For a much cheaper, lower tech version of this method, and more info on forest gardening, check out this video: ua-cam.com/video/BivliutDBso/v-deo.html Check out my blog post about compost tea! www.anneofalltrades.com/blog/2020/10/5/diy-compost-tea-brewer
I've got a pliars like PVC cutter works great on up to 1 1/4" pipe, got it at the irrigation pipe supply place, I've got 2 different types of compost tea makers, 55 gallon drum with spigot, then I take a 5 gallon plastic bucket with lid drill a bunch of holes in it, put hardware mesh on the inside and fill w/lawn clippings , I put 2 of those in a barrel let steep for 7 days till it's good and stinky! The other is a huge compost pile, with a sprinkler on top then I dug a hole on the downhill side of it, put a 12 volt bilge pump in it, pump that to some connected 55 gallon barrels, then a hose to a 12 volt 5.5 gallon pump. Then it goes off to a sprinkler that I move whenever it pumps out roughly 25 gallons, move it. the sprinkler is a rotary type that covers roughly 20 X 40 footprint. The stinkier the tea the better it works! The compost pile compost tea I'm sprinkling on my hay field as I haven't put synthetic pesticides/fertilizers since 1995, still waiting to see if there's any great growth or darker hay on that one. Next year I'll hook up my harbor freight solar panels to the 2 12 volt batteries rather then charging on the battery charger hooked to the grid.
I love SO MUCH that you talk about your disabilities and the ways you adapt your work to accommodate them. You give me confidence that my own disabilities don't necessarily have to keep me from doing all the things I want to do.
Thank you so much for the support, it's not easy being vulnerable, but I think so many people struggle alone, and we shouldn't have to. The words "me too" are incredibly powerful.
@@AnneofAllTrades You're 100% right. I started a podcast for disabled folks so we could teach each other how we manage, because we shouldn't each one of us have to figure it all out on our own; we shouldn't need to individually reinvent the wheel every time. It is super scary to be visibly vulnerable, but I know I'm grateful for it and I'm certain there are other disabled fans who love seeing the ways you make this work for you, the way you give us ideas on how to make it work for us, too.
I struggle with my problems. I think I'm adhd possible dyslexic but I just to to go with the flow. I'm 48 and starting to understand what's wrong with me. 2 of my kids are dyslexic.
Love watching your channel, I get so many great ideas and projects. Although I'm in an urban setting in Australia you have helped me turn my terrible soil into good soil I use alot of your tips and tricks and now I have a need project to build a garden a tea brewer. Keep up the great work. Love watching and learning.
The way you explain how you compensate for you dyslexia is magnificent. I fI were still a teacher I would show this to special education students, it would be an inspiration.
It's nice to see how you take what you have learned and and share it with us. You can teach us and show us which is both cool and awesome. Never new about this type of composting. Yes to get started takes time. The the end results are gratifying and rewarding. Thanks Anne. Untill next time.
Seriously your energy is so welcoming and fun. Thank you! I haven’t even made it through the show yet and already had to stop twice to leave a comment. Great channel, I just found you and greetings to you all. Good to be here. Now let’s kick some gardening bottoms and do this food thing people! 😊
now this was fascinating... I have used compost before, but I don't think I have ever brewed compost tea! exceptionally well done Anne, I have learned something new today!
So glad to hear it! Compost tea, even in a much simpler form, helped my garden and soil condition in Seattle so much over a couple seasons. Hoping that making it in quantities like this will give me a jump start here in TN
This makes things so much simpler. We've had a compost heap at just about every place we've lived. I remember adding lime and having to turn over every couple of days. One time as I was turning it, the heat inside of it caused it to catch fire. This way seems less... firey.
That was brilliant thanks Anne I would love to try this out. I have a special brain too! I do a lot better with seeing/learning things visually so I totally get what you mean. Thats why I love watching how to do/make things on UA-cam! Thanks for the great quality video as always 👍🏼 I love your work.
Great information!!!! I have seen a smaller version with a 5 gallon bucket filled with water and just a couple cups of compost and set in the sun a couple days. Roses love compost tea.
That way totally works too, I show that method in my “fix your soil” video. On the scale I’m doing it now though, this bubbler really speeds things up and offers more control with results.
I got to start of the this posted video late to comment on the clip photo that I saw last night and one of the reason why I couldn't fall asleep breaking out in laughter evey 5 to 10 minuets.... Anne you're too funny at times. :D
Excellent use of using what you have. No wonder you grow such a big beautiful garden. It will feed everybody and all forms of farm type of animals you have.. Even better richer eggs..
The better the soil, the better things we can grow inside it! Whether it's for human or animal, the goal is to continually improve it, and this is a fantastic way to speed up that process :)
An don’t ever let someone make you feel less than, for anything. All the people you help an teach everyday, the clowns who talked bad at you are jealous. An I think of the whole Bush craft and homestead group as one big family. Mess with one of us, you got us all!
