How to Harvest & Use Compost in the Garden 🌿 5 Simple Ideas to Feed Your Soil & Plants Using Compost

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  • Опубліковано 22 лис 2024

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  • @danielaboksjo4107
    @danielaboksjo4107 11 днів тому

    Beautiful video, I've learnt a lot here, and your voice is so soothing! Thank you for all the info!

  • @HelloSierraBardot
    @HelloSierraBardot 10 місяців тому +1

    Thank you so much for this. I bought my first compost bin today and I’m so excited to get started.

  • @nick-hdh
    @nick-hdh Місяць тому

    Just started 4 trashcans in my yard I drilled holes all through. Mostly just using leaves i raked up and some soil i tossed in with all my plant trimmings and some old rice that wasn't eaten for some nitrogen. I'm just hoping to get enough free soil to fill my new garden section honestly. I alwsyd mix in some gaia green all purpose and bloom just to help yeild. It's all organic and Def helps

  • @witchininthekitchin
    @witchininthekitchin Рік тому +4

    I have a gorgeous pile of compost. It was a larger Tumble and just when I thought it was full it shrunk. Over and over again. Took a full year to fill it right up. Since then we’ve purchased a smaller one. Think it’s same as yours. Much more practical. Will prob get another same size. Anyway. The big one has compost to a really good stage. Not fully finished but more than the one you showed. So I’m super excited to top my veg beds pre spring and summer plantings. Also top up pots. Hadn’t thought to make tea. So thank you. I’ll be doing that too. The big tumbler ghastly been under our mulberry tree. Wow as. We’ve never had a better harvest of berries. Our tree is loving it. So fun to know that whilst we recycle our waste, create compost. We are also fertilising our beautiful mulberry. Win win win

  • @LoriDB
    @LoriDB 10 місяців тому

    I LOVE THIS!!!! I love your style and ideas!! Thank You from California!!!

  • @MyAussieGardenKitchen
    @MyAussieGardenKitchen Рік тому +2

    G'day Robyn.
    Loved this! I'm a huge fan of composting and I have a pallet bay composting system, a tumbler system and I do a hot compost pile from time to time. Really inspiring watching you make use of yours in different ways and it makes me want to get out there and get stuff done. Almost 8pm though, so that's not going to happen. 😁
    All the best.
    Daz.

  • @MarigoldsintheGarden
    @MarigoldsintheGarden Рік тому

    You do such great job with your composting technique. I 100% agree with your composting ideas and techniques. I learned how to do this from my parents as a small child and I taught my own children how to do it. Your videos are easy to understand and enjoyable to watch and learn. Thank you. 😊

    • @thenaturepatch
      @thenaturepatch  Рік тому +1

      Thank you so much! So glad you enjoy the composting videos. Keeping it simple is always the best :)

  • @burlsmith2268
    @burlsmith2268 Місяць тому

    Hello. I am loving watching you compost and i is teaching me alot. I have a couple of questions in one of your videos. You had a little tree that was wrapped in clear plastic. What was the purpose of that? Also, are the worms in your compost placed in there by you, or do they just naturally find themselves a way into the nin and they compost bin?

  • @Bellavanacoffee
    @Bellavanacoffee Рік тому

    Hey gorgeous friend you know a joy this video immensely you and I share such a love of compost! I always tell people if you can’t do anything else because it helps reduce greenhouse gases, and it reduces how much trash out to put out to the road every week
    I am loving my place. It’s so easy and like you enjoy easy natural gardening!
    We had an insane hail storm. I did some damage to my garden. Definitely could’ve been worse.

  • @emza2023
    @emza2023 Рік тому

    Great video, so enjoyable to watch you top up garden beds & pots with that compost gold, love it, also enjoyed you planting out new plants & bulbs, i dig my food scraps straight into the veggie garden 🥗 & within days the worms break it all down the soil is just so beautiful, & worms are huge, nature is incredible, such an enjoyable process 💜 🌳

    • @thenaturepatch
      @thenaturepatch  Рік тому +1

      So glad you enjoyed the video :) I used to dig all the scraps into the yard - it's such a good way to increase worm activity :)

  • @Digmen1
    @Digmen1 2 місяці тому

    So when you put the material in your compost bin, how do the worms etc get in there?
    And how long does it take before you can use it?

