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  • Bury Kitchen Scraps Directly in Garden to make compost right in your garden. This is the most straight forward and easiest way to make compost. Make sure your kitchen scraps include banana peel, produce cuttings, as well as some paper towel or dry material to provide carbon . Also make sure your garden has earth worms. If you do not have earth worms, buy some red wigglers online. Do not plant anything until the organic matter decomposes. Keep the area moist to provide perfect conditions for earth worms. You will surely create worm casting right in your garden.
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  • @kalicoolcat
    @kalicoolcat 2 роки тому +94

    I feel like it's becoming more and more important for us to all learn these things and get more on the path of being self sustaining

    • @chelseaclerke3582
      @chelseaclerke3582 Рік тому +6

      I totally agree, you can get to the point where you barely need to buy anything, you use the seeds from prior crops, make your own compost and collect it from neighbours as well, you can even collect rainwater for watering and make compost tea for extra fertilizer. There is something so empowering and gratifying about making something that feeds you and your family from what other people just throw away and knowing that you are giving to the planet more than you are taking from it.

    • @Desertmoon_1229
      @Desertmoon_1229 Рік тому +1

      Yes lots of gm foods, and chemicals on food we eat.

    • @Desertmoon_1229
      @Desertmoon_1229 Рік тому +1

      ​@@chelseaclerke3582 what is compost tea? How do you make it?

    • @AnnaMartins-dt5we
      @AnnaMartins-dt5we 7 місяців тому

      Amen to that sister!! 👍👍

    • @pennywiseflyz9130
      @pennywiseflyz9130 4 місяці тому

      Lol u and every girl.

  • @944gemma
    @944gemma 5 років тому +477

    I’ve been doing this in my garden for years. The soil there is unbelievable. I think you could plant a toothpick and it would grow.

    • @e210dall3
      @e210dall3 5 років тому +116

      Same here. I planted a nail and now have a crowbar, works a treat.

    • @CHRISTChrysalisInManhaim
      @CHRISTChrysalisInManhaim 3 роки тому +6

      😁

    • @markjones2880
      @markjones2880 3 роки тому +2

      Just a SILLY QUESTION,,,ARE YOU SELLING THE,,, TOOTH PIC'S. HE HE ONLY A JOKE X

    • @preetgill6690
      @preetgill6690 3 роки тому +1

      944. Ha ha good one

    • @mamabek7447
      @mamabek7447 3 роки тому +2

      @@e210dall3 🤣🤣🤣nice one

  • @J235304204
    @J235304204 5 років тому +920

    You are the man of patience. I get mad when I grow stuff because I check on them 20 times a day.

    • @13glitchez
      @13glitchez 5 років тому +91

      Huadong Feng 😂 exactly how I am. I try to watch them grow every couple of hours as if they made a fruit already 😆

    • @huibeddow2993
      @huibeddow2993 5 років тому +11

      😂😂😂

    • @huibeddow2993
      @huibeddow2993 5 років тому +9

      @@13glitchez Me too!😂😂😂

    • @chaixiyao
      @chaixiyao 5 років тому +1

      You won’t if you plant too much

    • @J235304204
      @J235304204 5 років тому +30

      @@chaixiyao Yep, I started planting basil this year for making pesto, at the beginning, I was watching them 20 times a day. and they just won't grow, they now grow like weed in my yard...

  • @mrbill3576
    @mrbill3576 5 років тому +52

    Nice to have someone actually show this process In Detail for people just starting out

    • @BestGranny10
      @BestGranny10 2 роки тому +1

      Exactly! Most videos scared the heck outta me lol

  • @PLuMUK54
    @PLuMUK54 5 років тому +96

    I've been doing this for years, and find it more effective than using a compost heap or bin. I also scatter my garden waste directly on the ground (under or behind tall plants so the garden doesn't look a mess), including woody stems and branches that won't rot quickly, but provide living space for bugs. I always put banana skins directly around the stems of plants, especially roses (after a few hours they are black and you dont see them). My garden is heavily planted but lush, and I don't use artificial fertiliser or any form of insecticide.

