DIY Compost Tea Brewer is the answer to many Garden Problems

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  • Compost Tea Fights Pests & Diseases & Increases Productivity! Thank you Diablo Tools for your continued Channel Support! www.diablotools.com/recip?bram...
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    Having big, productive plants you rarely have to water, that are naturally pest and disease resistant all comes down to having good soil and the RIGHT kind of nutrients available directly to your plants, and compost tea is the ticket. Compost tea is the perfect brew of good bacteria, worm castings (vermiculture), Create your own CHEAP organic fertilizer by building a compost tea brewer! What if your soil needs some fixing? Stop buying expensive organic fertilizers and putting questionable chemicals on the food you eat, and start brewing your own compost tea, which is basically like instant soil fixing goodness. Think of compost tea like probiotics... for your garden! Worm tea, or compost tea made with worm castings, brewed in a bucket like this, aerated by an external air pump, creates a quick and easy diy liquid fertilizer that goes directly onto the leaves and into the roots of your plants. Compost tea is the perfect compliment to my back to eden style garden, as bigger, healthier plants leave less bare soil, help the soil retain more moisture so we don't have to water as often, and even promotes healthier root systems in the plants so there's just as much going on BELOW the soil as ABOVE it! Does compost tea work? Absolutely.
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  • @AnneofAllTrades
    @AnneofAllTrades  Před 3 lety +7

    For a much cheaper, lower tech version of this method, and more info on forest gardening, check out this video: czcams.com/video/BivliutDBso/video.html
    Check out my blog post about compost tea! www.anneofalltrades.com/blog/2020/10/5/diy-compost-tea-brewer

  • @ladypoetess
    @ladypoetess Před 3 lety +10

    I love SO MUCH that you talk about your disabilities and the ways you adapt your work to accommodate them. You give me confidence that my own disabilities don't necessarily have to keep me from doing all the things I want to do.

    • @AnneofAllTrades
      @AnneofAllTrades  Před 3 lety +7

      Thank you so much for the support, it's not easy being vulnerable, but I think so many people struggle alone, and we shouldn't have to. The words "me too" are incredibly powerful.

    • @ladypoetess
      @ladypoetess Před 3 lety +2

      @@AnneofAllTrades You're 100% right. I started a podcast for disabled folks so we could teach each other how we manage, because we shouldn't each one of us have to figure it all out on our own; we shouldn't need to individually reinvent the wheel every time. It is super scary to be visibly vulnerable, but I know I'm grateful for it and I'm certain there are other disabled fans who love seeing the ways you make this work for you, the way you give us ideas on how to make it work for us, too.

    • @jbuck1975
      @jbuck1975 Před 3 měsíci +1

      I struggle with my problems. I think I'm adhd possible dyslexic but I just to to go with the flow. I'm 48 and starting to understand what's wrong with me. 2 of my kids are dyslexic.

  • @adammiller7556
    @adammiller7556 Před měsícem +1

    Love watching your channel, I get so many great ideas and projects. Although I'm in an urban setting in Australia you have helped me turn my terrible soil into good soil I use alot of your tips and tricks and now I have a need project to build a garden a tea brewer. Keep up the great work. Love watching and learning.

  • @papaowl13803
    @papaowl13803 Před 3 lety +5

    It's nice to see how you take what you have learned and and share it with us. You can teach us and show us which is both cool and awesome. Never new about this type of composting. Yes to get started takes time. The the end results are gratifying and rewarding. Thanks Anne. Untill next time.

    • @AnneofAllTrades
      @AnneofAllTrades  Před 3 lety +1

      Thank you for that encouragement! The thing I love about this kind of compost is that it only takes 48 hours to make, as opposed to weeks or months!

  • @Bill.L.Carroll
    @Bill.L.Carroll Před 3 lety +2

    Way to go, amazing just how cheap the best tried and true methods are! 👌🏽
    Great work, Anne, really appreciate all that you do and share. 👍🏽
    Take care.

  • @peterbrickwood3204
    @peterbrickwood3204 Před 3 lety +1

    The way you explain how you compensate for you dyslexia is magnificent. I fI were still a teacher I would show this to special education students, it would be an inspiration.

