! Thank you for watching :)

  • @Om_garden
    @Om_garden Год назад

    I always learn so much from your videos. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with all of us!

  • @Christinahello
    @Christinahello 2 года назад

    I love hearing the intro 🥺. “Hello, and a very warm welcome.” Love it

  • @deepaseralathan7465
    @deepaseralathan7465 3 года назад +44

    Anyone else thinks it is not lazy enough for you 🤣 I just bury the scraps in different places in the garden and they disappear. No matter how much I leave behind in the garden, I seem to get bare soil in the spring and nothing left to mulch. I like the jumping and the smell of compost though.

    • @littlefurballs
      @littlefurballs 3 года назад +4

      haha my degree of laziness when it comes to composting won’t benefit with what was shared here! 😆 I’ve found the dig and drop or trench composting methods to be the best one for me. My yards produce a ton of brown matter, and I have a lot of fruit/vegetable leftovers every single day. So much more productive for me, even if it takes longer. However, this was still a very informative video, as I do like to have a small area of active composting for use in other areas. I love the smell of compost!

    • @rahmansetiawan4085
      @rahmansetiawan4085 2 года назад +2

      Maybe "chop and drop" technique is the best for me, because mowing the grass takes a long time, and i don't want to waste time gathering it. So i used the chop n drop technique as used by other permacultures.

  • @carolineowen7846
    @carolineowen7846 3 года назад +9

    Great video, thank you for the tips :)
    On rats & vermin in compost, if you don't own a cat, but have a neighbourhood cat who visits (or could visit) your garden, be friendly to it, and leave a terracotta saucer of rain water out, then the cat will deter any vermin, inc pigeons. If there are several cats around where you live, either put down two water dishes at opposite edges of the boundry, so there is no conflict over resources as they will usually only toilet on the boundaries of their own territory, or where there is a conflict of territory. They don't like to toilet near their water sources - this is an instinct.
    The cat(s) will naturally deter rodents & pigeons. Although a friend of mine did have some water voles who used to regularly visit & dine in his compost bin, although it situated very near a stream. Originally we thought it was rats / mice, until they got brave enough to peek at the person bringing the fruit & veg scraps. They particularly liked watermelon, fruit and all the high water content kitchen waste scrapps, they tunnelled in from underneath, the compost broke down pretty quickly. The cat did get one or two though :( & my friend was very careful when stirring the compost. He also swears by adding well roasted egg shells to, that are crushed.

    • @kathya739
      @kathya739 2 года назад

      Such great tips from this group. I've learn a lot. Thank you(and others), for commenting

    • @carlduffin9199
      @carlduffin9199 Год назад

      Any cat in my garden gets an early bath and a boot up the backside.

  • @chalisblur
    @chalisblur 3 года назад +1

    Thank you for sharing this method!
    Hope the new year has been and continues to be good for you and your fam!

  • @shinchando7240
    @shinchando7240 3 года назад

    Simple and powerful process. Brilliant job mate.👍👍

  • @Wings91
    @Wings91 3 года назад +4

    What great timing! Our new chickens and ducklings are making a lot of bedding that I knew SHOULD be useful but what and how ??! Perfect, Huw, thank you again.

  • @emmanueldangata1042
    @emmanueldangata1042 3 года назад +5

    The content is great. Plus the video is so professionally done. Love from Nigeria.

  • @gabrielledennis4103
    @gabrielledennis4103 3 года назад

    Thanks for the video and list of handy items for compost.

  • @maryloumckeever7563
    @maryloumckeever7563 2 года назад

    A great no nonsense video on composting. Thanks Huw

  • @tess764
    @tess764 3 года назад +42

    To avoid rats use only vegetation in open bins (leaves and grass clippings). Use a closed system (I use a storage tote with small holes on the side) for food scraps. In the summer the black soldier fly larvae moves in, they are gone in Nov. After the food scraps decomposes then it goes on the main compost pile.

