How To Make Compost - Fast and Easy
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- čas přidán 4. 11. 2022
- Tired of waiting for your compost to be ready? It can sometimes take years...
unless you know these tricks of the trade which will rapidly increase the speed of your composting, so that you can make lots of compost FAST!
In this week's episode, Ben explains how composting works and demonstrates how to go about it the best way to get the results you desire as well as building a basic compost heap that you can make for free!
More compost = More plants = More food!
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30 years ago punk and metal shows were one of my favorite things…..now, composting videos. 🤘🏻🌱🤘🏻
Still punk as hell mate!
Haha getting old
But my plants LOV good old Rock & Roll
Loved this comment! Former techno trance raver. Now, I'm watching this awesome CZcams channel 😀
Aging well like a fine wine.
Gardening has been really impactful in the way I think about time. I stopped being in a hurry and started thinking things like "5 years is pretty quick" about projects and trees. It's made me really aware of how many harvests I have left in my life. Makes me feel connected to a life lived long ago when people tracked everything around the harvest. Getting stuff faster than 1 time a year feels like cheating time.
Gardening is a great way to be more mindful for sure. :-)
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Dam that hits hard.
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I’m speechless… the best most informative and explanatory composting video out there
Thanks so much, that's really very kind of you to say.
The passion in this video is everything for me! Thank you for keeping your page alive just from you doing what you love while educating all of us.
Thanks so much, really appreciate that. :-)
Great video! Love your way of presenting. And yes: I always pee on my compostheaps with great conviction. Not having to flush the toilet so frequently, it also saves a lot of water.
Absolutely!
I went to a local rabbit rescue outfit and got their bedding from the rabbits, which included rabbit, Poo, hay and pine cubes. It ended up being a really nice compost bin additive, although it seems that the pine cubes are going to be really hard to break down.
I can't tell if your enthusiasm on this topic is concerning or absolutely awesome
Let's go with the latter! :-)
A really good idea to have that soil thermometer. Fine tuning the temp can speed the process up even faster. Even if you're not in s super hurry, just observing the temp changes as the biology rises and falls and as the pile is turned over makes for a fantastic lesson that will never fade, along with feeling the spongy pile as you construct it, adding in the fresh manure on a spring day, watching it turn dark dark brown in just weeks. These things bring us closer to the life-giving properties of the soil. Ben is an awesome teacher who knows what it takes to get healthy food into our homes!
You get to learn what speeds things along with time - composting, as you say, is great at connecting us to the earth.
@@GrowVeg tomatoesplants
Excellent video! I was intimidated to start composting and you made it very approachable and understandable.
That's great to hear Elise. :-)
I love your channel. You have a very charming personality. Your enthusiasm and passion for gardening clearly shines through and always gets me in the mood to get out there and try things out.
I've been growing tomatoes, cucumbers, spinach, lettuce, carrots, peppers, strawberries, beans and even melons which I couldn't have done without inspiring people like you. So thank you very much for being such an inspiration. Keep up the good work.
This is so lovely to hear! Thank you for watching. 😀
your videos are perfect combination of knowlege, clarity and humour and theyre not too long, thank you!
Thanks Sandra. 😀
Hey Ben, guess what!!! This video of yours just confirmed my own recent experiment. My composting area was taking the expected time to breakdown, according to what I was reading online. I became a little impatient and thought surely this could breakdown more quickly if I chopped everything I add to it. WOW!!!! It worked and now you've just confirmed my simple experiment.
Thank you, thank you for all your knowledge and sharing. I LOVE your Channel :):):):):)
That's really superb to hear! Thanks for sharing this. Happy composting! :-)
We keep a small 2 gallon composter bin on our apartment patio and put clippings from when the complex landscapes (grass clippings and dead leaves), kitchen scraps, and coffee grounds. We put broken up egg shells and minced avocado peels in there too. Every couple days I'll shake the bin to toss the compost inside to get it aerated.
The egg shells work wonders for getting peppers to fruit because of all the calcium in them. We currently have 5 medium sized potted pepper plants and a roma tomato plant that are fruiting.
