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Rain and snow will work. But give it quick soak to start helps. Join this channel to get access to perks which focus on garden mentoring and member influenced videos: ua-cam.com/channels/ptL6_qMImyW_yZwiMjQdpg.htmljoin You can find items I use or discuss in videos, by checking out my Amazon Storefront for fertilizer, pest management, shade cloth, seed starting supplies, books and more! at www.amazon.com/shop/garypilarchiktherustedgarden As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualified purchases. Please visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop (My Shop) for your fabric pots, fall & spring seeds, seed starting supplies, peppermint oil, neem oil, TRG merchandise, and more at www.therustedgarden.com Please subscribe if you have a chance (Thanks!)
We use a similar method to create warm/hot beds in our greenhouse. Then we plant cool weather crops in trays that sit on top of the warm beds. We cover the plants with domes made from greenhouse panels. Keeps the plants happy and thriving even in snow!
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@@Cultivatinggratitude Well, it’s kinda funny.. whenever we have guys working here they seem want to pee in the woods behind the house. We invite them to use the compost pile if they like. For some reason they don’t want to go in the house. But that’s it. For nitrogen we use greens from the garden, grass clippings, and kitchen waste primarily then cover with twice as much browns.
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i LOVE this simple compost pile design. I have a tumbler, which I love, and a rolling bucket I kick around the garden to make QUICK compost for mixing up some potting soil. But I have A TON of leaves and didn't know what to do with it! This is the perfect design. Just incorporated it into one corner of my garden yesterday and filled it 3/4 with leaves already! LOL I still have a TON of leaves to blow into the garden and will be tilling them in with some mulch we are making once our little chipper shredder arrives in November. THEN the garden can sit all winter. In the mean time, as this composter breaks down, i will keep adding leaves on top!!! Thank you for this GREAT idea!!! I had just enough scrap fence left to make it. Will be hoping to add grass clippings over the month, too, and again in the spring. GREAT, helpful videos! - judith
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Thanks so much for this quick direct info Gary! And videos always start up lots of comments that are also so helpful from the Gardening community! Thanks!
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I use my mower with a bag to mulch up the leaves and the benefit is that grass is cut along with the leaves so it's premixed. Handy! Thanks for sharing! Tis the season to build a compost pile. 😁
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I highly recommend adding a bag of course perlite to a leaf/grass compost pile. It helps reduce compaction and the resulting anaerobic stink. While you're at it, add a bag of composted chicken manure for some really good growing media. Just mix with some native soil because it will be too light and fluffy and won't hold enough water. That's just my 2 cents based on personal experience.
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Since perlite is a mined product, a substitute is rice husks/hulls which provide aeration (reverse of compaction) AND organic matter in about a year. Bonus is it's a plentiful byproduct that's going to waste. Keeping it out of landfills and working in productive soil is a sustainable practice.
Thank you Gary! I made my first leaf compost bin out of extra wood pallets that we had and filled it full of leaves! Now I’m going to have to build another bin so that I can make it with the grass in the middle or wait until the first pile collapses but there are soooo many leaves and I want to use them all! 😂 I say that one can never have too much compost! So off to make the second bin! What about raking the leaves into big black trash bags and leaving them to break down?
I've done this, it works great and can be faster than a cold pile. Just make sure you wet them down, not soggy with pools inside and poke holes in the bags with a screwdriver. Then you can actually easily turn the bags periodically to agitate them. And if you have an area you need to keep weeds down in or are prepping for a bed next year, set the bags on top of that area and they'll kill off everything underneath.
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A real downside to long term use of plastic bags this way is they will disintegrate into small plastic pieces that go everywhere. Compost does break down, but so does the container bag. Maybe smart to start this way but move into wire bin in a few months. Leaf compost is a game changer! Have fun!
Made a huge pile of leaf mold last year to only have it invaded by jumping worms (I'm in zone 5A). The worms die off in the winter but the cocoons survive. If you use and keep the leaf mold in your own garden, I guess it's no big deal. I used my uninfected leaf mold last year over peat as a seed starter and a major component in my potting mixes. I can't use the infected leaf mold because I give a way and sell seedlings in the spring and do not want to spread the jumping worms. This year I am constructing a leaf mold bin that will not allow jumping worms access to the leaves (Shredded leaves are the preferred food of the jumping worms). The cocoons will die off at temperatures above 104F. I did cook about 40 gallons of my finished screened leaf mold in my pellet grill for seed start and am running the rest through hot compost. There are many areas of the US that have jumping worms, I suggest that people check with their local DNR to find out if jumping worms are in their area. There are other ways to make leaf mold other than in wire bins. I used a plastic garbage can with holes drilled along the sides with a center PVC pipe with hole and a lid that worked as well as the wire bin. Not near the volume as a bin however. Enjoy your videos.
