How to Make Rich, Organic Compost for Your Homestead Garden
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- Опубліковано 27 лис 2024
- n this video, we’ll walk you through our step-by-step process of creating our own compost, using simple materials we already have at home. Whether you’re a seasoned homesteader or just starting out, composting is an essential skill that helps reduce waste, enriches your soil, and boosts your garden’s productivity.
Why composting matters:
Composting is an eco-friendly way to recycle organic materials and reduce your carbon footprint. Plus, it’s a cost-effective way to create natural fertilizer for your garden, leading to healthier plants and bigger harvests.
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Chicken poop and dead plants---I only turn twice and just use Father Time because I'm just too old to turn more often. I do get more weeds and volunteer plants because it does not heat up enough. Weeds with seed heads or any of my Bermuda grass does get burnt, but I add in any ash or charcoal from the burn pit. We have mostly evergreens, so our leaves are mostly off our fruit trees and lilac bushes and they get stored in a big wire bin for mulch in the spring. Use what you have and the chickens get the rest. God bless y'all and keep growing.
It's amazing what nature gives us to help in our gardens. Yes, chickens get quite a bit of our extra garden produce. :)
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Thanks and welcome
I love your videos. Very informative and just so friendly.
Thanks SO much!
Very helpful! 👌🏽😊
Thanks!
I need to get better with composting - thanks for the great video!
Thanks for watching!
Easy to undestand, comfortable and frendly. ASMR^) "Right guys I am sorry l'm going to have to ask u to step outside a few minutes...they don't like direct sun"... thanksful everything, fundmentally.
Thanks for the kind words!! We do care for the animals as well as the land.
you very nice persons, all the best, i love your video , very good explansion :)
Thanks for the kind words!!!
Right from the start I can see that the pitch fork is the best way.💕
@@cherylkirksey the pitch fork is the better exercise option for sure!
@@waardenburgfamilyfarm4764 I definitely need that. I also think it mixes better that way, Instead of big clumps. I also don’t have a big beautiful farm to care for. 🦾
Thank you for the explanation. I need to get the thermometer. I've been trying vermicomposting, it's a challenge for me to harvest the castings, I keep trying though.
We've never tried vermicomposting, but it's very interesting. We may have to give it a try in the future.
I compost the same way except I do not stir. All my garden debris, tree clippings, weeds, fruit & vegetable scraps, some chicken & occasionally cow manure from local farmers and wood ash from my burn piles.
We probably should be adding our wood ash from our burn pile....thanks for mentioning that. It will compost without turning, but might take a bit longer. Thanks for watching.
Thank you!! This was such helpful information. I have horses and chickens so I have the basic ingredients.
What kind of weeds are not to be used and why?
Around here, thistles and bindweed are two of the worst weeds. Bindweed can root easily. Thistle can be added, but only if it hasn't gone to seed. Some of our thistles hve really big thorns that don't decompose easily so I avoid them in the compost too. So glad you found the video helpful.
Great video , thanks for the tips .. quick question..Does your manure pile supply the whole of your market garden? I have an allotment (UK) and I can never seem to make enough to cover all the beds, despite composting everything I possibly can.
We do have enough for our entire market garden. Between the compost and then the grass/leaf mulch, the beds get a nice boost every season.
As far as grass clippings--do you have a bagger on mower or do you hand rake?
We bag our clippings. If I'm putting it directly on the beds, I will spread leaves on the grass and mow them together....it's a great mulch.
I use 3 large, holy trashcans in my suburban compost system. It keeps things contained. No manures either. I buy composted cow manure to add to my garden bed and it feels like I'm rolling the dice on whether or not that weed killer is included.
That sounds ike a great system. Fingers crossed that you don't get any week killer.
Thanks for sharing 👍🙏🏼 Sub’d we just moved to this home with 1.60 acres, small, but want to get a nice garden, problem is it is covered with tons of weeds & poison ivy! 😖
Congrats on the new property. I hear that goats love poison ivy. It will take some work, but you'll get the weeds under control. Best of luck on your new venture.
I have two pallet compost bins. I pretty much add to it all year, garden debris and such, lazy about turning it (too hard for me, at age 86.). A few weeks ago i used a pitchfork to flip top to the next bin and then sifted the good stuff into my wheel barrel. I then reversed and did the second bin. I ended up with 4 wheel barrels full of beautiful compost. I am very stingy with the compost, it doesn’t go as far as you might think. I have 10 4x8 raised beds plus flower gardens. Some think I am a bit odd at being so excited over my compost…😊
I think many gardeners get excited about compost. It's an amazing feeling to put beautiful compost on the beds and know that it will help to grow delicious veges and fruits. You're a gardening inspiration to be doing all of that at 86. Way to go!
@ thank you for the kind words. I sure don’t feel my age (thank goodness). Keeping busy at all the things I love is the answer to staying healthy. I love your farm and the enthusiasm you both have. Oh if only I were 20 years younger, I would have a greenhouse like yours! Watched your farm stand video last evening. Boy that looks like a full time job.
@@arvellataratuta2150 We only keep the farmstand open from May - October so I get a break over the winter. By then I am very ready for a break!
Can you put old hay in the pile? I had rotten hay bails that were left by another farmer.
We have put some hay in the piles. There may be some seeds, but ours gets so hot that is usually kills many of the seeds. We have one sitting out there now that was too hot to put in the barn. It will be added to the pile eventually.
Definitely!
@@dorisoconnell629 will add some for sure
How long do the piles sit for Before turning them? Nancy from Nebraska
It varies. Sometimes it's only 2 weeks and other times it might be a month or even 5 weeks. Often there just isn't time to get to it.