@@AnneofAllTrades Our South Texas soil sample came back "You need everything but sand." Having a good size dairy goat herd has made a huge difference to our garden. I let the "berries" and scattered hay pack down in the paddocks and I mine it out once each year. The rich brown dirt smells awesome and goes right into the growing rows. We practice NO-TILL as our soil improvements sink away within two years after tilling. It's working and we get two growing seasons per year.
@@BulletproofPastor Hi, I know it has been three years, but could you explain what you mean about soil improvements sinking away after two years? Do you mean you have nothing but sand again? So you just grow on top of the sand?
@@watermelonlalala No problem with “Splanifying.” I brought in a truck load of rich black dirt many years ago. It really helped our garden “soil” made completely of white fine sand. After 3 years of using my rototiller, all we had left was the same white sand. With our soil, tilling breaks up the fungal layer and network of decaying root systems that helps to hold good soil in place. This same problem is what caused the historic “Dust Bowl” in the Midwest.
Add a hose with dripper system on an automated timer and automatically fertilize garden without even doing anything. Just check and add nutrients once a week as needed
Good content. Interesting brewer design. If your worm castings are smelly, most likely they've been left to get anaerobic, which can encourage a lot of not so good bacteria. Might be too wet or lacking oxygen. Something to check into.
Raised rabbits for several years. Manure tea worked wonders on my garden. The "mush" afterwards I mixed into the compost or added directly to the beds. Don't think the neighbors appreciated the smell much.
Hi Anne! This is such a great introduction to this technique, is something like this useful for those of us with vegetable beds on our balconies etc? Also for the 'tea bag', are you worried about it shedding microplastics over time? I'll bet that's not nearly as important as the incredible benefit from this tea, but I wonder what would happen in vegetable patches cared for over years in this way.
For balcony gardens, the brewer I've got is going to make way too much, but you can do this on a much smaller scale and in a lower tech way by just using weed clippings, coffee grounds, wood ash, tums tablets, epsom salts, medicinal herbs, and, all kinds of other things and stirring the ingredients a few times a day over a few day period in a 5 gallon bucket. In the brewer I've got the bag is made of fabric, so I don't think microplastics are a concern, but even if they were, they aren't something I personally would spend a ton of effort thinking about, because there are a lot of other things that could potentially have a much more significant effect in a much shorter time period than the compost bag in my tea brewer if that makes sense... There are also different bags or options you can use though if it was a genuine concern.
@@AnneofAllTrades also, the cuts are *much* cleaner. Any chips will flake right off. You'll never go back to sawzall for PVC. BTW, I've cut everything from 1/2" to 6" PVC using a 50-tooth combo blade (Freud Diablo).
Why is the one 1/2 in pipe that is facing down there? It's the capped pipe that is shorter than the 28in piece facing downward. I'm following your blog and making this tomorrow. (-: wasn't sure if it was needed.
I used a similar method in Seattle, and it works fine but you have less control that way. You actually can use garden scraps and all kinds of other things with a compost bubbler as well, and the aeration not only speeds up the process, but also protects against ecoli and other harmful bacterial growth a little better. Check out my blog post for more information on the brew process and flexibility there ;)
But, do you ever chalkboard in the home depot isle? I did once at Lowes and they really freaked out, had the manager come talk to me. She ended up helping me find all the fittings I needed just to get me out of there. She probably would have asked me to leave if I wasn't sitting next to my mobility scooter with my Desert Storm Veteran's hat on. Sometimes, disability pays off. Most of the time, it sucks!
@@AnneofAllTrades I agree, but it seems, at least around here, that customer service has all but died. It is rare to find a helpful store employee at a big box store, or any store, in my area any more. At college, just graduated in May, most of the young students were quite courteous. So, it is not a generational thing. The few helpful folks I find at stores are typically older, but not all of them, so I can't figure out what the correlating factor is...
Why not install the tap as closest to the bottom as one can? Is the eventual sediment "bad" (though I would think it is the exact opposite)? If I were to do this, I would buy a much smaller -- and quieter -- pump, along with a wee solar panel, and just leave it outside for 3-4-.. days. Or am I missing something? Also, can you "over-brew" the compost, or can it stay in the bin indefinitely? TY!
That was as close to the bottom as I could get without compromising the seal of the faucet because of the curve of the barrel ;) you can do this project however you’d like! A month or so of regular use and it’s working great for me
Leaving it outside would be fine as long as the temperature stayed between 60 and 75 degrees. The tea needs to be used in 36 hours. You really need the power and agitation a model this size offers to aerate it properly but if you were to go with a smaller container a smaller motor would work
Interesting! No worries about burning you plants with this brew? I assume by fallowing your recipe closely it won’t. I manage a rural water district and you are correct about air stripping the tap water. It will remove residual chlorine and ammonia that we use to disenfect potable water. Some water plants actually use air stripping towers to remove undesireable components from source water such as iron and manganese before the disenfection process.