  • @coreyn
    @coreyn Před rokem

    Seriously your energy is so welcoming and fun. Thank you! I haven’t even made it through the show yet and already had to stop twice to leave a comment. Great channel, I just found you and greetings to you all. Good to be here. Now let’s kick some gardening bottoms and do this food thing people! 😊

  • @ericprater4017
    @ericprater4017 Před 3 lety +3

    I've got a pliars like PVC cutter works great on up to 1 1/4" pipe, got it at the irrigation pipe supply place, I've got 2 different types of compost tea makers, 55 gallon drum with spigot, then I take a 5 gallon plastic bucket with lid drill a bunch of holes in it, put hardware mesh on the inside and fill w/lawn clippings , I put 2 of those in a barrel let steep for 7 days till it's good and stinky! The other is a huge compost pile, with a sprinkler on top then I dug a hole on the downhill side of it, put a 12 volt bilge pump in it, pump that to some connected 55 gallon barrels, then a hose to a 12 volt 5.5 gallon pump. Then it goes off to a sprinkler that I move whenever it pumps out roughly 25 gallons, move it. the sprinkler is a rotary type that covers roughly 20 X 40 footprint. The stinkier the tea the better it works! The compost pile compost tea I'm sprinkling on my hay field as I haven't put synthetic pesticides/fertilizers since 1995, still waiting to see if there's any great growth or darker hay on that one. Next year I'll hook up my harbor freight solar panels to the 2 12 volt batteries rather then charging on the battery charger hooked to the grid.

  • @amyhisted9648
    @amyhisted9648 Před měsícem

    You speak from ky heart ❤️ I have alot of the same learning issues and aspirations lol I'm learning so so so much from you! You go girl! 🎉❤

  • @Pembroke.
    @Pembroke. Před 3 lety +1

    Excellent work and HAPPY THANKSGIVING everyone from Canada 🥂

  • @coreyn
    @coreyn Před rokem +2

    My goodness you have really great content! Subscribed sister! Great job!

  • @CanCraneDoIt
    @CanCraneDoIt Před 3 lety

    The brewing moment was so satisfying

  • @davidgleaton9073
    @davidgleaton9073 Před 3 lety +1

    now this was fascinating... I have used compost before, but I don't think I have ever brewed compost tea! exceptionally well done Anne, I have learned something new today!

    • @AnneofAllTrades
      @AnneofAllTrades  Před 3 lety +1

      So glad to hear it! Compost tea, even in a much simpler form, helped my garden and soil condition in Seattle so much over a couple seasons. Hoping that making it in quantities like this will give me a jump start here in TN

  • @venessarobins6813
    @venessarobins6813 Před 3 lety +1

    That was brilliant thanks Anne I would love to try this out. I have a special brain too! I do a lot better with seeing/learning things visually so I totally get what you mean. Thats why I love watching how to do/make things on CZcams! Thanks for the great quality video as always 👍🏼 I love your work.

  • @beverlykendall4579
    @beverlykendall4579 Před 3 lety

    Great information!!!! I have seen a smaller version with a 5 gallon bucket filled with water and just a couple cups of compost and set in the sun a couple days. Roses love compost tea.

    • @AnneofAllTrades
      @AnneofAllTrades  Před 3 lety

      That way totally works too, I show that method in my “fix your soil” video. On the scale I’m doing it now though, this bubbler really speeds things up and offers more control with results.

  • @FredMcIntyre
    @FredMcIntyre Před 3 lety

    Awesome work Anne! 😃👍🏻🥕🥬🍅💩🍵👊🏻

  • @sandrasherer8779
    @sandrasherer8779 Před 3 měsíci

    Love love love, great video ❤

  • @StillOnTrack
    @StillOnTrack Před 2 lety

    Cool! I did this once with a 5gal bucket and a few large fish bubblers. This one's way bigger and way cooler!

  • @DevinWatson
    @DevinWatson Před 3 lety

    This makes things so much simpler. We've had a compost heap at just about every place we've lived. I remember adding lime and having to turn over every couple of days. One time as I was turning it, the heat inside of it caused it to catch fire. This way seems less... firey.

    • @AnneofAllTrades
      @AnneofAllTrades  Před 3 lety +1

      Haha yes if you can catch the water on fire I’ll be truly impressed 🤪

  • @kelbyfrazier6849
    @kelbyfrazier6849 Před 3 lety

    Wow! That's so awesome!! So much compost tea!!!

