275 Gallon Composter! Will This Even Work?
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- Опубліковано 12 вер 2024
- Today we are building a 275 gallon portable composter to move around the homestead.
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Not only are you going to have great compost, but the farm is going to look neat and clean. I'd give you a prize for the best looking homestead.
Enjoyed the video anytime we can find a way to utilize what’s available on the homestead is definitely a plus congrats guys, but using those power tools with no safety glasses and hearing protection maybe a respirator is taking chance,thanks guys
I completely agree with one exception. The sprout house could use a little love...same color as the house 💚
@@jettabartholomew1118And paint the awesome porch on the house white. Jmo 😉
Such a pretty sight to see the cows enjoying the hay!
Ralph is so adorable with his spotted face and long eyelashes :) Can't wait to see the composter.
Teamwork makes the dream work!! A tidy composting system!! And Ralph is just sooo handsome!!! 🐮😁👍🏻💩
Great engineering! You both never fail to amaze us all.
My compost bin is an old horse watering trough. 12 years of use and still working for us.
Watching you two working together is like watching a choreographed dance. You are in synch!! It shows you are used to working together for many years and that you have a basic compatibility with each other. Job well done🎉
You could do one with water and comfrey! Then you can use the tractor and just pick it up and take it all over the homestead. Use the spectate and fertilize to your heart content.
The markings and colors on the face of Babe are beautiful. Little Ralph has such a pretty face too. Love your rolling composter.
Love the compost bin. Great idea! But, my favorite, and long awaited part of the video, was finally getting to see the porch. I love all you guys do. Love, and God bless.
I agree!! I could finally see your deck and porch!!!! So awesome!!
Since you plan on leaving the top off except to turn it, consider chaining it or fastening it to the cage so the wind or some wild thing doesn’t make off with it .
I love watching y’all brainstorm
Ralph is adorable. Love his crescent moon.
Your farm is absolutely beautiful! And the cows are just beautiful. Take Care and God Bless!❤
Great idea. I may try this myself. Two suggestions, Put it under an overhang somewhere to keep extra rain out and paint the plastic black to heat up faster when the sun hits the container.
If you put the composting thing on bricks and put a bucket under the large outlet you might get compost liquid as well.
You might paint your composter black, also put some landscape fabric over the uncovered top of the compost to help keep it from drying out and keep fly larva out
Darker is HOTTER 🤓
Once the contents get thoroughly wet, put the plastic top back on it to both keep it from drying out and to keep the rain from leaching a lot of the nutrients out of the drainage holes you put in the bottom.
Painting the outside of the plastic will keep the uv rays from breaking down the plastic as fast not painted. Or keep it out of sunlight most of the time.
You two are so creative! Yes, compost bins increase temperatures! Yes, you have most of the science right! However, several of your other fans said what I was going to say; paint that BLACK! May the LORD continue to prosper and help you. I have learned a lot from you (mostly in the kitchen) and I love to see all the lovely details that I miss from childhood. My "farm" is just a small back yard garden now. But I still grow and preserve what a 75 yr. old can. I get joy watching everything you show on your videos.
I remember seeing Jason and Brooke doing their compost this way.
It looks like the composter will save you time with double-shovelling and hauling to a compost pile! Great idea!
What a great idea, I have to say the background veiw of your land send shivers down my arms , that property is awesome guys,, Love Missouri
What a novel idea for the composter. I can't wait to see how long it works long-term. So. nice to see your frisky, happy herd too.😄
My girlfriend and I built a compose bin out of cement blocks in the shape of an " E " but with 3 bins instead of 2 bins. We made sliding tracks for the front with individual boards so you can add boards as it fills. After the first bin fills, you rotate into the second bin , then continue to move to the third bin. The first bin always starts the starter, and the third bin is the ready to use bin. This makes a ton of compose a year. She loved it because it was always rotating and keeping the finished compose separate and ready to go.
It was about 3 to 4 feet high with a sand base. We had so much fun and laughs building this thing.
Great video as usual. I have one little suggestion that is to do the composting under cover so that it can heat up to high temperatures and breakdown much faster.
Ahhh, Ralph has a crescent moon. He's so cute
I love the cow running up behind Kevin…. “come on guys, Dad’s giving us fresh hay!” & wanting to be first 🤣
Love the composter idea and baby Ralph is adorable ❤❤❤
You might want to consider making some large wheels out of 1 inch conduit and bolt them to the ends of the cage so you could simply roll the entire assembly. You could also make a ground mounted frame with wheels to set the assembly in so it will remain in one spot when you rotate it. I think it’s a great idea to utilize the tote for a large composter and I think I will build one for our use.
