10 ways to compost no matter where you live | indoor, drop-off, & worm composting
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- Опубліковано 29 вер 2024
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Compost is a great example of how we misuse HOAs. HOAs and large apartment complexes should have no problem creating a compost system on site which is easy to use. They already have landscapers coming by regularly so they can just have those same people flip the pile regularly and distribute the finish compost where needed!
Instead, our HOAs focus on….informing people when their grass is 1cm too high?!?!?
Regardless thanks for such a helpful video! I use a drop off service where I just drive to the location and drop it off every Saturday.
Truth! I'm not anti-HOA but I think they could be utilized more efficiently. My HOA is GARBAGE. They literally don't do anything. They don't even make sure people maintain their homes. (it took out neighbors literally YEARS to finally paint their nasty-looking house and fix their busted roof that had an ugly shredded blue tarp on it for almost year fixed. ) The only thing they do is maintain the entrance...that's it. We have a HUGE park that goes mostly unused that would make a lovely community garden with composting but noooooo. 🙄
@@PerfectPride ugh that sucks! Yea HOAs could be such a strong thing for the climate if we used them correctly. We could band together to get better pricing on solar, implement composting on site, implement water recycling on site, fund a small garden and give everyone free produce when harvest time comes, same thing but with chickens, and so on.
Like, literally every single thing that our neighborhoods could implement an HOA could also implement just on a smaller scale.
Hopefully this gets fixed as the demographics slowly change over.
For real!! My apartment building gave me SUCH a hard time about my patio composter because of "potential pest problems" (I ended up getting a special approval after going back and forth a bunch)--meanwhile the outdoor dumpsters are always overflowing and the waste management is all completely done outside. Racoons and crows tear through the trash bags since the dumpsters are unprotected, resulting in TONS of plastic waste ending up in our drains and nearby river. It's infuriating.
@@izzyiscreating4358 glad you got special permission. That reminds me of how there’s a misconception that compost is smelly. In reality, as long as you’re adding the correct amount of brown waste, it shouldn’t smell.
But this has many people scared to even try composting in apartment buildings.
Yup totally agree. Our HOA doesn’t even have recycling as an option and our city has it included in the municipal trash service… so I don’t even know how that happened 😓 But it’s annoying- we take our recycling to my family member’s homes right now but it’s frustrating the HOA is so pricey and in return so crappy
I started a worm compost in 2018 and it's great. I started it because I have axolotls and I feed the worms to them, but this whole process is what introduced me into being more ecofriendly and conscious.
So yeah, thank you axolotls 😂
Edit to add I keep my diy worm bin under my kitchen sink and it doesn't stink when I add food scraps
I don't know who will read this but I'll put it here anyways. I am a teacher at an Elementary school in Hawaii and I'm currently teaching a unit on composting. I just got started 3 ways of composting that was mentioned in this video: the big yard aerobic, the worm bin and the bokashi. So far, since it only been about a week it looks like the decomposition just started (other than the bokashi since I started it the other day).
This is my first experience of actually trying composting as I live in a small space and I didn't know how to get started. I was inspired to teach this unit by Shelbi and other creators on UA-cam.
If you read this, I hope you have a great day/night!
While watching this video, I decided to look into local composting options. Since the city I live in burns all trash collected for energy (it's where most of the electricity in the town comes from) I figured no one would bother composting. But I was wrong! There's a place to drop off your food waste at no charge, as long as you take it there yourself. Glad this video made me think to look into it.
The layout of this vlog was impeccable. Like sesame street for adults. Engaging and Educational.
I actually posted on the Nextdoor app about where I can compost and I got a response from a neighbor a couple streets away!! And I just keep a compost bucket and drop it off once a week!! They have an open air compost!
In our backyards of apartment complexes in Germany there are usually 4 different recycling options: compost, paper, plastic and residual waste. It is part of every rent here and if you own your own house you can just order it from the city.
And if you have bigger waste like furniture or something which doesn’t belong in the bins the city picks it up for free or you can bring it to their centres for free. I never needed to think about where to bring my waste. Greetings from Berlin, Germany.
