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Hello fm Lakeland, FL. Retired older lady here. In my younger years I, was a avid Gardner. Now as seniors, living in a senior community. There are some restrictions. I've always had a herb bed & 🍅 tomato. Planted t determine tomato plants one direct sowed the other in a pot. Just harvested som orange sunrise tomato. And yellow peppers. I love watching you, an a person is never to old to learn new things. Thank you. Some love fm FL ♥ Barbi
Honestly, good fkn channel bud. Ive watched a handful of your videos and just like your vibe. The content you give out, well delivered, important details, that always seem to match up with my own research. Can really appreciate that nowadays. Earned a subscriber today.
Thanks for the video! I’m not sure how you’re taking requests for more info but I’ve noticed a lot of your videos is showing how to start plants and transplant them etc. Loving all your videos and I think that would be a great addition to your content to bring them start to finish. When is the best time to harvest specific plants, what you are looking for to recognize it is ready, what is the best method to harvest them, etc. thanks!
Thank you for an informative video, Jeff. I have composted for years. Sometimes just in a big pile, other times in a bin, or lately in a vertical cylinder. And while I have learned all of that stuff you talked about, I pay no attention to much of it. I toss in whatever I get, making a point to avoid big woody twigs and branches and things like that. Beyond that, it’s all fair game. I water it a little, I throw in a few scoops of manure from time to time, and mix it up now and then. Mostly, it goes in when I plant things, directly into the planting sites. I don’t use it as a total garden dressing. For the most part, I just basically ignore it until I want some.
We're growing our composting operation this year along with our rainwater collection and our soil food web! Great reminders of the keys to composting! I still sometimes forget to start with twigs and branches, but I'll add some as I build it and fix that when I turn. All will be well. 🙂
Yes, since we had a metal roof installed we have wanted to harvest the rain that falls on it. We have two 1000L food grade IBC totes connected to our gutters. After recent rains we have one full and one 4/5's full. We have to save up for the dry heat that is coming.
@@TheRipeTomatoFarms We'll need it and use it before summer is over unless I miss my guess. Adding a third tank this week to bring us up to 3000L capacity.
found you a few days ago. Enjoying the content. Big thanks for using temps in some vids. it helps me ( zone 10a/11) on how to use a poly tunnel in the sub tropics. Gardening is not lucky for me. lost my garden last year to salty bore. got it grow again a couple of months ago. It got flooded out. Bugs ate my seedlings. just got 1yr old compost from my efforts..washed away. grrr. so it's all upward now. No more, straight on the ground for me. I'll be using wooden edging to raise the bed. I'll also use a couple of IBCs for raised beds. Anyone else get bugs go under the garden mesh?
I have 2 piles going. One is where we are putting downed tree branches, and excess leaves. This one also gets the spent plants. It's my do you thing, pile. When it's done, it's done. I have a second one where I dumped out my grow bags into a pile, and that has been the everyday pile. Every couple of days, I add the kitchen waste and cover with leaves. I have 22 oak trees, so, there is never shortage of leaves. Anyway, I know there are worms in the everyday pile. The birds are visiting, and I'm not seeing any flies or have a smell. So, I'm assuming all is well. This one is set to be used in Feb., so it's going lots of time to get ready.
What it a cheese/scramble eggs barf looking stuff that I just found coving a small start in my garden.? Love the info and great pictures of a homey garden.
What happens to the seeds from the vegetables I put into the compost pile ? Does the compost with the old seeds introduce them to growing in your garden after dumping into the garden?
Could be too high in nutrients......could also result in poor drainage or too much water retention. Likely the plants will grow, but mixing in with a more sandy loam will give better results.
Hi there. I have another question that was not covered in this video. I have a fairly big lawn and want to use my grass as my main nitrogen source but I tend to put down a feeding or 2 of weed and feed type grass fertilizer during the year. Living in Ontario, the only weed and feed you can get uses Corn Gluten as a weed suppressor. That being a organic (if you will) type of fertilizer, can I still use my grass clippings as a nitrogen source and know it will not harm me and my family? I assume the short answer is no, but I thought I would ask and see if it could be fine seeing it is not a chemical herbicide. Thanks for your time.