  • @thomascdurham9130
    @thomascdurham9130 Před 3 lety +3

    I got to start of the this posted video late to comment on the clip photo that I saw last night and one of the reason why I couldn't fall asleep breaking out in laughter evey 5 to 10 minuets.... Anne you're too funny at times. :D

  • @djsgravely
    @djsgravely Před 2 lety

    That was well-done.

  • @MisterTee2010
    @MisterTee2010 Před 3 lety

    Great idea Anne.

  • @barryfigel9957
    @barryfigel9957 Před 3 lety +1

    Now I know why you're so good welcome to the club

  • @frankpappalardo2773
    @frankpappalardo2773 Před rokem

    Great video

  • @boblasley5640
    @boblasley5640 Před 3 lety

    I'm with you Anne, I hate plumbing and the forty-six trips to the hardware store it entails each and every time I do a plumbing job.

  • @ThinkB4UAct
    @ThinkB4UAct Před 3 lety

    Love it Anne , I want to see part 2 to this video

    • @AnneofAllTrades
      @AnneofAllTrades  Před 3 lety +2

      Coming very soon! With a side of home made worm bin too :)

    • @ThinkB4UAct
      @ThinkB4UAct Před 3 lety

      @@AnneofAllTrades yikes gummy worms😊

  • @davetyrrell5535
    @davetyrrell5535 Před rokem

    Thank you for the great video! Can you please tell me what air pump you used. Thanks again for the great video!!

    • @AnneofAllTrades
      @AnneofAllTrades  Před rokem

      www.amazon.com/shop/anneofalltrades/list/3EVQUN6G0IT5H?ref_=cm_sw_r_apin_aipsflist_aipsfanneofalltrades_CBWP5S1J1TNREV3RYKKA here’s a link!

  • @jgclark45
    @jgclark45 Před 3 lety +1

    many years ago we made cow flop tea for our garden

  • @joexg50
    @joexg50 Před 3 lety +1

    Excellent use of using what you have. No wonder you grow such a big beautiful garden. It will feed everybody and all forms of farm type of animals you have.. Even better richer eggs..

    • @AnneofAllTrades
      @AnneofAllTrades  Před 3 lety +2

      The better the soil, the better things we can grow inside it! Whether it's for human or animal, the goal is to continually improve it, and this is a fantastic way to speed up that process :)

    • @joexg50
      @joexg50 Před 3 lety

      Anne of All Trades, you & your good friend A W are such hard working beautiful Ladies.

  • @BulletproofPastor
    @BulletproofPastor Před 3 lety

    I've been making manure tea from our goat barn with great results. At 50/50 dilution it really helps our plant starts (after a few weeks from seed.)

    • @AnneofAllTrades
      @AnneofAllTrades  Před 3 lety

      That’s great! Goat manure is the next best thing to bunny poop, which is TREASURED in my compost pile 🤣🤣

    • @BulletproofPastor
      @BulletproofPastor Před 3 lety +2

      @@AnneofAllTrades Our South Texas soil sample came back "You need everything but sand." Having a good size dairy goat herd has made a huge difference to our garden. I let the "berries" and scattered hay pack down in the paddocks and I mine it out once each year. The rich brown dirt smells awesome and goes right into the growing rows. We practice NO-TILL as our soil improvements sink away within two years after tilling. It's working and we get two growing seasons per year.

    • @watermelonlalala
      @watermelonlalala Před 6 měsíci +1

      @@BulletproofPastor Hi, I know it has been three years, but could you explain what you mean about soil improvements sinking away after two years? Do you mean you have nothing but sand again? So you just grow on top of the sand?

    • @BulletproofPastor
      @BulletproofPastor Před 6 měsíci

      @@watermelonlalala No problem with “Splanifying.” I brought in a truck load of rich black dirt many years ago. It really helped our garden “soil” made completely of white fine sand. After 3 years of using my rototiller, all we had left was the same white sand. With our soil, tilling breaks up the fungal layer and network of decaying root systems that helps to hold good soil in place. This same problem is what caused the historic “Dust Bowl” in the Midwest.

  • @BRHood
    @BRHood Před 3 lety +5

    I love laying my project out in the middle of the Home Depot aisle the employees freak out and I also love to chalkboard use that a lot I recognize it

    • @AnneofAllTrades
      @AnneofAllTrades  Před 3 lety +4

      hahaha someday I want to just lay out an entire home plumbing system in the aisles of a home store.