Thank you for sharing all of the information you do. I love that you are showing different options to meet everyone's needs.
I keep my compost in either the metal compost bin under my sink or in old cardboard boxes in the freezer and then drop it at a regional chain near me called MOM's Organic Grocery for free every 2-4 weeks.
From what I could see of the Lomi output, it looks like it would be good to add to potting mix, which would be good for apartment dwellers or anybody that has things in pots.
You may not be a compost goddess but you are a sustainability goddess for sure! I’ve been waiting for a video like this for so long but as always you exceeded all my expectations! So many options, now I have more than one way to try! Thanks!
thanks for this information! I live in rural/small town Wisconsin and have a big backyard. Every year we plant gardens, but have mixed results. sometimes joke about our 'poisoned soil'...I like the idea of converting food scraps from dinner prep onto healthy soil/nutrients for our potted and in-ground plants...just didn't know where to cheaply start. I've been seeing Lomi ads on social media lately - it looks easy, just not sure if it's cheap
YAAAAAS SHELBI!!! I've been eagerly awaiting a video like this and I'm so glad it's finally here!!!! 🤩🤩
Great video !!!
And you are right….just do it until you find what works for you !!!!
We moved recently and couldn’t take our compost with us so we were looking to see what is the best option and a few weeks ago we got a worm farm! Personally I’ve wanted this for so long and I’m loving collecting all the worm tea. BUT it is not enough for the amount of waste we produce as a 5 person household so we currently just chuck the rest of the waste straight into the garden, sometimes my mum will blend it up so it breaks down faster. There is a sharemywaste system that we may need to utilise or (I hope) we buy a tumbler. And I dream of the day I have the space to use chickens, and open air composting method.
Glad you were able to get your lomi….. still waiting on mine that I paid for last April via the kick starter….. awesome video! Learned a lot of new ways to compost!
Wild that you didn't get it yet and you signed up in April! I signed up the same time and got mine in February. Did you re-confirm your address in the new year? I'd contact them!
I’m still waiting for mine too, so you’re not the only one who hadn’t received it yet. Hopefully in the next few weeks!
It's a scam
Great, great video, Shelbi! Thank you! I compost, but I forgot about the “browns” that are needed with composting! 🍁 🍂
Could you please make a video or provide information on your car litter compost?
My wife and I love your content btw. We are excited to start composting!!
23:35 These "electronic composters" are gimmicks. They claim to turn your food waste into fertiliser or compost in 24 hours, but that is fundamentally impossible because the microorganisms that turn your food waste into compost or dirt simply do not work that fast. All you can do in 24 hours, realistically, is dry your waste up and grind it up, which is one of the most pointless and wasteful things you can do with your waste. And the worst thing about these "rapid composters" is that, by subjecting your food waste to high temperatures (80°C to 100°C), you're actually _sterilising_ it and destroying all of the nutrients that it contains, while killing off all of the microorganisms that could otherwise grow in or on it and help break it down.
To put it simply, the _backbone_ of the "rapid composter" idea is a farce.
UA-camr Thunderf00t, a research scientist working in the Czech Republic, put up a video destroying Lomi. It's titled "Lomi: BUSTED!". You really should give it a watch.
I LOVE LOVE LOVE MY LOMI ❤️❤️❤️❤️
How often would you recommend turning your compost tumbler? I've had mine since roughly January and I turn it at least once a week.
this video was epic thank you queen Shelbi
Love this video. I’m working hard to get good at making compost. I started bokashi composting over the winter and have my first batch making soil in my “soil factory”. I also have a tumbler that I use when my bokashi is decomposing. Anywho… I wanted to share an Instagram account that I learned about a little while ago that has been a god sent. It’s compostable.kate. I’d call her a composting expert, and is great at answering your composting questions.
what do you do if you don't have freezer room (ours is very small and we have a roommate so there not much space) but I struggle with getting fruit flies from counter compost?????
I used to get fruit flies when using one of those metal containers like shown. Now I use a 1 gal ice cream tub that seals well and haven't had a problem.
Thank you 💗
Yes Share Waste is the best thing ever!!!!!!
