You figured it out...ain't nothin' easier than putting the worms to work 24/7 in an ideal environment for them to thrive!! Now make ya some brutaly powerful extract now for yer plants.
Suggestion: the worms under the tarp... you could put a pile of food on one side on the tarp. And wait a week for all the worms to move to that side. The other side mostly worm free can be harvested.
Yes we could something like that. In practise though we just wait until most of the worms have migrated themselves. They will start moving over to the other side of the house on their own.
This is correlating with what I notice in my worm bins. I checked one this morning and had castings piled up in the corners that wasn’t there two days ago. So I’d guess the worms are moving up castings by default of moving around and sorting for food. Just my observation and definitely feel when the worm population is big enough they essentially turn the compost for you!!! I love this friend!! 🤙
I love your duck house setup. The movable gates and the large area, just really cool. I will be building a duck house over the winter. Unfortunately I live in a wind tunnel so i will need to spend money on lumber for a sturdy roof. I will be copying your methods for composting. That compost looks amazing! You couldn't buy it that nice and if you could it would be 10 bucks for a small bag.
Your knowledge of management of ducks, worms and compost is very exciting. It is so important that you are sharing your experience, gained over many years, with others. Your use of guinea pigs is a phenomenal new idea, also. I am so glad you haven't given up on this work. It is just wonderful and I hope you will be blessed and will reap many, many benefits from it.
this is great knowledge you share and still evolving, thanks ! I'm asking myself how you could adapt all this for hotter climates like Africa or southern Spain. I saw a video were they sprouted barley first to feed to the animals this could be the be starting point when there are no pastures all year round like you have them in Wales...
@@parccarreg I have been making bokashi out of my kitchen waste. After that i mix it with browns ("soil factory") and my worm population is just exploding. Its insane. Since you already have a great composting system working, bokashi is maybe more interesting as a high quality food for your ducks. Maybe look into that. For Kitchen waste the expensive buckets are not necessary. A simple 5-gallon bucket works fine. Also i have had better success with making bokashi bran first vs just spraying the waste with EM. Have you considered biochar in your system? It would boost the quality of your compost further and could help you getting "carbon-negative". It also helps in marketing compost as "terra preta" or "black soil".
KNF IMO are quite different. These are indigenous fungies that you collect from the woods. They could speed up the breakdown before the worms come in. "Leaf Mold IMO. Soil builder. OG Recipe" Most straight forward method to culture IMOs. "Baby Pigs! Building a No Smell Pig Pen" This is the traditional korean method to use these IMOs for a compost bedding. It does not require daily raking and uses little bedding but ducks are quite different in that regard.
Interesting. I wonder how well it would work for a small flock over a flow through worm bin. geese are the same with water, but I suspect their manure is a little cooler than duck. It should work in this system too.
Over a flow through bin would work nice if you can get some good quality plastic mesh panels that allows the poop to wash through and is comfortable for the ducks to stand on
@@parccarreg hi, years ago I raised turkeys and in their house I used greenhouse bench panels, UV protected thick black snap together mesh panels. I figured they were stiff enough to hold trays of plants they would work as flooring. I still use them today as flooring in my greenhouse. Great video, thankyou
How do you add fresh wood chip as eventually it breaks down and the compost ends up on your garden. Also were are you as I would like to visit if at all possible I'm near cross hands
@@parccarreg good stuff. Good to finally see someone using lateral thinking. I also call this 'trimming the fat', Removing a link in the chain, cutting to the chase, work smarter, not harder, etc
Hi Josh, we're currently testing a range of composts for their ability to store carbon over relatively long periods of time (centuries). Can you spare 10-15kgs of your stuff to compare with others? Regards
00:08 Composting without turning piles with the help of worms 01:22 Innovative method for composting eliminates manual turning piles. 02:31 Ducks move to new compost area 03:49 Composting with no turning required 05:17 Using duck manure to speed up composting process 07:15 Importance of cocoons in composting 09:10 No turning piles composting method with ducks 12:45 Making compost with minimal maintenance Crafted by Merlin AI.
You figured it out...ain't nothin' easier than putting the worms to work 24/7 in an ideal environment for them to thrive!! Now make ya some brutaly powerful extract now for yer plants.
Wow, you took a con (the wet mess ducks make) and turned it into an asset for your farm, that is awesome!
Suggestion: the worms under the tarp... you could put a pile of food on one side on the tarp. And wait a week for all the worms to move to that side. The other side mostly worm free can be harvested.
Yes we could something like that. In practise though we just wait until most of the worms have migrated themselves. They will start moving over to the other side of the house on their own.
This is correlating with what I notice in my worm bins. I checked one this morning and had castings piled up in the corners that wasn’t there two days ago. So I’d guess the worms are moving up castings by default of moving around and sorting for food. Just my observation and definitely feel when the worm population is big enough they essentially turn the compost for you!!! I love this friend!! 🤙
I love your duck house setup. The movable gates and the large area, just really cool. I will be building a duck house over the winter. Unfortunately I live in a wind tunnel so i will need to spend money on lumber for a sturdy roof. I will be copying your methods for composting. That compost looks amazing! You couldn't buy it that nice and if you could it would be 10 bucks for a small bag.