    • @amanda-ei2mg
      @amanda-ei2mg Год назад +4

      I have phobia of rats so thank you for this tip.

    • @trish3580
      @trish3580 Год назад +2

      I am doing this too - I've done pretty much every method of the 20+ years I've been gardening here on and island with forests...so I've come to accept that there will be rats...minimal but they will come. The do not dirty the place they sleep in (I think) so when they are sleeping in the compost they aren't pooping in it :) If I'm wrong that is still ok as our rats are forest rats not sewer rats....and if you have a decent size garden you are likely not in the downtown city centre (with the sewer rats ) :)

    • @debrapaulino918
      @debrapaulino918 Год назад +1

      I keep an lrg empty ice cream container in my freezer. When filled it is buried into a hole in my garden. No animal products no dairy except rinsed egg shells. No critters. Works great. Thick layer of leaves in fall I'll work into it in spring. My bed is 3' wide strip at edge of lawn and idk but 2-250' long? So far. Lousy soil but coming around. I'll bury along edge and between plants now. Works great.

    • @debrapaulino918
      @debrapaulino918 Год назад +1

      ​@@amanda-ei2mg Just a fyi you will looove 😂. Lewis and Clark Journals. One entry described rats on the Missouri in one place the size of dogs! Idk what kind he meant but...if you like western history it's a great read.

    • @debrapaulino918
      @debrapaulino918 Год назад +1

      ​@@trish3580 could a lid barrier using chicken wire work?

  • @alexriddles492
    @alexriddles492 3 года назад +5

    Speaking of lazy, I have given up on raking leaves. When I have autumn leaves all over my lawn I get the lawn mower, put on the grass catcher, and chop the (brown) leaves mix them with (green) grass clipping and dump it all on the compost bin. If I do this while it's still wet with rainwater or dew it's even better.

    • @tess764
      @tess764 3 года назад

      What kind of mower does that?

    • @alexriddles492
      @alexriddles492 3 года назад

      @@tess764 What I have is a walk behind mower made by Honda. Mine has the "high vacuum blade". I've had several other mowers over the years. This one is the best for picking up leaves and grass clippings.

    • @tess764
      @tess764 3 года назад

      @@alexriddles492 thanks Alex! I have an electric battery mower... It picks up some leaves, but not the thick oak ones, and I have a lot. Maybe next one needs to be an upgrade.

  • @LadyoftheFarm
    @LadyoftheFarm 3 года назад +1

    That was a great video thanks Huw! Now I can rid myself of all my high tech composting gear 😉! Actually love the direction to having 3 bins, I have so much manure this year from finally having a tractor to clean the barn and turn piles... thanks again!

  • @thelanguageinsider81
    @thelanguageinsider81 3 года назад +1

    Thank you for the great tips👍👍 I just made one compost bin full this morning😄😄

  • @potatosalad6438
    @potatosalad6438 3 года назад +6

    This year I'm doing leaves mixed with grass clippings and topped with rabbit poo in the past it's done great for my corn so I'm doing it again this year

    • @heli-crewhgs5285
      @heli-crewhgs5285 2 месяца назад

      It’s very clever of you to train your rabbits to poo on the compost pile.

  • @Coccinelf
    @Coccinelf 2 года назад +3

    I just checked my autumn 2020 compost and it's not broken down at all. I think I managed to identify two main problems. We never watered it so maybe it was too dry as it's under a huge pine tree. Also, the green material we thought we added (grass clippings) had just dried and turned out into brown material which ties into the the first reason. I will try to add more diversity and more vegetables clippings in the future in addition to watering it more often. Thanks a lot for your wonderful video!

    • @pmg2016
      @pmg2016 Год назад

      Your self suggested solution to the problem is good one. Besides i suggest that whatever brown (dry) substances you use, chop it into considerably small pieces. It will help decomposition speed.

    • @Coccinelf
      @Coccinelf Год назад

      @@pmg2016 Thanks! We use the mower to broke down leaves but not always.