This is an extremely mild fertilizer, and when applied at night or early in the morning, can be used as a foliar spray or root drench. The recipe can be tweaked quite a bit without too much worry, as long as ratios are right. For example, I'll be adding some wood ash from the bonfire in my next batch.
Absolutely! Also so many other nutrients as well! Check out my blog post on this subject! My next batch will have wood ash and I'll be experimenting with ratio levels of tumeric and cinnamon to discourage mold/bad bacteria buildup.
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@@AnneofAllTrades Excellent. I was going to suggest cinnamon as well as mint and tea leaves. We're thinking along the same lines here. 😁
Actually, on those lines, I was thinking about DE in the tea the other day, generally the reason it works is because the crystals in powder form dissolve the exoskeleton of insects, so it doesn’t work when wet. Does it Re-constitute as it dries on the leaves in a foliar spray? Or is there another reason you’re adding it?
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@@AnneofAllTrades Calcium. And no, it won't reconstitute. It's basically the tiny shells of sea creatures (diatoms).
So, where do you get these 5 gallon buckets of ingredients? And, why is this better than breaking down your own waste products like kitchen and yard scraps? I mean, the traditional composting method uses waste to help improve your garden. This method is going to add to your budget and cost more to buy these ingredients, right? I'm just trying to understand. Do you still use "waste compost" too? Is it an add on, or is it a complete switch over system?
This just an add on- and can be done in a much cheaper, slower, low tech, higher sweat equity way as well, as I showed in my “fixing your soil” video referenced here ;) adding mechanical power here just speeds up the process, as it often does in other applications as well. I get bulk ingredients through group buys when I can find a discount or just order online.
If your worm castings smell bad then they went anaerobic. Worm castings should smell good. I would empty the bucket and spread it out so it can go aerobic. In a couple days it should start smelling good and just keep not so wet and turn it every so often so doesn't go anaerobic.
Ive heard of green,black,chai,sweet,herbal,boba,and various other teas but never thought of poop tea! Very creative and gross. May i suggest 1part tea,2part vodka,and metric sh*tton of sugar. =)
When discussing compost tea, it is important to acknowledge the significant contributions of Dr. Elaine Ingham. She authored the seminal publication "The Compost Tea Brewing Manual," which has become the core reference guide and "bible" for anyone looking to deeply understand the science and methodology of compost tea.
I admittedly had never heard of Dr. Elaine when I filmed this video, but I’ve since read and watched tons of material she has put out and you’re right, she deserves credit for synthesizing so much of the science that’s now part of the gardening vernacular
Are you thinking about making a worm farm? I've seen cool barrel types where you just give it a turn now and again and the casings fall into a collection box. That's good "tea" too,,,And what about "bio-char"? Supposed to be good stuff.,,And pea-sized red brick chunks, for drainage and moisture control, maybe soak them in "tea", make them a home for "good" microbes. Lots of ideas on UA-cam, why not throw them all together and see what happens. The barrel-wormfarm could be a cool build,,,just some "food 4 thought"... ;-)>....
Stay tuned on the vermicompost front! Another fun use for a packing box is upcoming :) Biochar is great, I used it all the time in Seattle, wood ash is also a great addition to your compost tea. Interesting point on the brick chunks, I've not seen that but will look into it. I suppose that's a similar concept to putting it in our woodchips which also act as a sponge and slow-release for the fertilizer.
Anne GM from WA. Id like to send you a thank you box of my wood to say Thank you for alk Uve enjoyed on your utube site. Whats the best mailing address to sent to?
That is so kind of you! At this exact moment I don't really have much of a shop to speak of, or anywhere to put things, but once we get the new shop built, I would absolutely love for you to send some things!
I was told to put slip the bag around that pipe that runs down the middle to further more oxygenate the contents? Is that possi-brew? Lol. PS, you’re hot😊
@@AnneofAllTrades Rather than using city water that you have to out gas by using a bubbler could you use rainwater. Why didn't you use solar power to run the bubbler?
@@davidneel8327 You can and totally should use rainwater if you have it, I don't have any collection set up yet. And as far as solar power, I don't have solar panels, so...
Compost normally would not have alcohol producing bacteria as the alcohol would kill off the others. Composting speeds up the breakdown of molecules into simpler ones. Brewing often is creating larger, more complex molecules.
Anne, we love you and your channel. I follow your buddy April too, but she has gone so commercial, and subliminally sexual. While lacking a better description, you are so "real". We feel like you are the friendly neighbor we wish we had. Your teaching style is comfortable, and we hope when you finish your new pole barn, and start classes again, that we may travel down and participate. Keep up the great work.
