How to Feed Your Soil WITHOUT Compost!
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- Опубліковано 12 вер 2024
- I LOVE compost... but since our pile of compost recently become contaminated with herbicide, I can't use it in my garden. However, I've come up with these creative, compost-free ways to add nutrients and organic matter into my soil anyway!
How Our Compost Got Contaminated with Herbicide... • Your Compost May Be KI...
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Good ideas. About the coffee grounds - I have large quantity of raw (roasted but not percolated) and spent coffee grounds (lots) in my compost pile, the former being full of worms, and a huge squash plant, arugula, and various other volunteer veggies are growing very robustly out of it.
i love my compost box. All our vegi scraps, hair clippings, dog hair, dryer lint, eggs, coffee grounds weeds from the garden....all go in it. I have even scooped up bear poop out of our yard to add to it. Compost is one of my favorite things to make. Great video Jill.
Me too! The soil is the crown jewel! Compost is awesome! 👍
I fed my plants today with egg, banana, coffee ground, fish and honey. I blended it and gave it into 10 L water. I did it before and the result was good! They eat what we eat.
Love this video. Our soil overall has fewer nutrients than ever before and will continue to decrease. Feeding back that organic matter is so important!! Never enough. Also, how is your sister’s homestead- will we ever hear the continuation of their journey? I liked those episodes.
Great info! I mix the coffee grounds and veg/fruit waste into the compost pile for decomposition before putting on any plants. I use it more to amend soils.
Very informative Jill! Thanks for your smile from your Wyoming Prairie!
Hello Deb 👋
How are you doing?
Great ideas! You can look up Korean Gardening for many fertilizer recipes made from weeds, innoculated rice, bones/shells, etc.
I love your standard bucket, I use those all the time for everything in the garden!
Hello Allison 👋
How are you doing?
Thank you. Compost is always a quick answer. But alot of folks don't have compost. Having pigs chickens moved ECT..
Thank you Jill! You're always a big help! Love your channel and your cookbooks!! God bless!
Here in Ok you would not use grass clippings as most common grass is bermuda, and if you get that started in any garden bed you will never get rid of it.
I love all your videos Jill! Thanks for sharing your knowledge and expertise.
My pickles came out great! Using your refrigerated pickle recipe. 💕
Yay- way to go!
I like to crush the eggs shells and use them as a slug snail deterrent. They don't like to crawl on the sharp edges.
Salt the slugs, just avoid getting it on the soil. They die.
Another subject l'd like to see is the spring cleaning the root cellar / pantry / fridg. What's compost,whats not?
Thank you for the information. I would love a follow up video to see what you noticed as far as growth and health of your plants growing without compost or simply growing in a different way grew vegetables over the years
This is such great info for us, we haven't started our compost journey yet, we don't have the space for it in our city yard (hopefully soon to be in the country). Thanks for sharing something like this!
Look into Bokashi composting. For us city dwellers, it is amazing. In 4-6 weeks, you have soil in your garden from ALL of your food waste.
@R. S If you are such an expert in this field, where is your content and supporting information to back up your claims? You are just making broad sweeping statements that are just being placed for your benefit. Please, if you have information that is helpful, share that on your channel or your website. Jill is a person that has made a brand for herself, and spends a lot of time to help others. She is not just acting as a troll, trying to put others down to make herself feel better.
@@davidwise542 Very neat! Thanks for the recommendation!
Awesome video Jill thanks for all the helpful tips
Fantastic info yet again Jill!!! Thank you so much!
I love the garden boxes. Where did you get them? They are great!
The quality of your video looks better. Did you get a new camera?
I might have accidentally reported this video 😭😭😭 I didn't mean to, it was an accident! Stupid touch screen, I didn't even know I was clicking on things. But it asked me for a reason and I was able to click back, instead of moving forward with reporting, so I'm hoping it didn't actually report it! I'M SO SORRY! I love your content 💚
Hello from Douglas! I just started mulching with grass clippings (didn't have enough from my own yard, but begged a giant bag from a neighbor!) and the earwigs are making their homes in them. Do you have any advice for keeping earwigs under control when you use much? My plants are big enough now that I'm not super concerned about them, but earlier this year I lost most of my green beans to earwigs and they did some damage to my squash - and that before I started mulching!
What about the whey poured off of homemade yogurt?
Great info! Thanks for sharing your ideas!
I use vineger and epson salts as a weed killer
Table salt is cheaper than Epsom - 1 c salt, 1/4 c blue dawn added to 1gallon white vinegar ~ excellent weed killer.
When did you plant your rye,? I also live in Wyoming but new here. Hardly anything grew for me so why not try this
Thanks for telling us about the whey. I knew about the eggshells, coffee grounds and banana peels but the whey is news to me! And I wouldn't have realized the difference between sweet or acidic whey.
Same 😀 x x
Give the egg shells back to the chickens. Make weed tea in a five gallon bucket - you make it and use it just like banana peel tea, except you use weeds and leaves and clippings, etc. Weed tea fertilizes plants and also kills fungus and repels insects.