  • @thomaslama8729
    @thomaslama8729 Год назад

    I loved your video and what a great editing ! Thank you for sharing the Knowledge, your garden is beautiful

  • @LindaPenney
    @LindaPenney 3 года назад

    Awesome update Huw thank you for sharing and making this

  • @gregj5771
    @gregj5771 3 года назад +3

    How on Earth is Huw not already RUclips verified?!

  • @Sarahlenea
    @Sarahlenea 3 года назад +16

    great advice. Just one thing: in your list of brown materials, there is "Dust from vacuuming", and I heard that you should never put this in your compost, because there are plenty of plastic particles, heavy metals or motor oil /exhaust residues in this dust. But I believe you can compost your hair (the major part of the contents of my vacuum cleaner bag^^).
    Also, crushed eggshells are not brown or green material, but it's great for compost!

    • @jandmlewis4294
      @jandmlewis4294 2 года назад +1

      I agree. And I have found that it doesn't break down well, either. A neighbour gve me alpaca wool to add - several years later, it was still wool. (When my bin is cooked, I sieve the compost befor putting it on the garden, and anything not broken down goes back into the other bin to conntinue the process.)

  • @spencersnursery1547
    @spencersnursery1547 3 года назад +1

    Great video,its always good to not let anything go to waste !

  • @anthonymedina5186
    @anthonymedina5186 3 года назад

    Thanks for all the great hints.

  • @mzeemrefu
    @mzeemrefu 2 года назад +3

    Seems to me another advantage of diversity of ingredients is the physical structure of the ingredients (as opposed to chemical composition). Uniform physical structure seems to be associated with matting and lack of oxygen penetration. Variety of structure seems to discourage that. I notice a similar thing in the dishwasher. If you put all your spoons together and all your forks together they tend to nestle tightly and prevent the water in, resulting in dirty flatware. Mix them up and the difference in shapes always results in spaces between them and they get more uniformly clean. In the compost heap, it's oxygen rather than water we want to penetrate.

  • @compagnieweloveyou
    @compagnieweloveyou 3 года назад +4

    Hello from France, just learning stuff for permaculture garden. Thank you for all you're sharing, it's really inspiring at all levels, technical and humanely . 2 questions: 1) Why don't you put some thin layers of ashes in your compost sometimes? and 2) Can we put vegetables like bay tree? Thanks a lot for your answer.

    • @tonysu8860
      @tonysu8860 Год назад +1

      Are you really doing permaculture? That would be terraforming land that's inhospitable to agriculture, typically terraforming soil from something like sand into with organic matter in it.
      I would consider composting a way to accelerate the process of making arable biodiverse soil from soil or dirt with very low, perhaps no carbon content. Because compost is a ready to go mix of an existing microbiological web ready to support any kind of plants, it should be good enough as is. Adding ash can be done but if your base ingredients are correctly proportioned and properly composted to a "black gold" state, no special amendments like ashes and charcoal. As for vegetables and bay trees (I don't think a bay tree is a vegetable), you can grow them in compost or put them in a compost pile to decay if you wish. But, if there is anything approaching the appearance and density of a log, it's best to split it up first and process as a proper "hot compost pile" and not as described in this video.

  • @fayprivate7975
    @fayprivate7975 2 года назад

    Your videos are so informative and very interesting. Thank you!

  • @davidthescottishvegan
    @davidthescottishvegan 3 года назад +1

    Excellent compost making video Huw Richards using the Lazy method. Keep safe and well during these uncertain times.

    • @HuwRichards
      @HuwRichards  3 года назад +2

      Thank you so much I really appreciate that and same to you ☺️

  • @chrisoliver6690
    @chrisoliver6690 3 года назад +105

    Are we going to see hoards of gardeners lurking around forests, sniffing the ground to check if their compost has the same smell?