    • @thomasarussellsr
      @thomasarussellsr Před 3 lety +3

      But, do you ever chalkboard in the home depot isle? I did once at Lowes and they really freaked out, had the manager come talk to me. She ended up helping me find all the fittings I needed just to get me out of there. She probably would have asked me to leave if I wasn't sitting next to my mobility scooter with my Desert Storm Veteran's hat on.
      Sometimes, disability pays off. Most of the time, it sucks!

    • @AnneofAllTrades
      @AnneofAllTrades  Před 3 lety +2

      @@thomasarussellsr it sucks that it takes something like that to get good help.

    • @thomasarussellsr
      @thomasarussellsr Před 3 lety +2

      @@AnneofAllTrades I agree, but it seems, at least around here, that customer service has all but died. It is rare to find a helpful store employee at a big box store, or any store, in my area any more. At college, just graduated in May, most of the young students were quite courteous. So, it is not a generational thing. The few helpful folks I find at stores are typically older, but not all of them, so I can't figure out what the correlating factor is...

    • @jeffbaker8808
      @jeffbaker8808 Před 3 lety

      @@AnneofAllTrades call me, I'll do the wiring in the electrical aisle.

  • @markengineeringSA
    @markengineeringSA Před 3 lety

    Nice build👍 nice video , "compost tea and sandwiches 😄"

  • @AccountantByDay553
    @AccountantByDay553 Před rokem

    Add a hose with dripper system on an automated timer and automatically fertilize garden without even doing anything. Just check and add nutrients once a week as needed

  • @BossmanEight
    @BossmanEight Před 3 lety +1

    Using a chop saw to cut PVC is faster and more accurate.
    Taught to me by a plumber 30 years ago and I've never found a better way.

    • @AnneofAllTrades
      @AnneofAllTrades  Před 3 lety

      Oh wow! Crazy! I would never have thought of that

    • @BossmanEight
      @BossmanEight Před 3 lety

      @@AnneofAllTrades also, the cuts are *much* cleaner. Any chips will flake right off. You'll never go back to sawzall for PVC.
      BTW, I've cut everything from 1/2" to 6" PVC using a 50-tooth combo blade (Freud Diablo).

  • @quixoticjedi942
    @quixoticjedi942 Před 3 lety

    My compost bin grew 6 tomato plants this year lol. They sprouted right through the grates at the bottom.

  • @sadidiker
    @sadidiker Před 3 lety +2

    Very nice ...

  • @trackerjacker0013
    @trackerjacker0013 Před 3 lety

    An don’t ever let someone make you feel less than, for anything. All the people you help an teach everyday, the clowns who talked bad at you are jealous. An I think of the whole Bush craft and homestead group as one big family. Mess with one of us, you got us all!

  • @YASIRALIVIRK
    @YASIRALIVIRK Před 3 lety +3

    God bless you

  • @snyderfairhousingllc9634

    Why is the one 1/2 in pipe that is facing down there? It's the capped pipe that is shorter than the 28in piece facing downward. I'm following your blog and making this tomorrow. (-: wasn't sure if it was needed.

  • @gabriellencarnacion3310

    ann can you please tell me where you get your shop glasses

  • @shaunseibel
    @shaunseibel Před 3 lety

    Raised rabbits for several years. Manure tea worked wonders on my garden. The "mush" afterwards I mixed into the compost or added directly to the beds. Don't think the neighbors appreciated the smell much.

    • @AnneofAllTrades
      @AnneofAllTrades  Před 3 lety

      The smell can be abated significantly by putting wood chips or other mulch on top ;) Rabbit poo is gold for the garden.

  • @Lamefoureyes
    @Lamefoureyes Před 3 lety +1

    Hi Anne! This is such a great introduction to this technique, is something like this useful for those of us with vegetable beds on our balconies etc?
    Also for the 'tea bag', are you worried about it shedding microplastics over time? I'll bet that's not nearly as important as the incredible benefit from this tea, but I wonder what would happen in vegetable patches cared for over years in this way.