Einstein: "Every child is a genious in their own way. However, if you ask a goldfish to climb a tree, who is the real idiot in that scenario?" [I am paraphrasing, I can't remember the exact phrasing, but this is the general idea of his statement.]
I'm currently reading a book about dyslexia, written by a dyslexic, and realized that the reason I have always struggled with reading comprehension and following directions is because I think like a dyslexic! I just don't do the seeing things backwards, except I often write p as b, and vice versa. For 30+ years I just thought that was a funny quirk about me, also my eyes like to see things individually instead of forming an image together.
It’s funny what we learn as adults. I don’t have all the traditional signs either, but finding a name for what I’d always struggled with in school helped me not to feel stupid, and understand that my brain and body just worked different.
@@AnneofAllTrades I have a food grade drum I was gonna use for water collection but I've decided to make one of these instead, but have a few questions if you have time: 1. you use a monster air pump. You don't mention the size but your'e moving lots of air. You have suggestions on air flow capacity? (looking for a cheap but effective solution) 2. Are the ingredients that critical? I would think any biology would do, like scraps from the garden brewed in the tank....circle of life an all. 3. why are you keeping this inside and not out in the garden? I would think the heat from the sun would help but might there be an explosion potential brewing up biology? I know my compost pile gets really hot. thanks!! hope you're enjoying your new location as much as we like watching and learning from you!
Anne did you know that the left side of the brain controls the right side and the the right side of the brain controls the left side. So us left handed people are always in the the right mind. Let left handed people rule the world. I am tired living in the the righted handed world; its hard to find a left handed hammer or left handed notebook. Stay safe and don't work so hard take time to enjoy life; because it is to short.
For a much cheaper, lower tech version of this method, and more info on forest gardening, check out this video: ua-cam.com/video/BivliutDBso/v-deo.html
Check out my blog post about compost tea! www.anneofalltrades.com/blog/2020/10/5/diy-compost-tea-brewer
I've got a pliars like PVC cutter works great on up to 1 1/4" pipe, got it at the irrigation pipe supply place, I've got 2 different types of compost tea makers, 55 gallon drum with spigot, then I take a 5 gallon plastic bucket with lid drill a bunch of holes in it, put hardware mesh on the inside and fill w/lawn clippings , I put 2 of those in a barrel let steep for 7 days till it's good and stinky! The other is a huge compost pile, with a sprinkler on top then I dug a hole on the downhill side of it, put a 12 volt bilge pump in it, pump that to some connected 55 gallon barrels, then a hose to a 12 volt 5.5 gallon pump. Then it goes off to a sprinkler that I move whenever it pumps out roughly 25 gallons, move it. the sprinkler is a rotary type that covers roughly 20 X 40 footprint. The stinkier the tea the better it works! The compost pile compost tea I'm sprinkling on my hay field as I haven't put synthetic pesticides/fertilizers since 1995, still waiting to see if there's any great growth or darker hay on that one. Next year I'll hook up my harbor freight solar panels to the 2 12 volt batteries rather then charging on the battery charger hooked to the grid.
Too much hard work 😁
I love SO MUCH that you talk about your disabilities and the ways you adapt your work to accommodate them. You give me confidence that my own disabilities don't necessarily have to keep me from doing all the things I want to do.
Thank you so much for the support, it's not easy being vulnerable, but I think so many people struggle alone, and we shouldn't have to. The words "me too" are incredibly powerful.
@@AnneofAllTrades You're 100% right. I started a podcast for disabled folks so we could teach each other how we manage, because we shouldn't each one of us have to figure it all out on our own; we shouldn't need to individually reinvent the wheel every time. It is super scary to be visibly vulnerable, but I know I'm grateful for it and I'm certain there are other disabled fans who love seeing the ways you make this work for you, the way you give us ideas on how to make it work for us, too.
I struggle with my problems. I think I'm adhd possible dyslexic but I just to to go with the flow. I'm 48 and starting to understand what's wrong with me. 2 of my kids are dyslexic.
Love watching your channel, I get so many great ideas and projects. Although I'm in an urban setting in Australia you have helped me turn my terrible soil into good soil I use alot of your tips and tricks and now I have a need project to build a garden a tea brewer. Keep up the great work. Love watching and learning.
The way you explain how you compensate for you dyslexia is magnificent. I fI were still a teacher I would show this to special education students, it would be an inspiration.
It's nice to see how you take what you have learned and and share it with us. You can teach us and show us which is both cool and awesome. Never new about this type of composting. Yes to get started takes time. The the end results are gratifying and rewarding. Thanks Anne. Untill next time.
Thank you for that encouragement! The thing I love about this kind of compost is that it only takes 48 hours to make, as opposed to weeks or months!
