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

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  • čas přidán 16. 05. 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
    Both:
    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
    #compost #permaculture #kitchengardening
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  • @HuwRichards
    @HuwRichards  Před 3 lety +843

    Just wanted to let you know that every video I now upload has correct captions, rather than the terrible CZcams 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 Před 3 lety +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  Před 3 lety +13

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

    • @Gartenlust
      @Gartenlust Před 3 lety +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 Před 3 lety +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 Před 3 lety +12

      Very considerate. :)

  • @MikeH_PR
    @MikeH_PR Před 3 lety +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 Před 2 lety +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 Před 2 lety +10

      Thankyou for the kind words 👍

    • @korzer
      @korzer Před rokem

      Great boot licking

    • @endtimesareuponus8930
      @endtimesareuponus8930 Před rokem

      Watch the cussing !!

    • @christinalynn8143
      @christinalynn8143 Před rokem +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 Před 3 lety +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.

  • @davidchester429
    @davidchester429 Před 2 lety +17

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

  • @stephaniezeh1074
    @stephaniezeh1074 Před 3 lety +44

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

    • @HashPhantom
      @HashPhantom Před 3 lety +1

      Gardening ASMR

    • @helenebennie3961
      @helenebennie3961 Před 2 lety +1

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

  • @Kiyarose3999
    @Kiyarose3999 Před 3 lety +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 Před 3 lety +7

      Think about the possibility of vermicomposting.

    • @suzyq6767
      @suzyq6767 Před 3 lety +3

      You might add paper for a carbon source.

    • @crpth1
      @crpth1 Před 3 lety +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 Před 3 lety

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

    • @Kiyarose3999
      @Kiyarose3999 Před 3 lety +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.

  • @LegumesEtFleurs
    @LegumesEtFleurs Před 3 lety +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. 😁

  • @ChuckUnderFire
    @ChuckUnderFire Před 3 lety +60

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

  • @catts4christ
    @catts4christ Před 3 lety +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 Před 3 lety +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 Před rokem +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 Před 3 lety +9

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

  • @innerstream
    @innerstream Před 3 lety +56

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

    • @thomasfuchs9451
      @thomasfuchs9451 Před 3 lety +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 Před 2 lety

      @@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.

  • @amayatheperson1074
    @amayatheperson1074 Před 3 lety +2

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

  • @reallysmallfrisby
    @reallysmallfrisby Před 3 lety +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 Před 3 lety +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!

  • @lazone3184
    @lazone3184 Před 2 lety +1

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

  • @voidsibyl
    @voidsibyl Před 2 lety +2

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

  • @coyotetacticalsolutions
    @coyotetacticalsolutions Před 2 lety +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.

  • @juliaauweiler3246
    @juliaauweiler3246 Před 3 lety +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.

  • @chalisblur
    @chalisblur Před 3 lety +1

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

  • @wudangmtn
    @wudangmtn Před rokem

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

  • @Liz-lp3ms
    @Liz-lp3ms Před 3 lety +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 Před 3 lety

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

  • @valium-fm7236
    @valium-fm7236 Před 3 lety +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 Před 3 lety +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 Před 3 lety +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 Před 3 lety +4

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

    • @valium-fm7236
      @valium-fm7236 Před 3 lety

      @@cynthiafisher9907 that’s the one 😁

    • @Tlhakxza
      @Tlhakxza Před 3 lety +3

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

  • @yeskeepgoing2919
    @yeskeepgoing2919 Před 3 lety +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.

  • @Om_garden
    @Om_garden Před rokem

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

  • @simplifygardening
    @simplifygardening Před 3 lety +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 Před 3 lety +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 Před 3 lety +2

      Green matter matters

  • @pilkyish
    @pilkyish Před 2 lety +3

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

    • @HuwRichards
      @HuwRichards  Před 2 lety +1

      Thanks, what a lovely comment! Glad you like them

  • @radharcanna
    @radharcanna Před rokem

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

  • @selberdenker6138
    @selberdenker6138 Před 3 lety +1

    Ich liebe diesen Mann! Super Videos, danke❣

  • @niallgardens
    @niallgardens Před 3 lety +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 Před 2 lety

      Hand Picked Green Chillies at back yard garden
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  • @jasonn668
    @jasonn668 Před 2 lety +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  Před 2 lety +1

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

  • @shinchando7240
    @shinchando7240 Před 3 lety

    Simple and powerful process. Brilliant job mate.👍👍

  • @gerryshort1426
    @gerryshort1426 Před 6 měsíci

    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.