    • @AnneofAllTrades
      @AnneofAllTrades  Před 3 lety +1

      For balcony gardens, the brewer I've got is going to make way too much, but you can do this on a much smaller scale and in a lower tech way by just using weed clippings, coffee grounds, wood ash, tums tablets, epsom salts, medicinal herbs, and, all kinds of other things and stirring the ingredients a few times a day over a few day period in a 5 gallon bucket. In the brewer I've got the bag is made of fabric, so I don't think microplastics are a concern, but even if they were, they aren't something I personally would spend a ton of effort thinking about, because there are a lot of other things that could potentially have a much more significant effect in a much shorter time period than the compost bag in my tea brewer if that makes sense... There are also different bags or options you can use though if it was a genuine concern.

    • @Lamefoureyes
      @Lamefoureyes Před 3 lety

      @@AnneofAllTrades thanks for the advice!

  • @helentc
    @helentc Před 2 měsíci

    Good content. Interesting brewer design. If your worm castings are smelly, most likely they've been left to get anaerobic, which can encourage a lot of not so good bacteria. Might be too wet or lacking oxygen. Something to check into.

    • @AnneofAllTrades
      @AnneofAllTrades  Před 2 měsíci

      Good call! I’ve learned a lot more about vermicompost since this video was published, and this is one of the first things that needed to be addressed.

  • @shaneoakley8757
    @shaneoakley8757 Před 3 lety

    P.S I LOVE your safety glasses!

  • @b8kesh8
    @b8kesh8 Před 5 měsíci

    When discussing compost tea, it is important to acknowledge the significant contributions of Dr. Elaine Ingham. She authored the seminal publication "The Compost Tea Brewing Manual," which has become the core reference guide and "bible" for anyone looking to deeply understand the science and methodology of compost tea.

    • @AnneofAllTrades
      @AnneofAllTrades  Před 5 měsíci

      I admittedly had never heard of Dr. Elaine when I filmed this video, but I’ve since read and watched tons of material she has put out and you’re right, she deserves credit for synthesizing so much of the science that’s now part of the gardening vernacular

  • @jacktheripperVII
    @jacktheripperVII Před 3 lety

    Have you considered using the bokashi method? You wouldn't need the bubbler and you could use your garden cuttings instead of the specific ingredients

    • @AnneofAllTrades
      @AnneofAllTrades  Před 3 lety +1

      I used a similar method in Seattle, and it works fine but you have less control that way. You actually can use garden scraps and all kinds of other things with a compost bubbler as well, and the aeration not only speeds up the process, but also protects against ecoli and other harmful bacterial growth a little better. Check out my blog post for more information on the brew process and flexibility there ;)

  • @miningbruno
    @miningbruno Před 3 lety

    Why not install the tap as closest to the bottom as one can? Is the eventual sediment "bad" (though I would think it is the exact opposite)?
    If I were to do this, I would buy a much smaller -- and quieter -- pump, along with a wee solar panel, and just leave it outside for 3-4-.. days. Or am I missing something? Also, can you "over-brew" the compost, or can it stay in the bin indefinitely? TY!

    • @AnneofAllTrades
      @AnneofAllTrades  Před 3 lety +1

      That was as close to the bottom as I could get without compromising the seal of the faucet because of the curve of the barrel ;) you can do this project however you’d like! A month or so of regular use and it’s working great for me

    • @AnneofAllTrades
      @AnneofAllTrades  Před 3 lety +1

      Leaving it outside would be fine as long as the temperature stayed between 60 and 75 degrees. The tea needs to be used in 36 hours. You really need the power and agitation a model this size offers to aerate it properly but if you were to go with a smaller container a smaller motor would work

  • @magpier.5761
    @magpier.5761 Před 4 měsíci

    does this compost tea have a shelf life?

  • @RubberDuckStyle
    @RubberDuckStyle Před 3 lety +1

    If your worm castings smell bad then they went anaerobic. Worm castings should smell good. I would empty the bucket and spread it out so it can go aerobic. In a couple days it should start smelling good and just keep not so wet and turn it every so often so doesn't go anaerobic.

  • @ultimape
    @ultimape Před 3 lety

    I think you forgot to link to the other plans you mentioned at the beginning of the video? I can't see them anywhere.