Crazy. I hope I dont encounter that issue. Good luck with your solution and thanks for the information. Join this channel to get access to perks which focus on garden mentoring and member influenced videos: ua-cam.com/channels/ptL6_qMImyW_yZwiMjQdpg.htmljoin You can find items I use or discuss in videos, by checking out my Amazon Storefront for fertilizer, pest management, shade cloth, seed starting supplies, books and more! at www.amazon.com/shop/garypilarchiktherustedgarden As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualified purchases. Please visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop (My Shop) for your fabric pots, fall & spring seeds, seed starting supplies, peppermint oil, neem oil, TRG merchandise, and more at www.therustedgarden.com Please subscribe if you have a chance (Thanks!)
@@ecologytodayThe worms may have just been in my local environment and I gave them the perfect environment to thrive, or I may have picked them up while gathering leaves last fall. I personally have no large trees, so I have to cruse the streets with my trailer for bagged leaves. As I was shredding the leaves with my mower last fall I remember some bags were not just leaves but a lot of other sorts of yard waste and even some bags of pretty decayed leaves.. Last fall was very mild and the worms may have still been active in the leaf litter I picked up. This year I will be much more selective over the leaves I decide to pick up. Again, not being aware of these worms is the biggest issue. In taking down my beds I established with perennial cover crops this spring I did not encounter any jumping worms. Normally I heavily mulch these beds with shredded leaves, having gone to a perennial cover crop my have protected these beds from the jumping worms. My potato and onion bed were heavily infested with the jumping worms because I cover them with a deep blanket of shredded leaves (Ruth Stout gardening). I will have to revisit how I grow my potatoes and onions. I still have a lot to learn about these worms and how they impact my garden. My main concern now is to make people aware and not to spread them.
It would be cool if you could do a video one day on the anaerobic Korean Bokashi food composting method which I have found to be a great solution to problems created by indoor food waste storage bins attracting bugs and making a mess (before the food goes out to the compost pile). This anaerobic method of compressing food wastes into a a 5 gal. bucket with a special lid that squeezes out the air and speeds up decomposition with used hops grains, *enables you to completely skip the step of adding your food wastes to your outdoor compost pile* and instead after you've filled a bucket with food and grains and waited two weeks to let it sit covered in the bucket, you can add it to your garden . (I keep a bucket I'm filling in the garage, although there is little smell and no bugs or worms.) In two more weeks, you can plant directly in and around where you added the Bokashi mixture in the garden. The Koreans and Japanese have evidently been doing this for hundreds of years.
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I have 0 grass to add to my compost bins as I live in a mostly wooded area and no grass to cut and collect, and no neighbors to collect it from. However, we do have a lot of vegetable waste and a lot of coffee grounds I add to the leaves and it has been fantastic.
alfalfa feed pellets work btw. Join this channel to get access to perks which focus on garden mentoring and member influenced videos: ua-cam.com/channels/ptL6_qMImyW_yZwiMjQdpg.htmljoin You can find items I use or discuss in videos, by checking out my Amazon Storefront for fertilizer, pest management, shade cloth, seed starting supplies, books and more! at www.amazon.com/shop/garypilarchiktherustedgarden As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualified purchases. Please visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop (My Shop) for your fabric pots, fall & spring seeds, seed starting supplies, peppermint oil, neem oil, TRG merchandise, and more at www.therustedgarden.com Please subscribe if you have a chance (Thanks!)