    • @HuwRichards
      @HuwRichards  3 года назад +12

      Yes definitely😉

    • @AmaraOjiMusic
      @AmaraOjiMusic 3 года назад +3

      😂😂😂😂😂

    • @sophieh8468
      @sophieh8468 3 года назад +5

      Dude, this made me laugh out loud 😁😁

    • @rachelclark6393
      @rachelclark6393 3 года назад +2

      I mean I check our compost by smell anyway. It smells really nice in spring!

    • @rebeccamcnutt5142
      @rebeccamcnutt5142 3 года назад +3

      Wait, you guys DON'T?
      Lol

  • @talkingbeers
    @talkingbeers 3 года назад +4

    I have a 3 bin model on the allotment - works exceptionally well, layering and as suggested ...just watch for rats though. Other than veggie scraps, we don’t put food waste in but still get rats. In fact most veggie waste goes to feed our chickens back in the garden at home. Chicken bedding cleaned weekly with their poop goes onto the compost to turbo charge it. Tend not to compose weeds as I’m not convinced unless it’s a hot composting method that it’s hot enough to kill the weed seeds off effectively through heat. Then if it is a hot compost it’s a different model more bacterial decomposition than worms, wood lice, etc. When ready I sieve it into a lidded dustbin as a fine tilth potting mix. Maybe it’s the worms the rats are attracted to? Thx Huw!

    • @carlduffin9199
      @carlduffin9199 Год назад

      Rats are extremely helpful in keeping the compost aeriated and turned over as they tunnel through it looking for scraps.

  • @darlatidwell6255
    @darlatidwell6255 3 года назад

    Good ideas. What a beautiful garden, I love it! ☀️🌱🌱

  • @simangelemariemkhize5831
    @simangelemariemkhize5831 3 месяца назад

    Thank you for a very informative, useful compost tutorial. Information learned will be put to use.

  • @djsimonrossprice9400
    @djsimonrossprice9400 3 года назад +3

    Nice vid... ever thought of chopping your vegetation?? Two positives here.
    1. Makes compost much quicker.
    2. By chopping it up you actually make much more in same sized bin..

    • @j.l.thurman2725
      @j.l.thurman2725 2 года назад +1

      my only suspect why he does not is that, chopping compost is not lazy compost. I need a chipper for my stalk-y things, and the sticks that drop in my yard.

  • @philipped.4782
    @philipped.4782 3 года назад +3

    Hi Huw! Great video, I'm getting ready to start my last pile for the season (so the timing is great). I worry tho about the smell when adding too much greens. Does this pile have any odors?

    • @bornfree9438
      @bornfree9438 2 года назад +1

      Bad odours really only occur when you use food scraps that stink as they rot, otherwise it should really just be a deep pungent organic foresty type smell

  • @EmilyDawn6
    @EmilyDawn6 2 года назад

    This is a great, easily understandable, very helpful video. Thank you! This is the method for me 😄

  • @my_garden.secrets
    @my_garden.secrets 3 года назад

    Enjoyed and learned very practical methods.
    Thank you Huw .🥰❤🌱🌱

  • @richards5110
    @richards5110 3 года назад +6

    Love the info! Lazy composting is my favorite way for sure :). I do it in big plastic bins, so I don't have to worry about the large pests as much.
    Loved the cinematography too! The cut to jumping with the camera was awesome.

  • @suburbanhomestead
    @suburbanhomestead 3 года назад +3

    I’m all in for lazy methods. :-) what are your thoughts on just burying food scraps in the ground? Great opening sequence by the way.

    • @joycehennequin8469
      @joycehennequin8469 3 года назад

      Burying all your scraps in a trench is an excellent thing to do,my parents and grandparents did this 👌

    • @fainitesbarley2245
      @fainitesbarley2245 3 года назад

      The old boys at the allotment do that for beans.