I'm just so confused why your videos never make it on my homepage. I watch every single one of your videos and UA-cam still doesn't recommend it): makes me so sad
What are the uses for the pet waste compost? Or does the waste just kind of feed the worms and the waste just stays there?
I am an environmental engineer and I'd like to caution anyone thinking about using worms. Many species of worms are invasive and can do more harm to the environment if they get out. Soil protection is important but so is the balance of our ecosystems. If you want to try worms go ahead but please do research on species and be careful that they don't get out
I always think about invasive species when people talk about the plants they like to have since 2020, so this a really good point. How do you feel about physically digging up worms in one’s backyard?
I... should have realized worms came in different species. Thank you so much; this didn't even occur to me.
As an ecologist, I concur.
@@lapissakura4653 earthworms from your backyard (depending on the species) aren’t necessarily going to be very fast at eating up the food waste. That’s part of the reason why they sell specific species for use in worm bins.
I want to study environment engineering, do you have any tips/ heads ups for me?
Thanks :)
This video made me realize my priviledge when it comes to composting. I've moved around a lot (in Europe), and I've always lived in a place where the municipality will simply pick up your food (and garden) waste. Super easy and free.
I’m wary of lomi “composters” because of the amount of energy (carbon emissions) that goes into dehydrating the food scraps when composting is naturally a free and energy free process. As other comments have mentioned, please be aware of greenwashing!
Shelby, it would be nice if you could address this topic.
Over here (in the Netherlands), organic waste (food and garden waste) is collected in a seperate bin, and that stuff is composted by municipal services and then sold as garden compost.
We even get giant collection "baskets" in every neighbourhood in fall for everyone to dump the fallen leaves in (since that's a whole lot of added organic waste).
That's so cool🤗
same in canada!
This would be such an easy thing to implement in cities and suburbs and im so irritated that this isn’t a standard consideration to al American city planning
Wow that's super awesome.
I used to work at a Mediterranean restaurant and we had a compost bucket that we would fill each day and a man from an organic farm would come pick it up rigjt before closing time. I thought that was pretty cool, but it would be awesome if it were city-wide
I haven't even watched yet, but I am already thankful for this video. Compost has been something I wanted to start but felt intimidated and overwhelmed by. But I recently found out that my city has an organic recycling system so I am at least starting there. Sad to admit, it has been hard to break old TERRIBLE habits of food scraps and waste going in the trash but I committed to it!.
YES !!!!!
I hate when people put food in the garbage because I’m so used to composting, I promise your new habit will form easily !!! And another advantage is that your regular garbage never stinks !
Blessings
I have composted on and off since 2018. It started with a community compost at our townhouse and just kept rolling...now I use both our worm bin (which our kids consider pets 😂) and our city curbside compost.
My favorite bonus of composting is that our trash doesn't get icky and stinky!
That’s so cute 🥰 😂
i am sad to say that my town does not offer composting services. i was also shocked to find out that while i have recycling pick up, my brother (who lives in the same town but about 25 minutes away) says his apartment complex doesn't have recycling at all! it's 2022, we as a society need to do better and create systems that are better for us and for our planet
I'm so excited for this video! Starting a compost is my 2022 goal!
You can do it! ✊
I was so scared to but honestly it's been the easiest part of trying to be more sustainable!
I seriously love both you and Kevin at epic gardening! I am a patio gardener who recently moved to San Diego and Kevin’s videos are a god send for us garden lovers. It warms my heart to see y’all supporting each other! Also it feels like Shelbi is reading my mind- literally two weeks ago I started my own patio worm compost following some of Kevin’s videos using left over storage bins I wasn’t using! So far so good 🥰🥰♥️
I had a worm composter but I'd recommend it for someone with a bvalcony. The worm bin is so prone to fruitflies and if you have tons of fres produce it's unavoidable. also, it reaches it's limits in a plant based household of 2. But I loved it over all! That being said: The wooden composter you showed (Wurmkiste) is an Austrian product from my Uni and I am super proud to see it in a video shared by you! :D
Yeah. My worm bin goes outside in spring because of the flies. It does ok in the winter. I have a few going at once.