@@juliandarch9278 and Star Bucks has a nationwide program where they give out their used grounds free to the public. Stores with a drive thru will have more grounds to give
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I wonder if there could be a draft video on your seed lineup for the next year, like major contenders that you want to plant get picked first... Just a fun video idea. Like purple top turnips are a huge player, I really want to draft those this year. Like an
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@@THERUSTEDGARDEN It would be ridiculous effort to be honest like printing out seed packet pictures and having a draft board where you and cali kim pick your lineup
I just did my garden area but did not do layers. I just kinda mixed it all together and spread it out. I have between 6-8 inches. I put card board down first to kill grass. Will this mixture still break down fairly quickly or did I mess up? Thanks Mary
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Only if there is risk to it drying out. It rains a lot here and this is placed in the shade. So I am not covering it. A tarp does help but make sure the pile is well watered before covering it. Join this channel to get access to perks which focus on garden mentoring and member influenced videos: ua-cam.com/channels/ptL6_qMImyW_yZwiMjQdpg.htmljoin You can find items I use or discuss in videos, by checking out my Amazon Storefront for fertilizer, pest management, shade cloth, seed starting supplies, books and more! at www.amazon.com/shop/garypilarchiktherustedgarden As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualified purchases. Please visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop (My Shop) for your fabric pots, fall & spring seeds, seed starting supplies, peppermint oil, neem oil, TRG merchandise, and more at www.therustedgarden.com Please subscribe if you have a chance (Thanks!)
hey gary thanks for the great content! as always! any tips on controlling grubs in my soil. they r eating all my new fall seedlings and im nervous for planting next spring that they will get to the roots again if i dont insect control now. any ideas please thanks so much
Most grubs are not an issue. But if you are sure it is grubs eating the seedlings, maybe a neem oil drench. I dont have a solution for grubs beside that and I am still determining have effective it is. However if seedling are being eaten on the surface, its probably snails or slugs. Iron phosphate works. Join this channel to get access to perks which focus on garden mentoring and member influenced videos: ua-cam.com/channels/ptL6_qMImyW_yZwiMjQdpg.htmljoin You can find items I use or discuss in videos, by checking out my Amazon Storefront for fertilizer, pest management, shade cloth, seed starting supplies, books and more! at www.amazon.com/shop/garypilarchiktherustedgarden As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualified purchases. Please visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop (My Shop) for your fabric pots, fall & spring seeds, seed starting supplies, peppermint oil, neem oil, TRG merchandise, and more at www.therustedgarden.com Please subscribe if you have a chance (Thanks!)
@@THERUSTEDGARDEN the surface is always untouched. but they r not growing much and when i lightly touch them they topple over and if i lift it it easily comes out of the soil and there are no roots. ive seen the grubs i havent seen anything else so thats why im thinking grubs. the leaves r not touched in any of the cases ive had this issue. i barely have any lettuce this season or peas! im so upset!
Gary, I Forget which video you shared your garden shoes in. Can you please post the video or the name of the garden shoes you wear? I’m interested in buying them
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Well it's harder when cold but it will be there for spring and grass. You can actually dilute urine and use that to build the nitrogen up. Thanks! Here is how you can support me, more videos, and The Rusted Garden... The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop: www.therustedgarden.com/ My new Podcast: The Rusted Garden Homestead https: https:bit.ly/443SSGL Visit my blog, The Rusted Garden Journal, for the written DIY recipes and more garden information: therustedgarden.blogspot.com
What about chicken hay litter on top of the whole thing? Kitchen scraps snd coffee grounds? Too much green or brown? What about wood ash from the fireplace? Leaves on top?
So you can add those any time. All that you described is green. You can use that with the grass or as the grass for the core. Join this channel to get access to perks which focus on garden mentoring and member influenced videos: ua-cam.com/channels/ptL6_qMImyW_yZwiMjQdpg.htmljoin You can find items I use or discuss in videos, by checking out my Amazon Storefront for fertilizer, pest management, shade cloth, seed starting supplies, books and more! at www.amazon.com/shop/garypilarchiktherustedgarden As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualified purchases. Please visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop (My Shop) for your fabric pots, fall & spring seeds, seed starting supplies, peppermint oil, neem oil, TRG merchandise, and more at www.therustedgarden.com Please subscribe if you have a chance (Thanks!)
Nope. You can lay down some boards but a bottom is not needed. Thanks! Over 1500 gardening videos on my YT channel. Here is how you can support me, & The Rusted Garden... Please Subscribe & The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop: www.therustedgarden.com/
Nice!! I am already doing that after watching my father. But, i also have a stand alone rolling composter mainly because of critters. Do you add food to this mix or do you have a separate container for that. Enjoy all your videos!
I just put food craps into whatever pen I walk by lol. I do have tumblers but dont use them anymore. Join this channel to get access to perks which focus on garden mentoring and member influenced videos: ua-cam.com/channels/ptL6_qMImyW_yZwiMjQdpg.htmljoin You can find items I use or discuss in videos, by checking out my Amazon Storefront for fertilizer, pest management, shade cloth, seed starting supplies, books and more! at www.amazon.com/shop/garypilarchiktherustedgarden As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualified purchases. Please visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop (My Shop) for your fabric pots, fall & spring seeds, seed starting supplies, peppermint oil, neem oil, TRG merchandise, and more at www.therustedgarden.com Please subscribe if you have a chance (Thanks!)