  • @tonyanorris6574
    @tonyanorris6574 Рік тому

    Thank you for this video. I havee limited physical abilities but still grow a medium sized backyard garden. Been wanting to start making my own compost and been watching videos after videos trying to get answers on how and most of all a way that is more doable for myself. Your video has done that and more. And thank you showing the finished product, if I pulled the compost bin off and saw that I wouldve thought I hadn't done it properly since it didnt mulch all the way down, now I know better. Thank you. And taking it a step further and showing how you use the compost in many different ways is wonderful.
    I did change from inground gardening to raised beds this year and filled the beds using the huglekulture method along with digging a few trenches here and there to bury some food scraps. You can definitely tell the difference in the bed/soil/plants with the beds that i trenched the food scraps in vs the ones I didnt. That was a nice experiment. I now want to create my own compost to top my beds off with each year. And the insitu composting...what a great idea for making new beds!!!

  • @barrywatler7482
    @barrywatler7482 Рік тому

    Hi Robyn I only hot compost, about to collect leaves , thanks for sharing , take care and stay safe 🪱♻️🌸🌼🌱.

    • @thenaturepatch
      @thenaturepatch  Рік тому +1

      Hey Barry! Hot composting is fantastic! I'd love to set up an area in summer where we can make fast compost with grass clippings. Enjoy the rest of your Sunday :)

  • @jennypender1290
    @jennypender1290 Рік тому

    Hi Robyn thanks for showing your rough compost. I find mine looks a little like that too. Compost/mulch is great for veggie and garden. Retaining moisture in summer and breaking down clay. I upcycle shuttle containers from the farm.

  • @nanxiliu6176
    @nanxiliu6176 3 місяці тому

    I have a lot of pillbugs in my compost . People say they are good for the compost . How can I get rid of them before I bring compost to my garden ?😮

  • @cestsibonlavie
    @cestsibonlavie 7 місяців тому +1

    How many months to make this compost?
    Could you write down in the description box? It will be more helpful for people who watch your video for the first time.
    Thank you for making the videos.

  • @MichaelSmithAU
    @MichaelSmithAU Рік тому +1

    Great video again Robyn.
    Personally, I still use large PVC pipes in the garden with holes drilled all over them as my in-garden compost/worm bin.
    Putting a few scraps into each pipe and the worms do the rest taking the nutrients back through the garden - never have to empty them as the worms do the work.
    Probably the lazy person's way of doing it and that's why I love it 🤣😂.

    • @thenaturepatch
      @thenaturepatch  Рік тому +2

      Thanks Michael! That's such a great idea I need to try that! Eh I find lazy gardening always works the best for me - it's the most sustainable rather than hard work! 😂

    • @AppleTY2015
      @AppleTY2015 Рік тому +1

      Hey Michael thanks for the great idea. Decorated PVC composting pipes will look amazing in our school kitchen garden. Thanks!

    • @AppleTY2015
      @AppleTY2015 Рік тому

      Robyn thanks for the beautiful video about composting. It was SOOOOO relaxing to watch and listen to & super interesting too. I’m going to get some of these black systems for our school garden as our existing (off ground) tumblers take soooo long and cannot utilize worm power! I like the other commenters idea about the large PVC pipes with holes. These would look super cool decorated in our school kitchen garden beds. I always look forward to your videos. Have you considered making one in ASMR style? Blessings.

    • @MichaelSmithAU
      @MichaelSmithAU Рік тому +1

      @@AppleTY2015 no problem. It works really well. Initially I bought a commercial one from Bunnings (Tumbleweed Worm Buffet) but as I wanted multiple throughout the garden went the PVC tubing route. Just make sure you have an end cap or lid on it to keep the light out and all drill holes below the surface. Mine are about 75m each with about a quarter above the ground.
      It'll work perfect in a school garden, might just need to make sure the kids aren't lifting the lid continually to see the worms 😂😂.

    • @thenaturepatch
      @thenaturepatch  Рік тому

      @@AppleTY2015 Thank you so much for watching! Glad you enjoyed. That's such a great idea for a school kitchen garden! I love hearing that composting is being taught in school - that's awesome! I've thought about ASMR and maybe one day might make another channel for relaxing videos, but we'll see! 🥰

  • @SrMMSrCCarmelitte
    @SrMMSrCCarmelitte 8 місяців тому

    What mulch do you use? is it sawdust or mowings of grass? Thanks for your videos, very helpful

    • @ausfoodgarden
      @ausfoodgarden 7 місяців тому +1

      To me, it looks like either sugar cane mulch or straw. Dried grass clippings work too though. I don't use green clippings as they tend to mat together.

  • @rolandhynd4908
    @rolandhynd4908 6 місяців тому +1

    What is that straw/hay stuff you use as a mulch?

    • @astridity7
      @astridity7 6 місяців тому +1

      She said in the other video it's sugar cane mulch x

    • @rolandhynd4908
      @rolandhynd4908 6 місяців тому

      @@astridity7 Thanks, not so easy to get hold of in the UK I suspect!