I freeze the scraps first so all the fruit fly eggs die off. I never had a problem with them again👍
For balconies, it's also important to think about the sun heat. On our balcony it gets very hot and with our first worm compost, an heatwave over 30° (C) killed all the worms, we took it in after the first unexpected day but it was too late..
What do you think about the claims that LOMI actually increases your footprint because of the resources to build it and electricity it uses to operate
EVERYONE CAN HELP THE EARTH OUT BY JUST COMPOSTING!!!!! I love this because it is so helpful for people all over! Prior to moving to Maine and getting curbside compost from Garbage to Garden and it is so nice, because it is a subscription but you can get COMPOST back for free, and they even offer a program on how you can volunteer in exchange for the service! I want the Lomi though, what an amazing product!
I don’t believe the Lomi or any other countertop “composter” (more like dehydrator/dessicator) actually can ever offset the carbon footprint that comes from manufacturing, packaging and shipping, not to mention operating, a new indoor compost machine. I’ve also read awful reviews about terrible odour and breakdown of various brands of these machines. Honestly I feel like these are just greenwashing.
I just use my backyard composter.
For people living in a small space with no access to a yard, there is no excuse for buildings and/or municipalities not to create and implement a composting programme.
Agree
It is super tempting to buy into since my husband and I will be moving into a flat with no municipal composting. But it seems way too good to be true in terms of whole product life cycle emissions. I'll be looking for other options.
Agreed!
It also uses electricity to dry and grind. There goes your carbon footprint.
My biggest concern about Lomi is that you have to keep buying the filters every few months or so. It’s not a cheap device, and trying to promote sustainability it is concerning that it encourages further consumerism. Does anyone have experiences with the filters and how often you need to change it?
You are correct, it’s a sales gimmick sadly ! Just keep researching, there are many very cheap or free ways to set up a compost.
Good luck !
I share your concern. Another thing I keep thinking about is, what happens if it breaks and can’t be fixed? What would be ways that ppl can reuse something like this?
i had a similar thought... what if the business goes under and i can't buy the filters anymore? then the machine is useless?
Hey Shelbi! I’m about to start van life and am trying to figure out how I can still compost! I’m planning to try something like the Share Waste app along my trip but I’m also very curious about the power draw of the lomi. Does the box have any info on watts/Volts/amps/amp hours?
I was wondering the same thing, we’re looking to be able to compost on the road in our skoolie!
I think she said the lomi uses the same amount of electrocity as an oven uses in 15min, but I’m guessing their website has more info 😊
I hope you found something that works for you ! The lomi is really defeating the purpose of composting, it’s designed to make people think they are doing good and for them to make money ! Composting shouldn’t cost money other than an initial bucket.
Blessings
It’s so nice hearing about all these options! Also appreciate hearing how you compost your pet waste!
Hi Shelbi, do you have a video available for cat owners? I feel so bad about the litter I use. I also live in an apartment and started a compost bin. I’m excited to learn more ways to compost. Thanks for the video.
Same here! 😔 we use to use pine pellets and would compost the saw dust into our backyard (not the poop tho) but one of my cats (I have three) HATES pellets so we had an issue of her going outside the litter box. We switched to Dr Elseys clumping litter and we now have a litter robot. But since we still have to use bags to throw it into the dumpster, I feel bad for my cats creating so much waste. 😪
I do! If you search my channel I have an existing video. Honestly not a ton had changed and the principles are all the same. But I’ve been meaning to make an updated video a while 👀
I got a vermicompost bin over the holidays. It’s been so fun having little worm friends!
Cheers to you telling us about ShareWaste before! I started composting this year with it and am loving it so much!
I took a Master Composter class through my city (Plano) for free and learned so much! I highly recommend "Worms Eat My Garbage" by Mary Appelhof. Also look into Bokashi composting if yall havent already- you can compost meat & dairy and they have the complete kits on Amazon!
Happy composting :)
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By chance, would you be able to do a video going in depth about carbon footprinting and your view on artwork? (two different videos obviously!)
So interesting all these different systems! Could you maybe share, how the break down process works, how to recognize when the composte is ready to use and how to extrakt it from the waste that is not yet ready to use?
be careful with showing the front of your house!!