Yeah shade is good. Join this channel to get access to perks which focus on garden mentoring and member influenced videos: ua-cam.com/channels/ptL6_qMImyW_yZwiMjQdpg.htmljoin You can find items I use or discuss in videos, by checking out my Amazon Storefront for fertilizer, pest management, shade cloth, seed starting supplies, books and more! at www.amazon.com/shop/garypilarchiktherustedgarden As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualified purchases. Please visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop (My Shop) for your fabric pots, fall & spring seeds, seed starting supplies, peppermint oil, neem oil, TRG merchandise, and more at www.therustedgarden.com Please subscribe if you have a chance (Thanks!)
Yes and alfalfa pellets work. Join this channel to get access to perks which focus on garden mentoring and member influenced videos: ua-cam.com/channels/ptL6_qMImyW_yZwiMjQdpg.htmljoin You can find items I use or discuss in videos, by checking out my Amazon Storefront for fertilizer, pest management, shade cloth, seed starting supplies, books and more! at www.amazon.com/shop/garypilarchiktherustedgarden As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualified purchases. Please visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop (My Shop) for your fabric pots, fall & spring seeds, seed starting supplies, peppermint oil, neem oil, TRG merchandise, and more at www.therustedgarden.com Please subscribe if you have a chance (Thanks!)
You can use anything the was just green and alive. A tarp helps maintain moisture so it will help in a sunnier spot. In shade, with rain, you really dont need it. Join this channel to get access to perks which focus on garden mentoring and member influenced videos: ua-cam.com/channels/ptL6_qMImyW_yZwiMjQdpg.htmljoin You can find items I use or discuss in videos, by checking out my Amazon Storefront for fertilizer, pest management, shade cloth, seed starting supplies, books and more! at www.amazon.com/shop/garypilarchiktherustedgarden As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualified purchases. Please visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop (My Shop) for your fabric pots, fall & spring seeds, seed starting supplies, peppermint oil, neem oil, TRG merchandise, and more at www.therustedgarden.com Please subscribe if you have a chance (Thanks!)
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Not enough to worry about. Assuming you have mix of other leaves and grass. If you are word about acidity, add some lime. Join this channel to get access to perks which focus on garden mentoring and member influenced videos: ua-cam.com/channels/ptL6_qMImyW_yZwiMjQdpg.htmljoin You can find items I use or discuss in videos, by checking out my Amazon Storefront for fertilizer, pest management, shade cloth, seed starting supplies, books and more! at www.amazon.com/shop/garypilarchiktherustedgarden As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualified purchases. Please visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop (My Shop) for your fabric pots, fall & spring seeds, seed starting supplies, peppermint oil, neem oil, TRG merchandise, and more at www.therustedgarden.com Please subscribe if you have a chance (Thanks!)
Nope. The video linked in the video description goes over the build. But you want water to keep it moist. Join this channel to get access to perks which focus on garden mentoring and member influenced videos: ua-cam.com/channels/ptL6_qMImyW_yZwiMjQdpg.htmljoin You can find items I use or discuss in videos, by checking out my Amazon Storefront for fertilizer, pest management, shade cloth, seed starting supplies, books and more! at www.amazon.com/shop/garypilarchiktherustedgarden As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualified purchases. Please visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop (My Shop) for your fabric pots, fall & spring seeds, seed starting supplies, peppermint oil, neem oil, TRG merchandise, and more at www.therustedgarden.com Please subscribe if you have a chance (Thanks!)
Yeah wood as is loaded with potassium and calcium and other micronutrients Join this channel to get access to perks which focus on garden mentoring and member influenced videos: ua-cam.com/channels/ptL6_qMImyW_yZwiMjQdpg.htmljoin You can find items I use or discuss in videos, by checking out my Amazon Storefront for fertilizer, pest management, shade cloth, seed starting supplies, books and more! at www.amazon.com/shop/garypilarchiktherustedgarden As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualified purchases. Please visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop (My Shop) for your fabric pots, fall & spring seeds, seed starting supplies, peppermint oil, neem oil, TRG merchandise, and more at www.therustedgarden.com Please subscribe if you have a chance (Thanks!)