Seriously your energy is so welcoming and fun. Thank you! I haven’t even made it through the show yet and already had to stop twice to leave a comment. Great channel, I just found you and greetings to you all. Good to be here. Now let’s kick some gardening bottoms and do this food thing people! 😊
Thanks so much! So glad you’re here
now this was fascinating... I have used compost before, but I don't think I have ever brewed compost tea! exceptionally well done Anne, I have learned something new today!
So glad to hear it! Compost tea, even in a much simpler form, helped my garden and soil condition in Seattle so much over a couple seasons. Hoping that making it in quantities like this will give me a jump start here in TN
My goodness you have really great content! Subscribed sister! Great job!
Excellent work and HAPPY THANKSGIVING everyone from Canada 🥂
Happy holidays!
@@AnneofAllTrades Thank you
Way to go, amazing just how cheap the best tried and true methods are! 👌🏽
Great work, Anne, really appreciate all that you do and share. 👍🏽
Take care.
Thank you so much for the kind words my friend!
You speak from ky heart ❤️ I have alot of the same learning issues and aspirations lol I'm learning so so so much from you! You go girl! 🎉❤
Cool! I did this once with a 5gal bucket and a few large fish bubblers. This one's way bigger and way cooler!
This makes things so much simpler. We've had a compost heap at just about every place we've lived. I remember adding lime and having to turn over every couple of days. One time as I was turning it, the heat inside of it caused it to catch fire. This way seems less... firey.
Haha yes if you can catch the water on fire I’ll be truly impressed 🤪
That was brilliant thanks Anne I would love to try this out. I have a special brain too! I do a lot better with seeing/learning things visually so I totally get what you mean. Thats why I love watching how to do/make things on UA-cam! Thanks for the great quality video as always 👍🏼 I love your work.
You are so welcome!
I find yeast fertiliser with sugar ash epsom salts and powdered egg shells fantastic
Great information!!!! I have seen a smaller version with a 5 gallon bucket filled with water and just a couple cups of compost and set in the sun a couple days. Roses love compost tea.
That way totally works too, I show that method in my “fix your soil” video. On the scale I’m doing it now though, this bubbler really speeds things up and offers more control with results.
I got to start of the this posted video late to comment on the clip photo that I saw last night and one of the reason why I couldn't fall asleep breaking out in laughter evey 5 to 10 minuets.... Anne you're too funny at times. :D
hehehe! Happy to share a smile whenever possible!
Excellent use of using what you have. No wonder you grow such a big beautiful garden. It will feed everybody and all forms of farm type of animals you have.. Even better richer eggs..
The better the soil, the better things we can grow inside it! Whether it's for human or animal, the goal is to continually improve it, and this is a fantastic way to speed up that process :)
Anne of All Trades, you & your good friend A W are such hard working beautiful Ladies.
An don’t ever let someone make you feel less than, for anything. All the people you help an teach everyday, the clowns who talked bad at you are jealous. An I think of the whole Bush craft and homestead group as one big family. Mess with one of us, you got us all!
I'm with you Anne, I hate plumbing and the forty-six trips to the hardware store it entails each and every time I do a plumbing job.
It's such a pain!
Awesome work Anne! 😃👍🏻🥕🥬🍅💩🍵👊🏻
Thank you Fred!
many years ago we made cow flop tea for our garden
I bet it was a huge help!
I've been making manure tea from our goat barn with great results. At 50/50 dilution it really helps our plant starts (after a few weeks from seed.)
That’s great! Goat manure is the next best thing to bunny poop, which is TREASURED in my compost pile 🤣🤣
@@AnneofAllTrades Our South Texas soil sample came back "You need everything but sand." Having a good size dairy goat herd has made a huge difference to our garden. I let the "berries" and scattered hay pack down in the paddocks and I mine it out once each year. The rich brown dirt smells awesome and goes right into the growing rows. We practice NO-TILL as our soil improvements sink away within two years after tilling. It's working and we get two growing seasons per year.
@@BulletproofPastor Hi, I know it has been three years, but could you explain what you mean about soil improvements sinking away after two years? Do you mean you have nothing but sand again? So you just grow on top of the sand?
@@watermelonlalala No problem with “Splanifying.” I brought in a truck load of rich black dirt many years ago. It really helped our garden “soil” made completely of white fine sand. After 3 years of using my rototiller, all we had left was the same white sand. With our soil, tilling breaks up the fungal layer and network of decaying root systems that helps to hold good soil in place. This same problem is what caused the historic “Dust Bowl” in the Midwest.
The brewing moment was so satisfying
Oh totally! So fun
Wow! That's so awesome!! So much compost tea!!!
We are definitely gonna have some happy farm land!
Thank you for the great video! Can you please tell me what air pump you used. Thanks again for the great video!!