    • @aisyahsya1105
      @aisyahsya1105 2 роки тому +5

      how about rat.. dont the come to mess

    • @rickprusak9326
      @rickprusak9326 2 роки тому +19

      My neighbor threw all her kitchen scraps in a open pile in her tomatoe garden, ncluding chicken bones. Within a few days Rats came over to her kitchen scrap buffet. She had the balls to call the city rodent control on me, telling the city rodent inspector that rats were living in my garage. Welp, the rat patrol came out to my home and wanted to inspect the outer perimeters of my garage, and found no visible indication of pest infestation. But I pointed out my neighbors rat buffet, and he almost had a stroke. He stormed over to her front door, got her to come out and accompany him to behind her garage where her tomato garden was located.
      As I was standing at the fence that separated her property and mine when Mr. Rat patrol told her to immediately clean up her kitchen garbage in his presence, or he was going to give her a $250 dollar ticket. She asked about her complaint about my garage harboring rats - and he told her that my garage has no rodent problem but her yard has. He informed her that SHE was the problem that attracted rat's in her backyard. She was really pissed at him for not giving me a ticket, but threatened to give her one instead. So people living in the city, please keep an eye on your kitchen scraps used as composting material.

    • @kiki29073
      @kiki29073 Рік тому +6

      @@rickprusak9326 It's the chicken bones not the uncooked plant latter usually. Things that are cooked with milk or other fats attract rodents. Just boiled veg without anything added not so much. Any meat is bad because of rodent and other pest attraction. It works but you don't want to try it in a populated area or anything near your own home or gardens period. Even to compost.

    • @strictlyyoutube6881
      @strictlyyoutube6881 11 місяців тому

      Rats don't like healthy things. You put a strawberry out in the garden and they leave it alone. You put a peanut butter on bread and they will come. They do not eat vegetable and fruit scraps. They most certainly will eat meat scraps as they need the high-calorie and proteins @@rickprusak9326

  • @lindanizamoff7981
    @lindanizamoff7981 4 роки тому +6

    I live in New England. We have a short growing season compare to warm weather climites. I have a small compost bin which we put all our veg. scraps. At the end of the season before the ground freezes, I dig trenches in the garden and bury most of the mulch and then tarp the top of my garden .In the spring when it is time to plant I pull the tarp off for a week and remix the soil, then plant. I have done this for 2 years now and it seems to really help my garden .I did not know about the napkins and will start to compost that too. Also I'm going to try doing some of my scraps into the garden and follow your directions. Thanks!

  • @dos-fslady3140
    @dos-fslady3140 3 роки тому +14

    I have been doing this for 8 years, and have thousands and thousands of worms all over the garden. My place is a robin paradise! In areas around established fruit trees, don't dig down too much, as it will disturb the roots. Just keep feeding your worms by burying a few bananas and/or baked potatoes. I put old sprouted potatoes in microwave first, and then cool & bury. Don't bury raw potatoes, as you will become potato farmer. I learned this the hard way. I learn everything the hard way!

    • @ilax6662
      @ilax6662 2 роки тому +1

      Very good info

    • @jemreandeau3583
      @jemreandeau3583 2 місяці тому

      I have several volunteer potato plants this year. 😊

  • @johnprovince5304
    @johnprovince5304 5 років тому +117

    We started this last year and include shredded paper as well. Great garden this year. I used to hate junk mail. Now I love it and want more.

    • @marthaz1183
      @marthaz1183 3 роки тому

      I love gardening but may I ask what does shredded paper do? How does that help?

    • @csatacsibe
      @csatacsibe 2 роки тому +7

      @@marthaz1183 Its made out of cellulose, which is natural fiber, containing ~40% carbon. When it decomposes, its filling soild with carbon, and that balances out the nitrogen coming from green leaves and trimmings.

    • @terrelloverton1701
      @terrelloverton1701 2 роки тому +5

      what about the ink printed on the junk mail???? is that beneficial to the plants and is that safe to consume in ur body?????

    • @csatacsibe
      @csatacsibe 2 роки тому +1

      @@terrelloverton1701 They say that the shiny magazine papers are bad ones, because of the plastic layer covering them, but the paint is so thin, it will not cause a problem.

    • @verucasalt9182
      @verucasalt9182 2 роки тому

      😂

  • @Greens5511
    @Greens5511 6 років тому +1006

    I noticed u used a plastic bag to gather ur kitchen scraps and then mentioned u need carbon such as paper towels in ur scraps; what I do is save paper bags from things like suger or flour and use those bags to put scraps in and I toss the whole thing in my compost area, works great!

    • @DaisyCreekFarms
      @DaisyCreekFarms  6 років тому +101

      Great idea, i don't use paper bag because sometime i have tomatoes and other scraps with juices and the paper bag get wet and tears from the bottom. I recycle plastic.