    • @AnneofAllTrades
      @AnneofAllTrades  Před 3 lety

      oh man I'm sorry about that, www.scribd.com/document/35269216/Plans-for-a-home-made-25-gallon-compost-tea-brewer-Oregon-State-University

  • @badcat4707
    @badcat4707 Před 3 lety

    "Scooch " , best universal construction term ;-)

  • @katicafratric8306
    @katicafratric8306 Před 3 lety

    👍❤️

  • @glennanderson8783
    @glennanderson8783 Před 3 lety

    Any supply info on that air pump you used?

    • @AnneofAllTrades
      @AnneofAllTrades  Před 3 lety

      I’ve got a link for it and the other things I used in my amazon store linked in the description ;)

  • @eulerizeit
    @eulerizeit Před 3 lety +1

    Never cry in the isle of Lowes, always the car or the bathroom.

    • @AnneofAllTrades
      @AnneofAllTrades  Před 3 lety

      Nah, no reason to be ashamed, I doubt I'm the only one who's gotten that frustrated trying to make things work.

    • @eulerizeit
      @eulerizeit Před 3 lety

      @@AnneofAllTrades I was mostly referring to my own embracing of toxic masculinity. :-D

    • @AnneofAllTrades
      @AnneofAllTrades  Před 3 lety

      🤪🤪

  • @leebarnhart831
    @leebarnhart831 Před 3 lety +1

    Interesting! No worries about burning you plants with this brew? I assume by fallowing your recipe closely it won’t. I manage a rural water district and you are correct about air stripping the tap water. It will remove residual chlorine and ammonia that we use to disenfect potable water. Some water plants actually use air stripping towers to remove undesireable components from source water such as iron and manganese before the disenfection process.

    • @AnneofAllTrades
      @AnneofAllTrades  Před 3 lety

      This is an extremely mild fertilizer, and when applied at night or early in the morning, can be used as a foliar spray or root drench. The recipe can be tweaked quite a bit without too much worry, as long as ratios are right. For example, I'll be adding some wood ash from the bonfire in my next batch.

  • @andymoss3132
    @andymoss3132 Před 3 lety

    First time I've heard that

  •  Před 3 lety

    Epsom salts, crushed oyster or egg shells, diatomaceous earth, garden lime, etc. are all good additions to your tea mixture. 🙂

    • @AnneofAllTrades
      @AnneofAllTrades  Před 3 lety +1

      Absolutely! Also so many other nutrients as well! Check out my blog post on this subject! My next batch will have wood ash and I'll be experimenting with ratio levels of tumeric and cinnamon to discourage mold/bad bacteria buildup.

    •  Před 3 lety

      @@AnneofAllTrades Excellent. I was going to suggest cinnamon as well as mint and tea leaves. We're thinking along the same lines here. 😁

    • @AnneofAllTrades
      @AnneofAllTrades  Před 3 lety

      Actually, on those lines, I was thinking about DE in the tea the other day, generally the reason it works is because the crystals in powder form dissolve the exoskeleton of insects, so it doesn’t work when wet. Does it Re-constitute as it dries on the leaves in a foliar spray? Or is there another reason you’re adding it?

    •  Před 3 lety

      @@AnneofAllTrades Calcium. And no, it won't reconstitute. It's basically the tiny shells of sea creatures (diatoms).

  • @thomasarussellsr
    @thomasarussellsr Před 3 lety

    So, where do you get these 5 gallon buckets of ingredients?
    And, why is this better than breaking down your own waste products like kitchen and yard scraps? I mean, the traditional composting method uses waste to help improve your garden. This method is going to add to your budget and cost more to buy these ingredients, right? I'm just trying to understand. Do you still use "waste compost" too? Is it an add on, or is it a complete switch over system?

    • @AnneofAllTrades
      @AnneofAllTrades  Před 3 lety +1

      This just an add on- and can be done in a much cheaper, slower, low tech, higher sweat equity way as well, as I showed in my “fixing your soil” video referenced here ;) adding mechanical power here just speeds up the process, as it often does in other applications as well. I get bulk ingredients through group buys when I can find a discount or just order online.

  • @davidneel8327
    @davidneel8327 Před 3 lety

    I think you could have used a canning funnel while putting the ingredients in the bag.

  • @patriciafletcher4294
    @patriciafletcher4294 Před 7 měsíci

    Don't think I will make that, but I wanted the actual brewing ingredients

  • @user-ih1zw3ly6p
    @user-ih1zw3ly6p Před 3 lety

    Чудово!