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Add a hose with dripper system on an automated timer and automatically fertilize garden without even doing anything. Just check and add nutrients once a week as needed
Good content. Interesting brewer design. If your worm castings are smelly, most likely they've been left to get anaerobic, which can encourage a lot of not so good bacteria. Might be too wet or lacking oxygen. Something to check into.
Good call! I’ve learned a lot more about vermicompost since this video was published, and this is one of the first things that needed to be addressed.
Raised rabbits for several years. Manure tea worked wonders on my garden. The "mush" afterwards I mixed into the compost or added directly to the beds. Don't think the neighbors appreciated the smell much.
The smell can be abated significantly by putting wood chips or other mulch on top ;) Rabbit poo is gold for the garden.
Love it Anne , I want to see part 2 to this video
Coming very soon! With a side of home made worm bin too :)
@@AnneofAllTrades yikes gummy worms😊
Hi Anne! This is such a great introduction to this technique, is something like this useful for those of us with vegetable beds on our balconies etc?
Also for the 'tea bag', are you worried about it shedding microplastics over time? I'll bet that's not nearly as important as the incredible benefit from this tea, but I wonder what would happen in vegetable patches cared for over years in this way.
For balcony gardens, the brewer I've got is going to make way too much, but you can do this on a much smaller scale and in a lower tech way by just using weed clippings, coffee grounds, wood ash, tums tablets, epsom salts, medicinal herbs, and, all kinds of other things and stirring the ingredients a few times a day over a few day period in a 5 gallon bucket. In the brewer I've got the bag is made of fabric, so I don't think microplastics are a concern, but even if they were, they aren't something I personally would spend a ton of effort thinking about, because there are a lot of other things that could potentially have a much more significant effect in a much shorter time period than the compost bag in my tea brewer if that makes sense... There are also different bags or options you can use though if it was a genuine concern.
@@AnneofAllTrades thanks for the advice!
My compost bin grew 6 tomato plants this year lol. They sprouted right through the grates at the bottom.
Haha that happens to me all the time too
Love love love, great video ❤
Great idea Anne.
Thank you!
Using a chop saw to cut PVC is faster and more accurate.
Taught to me by a plumber 30 years ago and I've never found a better way.
Oh wow! Crazy! I would never have thought of that
@@AnneofAllTrades also, the cuts are *much* cleaner. Any chips will flake right off. You'll never go back to sawzall for PVC.
BTW, I've cut everything from 1/2" to 6" PVC using a 50-tooth combo blade (Freud Diablo).
Now I know why you're so good welcome to the club
Why is the one 1/2 in pipe that is facing down there? It's the capped pipe that is shorter than the 28in piece facing downward. I'm following your blog and making this tomorrow. (-: wasn't sure if it was needed.
Have you considered using the bokashi method? You wouldn't need the bubbler and you could use your garden cuttings instead of the specific ingredients
I used a similar method in Seattle, and it works fine but you have less control that way. You actually can use garden scraps and all kinds of other things with a compost bubbler as well, and the aeration not only speeds up the process, but also protects against ecoli and other harmful bacterial growth a little better. Check out my blog post for more information on the brew process and flexibility there ;)
I love laying my project out in the middle of the Home Depot aisle the employees freak out and I also love to chalkboard use that a lot I recognize it
hahaha someday I want to just lay out an entire home plumbing system in the aisles of a home store.
But, do you ever chalkboard in the home depot isle? I did once at Lowes and they really freaked out, had the manager come talk to me. She ended up helping me find all the fittings I needed just to get me out of there. She probably would have asked me to leave if I wasn't sitting next to my mobility scooter with my Desert Storm Veteran's hat on.
Sometimes, disability pays off. Most of the time, it sucks!
@@thomasarussellsr it sucks that it takes something like that to get good help.
@@AnneofAllTrades I agree, but it seems, at least around here, that customer service has all but died. It is rare to find a helpful store employee at a big box store, or any store, in my area any more. At college, just graduated in May, most of the young students were quite courteous. So, it is not a generational thing. The few helpful folks I find at stores are typically older, but not all of them, so I can't figure out what the correlating factor is...
@@AnneofAllTrades call me, I'll do the wiring in the electrical aisle.
That was well-done.
Why not install the tap as closest to the bottom as one can? Is the eventual sediment "bad" (though I would think it is the exact opposite)?
If I were to do this, I would buy a much smaller -- and quieter -- pump, along with a wee solar panel, and just leave it outside for 3-4-.. days. Or am I missing something? Also, can you "over-brew" the compost, or can it stay in the bin indefinitely? TY!