When u give shells
They start pecking at their own
I once saw a vídeo made by a young farmer in México about a most ingenious way to grow earthworms for getting Solid & liquid Humus 4 the plants.
He got 2 blue 55 gln plastic containers with their lids on, and opened 2 Windows 1feet x 32" on the top. Drilled 2 1" holes on the bottom and drilled 4 2" holes in the middle of the container.
Both plastic containers are put horizontally to make the Windows and holes and go one aside each other and are supported by a wooden or metal stool, the first support close to the lid is a bit higher than the one in the end si that the water fertilizer drains through the 1" hole at the end.
Connect the containers with 2 plastic 2" tubes in the middle, what for ????? Si that when the first container is full of hummus and the worms want to eat more can go through the tubes to the other container. Let me explain the process.
All You voy yo do is add a layer of soaken woodchips plus a layer of healthy manure, a layer of kitchen wastes, another manure, a cardboard & paper wastes, manure, leafs or Grass cilpings, manure, etc, etc.
The plastic containers Will help keeping the moisture & heat, don't put them directly yo the sun, always under a tree is better.
So far I've heard California earthworms are among the Best You can use, I think it is worth it.
The ideal temperature for earthworms is 83 F .
I hope this can help in propagating earthworms for fertilizing plants & for feeding birds, fish, cattle, reptiles, etc.
Put a nylon screen on top of the Windows if You don't want flies around.
Best regards & wishes.
How do you prevent weeds and sticker burrs from seeding your garden in those grass clippings ??😮
love all these tips
Thanks for tips!!!
Great informative video
Great video! Thank you
Crazy question, but I’m from Buffalo, WV. I am actually in Cheyenne right now. May be headed to Chugwater Soda Fountain. Are you there today? I would LOVE to meet you!
I have lots of Kefir whey. Is it considered a sweet or acid whey?. Appreciate your reply
Probably sweet.
Use it to soak grains then cook
1T per cup of dry grain
What is that little tree that you touched at the end part of the video?
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Not sure but it looked like coffee weed. But possibly a locust tree seedling. Either way, seems like it would have been yanked long before it got that big!
Thanks. What makes all these things more bio available for the plants?
I don't think any of the things suggested in this video were meant to come across as more bio available for the plants. It is just another strategy she is trying to show viewers if compost isn't an option or if you don't want to use chemical fertilizers.
Organic amendments are not a instant fix. They take time to break down. As the soil organisms eat and break down the organic material on the surface they release it back into the soil and THEN it is plant available.
If you were to ferment or add soil life to these organics in the form of a tea like brew; then as the soil life breaks down the organic material in the tea and releases it back into the brew; when you water with a tea like this then it would be more readily available for the plants.
She mentioned the use of a cover crop. Cover crops are a great way to add soil life to your gardens. The roots go deep into the ground and stay alive during the winter, this keeps the microbes active and feeding the plants. The more soil microbes the better your plants will do.
Natural farming can be so simple. Organic garden works great. It just takes time to build up fertility. Eventually if you continue to feed the soil with organic materials over time the plants will have and use whatever nutrients they need.
I have a plastic tote that I made a worm bin out of about 3 years ago, I put all my coffee ground with filters (I use the brown ones), banana peels, avocado skin & seeds, and any lettuce scraps.... about every 3 to 4 months I get about 5 gallons of worm castings, I pick out the worms and add back in about half full of horse, cow, rabbit & goat poop and keep adding kitchen scraps and repeat the process. I started with 2 fishing worm packages that had 50 worms each and now I have thousands
Where do u keep the container? Outside? Rain isn't an issue? Or do u keep it covered? Ty.
@@CG-mj8tk I have the big one under the back porch so not in direct summer sun but I do slide it out to get some winter sun. I cover it with a tarp when it gets below freezing. It is those black plastic totes that home depot and Walmart has and I use 2, one inside the other and only 1 lid on the inner one. I set a few 2 inch flat rocks in the bottom bin to hold the inside bin up a little. I drill 20 or 30 1/8 inch holes in the bottom of the inside bin and a row of 1/8 inch holes around the upper part of the sides just below where the lid snaps on. No holes in the lid so rain would not be a problem. Keep it wet but not wet enough so water drips out the bottom holes. I have a smaller one inside built the same way
@@chknlyps2373 ty for this detailed answer! Appreciate that. I'm snapping a photo so I can come back to this when I try if. Again ty.
I love this and your other recent video about your compost being tainted, and no good for your garden. They act as a reminder for us to consider the entire food chain, and how just one small item a long ways away from us can have a profound effect in what happens to us.