  • @billyhill101
    @billyhill101 Před 3 lety +1

    That was a tea rific Visio

  • @LogHouseFarm
    @LogHouseFarm Před 3 lety +1

    Those barrels are sure heavy, I always end up overbuilding the base for those.

  • @wollinger
    @wollinger Před 3 lety

    Ok

  • @marcinderesz3032
    @marcinderesz3032 Před 3 lety

    💖🤗💖

  • @kylekuhnle
    @kylekuhnle Před 3 lety

    Ive heard of green,black,chai,sweet,herbal,boba,and various other teas but never thought of poop tea! Very creative and gross. May i suggest 1part tea,2part vodka,and metric sh*tton of sugar. =)

  • @elund408
    @elund408 Před 3 lety

    better than miracle grow.

  • @danieldee1966
    @danieldee1966 Před 3 lety

    Are you thinking about making a worm farm? I've seen cool barrel types where you just give it a turn now and again and the casings fall into a collection box. That's good "tea" too,,,And what about "bio-char"? Supposed to be good stuff.,,And pea-sized red brick chunks, for drainage and moisture control, maybe soak them in "tea", make them a home for "good" microbes. Lots of ideas on CZcams, why not throw them all together and see what happens. The barrel-wormfarm could be a cool build,,,just some "food 4 thought"... ;-)>....

    • @AnneofAllTrades
      @AnneofAllTrades  Před 3 lety

      Stay tuned on the vermicompost front! Another fun use for a packing box is upcoming :) Biochar is great, I used it all the time in Seattle, wood ash is also a great addition to your compost tea. Interesting point on the brick chunks, I've not seen that but will look into it. I suppose that's a similar concept to putting it in our woodchips which also act as a sponge and slow-release for the fertilizer.

  • @anag6233
    @anag6233 Před 3 lety

    Por favor subtítulos en español

  • @richardstevens3461
    @richardstevens3461 Před 3 lety

    Seriously, I wish you lived next door.

    • @AnneofAllTrades
      @AnneofAllTrades  Před 3 lety

      I try to be a good neighbor to the folks who do!

    • @richardstevens3461
      @richardstevens3461 Před 3 lety

      @@AnneofAllTrades Just not a lot of like minded people in Charlotte. I need to move to Asheville. :)

  • @lcmmassa8571
    @lcmmassa8571 Před 3 lety

    Anne GM from WA. Id like to send you a thank you box of my wood to say Thank you for alk Uve enjoyed on your utube site. Whats the best mailing address to sent to?

    • @AnneofAllTrades
      @AnneofAllTrades  Před 3 lety

      That is so kind of you! At this exact moment I don't really have much of a shop to speak of, or anywhere to put things, but once we get the new shop built, I would absolutely love for you to send some things!

  • @randywl8925
    @randywl8925 Před 3 lety +2

    Chemically and technically speaking, isn't beer compost?
    This is going to be good. Sorry for jumping the gun. 😁

    • @sdspivey
      @sdspivey Před 3 lety +1

      Compost normally would not have alcohol producing bacteria as the alcohol would kill off the others. Composting speeds up the breakdown of molecules into simpler ones. Brewing often is creating larger, more complex molecules.

    • @randywl8925
      @randywl8925 Před 3 lety

      @@sdspivey true, .........but not so much after a couple of beers. 😁

  • @chakireladraoui9331
    @chakireladraoui9331 Před 3 lety

    ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥
    ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

  • @nothrutraffic
    @nothrutraffic Před 2 lety

    1A

  • @kimr5841
    @kimr5841 Před 3 lety

    Anne, we love you and your channel. I follow your buddy April too, but she has gone so commercial, and subliminally sexual. While lacking a better description, you are so "real". We feel like you are the friendly neighbor we wish we had. Your teaching style is comfortable, and we hope when you finish your new pole barn, and start classes again, that we may travel down and participate. Keep up the great work.

  • @davidneel8327
    @davidneel8327 Před 3 lety

    Thingies?

    • @AnneofAllTrades
      @AnneofAllTrades  Před 3 lety

      Lots of science here

    • @davidneel8327
      @davidneel8327 Před 3 lety

      @@AnneofAllTrades Rather than using city water that you have to out gas by using a bubbler could you use rainwater. Why didn't you use solar power to run the bubbler?