Your knowledge of management of ducks, worms and compost is very exciting. It is so important that you are sharing your experience, gained over many years, with others. Your use of guinea pigs is a phenomenal new idea, also. I am so glad you haven't given up on this work. It is just wonderful and I hope you will be blessed and will reap many, many benefits from it.
Thank you! Appreciate it
So funny to see the ducks confused! Definitely creatures of habit! I love what you are doing for the earth
Looks at that delicious soil goodness
Im leaning a lot of sh... with your videos. I love you combine all your resources before you even think on spending money 9/10.
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incredible i love this idea just to figure out how to implement this myself for my farm
Great to hear, good luck!
this is great knowledge you share and still evolving, thanks ! I'm asking myself how you could adapt all this for hotter climates like Africa or southern Spain. I saw a video were they sprouted barley first to feed to the animals this could be the be starting point when there are no pastures all year round like you have them in Wales...
In hot climates ground cover is even more important, so yes - anything that covers the soil + animal impact in the right doses!
Take a look at KNF IMO bedding. Its a simmilar concept, but for chickens and pigs. It works great in hawaii.
@@Nils31199 I'm hoping to do some bokashi experiments soon!
@@parccarreg I have been making bokashi out of my kitchen waste. After that i mix it with browns ("soil factory") and my worm population is just exploding. Its insane. Since you already have a great composting system working, bokashi is maybe more interesting as a high quality food for your ducks. Maybe look into that.
For Kitchen waste the expensive buckets are not necessary. A simple 5-gallon bucket works fine. Also i have had better success with making bokashi bran first vs just spraying the waste with EM.
Have you considered biochar in your system? It would boost the quality of your compost further and could help you getting "carbon-negative". It also helps in marketing compost as "terra preta" or "black soil".
KNF IMO are quite different. These are indigenous fungies that you collect from the woods. They could speed up the breakdown before the worms come in.
"Leaf Mold IMO. Soil builder. OG Recipe" Most straight forward method to culture IMOs.
"Baby Pigs! Building a No Smell Pig Pen" This is the traditional korean method to use these IMOs for a compost bedding. It does not require daily raking and uses little bedding but ducks are quite different in that regard.
Have you got plastic on the bottom to stop worms going deep. Great video sir.
Thank you
I feel like this would work with chickens too.
chickens are too dry, so water must be added to the process
Interesting. I wonder how well it would work for a small flock over a flow through worm bin.
geese are the same with water, but I suspect their manure is a little cooler than duck. It should work in this system too.
Over a flow through bin would work nice if you can get some good quality plastic mesh panels that allows the poop to wash through and is comfortable for the ducks to stand on
@@parccarreg hi, years ago I raised turkeys and in their house I used greenhouse bench panels, UV protected thick black snap together mesh panels. I figured they were stiff enough to hold trays of plants they would work as flooring. I still use them today as flooring in my greenhouse.
Great video, thankyou
The compost you take out to storage still hás worms on it, right? You must take some for inoculation. Ir do you use it straight on the garden?
How do you add fresh wood chip as eventually it breaks down and the compost ends up on your garden. Also were are you as I would like to visit if at all possible I'm near cross hands
Take it one step further, sow some triticale into it, when at doe stage, flatten it, then throw the plastic down
For sure, cover cropping is something we'd like to experiment with in this system
@@parccarreg good stuff. Good to finally see someone using lateral thinking. I also call this 'trimming the fat', Removing a link in the chain, cutting to the chase, work smarter, not harder, etc
100% yes always looking for a better way!
When do you add the wood chips? Thanks
They got added over time using the deep litter method. Something I should make another video about. You need to start off with a good base of carbon
Hi Josh, we're currently testing a range of composts for their ability to store carbon over relatively long periods of time (centuries). Can you spare 10-15kgs of your stuff to compare with others? Regards
Hi Richard, good to hear from you. Drop me an email and we can arrange
We aren't far from you, and breed muscovys. You have given me some very good ideas, thanks. How do you deal with rats?
Great to know! RE rats - we have 3 feral cats that live on the yard. Before we had cats it was always a struggle
@@parccarregI have built carts on wheels from 8ft pig arcs for their houses, and have a Patterdale terrier now to train......
00:08 Composting without turning piles with the help of worms
01:22 Innovative method for composting eliminates manual turning piles.
02:31 Ducks move to new compost area
03:49 Composting with no turning required
05:17 Using duck manure to speed up composting process
07:15 Importance of cocoons in composting
09:10 No turning piles composting method with ducks
12:45 Making compost with minimal maintenance
Crafted by Merlin AI.
great method thanks
Worms are a great way to break down most manure and also good recyclers .u have great duck set up also 🇦🇺🪱