I really really Love my Indoor wormkompost. Yes, it sometimes catches fruit flies, but burrying my compost always helps. And yes, there is a learning curve, but it's fun to learn and usually the worms show you what's wrong. If i have bigger amounts of compost I freeze some of it and purree it later. That way you also kill the fruitflies and composting happens way more quickly
I recently invested in a Green Cone “solar food digester”. It accepts all food waste, is an in-ground system that accepts meat, dairy, and if far enough away from food crops, pet poo. I mostly eat plant-based but my roommates not so much and I figured the best kind is the one that gets used, soooo… It’s also super low maintenance. The nutrients are dispersed throughout the nearby soil, and it’s designed to avoid attracting pets by odour as well. The idea is that the two above-ground cones intensify heat from the sun, which speeds up the composting process. The top of the cones is the lid, just drop your scraps in and leave it. Does need a shallow hole, 50cm or so, for the below-ground basket. The holes allow worms and other nearby decomposition contributors to visit for a snack too! It won’t suit folks who are into gardening as much, but the reduction of food waste and a method for it that’s easy to keep up with is my priority.
I've been waiting for the composting video, I knew it was coming and it's perfect timing! I just got my own place and I'm looking at ways to minimize waste and impact in my new home.
Out of curiosity you mentioned of course that you can’t send your scrap food to the landfill and expect it to compost but would it be possible if you had the yard to do so…could someone toss scrap food into there yard and it would decompose naturally? Just trying to learn more thanks Shelbi love your videos!!
I would assume not, but it seems that having an open air compost bin would be a similar deal
Look into 'trench composting'. It's exactly what it sounds like. The main concern with leaving food out on the surface would be pests.
No matter who you're making compost for, be sure to take those little stickers off. Or any packaging that might come with. Be sure to wash store bought veggies because they're covered in petroleum.
I agree that composting is very important; however, you started your video saying, "The composting cycle cannot happen without oxygen and sunlight." You follow this up with your very first option for composting (drop-off/collection service) which uses bokashi. Bokashi is by definition an anaerobic process which means it has to happen WITHOUT oxygen. I agree with most of your video, but I would recommend not making inaccurate statements to open your videos.
Can you do a video of like your UA-cam friends in sustainability world. I feel like I don’t know any of the creators (other than Levi) and like a teaser of them.
This video came at the perfect time! I have been composting at my school apartment for over a year now by dropping it off through the city compost. I am moving back home in a couple months and the city doesn't have any compost system. I am trying to figure out the best way to compost at home without attracting any animals and making it easy for my family. Still figuring out which will work best, but this will definitely help me figure it out!
FYI Warning about worms 🐛⚠️
Some worms are invasive species and can be extremely damaging to the native ecosystem and soils if they get out. So please find worms that are native or non invasive to your area!
I saw someone else mention this already, but hopefully adding another comment will help
WELL....I finally bought my Lomi. 2nd year backyard gardener....and composting with all the critters and a wild 2 year old...it just caused more stress and headaches than my mental health could afford. So in an effort to do better and work with my lifestyle and make composting more accessible for me...I saved for a whole year and just purchased yesterday!!! Cannot wait to teach my baby about composting and lessen our environmental impact! 💚
I used sharewaste to find someone near Portland Oregon that accepts scraps to give their worms :) I drive drive about 15 minutes to get my scraps load to them about once a month.
Awesome video, it was really helpful in learning about different composting methods! I wished for the FCMP Tumbling Composter for my birthday, and I’m excited to try it out in the spring!
Also, I’ve heard from some friends that separating out organic materials from regular trash for compost is mandatory by law in California (since Jan. 1st)! I wish more states would follow this example so we can all help reduce food waste without having to pay for composting services/compost things ourselves.
Please make a video about compostable and biodegradable plastics- I think that’s kind of a hot topic, especially with all the marketing companies are doing lately.
I have the Vitamix composter, and I love it! My husbands coworker was going to get rid of it and offered it to us for free. It sits on a metal cart in our dining room and we run it twice a week. We also have the in-ground composting, mainly for things that can’t going into the composter (avocado pits, sticky things, cardboard) and they work well together.
