COMPOSTING 101: Turn Your Waste into Garden Gold!
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- čas přidán 2. 06. 2024
- Composting may seem intimidating at first, but it's actually easier than you might think. All you need to do is add air, water, and mass, and then let nature take over.
When you make your own compost, you have complete control over the ingredients. Instead of using pre-packaged compost that has been sitting on a shelf for a long time, your homemade compost will be fresh and full of helpful microbes.
00:00 Introduction
00:34 Choose a container
00:51 What to Compost
01:46 What Greens to Use
01:50 What Browns to Use
01:54 What NOT to Compost
01:58 How to Add Air
02:14 How to Add Water
02:30 Why Mass is Important
03:09 Compost Temperatures
03:30 What to do when Temperature Drops
03:45 What Does Finished Compost Look Like?
03:52 Compost Troubleshooting Tips
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Learn the basics of composting in this informative video! Discover how to transform your kitchen scraps and yard waste into nutrient-rich soil for your garden. Join us as we delve into the world of composting and show you how to turn waste into garden gold with easy step-by-step instructions. Whether you're a beginner or looking to improve your composting skills, this video is perfect for anyone interested in sustainable gardening practices. Get ready to create your own "black gold" and watch your garden thrive! #Composting #GardenGold #sustainablegardening
I was happy to see you on Rumble because I’m getting sick of all the commercials on CZcams. I hope to see more of your videos on Rumble. Thanks for all you share!😊
Finding enough browns is my problem in a newly developed Az city. Luckily cardboard & paper work… just a lot of work😢
I put compostable napkins in my pile, and left the lid off because it was going to rain. A bird picked up a napkin and flew off with it! 😂
A Birdie Blankie 😂❤
@@shanacookthecanukgypsy9527 😂🤣
This is the most simple and concise video I’ve seen on home composting. Thank you!
Hi Angela, you are my favorite garden grower on YT, I like your manner and your knowledge, you seem like such a really nice person too. I've gotten a lot of good
advice from you and I live in the high desert.
Wow, thank you!
I keep trying, and it's hard to get it right. Thanks for the encouragement Angela❤ Blessings your way 🙏 🪻🦋🐇
Angela is the Bomb with giving the Garden Encouragement!! ❤️🤍💙⚘️🪴
Good points all around! Water and air is so important. Many beginners have too soggy or too dry piles and don't realize why it smells or why nothing happens. Also agree that mass is essential.
Excellent video,
Great video! I have found much success pre-watering the materials. Makes it much esaier to have an evenly moist pile and now they heat up in a couple of days.
Thank you, Angela. You inspire me! I am also a Mesa resident and have been discouraged with gardening. I really appreciate your vids! ☺️
Agree that mass needs to be on the top 3 list. We did not have success until the pile got bigger. It also gives enough finished compost to reward the effort.
I disagree with blanket banning certain organic things that can be composted but I understand why people follow those guidelines
Keeping it simple for beginners helps them be successful.
thank you very much :)
So much hard working deserve appreciation well done angela you are helping a lot of people.well you please reply does composit cause over fertilization to plants as the synthetic/chemical fertilizer do to plants or its safe if over fertilized.
Generally, you can't over fertilize with compost.
I now live in a tropical country. No frost seasons to deal with. Started my own compost bin so this video is on time. Want to learn more on my new climate, soil etc. I check bin regularly. Thankfully, does not smell, I take the lid off for air. The bin has numerous holes I drilled. I stir when I check and add dried leaves or wet cardboard. Just don't know how long before I see "black gold". Thanks for your videos.
Can take a month or so if you keep it turned often. Best of luck to you!
We’re in Tucson. Do you deal with your compost attracting mice or other critters?
I have rats occasionally but generally they don't bother the compost. Keeping food scraps covered in brown can help.
I'm in Tucson and I raise quail. I get mice pretty heavy at times. Bucket traps so far have been the most effective mice control. I've never seen evidence of mice near my compost pile. I don't compost in a bin either. I just make a huge pile and turn every couple of days. It's a good workout.
I have a larger area that I dedicated to composting. I hope I can do it this way but I just toss all garden scapes into a fenced in square and forget about it, adding grass clippings and leaves as I have them. I’m hoping if left alone to the elements it will break down by itself. I don’t need it any time soon so it can sit there for years. So far it’s been one year and it doesn’t smell and it appears to have sunk down over time.
I’m not intimidated by compost, but I’ve been trying for over a year and I’ve never gotten it to work. I suspect because I’m in a colder climate Portland, Oregon. But I’m gonna try one more time maybe a couple more times.