It could if you're using this method. However, if you're letting it sit for a while, you can turn the pile every now and then, which will kill any sprouting weed seeds. If you get the pile hot for a week, it will help kill those seeds. You can also get a bunch of used coffee grounds from a local coffee house to get the pile hot fast. It only lasts about 3 days, so you can do this a couple of times within a week or 2 to help kill those seeds
It can if seed pods are present but if the weeds are heating up, it does kills seeds. My pile is at 120 right now in the core. Join this channel to get access to perks which focus on garden mentoring and member influenced videos: ua-cam.com/channels/ptL6_qMImyW_yZwiMjQdpg.htmljoin You can find items I use or discuss in videos, by checking out my Amazon Storefront for fertilizer, pest management, shade cloth, seed starting supplies, books and more! at www.amazon.com/shop/garypilarchiktherustedgarden As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualified purchases. Please visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop (My Shop) for your fabric pots, fall & spring seeds, seed starting supplies, peppermint oil, neem oil, TRG merchandise, and more at www.therustedgarden.com Please subscribe if you have a chance (Thanks!)
Gary, I live in So Maryland.... is it too late for me to plant garlic? If not what type would you recommend for my zone (same as yours) Thanks in advance!!
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That will work great as well. I use our urine (we have a composting toilet that separates urine and we know that our urine is 100% clean of pharmaceutical products and we eat clean so I'm very comfortable with using it).
LOL I have a video coming out soon for that. They are really a really effective nitrogen source. I have passed videos on using wood chips and alfalfa in an tumbler for hot compost 30 day compost. Ill be using the alfalfa in a passive way in the leaf piles. Join this channel to get access to perks which focus on garden mentoring and member influenced videos: ua-cam.com/channels/ptL6_qMImyW_yZwiMjQdpg.htmljoin You can find items I use or discuss in videos, by checking out my Amazon Storefront for fertilizer, pest management, shade cloth, seed starting supplies, books and more! at www.amazon.com/shop/garypilarchiktherustedgarden As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualified purchases. Please visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop (My Shop) for your fabric pots, fall & spring seeds, seed starting supplies, peppermint oil, neem oil, TRG merchandise, and more at www.therustedgarden.com Please subscribe if you have a chance (Thanks!)
I have a question kindly please answer me.... my house water is salty .. and my plants are getting dead... any help u can give me related to plants... what should I do
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You want it damp. I water it in when I do a leaf mold pile and cover it with a tarp or cardboard to keep the moisture in through the summer. I also insulate with bagged leaves around the perimeter and the top through our WI winter. Last spring only the top 5" were frozen below that found active red worms.
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You can use blood meal and feed alfalfa pellets. They later work really well. Just presoak them. Join this channel to get access to perks which focus on garden mentoring and member influenced videos: ua-cam.com/channels/ptL6_qMImyW_yZwiMjQdpg.htmljoin You can find items I use or discuss in videos, by checking out my Amazon Storefront for fertilizer, pest management, shade cloth, seed starting supplies, books and more! at www.amazon.com/shop/garypilarchiktherustedgarden As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualified purchases. Please visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop (My Shop) for your fabric pots, fall & spring seeds, seed starting supplies, peppermint oil, neem oil, TRG merchandise, and more at www.therustedgarden.com Please subscribe if you have a chance (Thanks!)
When you bake some home-made BREAD you have to mix a batch of yeast and add. BUT if you mix a batch of the same yeast up and pour it on top of your compost pile it's just like adding a turbocharger to you car --- a lot more horsepower. -- just make sure to keep it watered!
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What about water
Rain and snow will work. But give it quick soak to start helps.
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We use a similar method to create warm/hot beds in our greenhouse. Then we plant cool weather crops in trays that sit on top of the warm beds. We cover the plants with domes made from greenhouse panels. Keeps the plants happy and thriving even in snow!
I bet. And smart. The bed in this video is on day 11 of staying at 150 degrees.
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Works like a charm. Heats up in just a few hours. In 48 hours mine was 148f. Awesome.
Yep mine was 110 this AM
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@2galsvthomesteadwithgail Using urine? im new so im wanting to really learn as much as i can?
@@Cultivatinggratitude Well, it’s kinda funny.. whenever we have guys working here they seem want to pee in the woods behind the house. We invite them to use the compost pile if they like. For some reason they don’t want to go in the house. But that’s it. For nitrogen we use greens from the garden, grass clippings, and kitchen waste primarily then cover with twice as much browns.