Do you have info on growing asparagus? Two of my third year plants, are spindly and going straight to fern stage. Most are doing very well - as big around as my thumb! Why the difference?
Hey Betty, the #1 cause for thin Asparagus is water. Either not enough or too much and its rotting the roots. If all conditions are equal and only a few are affected....then possibly genetics?
Hi. Thanks for your vids. I am really enjoying them. But do you have any information on anaerobic +aerobic compost (a 'hybrid' of both') done in garbage bags. I did it this way years ago,working from book,a.nd it worked a treat. I followed a recipe/formula like your ratios of brown/green or c:N. Basically you closed the bags for x amount of time, and then opened them and then repeat process a few times, it speeds up the process . I have to do container gardening, can't plant into ground, and it's winter down here in Oz. My problem is I don't have the book any more, don't know if my hybrid term is correct. Have you heard of this method? I am ina caravan pak and have to do things as cheap as possible. Any comments on this?
I was looking at your videos and am a fan. I was looking for how to save seeds did not see anything. My composting started out with heat 100 to 150 degrees than the weather change and I am unable to heat it up again. I am going to try and combine my three piles into one and see if that will help. Zone 5b Nebraska here. Cold nights and rain weather is changing again to warmer.. happdays are here again always tomorrow.
Thanks so much Wilma, appreciate the support! Which seeds were you looking for? I have several seed-saving videos: Tomatoes: ua-cam.com/video/CL1Xqgrh1Pg/v-deo.html Green Onions: ua-cam.com/video/fGDuWmD9an0/v-deo.html Peppers: ua-cam.com/video/mTuvamsAWU0/v-deo.html Lettuce: ua-cam.com/video/Z3cRlmIWxB4/v-deo.html
Something I've not got done, I now have about 1 cubic yard and it's little chunky. I also have a cement mixer in my garage, ( the small one from Harbor Freight) I'm planning to load it up to bust up the chunky lumps and hopefully I'll get a loamy texture might add rocks to help 😉 Have you ever heard of someone trying or do I have to step forward first. Thanks Jeff, If I like results watch for a posting on your Growing Better website 👍
I know guys that cement mixer soils and stuff.....never compost directly though......they'll mix the compost with sand and other aggregates to make a potting soil. Handy to have.
It's not related to this video, but it is a question, lol. I live in the deep south so a can generally grow year around with only an occasional light freeze. What plants do most people grow as an annual that can be grown for multiple years, like eggplant and peppers which can continue to grow for a few years giving a great season jump on harvesting.
What about digging your compost elements directly in a dormant bed or area in the garden? My last compost pile drew in a lot of rodents feasting on the organic matter.
Definitely. In an active garden, its kind of always "ready to use"......but if I want a finer, soil-like mixture, I'll sift out the coarser pieces and just use the smaller stuff. :-)
@@TheRipeTomatoFarms Thanks. I'm also having a lot of problems with it clumping and getting too wet, even though I never add water to it. I'm using a tumbler--suburban gardener who hast to keep things looking good--much to my chagrin. Is that problem common with the use of tumblers?
Just wondering, how is it that dead leaves are considered carbon rich if they were originally green when they were on the tree and full of nitrogen like grass?
Copy and paste about my response to the compost overheats "problem" to Charles Dowding's compost video: "Just one observation, don't be afraid of high temperatures in the compost heap. I regularly reach 76 degrees, the record is 80. Yes, the temperature will kill some of the thermophilic bacteria, which means a partial reduction in the activity of the thermophilic bacteria, i.e. a lowering of the temperature. When it is back at a suitable level, the bacteria will start to multiply again and the temperature will stabilize quite naturally. I have never had a problem with that. Additional watering can only cause the bottom part to get too wet. As far as I can see, people have the most problems with a too-wet pile."