    • @Greens5511
      @Greens5511 6 років тому +68

      Daisy Creek Farms Yeah I have that issue too but there always seems to be some scrap paper that needs recycling so I put that on the bottom of the bag first, either layered or scrunched up....it works great kinda 3 birds with one stone....I was GIDDY when I thought of it 😁

    • @DaisyCreekFarms
      @DaisyCreekFarms  6 років тому +43

      That's great! will try it!! :)

    • @cinmor7843
      @cinmor7843 6 років тому +61

      I keep a covered 1 gal. ice cream pail in the kitchen to add all manor of scraps to & when full (or getting rather ripe) will take it out to the garden for burial. Rinse & repeat.

    • @kishorepotdar4776
      @kishorepotdar4776 6 років тому +5

      Cin Mor I also do the same thing

  • @angelaj8958
    @angelaj8958 5 років тому +18

    my grandparents did this for decades, they had a fabulous garden, and fed friends and family from it

  • @MagicWandProductions
    @MagicWandProductions 4 роки тому +52

    Excellent video! No added information that's not pertinent to the topic (we don't need to know the history of fertilizers like some others like to blah-blah-blah about), no time wasted on showing the viewer unnecessary steps (like cutting up food scraps) and straightforward easy to understand content. Nice presentation, nice looking and nice voice! A+

  • @JohnStraussmusic
    @JohnStraussmusic 4 роки тому +35

    ok this is the way to do a video. I'm always surprised on how many videos are on youtube that never show the progress of an idea or even the end results.

  • @jorfil4081
    @jorfil4081 5 років тому +30

    I tried this method last year and the result was amazing, so I will continue doing so.

  • @rare1walking
    @rare1walking 2 роки тому +8

    You can throw onion, celery, carrot scraps in a freezer bag to add to slow cooker bone broth.
    If I put scraps in the garden, I put it in the center, cut it up with the sharp shovel and water it in after lightly covering with soil. I get a lot of free starts from sprouting avocado, squash, cucumber, tomato seeds, etc.

  • @justinfromgod941
    @justinfromgod941 5 років тому +29

    I compost directly on top of soil and never ever water garden and my tomatoes were over 6 feet summer of 2018 Back to Eden works!

  • @ralphingridryan7684
    @ralphingridryan7684 4 роки тому +5

    Thank you Jag for your videos. It really does help with my gardening. I have been using empty 5 litre plastic water bottles which I cut in half and started collecting my kitchen scraps in the bottom half and broken up recyclable cardboard egg containers and layered it with kitchen scraps, compost and water. I pierced holes in the bottom and sides and use the top as a cover to keep the flies away. It stays at my kitchen back door so its easy to fill everyday as I have so many kitchen scraps and has been working well. I will eventually take it to my garden to further compost.

  • @trishtomes493
    @trishtomes493 5 років тому +16

    I'm so glad to see someone else doing this! I have been doing this for 11 yrs. I go round robin along my flower beds.

    • @lesliearellano958
      @lesliearellano958 2 роки тому +1

      Do you do this to containers that have plants in them already with no earthworms?

    • @trishtomes493
      @trishtomes493 2 роки тому +2

      @@lesliearellano958 I don't do it to my containers as they are too small. But when I moved here, I would stop at the local bait store (I live near a big fishing lake) and buy a box of worms and scatter them about. In a new house, the soil was essentially "dead', now, every time I put a spade into the ground, I almost always pull out at least one worm!

  • @regularguyanonymous3248
    @regularguyanonymous3248 6 років тому +409

    I literally did not know you could compost paper towels. Game changer!

    • @annwithaplan9766
      @annwithaplan9766 5 років тому +11

      worms will eat them, but the castings the leave won't be as rich as if they only ate and processed organic stuff.

    • @henryettoit897
      @henryettoit897 5 років тому +9

      why wouldnt you think so? paper is organic

    • @TheCarnager
      @TheCarnager 5 років тому +38

      I thought the bleaching of the paper towels would be bad for the compost.

    • @annwithaplan9766
      @annwithaplan9766 5 років тому +10

      The Carnager - From what I understand it is. But since it's being eaten by the worms, it'll be reduced to nothing and still come out in the castings, only it won't be as rich. I've seen comparisons done on youtube where they show the castings from worms that had nothing but natural stuff and against worms that had paper and the castings were much lighter in color than the castings with natural stuff.