@@Cultivatinggratitude also… I made 2 videos about our 3bin compost system. Might be helpful… cheers ♥️
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Good tips. Thanks Gary.
Thanks.
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i LOVE this simple compost pile design. I have a tumbler, which I love, and a rolling bucket I kick around the garden to make QUICK compost for mixing up some potting soil. But I have A TON of leaves and didn't know what to do with it! This is the perfect design. Just incorporated it into one corner of my garden yesterday and filled it 3/4 with leaves already! LOL I still have a TON of leaves to blow into the garden and will be tilling them in with some mulch we are making once our little chipper shredder arrives in November. THEN the garden can sit all winter. In the mean time, as this composter breaks down, i will keep adding leaves on top!!!
Thank you for this GREAT idea!!! I had just enough scrap fence left to make it. Will be hoping to add grass clippings over the month, too, and again in the spring. GREAT, helpful videos! - judith
So glad to help. This really works.
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Thanks so much for this quick direct info Gary! And videos always start up lots of comments that are also so helpful from the Gardening community! Thanks!
Appreciated.
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Sounds awesome Gary I'm definitely going to keep that in mind
Works well!
I use my mower with a bag to mulch up the leaves and the benefit is that grass is cut along with the leaves so it's premixed. Handy!
Thanks for sharing! Tis the season to build a compost pile. 😁
I really like that combo.
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Thanks so much. Now have so many leaves here in VA.
I love leaf compost
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Terrific video on leaf compost - 2024 - may
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I highly recommend adding a bag of course perlite to a leaf/grass compost pile. It helps reduce compaction and the resulting anaerobic stink. While you're at it, add a bag of composted chicken manure for some really good growing media. Just mix with some native soil because it will be too light and fluffy and won't hold enough water. That's just my 2 cents based on personal experience.
Good ideas on the chicken manure
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Since perlite is a mined product, a substitute is rice husks/hulls which provide aeration (reverse of compaction) AND organic matter in about a year. Bonus is it's a plentiful byproduct that's going to waste. Keeping it out of landfills and working in productive soil is a sustainable practice.
Thank you Gary! I made my first leaf compost bin out of extra wood pallets that we had and filled it full of leaves! Now I’m going to have to build another bin so that I can make it with the grass in the middle or wait until the first pile collapses but there are soooo many leaves and I want to use them all! 😂
I say that one can never have too much compost! So off to make the second bin!
What about raking the leaves into big black trash bags and leaving them to break down?
I've done this, it works great and can be faster than a cold pile. Just make sure you wet them down, not soggy with pools inside and poke holes in the bags with a screwdriver. Then you can actually easily turn the bags periodically to agitate them. And if you have an area you need to keep weeds down in or are prepping for a bed next year, set the bags on top of that area and they'll kill off everything underneath.
You cant have too much for sure!
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A real downside to long term use of plastic bags this way is they will disintegrate into small plastic pieces that go everywhere. Compost does break down, but so does the container bag. Maybe smart to start this way but move into wire bin in a few months. Leaf compost is a game changer! Have fun!
Made a huge pile of leaf mold last year to only have it invaded by jumping worms (I'm in zone 5A). The worms die off in the winter but the cocoons survive. If you use and keep the leaf mold in your own garden, I guess it's no big deal. I used my uninfected leaf mold last year over peat as a seed starter and a major component in my potting mixes. I can't use the infected leaf mold because I give a way and sell seedlings in the spring and do not want to spread the jumping worms.
This year I am constructing a leaf mold bin that will not allow jumping worms access to the leaves (Shredded leaves are the preferred food of the jumping worms).
The cocoons will die off at temperatures above 104F. I did cook about 40 gallons of my finished screened leaf mold in my pellet grill for seed start and am running the rest through hot compost.
There are many areas of the US that have jumping worms, I suggest that people check with their local DNR to find out if jumping worms are in their area.
There are other ways to make leaf mold other than in wire bins. I used a plastic garbage can with holes drilled along the sides with a center PVC pipe with hole and a lid that worked as well as the wire bin. Not near the volume as a bin however.
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Crazy. I hope I dont encounter that issue. Good luck with your solution and thanks for the information.
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Do you have any idea how the jumping worms were introduced ?