Is the orchard grass hay with Guinea pig poo green? Can I use the orchard grass hay? I been mixing that with table scraps and shredded cardboard for brown.
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Hello fm Lakeland, FL. Retired older lady here. In my younger years I, was a avid Gardner.
Now as seniors, living in a senior community. There are some restrictions. I've always had a herb bed & 🍅 tomato. Planted t determine tomato plants one direct sowed the other in a pot.
Just harvested som orange sunrise tomato. And yellow peppers. I love watching you, an a person is never to old to learn new things. Thank you. Some love fm FL ♥ Barbi
Barbara that's awesome and I'm happy to have you along for the journey! :-)
Honestly, good fkn channel bud. Ive watched a handful of your videos and just like your vibe. The content you give out, well delivered, important details, that always seem to match up with my own research. Can really appreciate that nowadays. Earned a subscriber today.
Thanks for the video! I’m not sure how you’re taking requests for more info but I’ve noticed a lot of your videos is showing how to start plants and transplant them etc. Loving all your videos and I think that would be a great addition to your content to bring them start to finish. When is the best time to harvest specific plants, what you are looking for to recognize it is ready, what is the best method to harvest them, etc. thanks!
For sure Travis, thanks!
Thank you for an informative video, Jeff. I have composted for years. Sometimes just in a big pile, other times in a bin, or lately in a vertical cylinder.
And while I have learned all of that stuff you talked about, I pay no attention to much of it.
I toss in whatever I get, making a point to avoid big woody twigs and branches and things like that. Beyond that, it’s all fair game.
I water it a little, I throw in a few scoops of manure from time to time, and mix it up now and then.
Mostly, it goes in when I plant things, directly into the planting sites. I don’t use it as a total garden dressing. For the most part, I just basically ignore it until I want some.
That's the beauty of composting David! It just happens whether we like it or not!
Love this video! I've been composting for the past couple of years and I know my veggie garden loves it! ❤️
Thanks Sudha! Appreciate it!
My daughter asked me to comment that she is glad you make so many new videos.
Ha ha tell her thanks Laura, and thanks for watching!! :-)
We're growing our composting operation this year along with our rainwater collection and our soil food web! Great reminders of the keys to composting! I still sometimes forget to start with twigs and branches, but I'll add some as I build it and fix that when I turn. All will be well. 🙂
Rainwater collection? Awesome Kevin!
Yes, since we had a metal roof installed we have wanted to harvest the rain that falls on it. We have two 1000L food grade IBC totes connected to our gutters. After recent rains we have one full and one 4/5's full. We have to save up for the dry heat that is coming.
@@kevinrowbotham545 Holy moly! Nearly 2000L almost full? That's going to come in HANDY bro!
@@TheRipeTomatoFarms We'll need it and use it before summer is over unless I miss my guess. Adding a third tank this week to bring us up to 3000L capacity.
found you a few days ago. Enjoying the content. Big thanks for using temps in some vids. it helps me ( zone 10a/11) on how to use a poly tunnel in the sub tropics.
Gardening is not lucky for me. lost my garden last year to salty bore.
got it grow again a couple of months ago. It got flooded out. Bugs ate my seedlings.
just got 1yr old compost from my efforts..washed away. grrr.
so it's all upward now.
No more, straight on the ground for me. I'll be using wooden edging to raise the bed. I'll also use a couple of IBCs for raised beds.
Anyone else get bugs go under the garden mesh?
I have 2 piles going. One is where we are putting downed tree branches, and excess leaves. This one also gets the spent plants. It's my do you thing, pile. When it's done, it's done. I have a second one where I dumped out my grow bags into a pile, and that has been the everyday pile. Every couple of days, I add the kitchen waste and cover with leaves. I have 22 oak trees, so, there is never shortage of leaves. Anyway, I know there are worms in the everyday pile. The birds are visiting, and I'm not seeing any flies or have a smell. So, I'm assuming all is well. This one is set to be used in Feb., so it's going lots of time to get ready.