    • @AnneofAllTrades
      @AnneofAllTrades  Před 3 lety +1

      @@davidneel8327 You can and totally should use rainwater if you have it, I don't have any collection set up yet. And as far as solar power, I don't have solar panels, so...

  • @reforzar
    @reforzar Před 3 lety

    Weird and wild stuff.

  • @bigscreenbird8198
    @bigscreenbird8198 Před 3 lety

    12:24... im in the matrix

  • @thehumanrunner
    @thehumanrunner Před 9 měsíci

    She is cute.

  • @shaneoakley8757
    @shaneoakley8757 Před 3 lety +1

    Dyslexic = Genius? 😁

    • @AnneofAllTrades
      @AnneofAllTrades  Před 3 lety +3

      haha it certainly didn't feel like that in school.

    • @shaneoakley8757
      @shaneoakley8757 Před 3 lety

      Anne of All Trades no it didn’t.. 😎

    • @thomasarussellsr
      @thomasarussellsr Před 3 lety

      Einstein: "Every child is a genious in their own way. However, if you ask a goldfish to climb a tree, who is the real idiot in that scenario?" [I am paraphrasing, I can't remember the exact phrasing, but this is the general idea of his statement.]

  • @trackerjacker0013
    @trackerjacker0013 Před 3 lety

    No madam. You are not alone in crying in Lowe’s but it’s probably for different reasons. 🤪

  • @CJBouhlal
    @CJBouhlal Před 3 lety

    1:25
    You're a Visual thinker Anne, an Opti-Coder.
    You can improve your Lexi-Coder skills (Verbal Thinking), but you're already very talented the way you are
    Most Artists are Opti-Coders and improving your Lexi-Coder skills means you could dethrone Isaac Newton

    • @AnneofAllTrades
      @AnneofAllTrades  Před 3 lety

      Any suggestions on how to improve Lexi-coder thinking?

  • @JV-ys8fd
    @JV-ys8fd Před 3 lety

    I'm currently reading a book about dyslexia, written by a dyslexic, and realized that the reason I have always struggled with reading comprehension and following directions is because I think like a dyslexic! I just don't do the seeing things backwards, except I often write p as b, and vice versa. For 30+ years I just thought that was a funny quirk about me, also my eyes like to see things individually instead of forming an image together.

    • @AnneofAllTrades
      @AnneofAllTrades  Před 3 lety +2

      It’s funny what we learn as adults. I don’t have all the traditional signs either, but finding a name for what I’d always struggled with in school helped me not to feel stupid, and understand that my brain and body just worked different.

  • @MichaelLeo
    @MichaelLeo Před 3 lety

    why do you have giant vat of molasses just sitting around?

    • @AnneofAllTrades
      @AnneofAllTrades  Před 3 lety +1

      I give it to the cows and goats during calving/kidding season. I also do a lot of baking.

    • @MichaelLeo
      @MichaelLeo Před 3 lety

      @@AnneofAllTrades I have a food grade drum I was gonna use for water collection but I've decided to make one of these instead, but have a few questions if you have time:
      1. you use a monster air pump. You don't mention the size but your'e moving lots of air. You have suggestions on air flow capacity? (looking for a cheap but effective solution)
      2. Are the ingredients that critical? I would think any biology would do, like scraps from the garden brewed in the tank....circle of life an all.
      3. why are you keeping this inside and not out in the garden? I would think the heat from the sun would help but might there be an explosion potential brewing up biology? I know my compost pile gets really hot.
      thanks!! hope you're enjoying your new location as much as we like watching and learning from you!

  • @clydenakashima7393
    @clydenakashima7393 Před 3 lety

    Anne did you know that the left side of the brain controls the right side and the the right side of the brain controls the left side. So us left handed people are always in the the right mind. Let left handed people rule the world. I am tired living in the the righted handed world; its hard to find a left handed hammer or left handed notebook. Stay safe and don't work so hard take time to enjoy life; because it is to short.

    • @AnneofAllTrades
      @AnneofAllTrades  Před 3 lety +1

      You're totally right, but what about people like me who are ambidextrous? We just spend a lot of time confused ;)

    • @clydenakashima7393
      @clydenakashima7393 Před 3 lety

      @@AnneofAllTrades You have the best of both worlds.