    • @peppertree8244
      @peppertree8244 5 років тому +7

      @@henryettoit897 No nutrients, bleach, sizing, maybe chemical inks - fun stuff like that unless you buy health food store kind.

  • @kathyscheulin4390
    @kathyscheulin4390 4 роки тому +14

    I get so excited when I start to plant and my shovel finds worms right off. My needs are simple.

  • @vericelgrubb3228
    @vericelgrubb3228 5 років тому +233

    Add coffee grounds to accelerate fungus growth and breakdown...it's awesome!

    • @danieloconnor732
      @danieloconnor732 5 років тому +4

      Give me more info

    • @mazdarex7
      @mazdarex7 5 років тому +4

      Whoa, so that's why the grounds get a white fungus! Thanks, I was throwing many away before

    • @joeythegent3888
      @joeythegent3888 5 років тому +13

      @@danieloconnor732 I've learned so much in a week from UA-cam, and it's not even gardening season yet and I'm making my own compost

    • @emmag9362
      @emmag9362 5 років тому +5

      Just be careful around animals/pets as the grounds are poisonous to dogs and who knows what other animals.

    • @jessyabraham4509
      @jessyabraham4509 5 років тому

      Daniel O'Connor u

  • @michaelhayward107
    @michaelhayward107 6 років тому +66

    Yep i have three scrap bins in my garden. I get amazing compost every year. Its great as no kitchen waste at all. 🥒🍅🥕

    • @richellek.2303
      @richellek.2303 5 років тому +4

      Michael Hayward can you put egg shells?

    • @marysunshine4730
      @marysunshine4730 5 років тому +6

      Egg shells and coffee grounds are great for composting

    • @mikewellwood1412
      @mikewellwood1412 5 років тому +3

      @@richellek.2303 (egg shells: I find it's best to dry them out fully and then you can easily break them up into much smaller pieces (e.g. scrunch them up in a paper bag).

    • @pamelamolina5623
      @pamelamolina5623 5 років тому

      Richelle Krancher of course but if ambitious dry and break them up. Smaller is better

    • @VioletYT
      @VioletYT 4 роки тому

      @@mikewellwood1412 or in a blender

  • @RCPrepping
    @RCPrepping 5 років тому +135

    I live in zone 9b, central Florida. I compost directly in all my raised beds. I garden 365 days a year.

    • @DaisyCreekFarms
      @DaisyCreekFarms  5 років тому +7

      wow! that's amazing!

    • @perdidoatlantic
      @perdidoatlantic 5 років тому +3

      9b. Me too!!

    • @nickizcool20
      @nickizcool20 5 років тому +2

      Wow awesome!!!!

    • @aaa-xd3jj
      @aaa-xd3jj 5 років тому

      Do you allow the scraps to fully compost or do you plant before the process is complete?

    • @ooohlaa13
      @ooohlaa13 5 років тому

      where are you? I am in Island Grove, Alachua County.

  • @ingeneren
    @ingeneren 4 роки тому +22

    I run my scraps through the blender with a little water plus add used coffee grounds before I place them in my garden that way it breaks down stalky material and it composts faster.

    • @sharonkriese863
      @sharonkriese863 4 роки тому

      I remember reading once not to put any bleached paper into your compost, just unbleached paper?.??

    • @ramz1455
      @ramz1455 3 роки тому

      @@sharonkriese863 Yes Ive heard that also. White paper is a no for me. Only brown. And news paper since they used some type of vegetable oil for the ink I read.

  • @iinmyheart1022
    @iinmyheart1022 4 роки тому +7

    Legumes do not require compost to be applied before planting. The excess nitrogen burns the nodules on the roots of peas and beans that fix nitrogen from the air into the soil. Use crop rotation and follow heavy feeders with legumes to fix atmospheric nitrogen into the soil to replace some lost to the previous crop. Plus this will allow you to use less nitrogen based fertilizer. This is sustainable and limits inputs, so you can make your raw materials go farther. Nitrogen has a cycle, just like water. Use these to your garden's benefit. Earthworms are part of it, they are our friends! Thanks. Hope this prepares you for loads of beans looking forward.