That sounds like a perfectly in-tune system....love it!
What it a cheese/scramble eggs barf looking stuff that I just found coving a small start in my garden.? Love the info and great pictures of a homey garden.
Oh no! I'd have to see a pic!
What happens to the seeds from the vegetables I put into the compost pile ? Does the compost with the old seeds introduce them to growing in your garden after dumping into the garden?
Yup, they could easily sprout as volunteer plants.
He said composting😍 and I had to subscribe I’m a compost lover 🥰 and I enjoy when others do it too ❤️
Thanks Tierra!! Appreciate you for joining me on the journey!!
I just subscribed and you already taught me so much so thank you 🙏 I enjoy your narration
@@tierrareset2515 hey thanks Tierra!
Great video! What will happen if I plant on 100% compost (store bought compost) vs. garden soil or potting mix?
I think that has the potential to burn plants
Could be too high in nutrients......could also result in poor drainage or too much water retention. Likely the plants will grow, but mixing in with a more sandy loam will give better results.
THANK YOU, NOW I MUST LEARN TO COMPOST , AS YOU SAID. I MUST TRY LEARN to compost. I garden flowers TREES N MANY SHRUBS. Vegies n such still .ea
Hi there. I have another question that was not covered in this video. I have a fairly big lawn and want to use my grass as my main nitrogen source but I tend to put down a feeding or 2 of weed and feed type grass fertilizer during the year. Living in Ontario, the only weed and feed you can get uses Corn Gluten as a weed suppressor. That being a organic (if you will) type of fertilizer, can I still use my grass clippings as a nitrogen source and know it will not harm me and my family? I assume the short answer is no, but I thought I would ask and see if it could be fine seeing it is not a chemical herbicide. Thanks for your time.
I’m thinking about trying composting. So for the 30:1 ratio is the 30 greens or browns?
30 browns, by weight.
@@TheRipeTomatoFarms I came to ask this as well, so thanks for answering.
Do you have info on growing asparagus? Two of my third year plants, are spindly and going straight to fern stage. Most are doing very well - as big around as my thumb! Why the difference?
Hey Betty, the #1 cause for thin Asparagus is water. Either not enough or too much and its rotting the roots. If all conditions are equal and only a few are affected....then possibly genetics?
@@TheRipeTomatoFarms thanks.
Hi. Thanks for your vids. I am really enjoying them. But do you have any information on anaerobic +aerobic compost (a 'hybrid' of both') done in garbage bags. I did it this way years ago,working from book,a.nd it worked a treat. I followed a recipe/formula like your ratios of brown/green or c:N. Basically you closed the bags for x amount of time, and then opened them and then repeat process a few times, it speeds up the process . I have to do container gardening, can't plant into ground, and it's winter down here in Oz. My problem is I don't have the book any more, don't know if my hybrid term is correct. Have you heard of this method? I am ina caravan pak and have to do things as cheap as possible. Any comments on this?
I was looking at your videos and am a fan. I was looking for how to save seeds did not see anything. My composting started out with heat 100 to 150 degrees than the weather change and I am unable to heat it up again. I am going to try and combine my three piles into one and see if that will help. Zone 5b Nebraska here. Cold nights and rain weather is changing again to warmer.. happdays are here again always tomorrow.
Thanks so much Wilma, appreciate the support! Which seeds were you looking for? I have several seed-saving videos: Tomatoes: ua-cam.com/video/CL1Xqgrh1Pg/v-deo.html Green Onions: ua-cam.com/video/fGDuWmD9an0/v-deo.html Peppers: ua-cam.com/video/mTuvamsAWU0/v-deo.html Lettuce: ua-cam.com/video/Z3cRlmIWxB4/v-deo.html
Something I've not got done, I now have about 1 cubic yard and it's little chunky.