  • @amadahyrose
    @amadahyrose 2 года назад

    We have a 6 ft x 6 ft chain link former kennel (with a gate) that's been perfect for lazy composting. I put in raw kitchen scraps (veg, fruit, eggshells), yard waste, and garden waste and it's just perfect. As you say, it takes several months, but the timing works out okay. Critters don't overly bother it, probably because our pups are nearby during the day. I feel rich with the beautiful black soil it produces! I didn't compost for a long time because I thought it would be tedious, but it's just so forgiving and easy. I love it!

  • @bonniecarlstrom6014
    @bonniecarlstrom6014 5 месяцев назад +1

    Excellent presentation!👍👍🇺🇸

  • @venpeddapalli7189
    @venpeddapalli7189 Год назад +9

    The reason you see rich compost in the forests is because every Saturday morning a mysterious guy comes over and turns over the precise mix of 50-50 greens and browns with a big fork.

  • @jilltucker6865
    @jilltucker6865 3 года назад +7

    Did I miss how often you turn it mix the bin once it's full?

    • @Anna-hy5ho
      @Anna-hy5ho 3 года назад +4

      Maybe part of the “lazy composting” is not turning or mixing it 🤷🏼‍♀️

  • @macnet83
    @macnet83 3 года назад

    Very informative and well done. Congratulations and thank you for sharing

  • @thecatwhosawstars
    @thecatwhosawstars 3 года назад +6

    Compost makes me so impatient lol I still do it but...

  • @RosySideFarm
    @RosySideFarm 3 года назад +2

    I just moved and have to start my compost from
    Scratch 😫

  • @panexplosivoh3113
    @panexplosivoh3113 3 года назад

    This production cuality is great!

  • @beverleybrangman2191
    @beverleybrangman2191 3 месяца назад

    Great video. Thank you. Learned some new things. I rely on compost a lot

  • @losik01
    @losik01 3 года назад +3

    I have rat but at home 😉, a hedgehog was found in my leafy compost 😮 ,scared me so much , no jumping than in my garden:( .

  • @yolandalopez8117
    @yolandalopez8117 3 года назад +6

    who am I kidding... You are freaking handsome 🤪

  • @jessicalandi6750
    @jessicalandi6750 2 года назад

    The jumping part was my favorite.

  • @gardeningwithnature9680
    @gardeningwithnature9680 3 года назад

    super.video for making composting
    Happy Gardening😊🌱🌴🌳

  • @litomora8468
    @litomora8468 3 года назад +3

    me literally tho hahahah. i just throw fallen leaves and veggies scraps only and now i think i'm compromising other nutrients for the compost uh ohh.

  • @smyrnasstory
    @smyrnasstory Год назад +4

    “Then God said: “Here I have given to you every seed-bearing plant that is on the entire earth and every tree with seed-bearing fruit. Let them serve as food for you”

  • @SteadfastTrailFarm
    @SteadfastTrailFarm 3 года назад +2

    Another timely video! Thank you!! Building our compost bins soon but for now I manage various piles throughout the farm. ~jc

    • @HuwRichards
      @HuwRichards  3 года назад +1

      Awh thank you too! Best of luck with all of your composting!!

  • @norinenagle6730
    @norinenagle6730 Год назад

    Thanks - great ideas and they sound manageable.

  • @ameenhafiz1209
    @ameenhafiz1209 3 года назад

    Brilliant idea of composting😀☺

  • @honeybacres
    @honeybacres 4 месяца назад

    This is pretty much how I have always done my compost and it has always worked well for me.

  • @NapoleonGARDENINGTV
    @NapoleonGARDENINGTV 3 года назад

    Thanks for the very helpful lazy composting video ! It is nice be lazy and effective!

  • @debrahouston2884
    @debrahouston2884 2 года назад

    Huw, sooo appreciate your great videos! You are a wealth of knowledge! TY from So. Alabama, USA (Zone 8)

  • @irnayulianti9727
    @irnayulianti9727 2 года назад

    Warm greeting from Lombok Island Indonesia, thanks for sharing your precious knowledge of compost. ITS really helpful as well as inspiring