That was as close to the bottom as I could get without compromising the seal of the faucet because of the curve of the barrel ;) you can do this project however you’d like! A month or so of regular use and it’s working great for me
Leaving it outside would be fine as long as the temperature stayed between 60 and 75 degrees. The tea needs to be used in 36 hours. You really need the power and agitation a model this size offers to aerate it properly but if you were to go with a smaller container a smaller motor would work
Nice build👍 nice video , "compost tea and sandwiches 😄"
Thanks! 😃
Interesting! No worries about burning you plants with this brew? I assume by fallowing your recipe closely it won’t. I manage a rural water district and you are correct about air stripping the tap water. It will remove residual chlorine and ammonia that we use to disenfect potable water. Some water plants actually use air stripping towers to remove undesireable components from source water such as iron and manganese before the disenfection process.
This is an extremely mild fertilizer, and when applied at night or early in the morning, can be used as a foliar spray or root drench. The recipe can be tweaked quite a bit without too much worry, as long as ratios are right. For example, I'll be adding some wood ash from the bonfire in my next batch.
Great job
Epsom salts, crushed oyster or egg shells, diatomaceous earth, garden lime, etc. are all good additions to your tea mixture. 🙂
Absolutely! Also so many other nutrients as well! Check out my blog post on this subject! My next batch will have wood ash and I'll be experimenting with ratio levels of tumeric and cinnamon to discourage mold/bad bacteria buildup.
@@AnneofAllTrades Excellent. I was going to suggest cinnamon as well as mint and tea leaves. We're thinking along the same lines here. 😁
Actually, on those lines, I was thinking about DE in the tea the other day, generally the reason it works is because the crystals in powder form dissolve the exoskeleton of insects, so it doesn’t work when wet. Does it Re-constitute as it dries on the leaves in a foliar spray? Or is there another reason you’re adding it?
@@AnneofAllTrades Calcium. And no, it won't reconstitute. It's basically the tiny shells of sea creatures (diatoms).
If you can draw it, you CAN build it!!! 😀❤😊
P.S I LOVE your safety glasses!
Thank you! They double as a magnifying glass to burn ants when it's sunny :P 🤓
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ann can you please tell me where you get your shop glasses
Great video
does this compost tea have a shelf life?
Never cry in the isle of Lowes, always the car or the bathroom.
Nah, no reason to be ashamed, I doubt I'm the only one who's gotten that frustrated trying to make things work.
@@AnneofAllTrades I was mostly referring to my own embracing of toxic masculinity. :-D
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I think you forgot to link to the other plans you mentioned at the beginning of the video? I can't see them anywhere.
oh man I'm sorry about that, www.scribd.com/document/35269216/Plans-for-a-home-made-25-gallon-compost-tea-brewer-Oregon-State-University
Any supply info on that air pump you used?
I’ve got a link for it and the other things I used in my amazon store linked in the description ;)
Very nice ...
Thank you! Cheers!
So, where do you get these 5 gallon buckets of ingredients?
And, why is this better than breaking down your own waste products like kitchen and yard scraps? I mean, the traditional composting method uses waste to help improve your garden. This method is going to add to your budget and cost more to buy these ingredients, right? I'm just trying to understand. Do you still use "waste compost" too? Is it an add on, or is it a complete switch over system?
This just an add on- and can be done in a much cheaper, slower, low tech, higher sweat equity way as well, as I showed in my “fixing your soil” video referenced here ;) adding mechanical power here just speeds up the process, as it often does in other applications as well. I get bulk ingredients through group buys when I can find a discount or just order online.
God bless you
So nice of you
I think you could have used a canning funnel while putting the ingredients in the bag.
Nah just another thing to wash!
If your worm castings smell bad then they went anaerobic. Worm castings should smell good. I would empty the bucket and spread it out so it can go aerobic. In a couple days it should start smelling good and just keep not so wet and turn it every so often so doesn't go anaerobic.
Ive heard of green,black,chai,sweet,herbal,boba,and various other teas but never thought of poop tea! Very creative and gross. May i suggest 1part tea,2part vodka,and metric sh*tton of sugar. =)
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"Scooch " , best universal construction term ;-)
We are very technical here ;)
When discussing compost tea, it is important to acknowledge the significant contributions of Dr. Elaine Ingham. She authored the seminal publication "The Compost Tea Brewing Manual," which has become the core reference guide and "bible" for anyone looking to deeply understand the science and methodology of compost tea.
I admittedly had never heard of Dr. Elaine when I filmed this video, but I’ve since read and watched tons of material she has put out and you’re right, she deserves credit for synthesizing so much of the science that’s now part of the gardening vernacular
First time I've heard that
There's a first time for everything!
@@AnneofAllTrades 🤣😂🤣 you are correct
Don't think I will make that, but I wanted the actual brewing ingredients
Are you thinking about making a worm farm? I've seen cool barrel types where you just give it a turn now and again and the casings fall into a collection box. That's good "tea" too,,,And what about "bio-char"? Supposed to be good stuff.,,And pea-sized red brick chunks, for drainage and moisture control, maybe soak them in "tea", make them a home for "good" microbes. Lots of ideas on UA-cam, why not throw them all together and see what happens. The barrel-wormfarm could be a cool build,,,just some "food 4 thought"... ;-)>....