I sure enjoy your videos! Thanks for sharing your experience. May God continue to bless your work.
Ingenious idea! Please do follow ups so we can watch the progress and see if it works when filled up. Loved this video.
Nice eagle soaring over Sara’s head during the intro!
Hurry with the tractor....we have a runner! Lol. Glad that worked out.
This seems like a lot of work.
I think using the tote and setting it up like a Johnson-su method it works be easier and Won’t require beating up the tote.
Additionally, I’d leave really coarse material out unless you really shred it before adding. Keep your carbon level higher than nitrogen.
Is highly recommend the Living Soil handbook by Jesse Frost. Great info about composting .
I also wonder if you've got enough air flow in that big plastic box.
You can always empty into piles by the outside garden to perk... then start filling up again, then empty by the hothouse garden. The ducks and chickens will enjoy adding to your composter..clever idea so you can easily pick up items all over the farm😊
Hi Kevin and Sarah. Great job! Here’s an idea if you find too much compost falling out of the gap as it breaks down…Try taking out those bars and flipping your lid upside down. It might just slip in there perfectly. Then just place your straps appropriately for the new position of the lid. It may possibly eliminate that gap altogether. I’ve done this with other types of containers for projects around the house, and it has always worked great. Worth a try. 😊
Great idea. It may leak excess water when tipped over, but as I understand making compost, you don't want any
standing water, just wrung out sponge damp soil. If it's going to leak, capture it. It's liquid gold you are just dumping
on the ground. Great idea.
There are black covers you can buy that will help heat the compost to a great temp.
That's a super way to compost! Maybe attach some sort of lanyard or something to the lid so it doesn't blow away when not installed?
Ralph is a great name for an animal. Many years ago I had a beloved dog named Ralph
Ralph has the cutest face. Good job on the compost idea.
Ralph looks like he has a quarter moon on his face. very cute indeed.
I enjoyed this video so much. Its always fun seeing a plan come together. Keep those ideas going you guys! God Bless
What an excellent video. Kudos to the camera crew for the closeups! Well done!
Sorry. This posted to the wrong channel!
Add some newspaper or burlap to bottom of tank to cover holes in bottom...retains particles of potential soil while allowing moisture to drain....
I know that this Idea isn't for everyone, but it's been great for me. We have a garden patch that's partitioned off... maybe 30x100 feet. Over the past 4 years I have spread tens of thousands of pounds of wood chips, grass clippings, chicken manure, and anything organic that comes off of our 18 acres. If I want it to look pretty, I run over it with my zero turn lawn tractors. We have reduced several feet of material into tons of fine compost without any watering or turning ...no maintenance. No piles. No bins. People don't even know what it is. I grew massive tomatoe plants in this patch last summer without watering or weeding or fertilizer...even through the drought we had here in central Missouri.
I love watching your videos. I feel like I can really relate to everything that you are doing. And I am always learning something.
Love this idea! I can't wait to share this with my husband so we can utilize this idea and use one of these containers just sitting around on our homestead:) Thank you for sharing your ideas!!
You might consider hot gluing little circles of 1/4" hardware cloth over the drain holes to keep critters from setting up house inside the bottom,
Beautiful herd, guys. Kevin, when you feed hay, lay the bale round side up and it will repel rain better instead instead of soaking it up - makes a bale last a bit longer with less waste.
Good idea but it should have melted from the inside, then the top overhang on it on it much better .
We enjoy❤ watching your videos
Great job 👍
Genius idea! Can’t wait to hear what hacks you use on this in the future.
i dont think you will end up liking the ibc tote composter at all. i think the best to do is just make a compost station. not using any kind of container. just start a pile on your land somewhere constantly adding to it. just flip/mix it every couple three days or so with a pitchfork. then when your pile gets to big. just start another one. I seen a setup where a guy had a bunch of piles that were divided by used pallets. was a pretty sweet setup. and his piles would be at different stages so it made it easy to just grab a scoop with the tractor.
I agree. Since he is on a farm he can leave space between the piles to allow access for turning the pile withe the tractor bucket.
You guys are so smart doing what you do!!!