My parents made a compost pile in our backyard when I was just a kid, around 7-8. My mom was really big on gardening, so it just made sense for us to make our own compost! We made an open air compost, basically the same as the one shown in the video. Wood frame and chicken wire. It has been flourishing for around 20 years now.
I'm pretty sure Levi just threw his compost in the recycle bin.....
Thanks Shelbi for sharing so many options and experiences for composting! My method is most similar to Levi - we find that steel bin works well for us. Our building unfortunately doesn't offer compost - but our downtown does! So we take our compost to downtown once a week when running errands around there.
^As an added plus, with how cold our winters are, we can free up our freezer space in the winter time by freezing our compost on our balcony. Again, the steel bin works great for this.
This video was extremely helpful, thought-provoking, and entertaining. Thank you, Shelbi! 👍🏻
pizza boxes are compostable! just remove any stickers or receipts! i always see pizza boxes in the recycling and garbage bins, but they're actually compostable! tell everybody! haha!
thanks for this awesome video shelbi! i shared it and hopes it inspires people to compost (properly).
I have a question, can you Compost your bamboo toothbrushes with lomi, cause the website doesn't say anything about that
My Lomi composter from the kickstarter finally arrived in the mail last month. I have used it probably at least 7 times so far and I abolutely love it. I always had this guilt on myself for wasting food that I didn't eat, or had gone bad, but now I am able to make it quickly into compost for my indoor house plants!
So, you wasted $500 or so to buy Lomi, and then you're wasting even more money because the thing guzzles electricity like breakfast and requires you to constantly buy more stuff like carbon filters and the like. The Lomi is a gimmick, because what it promises to do (turn food waste into compost in 24 hours) is fundamentally impossible.
Hey from Northern Ireland Shelbi. I bought a Pela phone case for a new phone today using your offer code and just wanted to let you know that I ended up with an unexpected 25% off my order! Thank you x
I have a question about onion and garlic waste because when I’ve tried to compost that before it attracts flies and can sometimes upset the biome. What do you do to combat that?
I just bought a tumbler. I haven’t been successful at other types of composting, hoping this is the solution. 🙌🏼
How is it going?
I have a vermicompost system, and it currently lives in my living room, though I wouldn’t when it warms up. I used to keep In my garage all year round, but don’t have one anymore. They stay in my outdoor shed when it’s warmer out. I only brought them in when it was going to be well below freezing for several consecutive days this winter.
I’ve had them in my house since because it was just easier and no hindrance to my day to day. When balanced there are no smells. I just use bus bins, don’t even use drainage holes because I keep it well balanced and there is no extra liquid. Very fun hobby along with my garden and other composting methods.
This was great! Any tips for those of us who live in cold climates? I've actually got plenty of outdoor space and a tumbler, but it's under snow the majority of the year, so I find myself slacking in the winter. 🙃
I'm in a very snowy part of Canada. I have a tumbler as well and a two bin system. I make sure I empty the tumbler into the two bin system before things start freezing. I have the tumbler in a convenient spot, right where we shovel anyway which is also sunny and because we use it regularly I have no problem keeping the lid clear, sometimes it freezes shut and I use some hot water to loosen it. It hasn't filled up in winter for me so far as long as I empty it before! I hope that helps but feel free to let me know if you have more questions.
@@couragefish This was exactly what I needed. Thank You!
When I lived with my parents it was super easy. My mom has had chickens for a little over 10 years and they eat everything. Our dogs also eat some stuff. Then I noticed she would throw certain things away the chickens didn’t like so we basically had a pile of leaves and dirt where we would just bury it. She realized the soil was perfect for her garden and used it all up. We then got an old storage bin and had open composting. The chickens will eat what they want and the rest gets composted. Now I have my own land and take my stuff to her house or I’ve been buring it under a small tree we have in the back (I have 1/2 acre so we have space). Hopefully soon we’ll get 2or 3 chickens and they’ll help with that
I love our back yard open air compost! It’s made me so much more aware of how much food waste we produced before we started composting. Between composting and recycling we don’t produce enough trash in a household of 2 to have enough to take to the curb even once a week! We just started last year and I’m so excited to use the compost in my garden this year!