I also have a cement mixer in my garage, ( the small one from Harbor Freight) I'm planning to load it up to bust up the chunky lumps and hopefully I'll get a loamy texture might add rocks to help 😉
Have you ever heard of someone trying or do I have to step forward first.
Thanks Jeff, If I like results watch for a posting on your Growing Better website 👍
I know guys that cement mixer soils and stuff.....never compost directly though......they'll mix the compost with sand and other aggregates to make a potting soil. Handy to have.
Thank you for your videos … quick question… found some ants on my compost pile … can i still use it?
Definitely...rarely do ants eat the plants!
It's not related to this video, but it is a question, lol. I live in the deep south so a can generally grow year around with only an occasional light freeze. What plants do most people grow as an annual that can be grown for multiple years, like eggplant and peppers which can continue to grow for a few years giving a great season jump on harvesting.
All the nightshades.....tomatoes, peppers, eggplants,.....plus citrus trees are good!
@@TheRipeTomatoFarms yeah got those, thanks for trying.
Pulled weeds won't regrow into the compost pile?
Sometimes....I'm not too worried about it though. They eventually get chopped up and dealt with. :-)
Can you compost deadhead flowers?
For sure Luis!
What about digging your compost elements directly in a dormant bed or area in the garden? My last compost pile drew in a lot of rodents feasting on the organic matter.
That’s exactly what I did with my garden beds during the winter here in texas
It seems like digging it in directly would attract more earth worms to specific areas of the garden. One less turn of the spade too.
I've seen people do that with success...sure! I tend to grow cover crops in my dormant beds, but give it a try! :-)
Very nice👍👍👍👍👍👍
:-) thanks!
Here's one more: How do you know when your compost is ready to use? I noticed you sift yours. To you throw the bigger bits back into the pile?
Definitely. In an active garden, its kind of always "ready to use"......but if I want a finer, soil-like mixture, I'll sift out the coarser pieces and just use the smaller stuff. :-)
@@TheRipeTomatoFarms Thanks. I'm also having a lot of problems with it clumping and getting too wet, even though I never add water to it. I'm using a tumbler--suburban gardener who hast to keep things looking good--much to my chagrin. Is that problem common with the use of tumblers?
@@TheRipeTomatoFarms just wondering where you purchased the sifter you used in the video. Thank you!
Just wondering, how is it that dead leaves are considered carbon rich if they were originally green when they were on the tree and full of nitrogen like grass?
The nitrogen leaches out of them.....
Copy and paste about my response to the compost overheats "problem" to Charles Dowding's compost video: "Just one observation, don't be afraid of high temperatures in the compost heap. I regularly reach 76 degrees, the record is 80. Yes, the temperature will kill some of the thermophilic bacteria, which means a partial reduction in the activity of the thermophilic bacteria, i.e. a lowering of the temperature. When it is back at a suitable level, the bacteria will start to multiply again and the temperature will stabilize quite naturally. I have never had a problem with that. Additional watering can only cause the bottom part to get too wet. As far as I can see, people have the most problems with a too-wet pile."
Is the orchard grass hay with Guinea pig poo green? Can I use the orchard grass hay? I been mixing that with table scraps and shredded cardboard for brown.
Hi Karen, one its dry, all grasses and leaves turn into a carbon source....a brown.
hello from nc❤
Howdy!
@@TheRipeTomatoFarms thank you for all the awesome content
@@MichaelMorris-eq1hn thanks buddy! Thanks for watching!
What are the white fungus looking in my compost?
Probably just that...a fungus. And probably not a harmful one either.
since Ive been composting I have so much room in my bin on rubbish collection day.
Perfect Melanie! :-)
Ditto, and the odor has greatly reduced since there are less good scrapes rotting!
And if you did not make compost you would have to get rid of all the stuff that goes into it
Exactly Tim! Its a double whammy of goodness! :-)