Thanks for sharing your experiences. Definitely good to get those egg shells in there! :-)
from morocco , i fell in love lately with plants and growing them , i loved ur channel , good explanations and ecofriendly ways
Thank you so much for your kind words. Really great to have you watching. :-)
Your sense of humour is very much appreciated, oh & the compost info is brilliant! Thank you 🤗
Thanks Jane. 😀
Thank you so much for making this video. You broke it down so perfectly that even a beginner like me can understand and feel confident in making my own!
So pleased you're ready to make your own. :-)
Excellent video!!! I especially like how you used the Element Chart entry for Nitrogen #7. Brings back good memories. Yes I do use a lot of what you went over in this video. There are coffee machine manufacturers that make coffee using fully compostable 'pods', so if you can locate or work in an office that has this type of machine, you will have unlimited quantities of spent coffee grounds to use where ever you want to in the garden. Thank you again!!!
Great tip on the coffee grounds Richard!
Thank you Ben for these important compost tips, most useful.......🍁🌿👍
This was by far the best video I’ve see on this subject. Thanks so much.
By far the most beneficial information shared than any book I've read or video watched. Thank you so much for breaking down such an intimidating project into bite sized pieces even I can digest. Can't wait to get started. BTW, you are my favorite gardening channel!❤
That is so lovely to hear. Thank you for watching :-)
Excellent information and entertaining! Your videos are always fun to watch.
Been watching your channel with my granddaughter in the evenings-really enjoy your knowledge, advice and your witt. Thank you for sharing.
That's very kind of you to say - and how lovely to have your granddaughter watching too. :-)
I confess to have CCD, compulsive composting disorder!! 😉
I go out collecting leafy material, this year I've invested in a petrol leaf vacuum and shredder as I go out for 6 large builders bags, I will store these for later use. I also collect 'greens' from the forestry fire prevention clearance and scoop up the horse poop and yes pee does find its way onto the heap.
NB; beware that if adders are present in your area they might be nesting in the warmth of the heap, nasty fright for us both.
Thanks for another great video
You sound a very determined compost enthusiast!
Interesting and helpful video.
I've hot-composted for years and the suggestion of mixing greens and browns in a ration of 50/50 is helpful. I use leaves a lot in my compost and to expedite the process, I'm in the habit of finely shredding my leaves. And, while I'm not obsessive with sticking to the 50/50 mix, keep in mind that the volume of finely shredded leaves is reduced to about 1/5 of unshredded leaves.
I reduced two trees to mulch , I could not believe that they only made a five foot high mound as they were taller than my house at the time . I when it finally broke down it was great compost , cold composted over 2 years.
Very useful video, thanks! Just getting started w/serious gardening/growing veggies, etc. Can't wait to get started w/my compost and I'll be following your well-explained instructions.
Enjoy getting started - growing veggies can be life-changing. :-)
This has been the best video I've seen about how to make a compost. Thank you for producing such a great video! Very easy to understand!
So pleased you enjoyed it. Watch out for our follow up on this in a few weeks time. :-)
😄 Howdy Ben and Rosie! I'm trying to make my own compost...thanks for the know how! I expect to be an even better gardener next year as I continue gaining knowledge from you!😃
Lovely compost you make!😃
Thanks Valorie. :-)
Thanks for the knowledge that you impart to us your viewers
A really helpful video on a topic that’s had me overwhelmed. You’ve made the impossible seem possible, thank you 😊
That’s fantastic to hear. I do hope you give composting a go. :-)
@@GrowVeg thank you 😊, purchasing a 245 litre compost bin this week, starting small, but starting nonetheless thanks to your encouragement!
I have only recently found your channel, you are such a joy to watch :) always so cheerful and inspiring. I have a hot bin, which I don't seem to be able to keep hot! I shall keep going with it though of course and not give up at this challenge. I gardened a lot before children but am getting back to it now that they are older. I did well last year, my little 8mx5m garden faces west but half is in shade, but I know I will keep improving year on year, we learn and grow with our gardens!
Great to hear you're getting back to it. We certainly do learn and grow as gardeners!
Great tips. I didn’t know that about urine. I’ve been using a covered garbage bin for compost in the colder months. I use my open bin for stuff that will take ages like sticks and will keep it full during the summer.
Urine is also high in Potassium typically.
This is such a rewarding activity and experience and also very therapeutic as well
I’ve just discovered local to me a supply of well rotted manure and I’ve now two compost bins made out of pallets, full of the stuff which I want to leave until next spring while topping up with kitchen waste. I never thought I’d get so excited about manure and composting.