So you collect brown material in one bin, and green in another, and when you have enough in each, you dump them, and mix them in layers in a 3rd? How long does it take you to fill up each bin with the browns and greens before you can actually start the composting process? I certainly have been doing everything wrong, no wonder I can't ever get a decent compost pile. My problem is that it would take me a long time to fill each bin separately to get started.
So if green grass sits around and becomes brown is it now considered a "brown"?
generally, yes. If its' dried out.
@@GrowingInTheGardenSo that's why I have such a hard time making compost. I don't have that much material all at once to make a pile with those ratios. Most of the material turns brown as it accumulates.
Thanks for the tips , i just started a pile and wondered hoe tp reduce flies ...... It's straight on the ground should i cover it ?
Cover with a layer of browns to keep down the bugs.
What a helpful video! My mulch pile isn't very high so it doesn't get hot. Will it still be okay if it runs cold?
I sure wish we had access to old trash bins in Tucson.
My friend has your calendar that lists what to grow each month. Is it possible to send me the link?
I love your videos and comments below are very helpful. I look forward to them every Friday since you grow here in our desert climate.
Thanks. It will take longer if it doesn't heat up. Here's a link to my shop: growinginthegarden.bigcartel.com/products
I see many springtails when I do composting. Is it normal to have springtails in compost bins?
They are part of the decomposition process
Thank you for the reply
Unrelated question. I’m in Queen Creek and very new to gardening, forgive my ignorance. Is the best time to start a garden in September for most vegetables and fruit? I just purchased a raised bed and thought it may be a best to wait? Maybe learn as much as possible until then 😂
You can start now, but you're right the upcoming warm season is short and it will be hot soon. Beginning in the fall is more forgiving and there are more options for what to plant, etc. You can see the monthly resources for Arizona on my blog: growinginthegarden.com/
Thank you, Angela! A question I have (and concern) is whether or not you can compost all tree/plant leaves (that are healthy) when they are trimmed. Things like purple hearts, which I believe are somewhat poisonous, or orange jubilees and yellow bells. Can all plant material go in or do we risk creating a poisonous compost that our plants may absorb and pass on to us??
Generally avoid adding them unless you are composting large amounts of waste and can get them completely broken down. Most plant toxins breakdown if composted correctly, but it can be difficult to do in a home garden.
@@GrowingInTheGarden Thank you so much for this information! I have heard so many different things and was concerned about exactly what you said, that it might not break down all the way. I appreciate your quick response and your knowledge so much, Angela!
How do I find out if my city sells their old trash bins?
Contact the solid waste division of the city government.
@@GrowingInTheGarden Thank you
Can you compost spoiled food? I have some peppers and some lettuce that’s brown and slimy. Is that ok to throw in?
You bet
i LOVE you and your channel but I didn't understand this one completely. Do you collect leaves in one bin, greens in another etc and then dump them all out and do the layering? What you showed looked like it was all brown and already composted. Sorry I didnt understand. Lori
No worries. These bins I've been just filling up for the last several months with whatever I had - leaves, garden waste, etc. they had begun to break down a little - so you're right it was probably hard to tell what's what. I wanted to demonstrate the process of just mixing up the ingredients and layering with air and water. Hopefully to show it doesn't need to be complicated.
I added grass clippings to mine because it wasn't heating up (although it was looking really good). 2 days later I saw little red spiders (I assumed spider mites). The grass must have had them. What would you do?
I would keep it going, insects are often a natural part of the composting process.
Hi Angela, I live close to you and would like to buy some of those bins from the city of Mesa for composting too. How do you go about getting them?
Contact the City of Mesa Solid Waste Division www.mesaaz.gov/residents/trash-recycling
I called them from the link you sent and they said they didn’t sell them. I’m confused. 🤔
I recently came across someone who claimed that leaves should be composted separately because they break down by fungi and not bacteria. Do you think there is any validity to this approach??
Interesting - I like to keep it simple, but I'm sure there are many ways that work.
Funny thing happened, in my vermacompost bin, i have some kind of fruit or veggie sprouting from the scraps. Is this normal lol?
I've had that happen too. Mangoes, avocados, potato peels, squash seeds. Its a nice sprouting environment - happy seeds!
I have a lot of slugs in mind. Any way to get rid of them ?
Handpicking or adding more browns may help if it is very moist. Heat up the compost high enough and they may go elsewhere.
Fabulously good stuff even with egg shells and vegetable scraps old rotten potatoes yams etcetera etcetera !👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍🌹🌼🥀🌷🌺🪷🌻🌸🌹🌼