I found a person who has a vermicompost setup who takes food scraps from sharewaste. It is definitely a great way to compost when you can't have your own setup.
Robbie and Gary Gardening Easy is a great resource on UA-cam about composting in plastic totes without turning.
I just got a lomi. I have a large yard in the forest, but I don't compost outside because I don't want to attract bears.
I love this video! Very cool to learn more about composting and super enjoyable to hear from other creators. Thank you - keep up the great work! ❤️
This video is so well timed, I just ordered a bin from my local council. Starting to make changes to be more eco friendly, and your videos are so helpful! I love that you understand its not always practical, but we all can try our best!
I have a diy bokoshi set up in the garage (I forgot about it!). I love the subscription bokoshi service in this video - what an excellent idea! Recently I’ve been practicing composting in-place as demonstrated by Robbie and Gary Gardening Easy on UA-cam ❤️
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This video was SO helpful!
Shelby please do a video on how to care for animals- specifically for cats in a more environmentally friendly way!!!
We are about to move into a place with an established open air compost and I am so excited!
I'm pretty lucky my local council collects all our food waste and composts it. This only happens in some parts of the UK though, different local authorities have different recycling programs
I’m hoping to get a tumbling composter in the next few weeks. I’m so excited to start doing it. I have a 5 year old and we try to teach him how to be more sustainable and help the planet for future generations. I just know he’s going to have so much fun seeing how it works. This may be a stretch or maybe you’ve already talked about it, but I was wondering if we could maybe see how to be more sustainable with kids? Maybe some clothing brands, toy brands, products, projects? We try to get most things second hand but it can sometimes be tricky when we also want to find things that haven’t already been SUPER used and we’d want to be able to keep for his little brother. It’s very rare we find things that haven’t be heavily used for kids that would last long enough for younger siblings to have.
So, what happens in those cycles in the Lomi compost? After dumping the food waste in, what else do we need to do for it to compost well?
i just started a compost pickup service last week!
I run a community compost site and love the options portrayed here. If you have a community-scale site near you, I highly recommend checking it out. You can learn a lot for your own composting AND build community.
I turned my city yard wast bin, into a compost bin 🤷🏼♀️ lol I opened holes in it so worms can get in. I also bought two extra bins. The downside is that frogs also get in 🤮🤢 since I live in south FL, my compost doesn’t need much, and every season I get about 6 planters full of broken down compost.
I also mulched my entire backyard, so I haven’t needed soil in a hot minute.
I am doing something that I usually regret....commenting before I finish the video. But I must tell you that I simply didn't realize that food waste produces methane in a landfill. I compost (most of the time) already but occasionally I may toss my coffee grounds in the trash. My son (next door neighbor now) is much more consistent than I am. BUT since I learned, from you, about the methane produced I vow to be better! Thanks!!
This may be one of my favorite of all your videos… super educational and easy to follow…. We already compost but with all these different methods I learned how we can do even better so THANKS!!!
Here’s my question. I’m not organized or to a place where I want a composting system yet (hopefully one day), but I want to do what I can. I found out my city will take food waste at the curb in the yard waste bin, but it can’t include packaging or bags. What do I do with thinks like Blueland’s wrappers that are compostable? Can I just put them in my own bin and will they break down or find somewhere else to drop them off? I come across lots of compostable bags and packaging, but I don’t know what to do with it.
28,800k for tuition? Like right now? Holy guacamole that’s so cheap compared to what I paid for in 2008, I was looking at around over 2x as much and decided to drop out instead.
I just want to say one thing: SUCH A GOOD VIDEO. As always, thank you very much!❤
Oh my, see this is what I was talking about. Commenting before I finished the video. Sorry but I wanted to say this video is your best. At least for me. There are so many things I wanna try now. Anyway, putting waste in the freezer is the best. Thanks for the tip!!!!
A Meghan Hughes/ Shelbizleee has been SOMETHING IVE BEEN DYING TO SEE!!