@@ecologytodayThe worms may have just been in my local environment and I gave them the perfect environment to thrive, or I may have picked them up while gathering leaves last fall. I personally have no large trees, so I have to cruse the streets with my trailer for bagged leaves. As I was shredding the leaves with my mower last fall I remember some bags were not just leaves but a lot of other sorts of yard waste and even some bags of pretty decayed leaves.. Last fall was very mild and the worms may have still been active in the leaf litter I picked up.
This year I will be much more selective over the leaves I decide to pick up. Again, not being aware of these worms is the biggest issue.
In taking down my beds I established with perennial cover crops this spring I did not encounter any jumping worms. Normally I heavily mulch these beds with shredded leaves, having gone to a perennial cover crop my have protected these beds from the jumping worms.
My potato and onion bed were heavily infested with the jumping worms because I cover them with a deep blanket of shredded leaves (Ruth Stout gardening). I will have to revisit how I grow my potatoes and onions.
I still have a lot to learn about these worms and how they impact my garden. My main concern now is to make people aware and not to spread them.
It would be cool if you could do a video one day on the anaerobic Korean Bokashi food composting method which I have found to be a great solution to problems created by indoor food waste storage bins attracting bugs and making a mess
(before the food goes out to the compost pile). This anaerobic method of compressing food wastes into a a 5 gal. bucket with a special lid that squeezes out the air and speeds up decomposition with used hops grains, *enables you to completely skip the step of adding your food wastes to your outdoor compost pile* and instead after you've filled a bucket with food and grains and waited two weeks to let it sit covered in the bucket, you can add it to your garden . (I keep a bucket I'm filling in the garage, although there is little smell and no bugs or worms.) In two more weeks, you can plant directly in and around where you added the Bokashi mixture in the garden. The Koreans and Japanese have evidently been doing this for hundreds of years.
I have to learn about. I think you mentioned this method before and that was the first time I heard about it.
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I have 0 grass to add to my compost bins as I live in a mostly wooded area and no grass to cut and collect, and no neighbors to collect it from. However, we do have a lot of vegetable waste and a lot of coffee grounds I add to the leaves and it has been fantastic.
I'm in the same situation, grass needs irrigation to grow here and I won't waste water on grass so I use our urine.
alfalfa feed pellets work btw.
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Used coffee grounds work as well
@@juliandarch9278 and Star Bucks has a nationwide program where they give out their used grounds free to the public. Stores with a drive thru will have more grounds to give
thanks for the video, what is your opinion of adding coffee grounds to the pile?
Great idea. I used to do it a lot when I had less compost resources
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Will something like this be ok on really hot days? Like it wont start a fire?
I wonder if there could be a draft video on your seed lineup for the next year, like major contenders that you want to plant get picked first... Just a fun video idea. Like purple top turnips are a huge player, I really want to draft those this year. Like an
Ill put it on my list. I am not always that organized and tend to do things more spur of the moment.
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@@THERUSTEDGARDEN It would be ridiculous effort to be honest like printing out seed packet pictures and having a draft board where you and cali kim pick your lineup
I just did my garden area but did not do layers. I just kinda mixed it all together and spread it out. I have between 6-8 inches. I put card board down first to kill grass. Will this mixture still break down fairly quickly or did I mess up? Thanks Mary
That works. The main goal is get organic matter in the pen
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Good Video! Thanks. Do you cover your compost pile with a tarp?
Only if there is risk to it drying out. It rains a lot here and this is placed in the shade. So I am not covering it. A tarp does help but make sure the pile is well watered before covering it.
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hey gary thanks for the great content! as always! any tips on controlling grubs in my soil. they r eating all my new fall seedlings and im nervous for planting next spring that they will get to the roots again if i dont insect control now. any ideas please thanks so much
Most grubs are not an issue. But if you are sure it is grubs eating the seedlings, maybe a neem oil drench. I dont have a solution for grubs beside that and I am still determining have effective it is. However if seedling are being eaten on the surface, its probably snails or slugs. Iron phosphate works.
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@@THERUSTEDGARDEN the surface is always untouched. but they r not growing much and when i lightly touch them they topple over and if i lift it it easily comes out of the soil and there are no roots. ive seen the grubs i havent seen anything else so thats why im thinking grubs. the leaves r not touched in any of the cases ive had this issue. i barely have any lettuce this season or peas! im so upset!
Gary, I Forget which video you shared your garden shoes in. Can you please post the video or the name of the garden shoes you wear? I’m interested in buying them
They are Mucks. They are many style to choose from but mine come to the ankle.