  • @macker155
    @macker155 Před 3 lety +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 Před 3 lety +7

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

  • @davidleakey2721
    @davidleakey2721 Před rokem

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

  • @joshcook9487
    @joshcook9487 Před 2 lety

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

  • @EMSpdx
    @EMSpdx Před 3 lety +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  Před 3 lety +5

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

  • @wyominghome4857
    @wyominghome4857 Před rokem +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!

  • @macnet83
    @macnet83 Před 3 lety

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

  • @koto3754
    @koto3754 Před 2 lety

    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.

  • @emmanueldangata1042
    @emmanueldangata1042 Před 3 lety +5

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

  • @lyndaturner3592
    @lyndaturner3592 Před 3 lety +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  Před 3 lety

      Great thinking Lynda! Thank you for watching :)

  • @ikillprettythingz7947
    @ikillprettythingz7947 Před 3 lety +1

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

  • @uthrones
    @uthrones Před 6 měsíci

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

  • @Wings91
    @Wings91 Před 3 lety +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.

  • @carolineowen7846
    @carolineowen7846 Před 3 lety +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 Před 2 lety

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

    • @carlduffin9199
      @carlduffin9199 Před rokem

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

  • @TheNorthernrobbie
    @TheNorthernrobbie Před rokem

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

  • @thomaslama8729
    @thomaslama8729 Před rokem

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

  • @potatosalad6438
    @potatosalad6438 Před 3 lety +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 Před 2 měsíci

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

  • @Coccinelf
    @Coccinelf Před 2 lety +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 Před rokem

      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 Před rokem

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

  • @LindaPenney
    @LindaPenney Před 3 lety

    Awesome update Huw thank you for sharing and making this

  • @hollymartin9563
    @hollymartin9563 Před 3 lety +7

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

    • @HuwRichards
      @HuwRichards  Před 3 lety +1

      Thanks Holly😉

    • @dahmed8993
      @dahmed8993 Před 3 lety

      @@HuwRichards dont think that was a compliment lol

    • @HuwRichards
      @HuwRichards  Před 3 lety +3

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

    • @dahmed8993
      @dahmed8993 Před 3 lety

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

    • @rebeccamcnutt5142
      @rebeccamcnutt5142 Před 3 lety

      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!" 😂😂😂

  • @deepaseralathan7465
    @deepaseralathan7465 Před 3 lety +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 Před 3 lety +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 Před 2 lety +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.

  • @fayprivate7975
    @fayprivate7975 Před 2 lety

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

  • @EmilyDawn6
    @EmilyDawn6 Před 2 lety

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

  • @compagnieweloveyou
    @compagnieweloveyou Před 3 lety +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 Před rokem +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.

  • @tess764
    @tess764 Před 3 lety +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 Před rokem +4

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

    • @trish3580
      @trish3580 Před rokem +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 Před rokem +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 Před rokem +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 Před rokem +1

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

  • @gabrielledennis4103
    @gabrielledennis4103 Před 3 lety

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

  • @my_garden.secrets
    @my_garden.secrets Před 3 lety

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

  • @Sarahlenea
    @Sarahlenea Před 3 lety +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 Před 2 lety +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.)

  • @philipped.4782
    @philipped.4782 Před 3 lety +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 Před 2 lety +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

  • @darlatidwell6255
    @darlatidwell6255 Před 3 lety

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

  • @simangelemariemkhize5831
    @simangelemariemkhize5831 Před 3 měsíci

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

  • @alexriddles492
    @alexriddles492 Před 3 lety +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 Před 3 lety

      What kind of mower does that?