You're a true gardener if you're excited about that!
First year making compost here and this video really helps! Keep up the good work!
Me too. Good luck friend and enjoy your journey!
@@GingeRenee Thank you very much and I wish you the best!
Thank you for your knowledge share once again... cheers from Canada.
Oh I do love your humour that has made me smile ! X
Fantastic and well explained, thanks so much.
Wow such great information Ben. I used pallets to make two bins side by side and every couple of weeks fork the compost from one to the other empty one which is basically turning it and yes, it does definitely speed up the composting process as you say. Here’s a thought, how about making a video on setting up a worm farm using an old bath tub. Set it off the ground a little and put a container under the plug hole to catch the liquid gold worm wee. A bit of soil, some veggie scraps, garden waste and a bit of old sacking to cover them works great. Thank you.
That sounds like a great idea John. I did a video on a smaller wormery already also: czcams.com/video/7Mqb5vicCOc/video.html
Fantastic; I need to head out to the garden now & start making compost
This is the video I needed to see to give me the confidence to try a small pile. Thank you!
You're most welcome. Happy composting!
I enjoy your sense of humor! I have 3 rotating compost bins as well as a bigger circular bin that I don't bother to turn though it still manages to cook away at a pretty good rate. It's my opinion that it's the worms in my bins that are responsible for giving me so much compost so quickly. On really hot days I will lift the lid on the rotating bins to keep the worms from cooking. It can get really hot it there!
That's very considerate of you Susan. I'm sure the worms appreciate it. :-)
Thanks for that! I never would have thought of it myself. I just got a tumbling composter. I'll have to remember to open the doors.
Funny, I was just thinking about how jarring it would be to be a worm in one of those tumbling composters while it's being turned. 😂
Great content and engaging with loads of enthusiasm. Thanks for keeping me motivated to continue and expand my garden.
You're welcome - thank you for watching.
I love watching your videos. Even the subject of the video is something i already know i still watch it again. Thank you!
That's really great to hear - we're doing our job right if you want to watch it anyhow! :-)
Thank you for being a Teacher
Love, love, love your information. I catch you often on the Farmer's Almanac daily email. I have learned so much from you. Thank you!!!
That's lovely to hear, thank you! :-)
I really love your sense of humor and upbeat way of explaining things! I love composting. I was just reading up on a Japanese way of anaerobic composting that causes fermentation. Supposedly, the biggest vegetables ever. Have you ever experimented with this style?
Thank you again for making gardening so fun and energetic!
Is it bukashi?
@@ale347baker bokashi, yes exactly. Have you ever used this method with bran groats?
@@kavannahlight5378 Im a new gardener, learning all I can. I started composting since the summer, but im still learning.
@@ale347baker Trust me, composting will change your life and your plants will be beautiful and lush. I have a Mantis composter it is so GREAT. I have tons of great compost and just have to turn the crank and keep 70% brown 30% green.
I've never tried bokashi composting, but know it does great things and is well worth trying.
This was amazingly helpful - thank you!!!
Great video ! a used rotating composter is fun, I rotate often and easily my compost
Great video about composting, Thank you😁👍
Always great content.. thanks
Great information mate, I didn’t realize I was throwing good compost away. I’ve also put banana peels in the water so that my plants can get potassium. I’ve also used goat and Guinea pig poop as manure. Every time my daughter cleans out her Guinea pig cage I always ask for the poop especially when it’s soaked in Pee and she just looks at me funny.
Best video ever as far as this subject is concerned. Thank you very much.
You're very welcome. :-)
Holy cannoli, it’s like Alton brown and Charlie brown had a baby in Britain.
😂😂😂
I experienced that cardboard and grass clippings both create that slimy layer, even when used sparely and cut up so my go to brown material is leaves, i also use leaves to make leave mould, and have somewhere around 3000L of leaved safed up, this will quickly shrink but i keep safing up leaves so i can use them as brown material next year for the heap, once greens start flutting in again :)
your jumper matches the leaves!! love it!!!
All carefully colour coordinated!
Excellent video, very infrmativee. Thanks!