White faced Herefords are soooo cute!!!
Kevin & Sara. Hey there. Make the same portable composter with no drain holes & no lid. when manure & rain water fill it---you will have compost tea (fertilize) to put on plants. An overflow drain into container will catch over flow liquid. Use tea as needed. You can move container with tractor to the hot house. Just a thought & if you do not like the idea trash it. I love you. Dewayne Willis
We use a plastic bin for composting, just like you did except on a smaller scale, and we also only put holes on the lower sides. However, I think a compost bin works better when the holes are on the bottom so that worms can come and go as moisture is available in the ground and in the bin.
Great ingenuity; thanks for posting! Babe & handsome calf are fun to see, as well as the pasture herd! Blessings to all 🤗💗🇨🇦
I like that you can move it around to wherever you need it. Good idea.
Aw…..the cows love their hay!! I love seeing that……sweet cows…….
Nice job. Maybe you can consider to cut and drill plastic on a hard surface. That way you can clean it up easier and it wont be lying in your grass forever :)
I don't get why everyone thinks they need a bin in order to compost. Just throw it in a pile and turn it once every couple of weeks.
Well some people just prefer things to have a place and neat and some sense of organization
Didn’t they say they wanted to be able to move it around to where they were picking up material? I think that’s main reason, plus ease of rotating it. Brilliant!
My UNC uncle. Use to call that the hay bank any surplus of hay was a blessing . cows love n live to eat.
I guess the question will be 'How well does the METAL endure the 'turning' over time', given the WEIGHT that will eventually be inside of the composter being turned. So it's a fair question to ask: Does this work in theory or would you need a 'stronger frame or stronger plastic to make it work the way you envision?' Good idea, looking forward to seeing you discover the answer to those questions as you use it.
Somehow I missed when you added the front decking. It looks good.
I like your problem solving and coming up with great beneficial projects for your homestead.
We remove plastic tub, cut in half, put half plastic tub back into cage for our potted plants set up with a timer & fill other empty cages with with split firewood, works like a charm. We use our tractor with the fork attachment to move the cages. We haven’t tried using plastic tub for compost because it might get to hot causing plastic fumes.
Will be following for updates, hopefully it works out.
Note- it might be a good idea to mark the lid with the bottom tub to know how it goes back on, good luck!
I use one similar but use 2 one empty. I like your approach. My suggestion is to add more ventilation holes for air flow. But smaller than your drainage holes. Maybe 1/2”. Or so.
You guys are the best team. Very Inspiring! :) Team work makes the Dream work.
ralf has a beautiful partial moon on his face!! soo cute!!
I love repurposing what ever you can. This was a great idea.
IBC tote composter: I took one and cut in 1/2, I don't move it as we don't have a tractor, plus I'm short. I only use the bottom part as the composter, and the original drain valve works just fine, never gets clogged. I add cardboard between layers as the cover. just an idea, i used the top half under my rabbits to catch poop for easier clean up.
I’m watching this in a break from housework. I’m in NZ and summer is just gearing up. It’s very warm and humid today, we live in an area that gets high humidity anyway and I’m lying with the AC on! Just seeing you with those warm jackets on is making me hotter! Love your videos, you always make me happy I have watched. Xxx
I sometimes think pet animals name themselves, given a little time. Ralph the calf, very nice. Our meat steers were called Sausage, Casserole and Billy.
Ralph is adorable. Try to make the holes so you can catch the compost tea.
We just brought our cattle home a couple of weeks ago from pastures here in South Dakota. We usually try to have hay for the next two to three years just in case we have a dry year or two. We are known to have drought years here. This year has been a good year with grass still in the pastures and the weather is milder than normal right now!
Rotate rotate rotate, it's a real pleasure watching your video.
Have you considered putting a separate compost pile in the chicken runs and allowing them to turn the compost for you while hunting larvae?
They sure were excited about that hay!
You guys are the best kind of McGuivers!
Keeping the liquids and collecting them is great manure tea. The valve is easily cleared. Good luck
Both of you are doing a wonderful job on the Homested!
I love you both with all my heart so please don't hate me, and I hope I am wrong, but this tote won't hold up for what you are trying to do with it. I have worked with these totes for years and they have always let me down with a multitude of projects. Again, maybe I am wrong, but I would hate to see you spend so much time on a project that doesn't help you on the homestead. Best wishes and I really enjoy your channel!