    • @alexriddles492
      @alexriddles492 Před 3 lety

      @@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 Před 3 lety

      @@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.

  • @gregj5771
    @gregj5771 Před 3 lety +3

    How on Earth is Huw not already CZcams verified?!

  • @norinenagle6730
    @norinenagle6730 Před rokem

    Thanks - great ideas and they sound manageable.

  • @skuzmanovic3227
    @skuzmanovic3227 Před rokem

    Great educational video. Keep doing great work 👍🏻

  • @richards5110
    @richards5110 Před 3 lety +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.

  • @mzeemrefu
    @mzeemrefu Před 2 lety +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.

  • @loisjong
    @loisjong Před 11 měsíci

    I love your jumping in the compostbin! 😀

  • @ameenhafiz1209
    @ameenhafiz1209 Před 3 lety

    Brilliant idea of composting😀☺

  • @talkingbeers
    @talkingbeers Před 3 lety +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 Před rokem

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

  • @suburbanhomestead
    @suburbanhomestead Před 3 lety +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 Před 3 lety

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

    • @fainitesbarley2245
      @fainitesbarley2245 Před 3 lety

      The old boys at the allotment do that for beans.

  • @RaffiTheQuokka
    @RaffiTheQuokka Před rokem

    informative and relaxing content, love it!

  • @anthonymedina5186
    @anthonymedina5186 Před 3 lety

    Thanks for all the great hints.

  • @chrisoliver6690
    @chrisoliver6690 Před 3 lety +105

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

  • @djsimonrossprice9400
    @djsimonrossprice9400 Před 3 lety +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 Před 2 lety +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.

  • @maryloumckeever7563
    @maryloumckeever7563 Před 2 lety

    A great no nonsense video on composting. Thanks Huw

  • @spencersnursery1547
    @spencersnursery1547 Před 3 lety +1

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

  • @venpeddapalli7189
    @venpeddapalli7189 Před rokem +10

    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.

  • @RosySideFarm
    @RosySideFarm Před 3 lety +2

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

  • @panexplosivoh3113
    @panexplosivoh3113 Před 3 lety

    This production cuality is great!

  • @Christinahello
    @Christinahello Před 2 lety

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

  • @thecatwhosawstars
    @thecatwhosawstars Před 3 lety +6

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

  • @jilltucker6865
    @jilltucker6865 Před 3 lety +7

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

    • @Anna-hy5ho
      @Anna-hy5ho Před 3 lety +4

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

  • @beverleybrangman2191
    @beverleybrangman2191 Před 3 měsíci

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

  • @thelanguageinsider81
    @thelanguageinsider81 Před 3 lety +1

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

  • @losik01
    @losik01 Před 3 lety +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 Před 3 lety +6

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

  • @joshuadelisle
    @joshuadelisle Před 3 lety

    Love it. Good advice.

  • @amadahyrose
    @amadahyrose Před 2 lety

    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!

  • @litomora8468
    @litomora8468 Před 3 lety +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 Před rokem +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 Před 3 lety +2

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

    • @HuwRichards
      @HuwRichards  Před 3 lety +1

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

  • @sayakas_journey
    @sayakas_journey Před 3 lety

    Wow, thanks for the amazing video😍😍

  • @irnayulianti9727
    @irnayulianti9727 Před 2 lety

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

  • @wholesomeliving
    @wholesomeliving Před rokem

    I thoroughly enjoy your videos and have been learning so much. Just waiting to someday have enough space of my own to put all your incredible ideas and teaching to practice. 💚💚💚

  • @davidthescottishvegan
    @davidthescottishvegan Před 3 lety +1

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

    • @HuwRichards
      @HuwRichards  Před 3 lety +2

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

  • @michelleeasterly1985
    @michelleeasterly1985 Před 3 lety

    Really enjoy your videos..there is always so much more to learn..thank you..

  • @kwithykat2478
    @kwithykat2478 Před 2 lety

    This video is so beautifully shot and edited. Awesome information too. Thank you!