I have too many leaves so most goes to the city compost. And i have two Volkswagen size composts of my own. That said what leaves that are on the garden in the spring and the compost all gets tilled in. Yeah tomatoes 🍅🍅
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My favorite way of composting is to put the leaves in with the chickens. They break them down with their scratching and add their manure. It is way faster!
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Is it safe to take the neighbors bagged leaves not knowing if the yard has been fertilized? I heard you avoid those leaves, what's your opion please that's what I'm facing now.
I have land with tons of oak leaves. I want to compost them, but my concern is that ticks reside in them and survive the winter in them. Does composting kill the ticks and tick eggs or will I have compost full of ticks when it's complete?
It depends on how you're composting them. If you're hot composting and your piles are reaching 130°F and staying there, and you turn them to make sure all the material has had a chance to heat up, you're fine. I'm not sure if just leaves will reach those temps without adding nitrogen. I've been adding a thin layer of chicken litter or coffee grounds about every 12" as I fill my 1.5 yrd bins and watering it in to add moisture. Not too much, though. Damp, not dripping. Grass clippings are good too if you have them. I fill them in one day and then keep topping off for the next day or so as they settle. They'll hold about 4 yrds of loose material. Much more and the bin won't hold it all when you flip to aerate and add moisture again. They're hitting 160° after a few days. Turn then and every 3 days after that for 15 days and keep an eye on the temps. It's a lot of work, but no weed seeds or ticks makes it worth it to me. Plus you get compost way faster.
@@Freeland-Farm This is what I've thought, that I'd need to hot compost. My problem that I don't have enough greens and am only on my land sporadically, every couple of days here, and then maybe miss a week or two there. So, I'm not sure how thorough I'll be trying hot compost. Thanks for the response. You've confirmed what I've been thinking.
East Texas here! Good to know since oak, pine, sassafras, hickory and holly are are majority of our trees 😊 and oh my, all the sand
Oak leaves are my top go to free mulch. I put them on everything, and pine needles on my strawberries. Seems to be working like a dream.
You have Uh Leaveated my composting concerns. Thanks for the video.
Lol. Beware of the leaven of the oak trees ;)
Thank you for confirming my understanding of leaves
You’re welcome
Talk about your old school knowledge!
The more natural path, is a far healthier one.
Absolutely love our leaf mulch and leaf mold... fantastic for our raised beds.
Thanks for sharing- Blessings ❤
My favorite material to use in the garden for sure!
I have too many leaves so most goes to the city compost. And i have two Volkswagen size composts of my own. That said what leaves that are on the garden in the spring and the compost all gets tilled in. Yeah tomatoes 🍅🍅
Very helpful video, thank you!
You're welcome
Great information, just what i need to know. Thank you
You just popped up in my suggested list, and this is weird! I don't think I've ever 100% agreed with what someone said in a video before.
I guess I'd better subscribe and see what else you have to give. Cheers from Melbourne Australia!
Welcome to the channel
THANKS FOR THIS INFORMATION 👍
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we had a lot of leaves on our garden last fall then had so many slugs the following summer!
Thank you for this video, very
✌️😜 Always great to have info from someone who has Experienced a particular situation, Thanks Brother 💒⚔️ God Bless us All 🇺🇸🙏✝️
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How do you mulch up your leaves?
You can buy either a wood chipper shredder or you can buy a leaf blower/vac/ mulcher combo. If you do the later, stick with the gas models.
My favorite way of composting is to put the leaves in with the chickens. They break them down with their scratching and add their manure. It is way faster!
They do a good job with composting things.
How about black walnut leaves? Do I need to worry about the jugalone killing my garden veggies?
Not sure. I have never lived in an area with them and never used them.
Do cottonwood leaves work in compost building.
Sure
How do you mulch (cut) the leaves?
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Is it safe to take the neighbors bagged leaves not knowing if the yard has been fertilized? I heard you avoid those leaves, what's your opion please that's what I'm facing now.
Yes, that should be fine. They are just lying on top of their lawn.
@@CountryLivingExperience ok great thank you
I have land with tons of oak leaves. I want to compost them, but my concern is that ticks reside in them and survive the winter in them.
Does composting kill the ticks and tick eggs or will I have compost full of ticks when it's complete?
I don't know. We don't have a tick issue like that here.
@CountryLivingExperience Ok, thanks.
It depends on how you're composting them. If you're hot composting and your piles are reaching 130°F and staying there, and you turn them to make sure all the material has had a chance to heat up, you're fine. I'm not sure if just leaves will reach those temps without adding nitrogen. I've been adding a thin layer of chicken litter or coffee grounds about every 12" as I fill my 1.5 yrd bins and watering it in to add moisture. Not too much, though. Damp, not dripping. Grass clippings are good too if you have them. I fill them in one day and then keep topping off for the next day or so as they settle. They'll hold about 4 yrds of loose material. Much more and the bin won't hold it all when you flip to aerate and add moisture again. They're hitting 160° after a few days. Turn then and every 3 days after that for 15 days and keep an eye on the temps. It's a lot of work, but no weed seeds or ticks makes it worth it to me. Plus you get compost way faster.
@@Freeland-Farm This is what I've thought, that I'd need to hot compost. My problem that I don't have enough greens and am only on my land sporadically, every couple of days here, and then maybe miss a week or two there. So, I'm not sure how thorough I'll be trying hot compost.
Thanks for the response. You've confirmed what I've been thinking.
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Had to remove my hardwood..got pear fungus from the neighbor
Sorry to hear that
a-leave-eated.. I see what you did there 😏