Rosie listened to you bragging how she wasn't kicking, and she said, " You mean I can kick? Oh yeah!! I'm going to start doing that " lol
If ypu build another, consider outfitting the tote with spikots capable of screwing either a garden hose or white PVC pipe into plus a collection system for the compost tea. We use IBC totes for our rain water collection system, plastic, hot tub valves, and PVC pipe. The plastic hot tub valves are prone to breaking when we get a deep freeze; they would probably do the same in your srea.
what beautiful cows, they look like their fur is velvet.
I'll never make it, but I am always interested in what you come up with to make your homestead better for your animals and your family.
Be sure to add green stuff. That really ignites the brown stuff. You can never have too much compost.
Think you’ll need some air holes near the bottom or it will go anaerobic. You want a fresh supply of oxygen to feed to good microbes. This makes more heat too and helps break down everything faster.
Anaerobic is slow and stinky just like a septic system!
Take care!
What gorgeous Herefords you have-some nice genes you have there. But, gee, since you maneuver that hay loader so well, I’d be very tempted to use it to turn a very large compost pile.
Just love watching work together as a team, helping each other with the plan total team.
Your plan for bringing hay to the cows worked . I love it when a plan comes togather . Good on the job on the composter .I think it will work .
Ralph is a beautiful calf. he has beautiful face and eyes.
People don't realize that ;you have to train all animals. It is great that you start right away and it helps her be more successful.
When I did mine, I cut each corner about 2-3" down vertically to allow the pieces to fold in a little so that it would slide over the other pretty easy. Makes a great seal when done this way. You could notch the bottom piece alone so the top slides over the bottom as a cover for the rainy days.
Would it not be easier just to invert the lid when you want to roll it? Just turn it upside down and clamp it. That would hold everything too. Just a thought😊
Hi I believe a 3:1 ratio of green material to dry material helps . If too wet it will smell like ammonia. My composter, a barrel type on a stand. has screens over the aeration holes to keep pests out. It will be interesting to follow this project. good luck
What a fantastic idea!!!❤
Another interesting video. You never cease to amaze me at your workable inventions to improve your farm. Love you guys. 😊
Very interesting, being raised in the country,this is the kind of milk we drank, I remember how good it was. Some people don’t even know where milk comes from. I would love to have a big glass of your milk and some good ole corn bread. God bless you guys, I have been following you for 5 years or more.
Goid Morning. Hope you have a great day. Baby is so cute. Lv and Prayers all.
I watched a video on composting and they said if air can get all around 12 inches. You don't need to flip it or stir it. I tried this in a garbage can with a large piece of French drain down the middle. It worked fantastic. Kevin maybe you could put 2 pieces inside this and fill around them. I drilled holes in the sides for airflow.
Consider cutting the corners of the lid perpendicular to how you cut it off. Then you can flex the corners in/out depending on how you want the lid to sit. You may also decide to add hinges to one side to allow the lid to open/close without removal.
..that was my thought also..👍🏻
Well Kevin, you have inspired me on this one! You do want to keep your compost bin covered. But, with a permeable 'something" that will let rain in. The reason you want to cover is to make sure it maintains the heat. That is what kills off the seeds, and pathogens on your compost. The cows are beautiful! 😃😃
Wow Kevin you moved that metal hay guard around so effortlessly, I'm so impressed. I continue watching your channel and love the content you produce. God Bless.
You can cut 1 " slits in every corner of the bottom edge of the top and the top will fit down in the tub and seal better
Same here (Lat 47) mild winter, so far. yay. Love the inventiveness. Make sure it breathes.
Or you'll have a Swimming pool in Spring in MN. Joy! 🎄
Ralph is super cute! That's a good amount of milk for your family. Have you tried freeze drying any yet? I'm wondering how well that would work?
Your compost bin looks great. Maybe if you have an old tarp you could put it on top to help keep the heat in?
We also have a jersey and freeze milk and then freeze dry it every week. I take the cream off to make butter and cream cheese, etc. and put the slightly skimmed milk right onto the trays with pizza tables (5) to separate the trays in the upright freezer until it is their turn to go in the freeze dryer - so wonderful to have many bags of milk ready to go - I do put two medium trays of powder into one half gallon jar and seal it up - with the instructions to fill to the top with water, mix and refrigerate - that way i have some of the milk powder out of mylar, ready to go in a few minutes if needed. (Each med tray holds one quart of milk).