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How can you speed the process using this method in zone b6 if you wanted to being that we are already in the cold climate and winter is approaching?
Well it's harder when cold but it will be there for spring and grass. You can actually dilute urine and use that to build the nitrogen up.
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What about chicken hay litter on top of the whole thing? Kitchen scraps snd coffee grounds? Too much green or brown? What about wood ash from the fireplace? Leaves on top?
So you can add those any time. All that you described is green. You can use that with the grass or as the grass for the core.
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Is there a bottom around the fencing
Nope. You can lay down some boards but a bottom is not needed.
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Nice!! I am already doing that after watching my father. But, i also have a stand alone rolling composter mainly because of critters.
Do you add food to this mix or do you have a separate container for that.
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I just put food craps into whatever pen I walk by lol. I do have tumblers but dont use them anymore.
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I only have a shaded area to build my compost bin, will it work?
Yeah shade is good.
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You’ll get great leaf mold. Good stuff!
Gary if you don’t have a lot of green would bloodmeal help?
Yes and alfalfa pellets work.
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can you use freshly mowed down mint for the greens? And will the leaves break down faster if I cover them with a tarp?
You can use anything the was just green and alive. A tarp helps maintain moisture so it will help in a sunnier spot. In shade, with rain, you really dont need it.
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I'm in Ohio. It's March and I have a big leaf pile but no grass yet. Can I add lawn fertilizer to the pile?
You could.
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Do you know if cedar tree leaves change the pH of the compost pile. I had a lot fall off of the cedar tree during the hurricane. Thanks
Not enough to worry about. Assuming you have mix of other leaves and grass. If you are word about acidity, add some lime.
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Do you cover this and keep rain and snow out?
Nope. The video linked in the video description goes over the build. But you want water to keep it moist.
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I really like that method. Quick question,,, I've add wood ash to my other compost pile does this do much for it??
Yeah wood as is loaded with potassium and calcium and other micronutrients
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I don't have grass, I have an old farm yard, mostly weeds. Will weeds seeds sprout if I use the weeds?
It could if you're using this method. However, if you're letting it sit for a while, you can turn the pile every now and then, which will kill any sprouting weed seeds. If you get the pile hot for a week, it will help kill those seeds. You can also get a bunch of used coffee grounds from a local coffee house to get the pile hot fast. It only lasts about 3 days, so you can do this a couple of times within a week or 2 to help kill those seeds
Yes. But pull up the weed seedlings or cover them with leaves, cardboard, more compost material.
It can if seed pods are present but if the weeds are heating up, it does kills seeds. My pile is at 120 right now in the core.
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Gary, I live in So Maryland.... is it too late for me to plant garlic? If not what type would you recommend for my zone (same as yours) Thanks in advance!!
Hope not... I'm in NE Michigan and I'm putting my Hardneck in today.. Have a week plus with some 50's and 40's coming up which should get things going
Nope. I am planting more this week.
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What about spiking the pile with Alfalfa chips if you don't have grass??
That will work great as well. I use our urine (we have a composting toilet that separates urine and we know that our urine is 100% clean of pharmaceutical products and we eat clean so I'm very comfortable with using it).
LOL I have a video coming out soon for that. They are really a really effective nitrogen source. I have passed videos on using wood chips and alfalfa in an tumbler for hot compost 30 day compost. Ill be using the alfalfa in a passive way in the leaf piles.
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I have a question kindly please answer me.... my house water is salty .. and my plants are getting dead... any help u can give me related to plants... what should I do
Well that is bad for you to drink too. I dont have an answer because the salt build up it will kill plants. Really collecting rain water or filtering out the salt. Both are a good bid of work.
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Do you water this or just let rain fall on it?
You want it damp. I water it in when I do a leaf mold pile and cover it with a tarp or cardboard to keep the moisture in through the summer. I also insulate with bagged leaves around the perimeter and the top through our WI winter. Last spring only the top 5" were frozen below that found active red worms.
Id soak it in to start but rain will eventually do the trick.
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How about using bloodmeal? I have no grass clippings..
I have no leaves
You can use blood meal and feed alfalfa pellets. They later work really well. Just presoak them.
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When you bake some home-made BREAD you have to mix a batch of yeast and add. BUT if you mix a batch of the same yeast up and pour it on top of your compost pile it's just like adding a turbocharger to you car --- a lot more horsepower. -- just make sure to keep it watered!
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Can you just throw food scraps on top such as potato peels, apple peels, banana peels etc.?
Yep.
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