However, I feel you may be forgetting who your average viewer really is. Not many people have the ability to have a huge compost pile like the one you were filming in front of. Yes, I have compost envy right now, because we live on a 1/3 urban acre lot and do not have abundant space to utilize for these activities. We need to be a lot more deliberate and planned with all our activities, and are still able to produce piles and piles of our own food for the year, much like many people watching your media feeds. We incorporate techniques like Bokashi composting, which is almost like witchcraft in how fast it converts ALL of our food scraps to garden soil/fertilizer, with minimal smell and space requirements. That is one thing I feel every urban gardener needs to be doing immediately. It completes the circle very effectively for all us city dwellers - removes tons of food waste from the landfills so it is no longer producing methane gas, and provides abundant nutrition to build the soil and feed out plants. Many obvious reasons this technique has been practiced for hundreds and hundreds of years in Asian countries. I am always willing and wanting to learn from others who know more on these topics.
Asian?
So Humanure?
@@YeshuaKingMessiah I am confused as to what you are asking?
Did you contaminate it with herbicide?
Rabbit and chicken manure are safe...although chicken manure is hot.
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We just bought our forever small homestead. When we looked at it it was all green and beautiful. But...it was only weeds-and SAND. No lawn for any lawn clippings. How do I get started? I’m in Southern Idaho-would rye be good? Does it need a lot of water? We are a bit compromised in that area too, until the leaky stand pipe issue is addressed. I’m 61, willing to work hard, but need to be pointed in the right direction!
Thank you!
I'd start by getting a soil test. I wasted a lot of time and money here because I didn't know exactly what was going on, so everything I've done has been trial-and-error.
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I did get a soil test, however I have no idea what it means, nor what amendments to make!
@@ms.royahrens8777 i hear ya. So it pretty much depends on what you want to grow. I'd decide what I want, then look up what nutrients each need to be successful. Then you can amend the soil based on that. You can buy the amendments or there are tons of videos on how to mix up your own. Gardening is a full time job for me because I have to Google every little thing! 😆
@@ms.royahrens8777 I've got to admit, I don't really amend my soil. I use chop and drop method- trimming and just drop the trim on the ground to compost. I also have a compost bin for food waste that I add to my soil, and I just got a big wood chip delivery for mulch. I put coffee grounds on my blueberries and grow my spinach in wood ash. I never buy any amendments.
@@theurbanthirdhomestead - Ooh that's a new one - Growing Spinach in wood ashA i should try that - My Spinach has been a disaster this year.. but my Chard has done well in the same bed.. x.x
Banana peels are great if you have composting worms.
Did she say she was “in love with compost”?
Yup, me tooooooo
Prob did
I know I am
It’s utterly amazing!
Thanks for the idea about the rye grass as a cover crop! When you cut it, do you feed it to the animals or compost it?
Till it in that’s what we used to do. I’m in iowa so might b different for ur area.
She just chops it down and leaves in the beds to compost. That feeds the soil. That's the point of cover crops for the purpose she's using it for. Hope that helps.
Um excuse me where did those lids come from? I need them!
Look on the Ball or Kerr website - then cross check prices on amazon
We are having a problem with bagged soils keep getting fungus gnats Is there anything we can do that you know of? Thanks for anything at all because some of them are a lost cause now
take small batches of bagged soil and add boiling water. let sit until coll. I cover with a towel to keep heat in longer. It will kill gnats, aphids, molds, etc Had ahids completely destroy my seedlings one year so I know how frustrating it can be.
Hello. Just seen your question. I had the same problem and sterilizing the soil works great either by boiling water or dampen it and use the microwave. I grow indoors and have learned petunias also help! For a better explanation you can type in Gary Pilarchik fungus gnats peroxide and for fungus gnat control with petunias type in Mike Kincaid fungus gnats petunias. This is how I learned to get rid of them. Good luck!
I just bury everything into the ground and let the worms take care of it. Usually within a month, most of it is gone and the area is infested with worms.
I do the same. Works well. In the winter I just dump everything on the surface and then work in when spring arrives.
@@dhansonranch I wish I could do that but the ground freezes to at least 2 feet deep and I don't raccoons feasting in the yard.
You bury your kitchen scraps I'm?
*in?
@@theurzamachine Yes, my ground freezes as well. We are in a deep freeze for most of the winter at -40 or colder at times. We do get snow to cover, but so far I have not had anything come raiding. The sea gulls however do circle it once and a while. As it thaws everything turns to mush so I don't think it is a problem. The only issue I have is volunteers...I just consider a weed now as you never know what it will be.
wow you don't prune or stake your tomato plants
Banana are sprayed and may not be save.
All love, always following, NO disrespect. Please put your strand of hair back. We know that you are a hard-working gal. We are simply distracted... BTW, at 74 and 64, we support you and yours 110%! Rock on.
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Now WHEY?!...Rice cooked in whey water is DELISH!!! Regarding the egg shells, I bet if you ground up the egg shells with some Epsom salt (magnesium) you'd have an awesome additive for tomatoes!!! Isn't magnesium necessary for proper absorption and use of calcium?!🤔
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Great information thank you! Enjoy your channel! Lisa @moneypit homestead