Our bamboo and wooden tableware is also compostable😄
Lovely video Ben, and as you say it's the best time now to do it. I'm waiting for a dry day to do mine,as ATM we having alot of rain on the south east cost. I helped cut my nans hedge down by about 8inchs or so and brought home all I could of that to be able to add to the heap. Have loads of cardboard boxes to rip up,gonna spend one of the wet days and put a Christmas film on,it's time to start them lol, and get all the cardboard ready....have got pop up bings full of spent crops we have got all small and ready to go in.
Everything is in its on piles ready to mix together just need a dry day to put it together.but ATM the only dry day we had was yesterday and had to go get some new clothes for my grandads frunnel as nothing I had was suitable.took longer then I like cloths shopping,hate it!!! But it's done now,so I can concentrate on the garden again.
Also another drytime,need a couple of dry days,we gonna go get loads of forest leaves,and a bit of dirt too, to make a load of leaf mold... Or gold soil lol looking forward too it. Never been so happy for this time of year lol usually I'm moaning it's cold and wet and blaa now I'm like shall we do this or that or ahhh today we have new broadbean seeds come,let's go play them ... Lol my support worker doesn't know what to do with me.
So pleased you're enjoying the season Cheryl. Autumn is rapidly becoming my favourite time of year too!
@@GrowVeg hopefully next year I will be more organized and more in the ground to harvest as ATM I haven't had anything since I got the summer crops out sadly.but seen as this is my 1st year growing more then strawberry and raspberries I don't think it's too bad.
A very helpful video, thanks very much.
This is an excellent and informative video, thank you 🙏 and the sheer passion is also very infectious! 💪
Thanks so much! :-)
Great video, thank you. I pee in a bucket (in the bathroom!) and dilute it with water to water my garden, and also add some to my compost heap. I dilute 1 part urine to 10 parts water.
I've been turning my whole garden into a compost area, improving the soil all over, killed of most of the grass now since i moved in :) Think of all the life crawling around shitting and pissing, my garden is gunna be epic and plants are gunna be so happy im so excited :)
It certainly will be!
@@GrowVeg :)
Great work!! Thanks a lot for sharing.
Another great video! Thank You!
Love your content!!! So informative and interesting. Keep up the great work!!
Thanks so much! 😀
HI! Gardening is so fun but such a learning experience. I know i can use almost any and all greens but Specifically, what greens do you find yourself using more in your compost?
I reckon probably weeds, as these are the most-produced greens. Followed by kitchen scraps/waste more generally.
Love your enthusiasm! Thank you
Very kind of you to say - thanks for watching. :-)
This was really helpful - I'm brand new to gardening & composting!
So pleased you found it helpful. :-)
This was funny and informative. We always enjoy your content. We live in Northern California where there is drought so we have to add water. Question - How often should I turn my compost pile? From your video, it seems you turn it when it is full and then leave it? Mine has been heaped up with the end of the tomato plants and lots of fallen leaves. Thanks again for all you do.
Thanks for watching, it's appreciated. :-) I don't turn my compost that often - maybe just once as shown. But the more you turn your compost, the quicker it will be, so it's really up to you how much you value the effort vs speed. I'm happy to wait a bit longer, hence turning it just the once.
I've been making my own compost for literally decades, using pallets but screwed together to make a more solid structure, and including a fourth side. I also have some corrugated iron on the top of them which are on hinges so I can open them as and when required. I use paper from my shredder - all that junk mail is gold for the compost! To be honest, I learnt nothing new in this video but that didn't detract in any way from the professional, informative and mildly excited (!) delivery, the elegant filming and editing and the wonderful English garden surroundings. Frankly the video (as are all of your videos) was a delight to watch. Thank you so much for brightening my morning (and reminding me it's time to turn two of my four stewing compost bins!!). 🤗👍🐛🐜🪲🐞🦗🪳🕷🍃🍂🍁☘🌿🌾🌻🪱
Hi François. Thanks for the lovely feedback. Sounds like you're a composting pro already! Composting is such a joy, it really is. Like gardening alchemy. :-)
😂😂 who doesn’t pee in the garden. I admit to having a bucket in case I need to pee and it’s too far to go but I also water it down before adding to the compost. Thank you for sharing Ben always informative and fun
It's great to be able to produce your own compost activator. :-)
Thank you for the informative video!