Stay tuned on the vermicompost front! Another fun use for a packing box is upcoming :) Biochar is great, I used it all the time in Seattle, wood ash is also a great addition to your compost tea. Interesting point on the brick chunks, I've not seen that but will look into it. I suppose that's a similar concept to putting it in our woodchips which also act as a sponge and slow-release for the fertilizer.
Those barrels are sure heavy, I always end up overbuilding the base for those.
That’s a good idea! 440 lbs is a lot of lbs ;)
Seriously, I wish you lived next door.
I try to be a good neighbor to the folks who do!
@@AnneofAllTrades Just not a lot of like minded people in Charlotte. I need to move to Asheville. :)
better than miracle grow.
Oh heck yeah!
That was a tea rific Visio
hehehe so glad you enjoyed it!
Anne GM from WA. Id like to send you a thank you box of my wood to say Thank you for alk Uve enjoyed on your utube site. Whats the best mailing address to sent to?
That is so kind of you! At this exact moment I don't really have much of a shop to speak of, or anywhere to put things, but once we get the new shop built, I would absolutely love for you to send some things!
I was told to put slip the bag around that pipe that runs down the middle to further more oxygenate the contents? Is that possi-brew? Lol. PS, you’re hot😊
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Thingies?
Lots of science here
@@AnneofAllTrades Rather than using city water that you have to out gas by using a bubbler could you use rainwater. Why didn't you use solar power to run the bubbler?
@@davidneel8327 You can and totally should use rainwater if you have it, I don't have any collection set up yet. And as far as solar power, I don't have solar panels, so...
Chemically and technically speaking, isn't beer compost?
This is going to be good. Sorry for jumping the gun. 😁
Compost normally would not have alcohol producing bacteria as the alcohol would kill off the others. Composting speeds up the breakdown of molecules into simpler ones. Brewing often is creating larger, more complex molecules.
@@sdspivey true, .........but not so much after a couple of beers. 😁
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Чудово!
Thank you!
Anne, we love you and your channel. I follow your buddy April too, but she has gone so commercial, and subliminally sexual. While lacking a better description, you are so "real". We feel like you are the friendly neighbor we wish we had. Your teaching style is comfortable, and we hope when you finish your new pole barn, and start classes again, that we may travel down and participate. Keep up the great work.
Dyslexic = Genius? 😁
haha it certainly didn't feel like that in school.
Anne of All Trades no it didn’t.. 😎
Einstein: "Every child is a genious in their own way. However, if you ask a goldfish to climb a tree, who is the real idiot in that scenario?" [I am paraphrasing, I can't remember the exact phrasing, but this is the general idea of his statement.]
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I'm currently reading a book about dyslexia, written by a dyslexic, and realized that the reason I have always struggled with reading comprehension and following directions is because I think like a dyslexic! I just don't do the seeing things backwards, except I often write p as b, and vice versa. For 30+ years I just thought that was a funny quirk about me, also my eyes like to see things individually instead of forming an image together.
It’s funny what we learn as adults. I don’t have all the traditional signs either, but finding a name for what I’d always struggled with in school helped me not to feel stupid, and understand that my brain and body just worked different.
Weird and wild stuff.
Totally wild!
12:24... im in the matrix
Yeah I’m not sure what happened there 🤓🤓
No madam. You are not alone in crying in Lowe’s but it’s probably for different reasons. 🤪
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She is cute.
why do you have giant vat of molasses just sitting around?
I give it to the cows and goats during calving/kidding season. I also do a lot of baking.
@@AnneofAllTrades I have a food grade drum I was gonna use for water collection but I've decided to make one of these instead, but have a few questions if you have time:
1. you use a monster air pump. You don't mention the size but your'e moving lots of air. You have suggestions on air flow capacity? (looking for a cheap but effective solution)
2. Are the ingredients that critical? I would think any biology would do, like scraps from the garden brewed in the tank....circle of life an all.
3. why are you keeping this inside and not out in the garden? I would think the heat from the sun would help but might there be an explosion potential brewing up biology? I know my compost pile gets really hot.
thanks!! hope you're enjoying your new location as much as we like watching and learning from you!
Anne did you know that the left side of the brain controls the right side and the the right side of the brain controls the left side. So us left handed people are always in the the right mind. Let left handed people rule the world. I am tired living in the the righted handed world; its hard to find a left handed hammer or left handed notebook. Stay safe and don't work so hard take time to enjoy life; because it is to short.
You're totally right, but what about people like me who are ambidextrous? We just spend a lot of time confused ;)
@@AnneofAllTrades You have the best of both worlds.