I started kind of “winging it” a few years ago with a rough idea of what I needed. I’m lucky to have access to horse manure and two large magnolia trees that drop leaves in the late spring and summer. It’s nice to see I haven’t been too far off the mark. 🍻 from Florida!
Great job - you'll be in riches of compost before too long I'm sure. :-)
@@GrowVeg I’ve watched a lot of gardening videos over years. Only a handful, you included, I consider my “gurus” but I’ve never received an OP reply from a comment! Your enthusiasm and dedication to your community means a lot.
I just love you, Ben!! You make gardening look easy! Yeehaw!
Thanks so much! Glad you enjoyed this video. :-)
Ok, who else peed in their compost heap?
I did
Thank You so much ,its so informative!
Thanks, Ben!
2:50 Peeing outside or in a compost pile isn't bad at all + you save 2-5 liters each day so the water tank from the toilet won't have to refill back!
It's a super water saver. :-)
Wonderful Ben, thank you so much as always 😊 and yes I always pee on my compost lol
Is thaaat the excuse... 😆
Great stuff! :-)
Best I've watched yet! Thank u sir
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You're most welcome. :-)
How amazing, excellent brief tutorial, he pretty much answered my major concerns...I had to subscribe, thx so much...
So pleased you've subscribed - a very warm welcome to the channel! :-)
PEEING IN THE PILES FOR SURE!!!!
I've heard of not using urine if you take medications? Not sure if it matters or not
Possibly best avoid using using if on medication, though I can't imagine it would have that much impact on a huge compost heap.
Awesome complete video on composting. Thanks a lot
Glad it was helpful! :-)
Thanks for all your tips
You're very welcome John. :-)
Is it alright to use fallen dry autumn leaves as a brown material? I’ve read so much conflicting advice on this, but as I have a load in my garden I’d love to include them.
He was adding heaps of them to his pile. I always add them too. Nature’s gold! And free too. Happy Gardening.
I put most of my leaves in black bin sacks, kettle of hot water, half hour stab bottom for drainage, tie up tight and leave until Spring. Any late falling leaves into the compost heap.
@@amandasylvester3878 why do you use hot water?
@@amandasylvester3878 did you mean to say half hour? I can't decipher lol
@@lisag9493 just to get some heat in and a boost. I'm in the Highlands so we are already getting below zero at night.
bro just craft 7 slabs and make a composter
In the states Starbucks has a program called "Grounds for Gardeners" - Usually a bucket by the front door has a sealed back when they are available. a bucket of bokashi will accelerate too. I sprinkle in a bit of inoculated bio char as well.
What a great program. :-)
My heaps are just in piles next to any bed covered in card - I need to get some bins as we can get wood ones cheaply from our Marie in France - but they are not so big as yours so we may need to use pallets. I have 4 chickens which is just enough for eggs, less feed costs and work; a lovely accelerator for the heaps, so if you can keep chooks they are worth their weight!
When using human waste in your compost, please consider any medications you may be on, first. Especially if you are on powerful prescription medications.
Very good point.
This is why people should be using herbs instead
@@iaura5581 some things are well beyond what herbs can possibly help with. Don't make assumptions.
@@iaura5581 shut up, herbs can’t fix most medical conditions. Quit speaking on things you have no intelligence on.
Do medications get shit out? Don’t most just get absorbed into the blood stream or wherever they go?
I think the small pieces make it much faster
very informative and useful, I love this channel, thank you so much😍
Thank you! :-)
Thank you that was very informative
If your not on a whole lot of medications urine is good un the compost!
Careful if you take meds
Great vid ,,, I’m making my own compost at home ,, I am a fisherman , I have made a compost out of kelp and dried Langoustine shells , lots of autumn leaves and I threw a old bag of alfalfa that I had in my hut ,,, last summer was the first time I had used the shells in my compost and my tomatoes that had that compost were noticeably bigger , greener, healthier,, bigger leaves better fruit ,,
What unique compost ingredients - love it!
It is helpful idea for me, & not buy form the store, doing your own compost tea will bring abundant harvest & bring good nutrition for the soil & reaping abundant harvest.. thank u for sharing this information..
Egg shells
grind up first to speed breakdown
I crush them with my hands before I put them in the compost bin.
haha i loved this video! thank u for making me laugh and for teaching me about composting! im so excited to practice more!
Good presentation. I like it.