  • @fishmut
    @fishmut 6 років тому +42

    I love this type of composting, you can turn a unused garden bed into a worm farm until ready to plant, I cover my garden bed tho with a few sheets of tin to stop my pet dogs from getting into them and digging it all up. The worms take care of it and at the same time they multiply ...= more worms And castings so much better I believe than plastic drums . great video .

  • @LynRuiz
    @LynRuiz 5 років тому +88

    My grandmother taught me this. I used to eat fruit and just put the scraps in the garden along with coffee ground, egg shells, and veggie peels. The tomatoes 🍅 were delicious! Never had to use miracle gro.

  • @yes350yes
    @yes350yes 5 років тому +10

    I also do worm castings but most of my excess food scraps gets blended using a big mouth juicer and feed it to my worms This is a good vid sir along with good advice. Those worms that come up to eat the food scraps are not regular earthworms but are in fact composting worms and are usually called red wigglers. I planted a late tomato this season and trenched the roots and added blended food scraps along with a mostly blended fish remains in the root area. No critters have dug it up thankfully. Plant is looking very good.

    • @arlenefisher1164
      @arlenefisher1164 9 місяців тому

      I was just wondering about blending the kitchen scraps! thanx

  • @Convert96
    @Convert96 5 років тому +16

    Thank you for explaining the paper towels.

  • @vukojebina1944
    @vukojebina1944 6 років тому +714

    Put the scraps through a food processor or blender before adding to the soil. It speeds up the process.

    • @TheKonga88
      @TheKonga88 6 років тому +186

      Or you could eat it and then just throw your shit on the garden🏃🏃🏃🏃🏃🏃🏃🏃🐒🐒🙋🙋

    • @johnvanegmond1812
      @johnvanegmond1812 5 років тому +6

      Kunta Kinte....Google "night soil".

    • @jenniferthai9026
      @jenniferthai9026 5 років тому +5

      Has anyone ever tried this process?

    • @AtlantaTerry
      @AtlantaTerry 5 років тому +16

      along with some water in the food processor.

    • @peppertree8244
      @peppertree8244 5 років тому +29

      ...and, I've been taking time to hand chop everything to about half an inch. Hmmm, pulsing in the food processor instead....

  • @lovellmendez2207
    @lovellmendez2207 4 роки тому +6

    Thanks for really clarifying at the end. Really helpful and educational, I feel like nothing can stop me now

  • @morningstar6958
    @morningstar6958 4 роки тому +3

    Bro thanks man in damn LOCKDOWN I am planting very well with your videos got many plants of tomato corriender kadipatta carrot onion pudina now going to plant potatoes and ladyfingers vegetables waiting for my vegies to come. Thanks and keep it up with all good deeds 🙏🍇🍈🍉🍊🍋🍌🍍🥭🍏🍐🍑🍒🍓🥝🍅🥥🥑🥔🥕🍆🌽🌶🥒🥬🥦🧄🧅🍄🏆

  • @livingMarjorney
    @livingMarjorney 4 роки тому +9

    Thanks for sharing! I’ve been doing this method since last month. Will take note of your suggestions not to plant while decomposition still going on. Happy gardening

  • @thecheese4255
    @thecheese4255 5 років тому +65

    I love when I stumble onto garden porn
    Helps get thru the winter
    Worms... unsung heroes

  • @keeptrying_not2late2change
    @keeptrying_not2late2change 5 років тому +9

    Thank you for sharing! May our Heavenly Father bless you and your family.🙏

  • @crooningglory
    @crooningglory 3 роки тому +1

    You are one person who makes sense. People making fake claims need to be censored.

  • @suebob1000
    @suebob1000 5 років тому +14

    Depending on where you live, wild animals will come during the night and dig up your scraps. We had a 400 -500 lb. Black Bear dig up ours so the next day we buried it deeper, and he came back that night and dig till he retrieved it. Unfortunately we can not do it this way. We keep our scraps and browns in a compost bin, locked inside an outdoor shed for now. But if we could, this is the way we wanted to make compost... directly into the garden. So anyone who can, go for it.

    • @sutil5078
      @sutil5078 5 років тому

      Susan, he warned about disease though if you plant there too early , did he mean disease for consumer of plants, the humans, or for the plants themselves? I have no problem at all here, but would you recommend layer..sand then food scrap , then another layer of sand etc... in that case it will be big heap!! because if every day I make a layer of the scrap.. or I just dig and add more in the same layer of the day before scrap.. in that case when to stop to allow the last scrap to be composted.. I always have that doubt! thanks Susan

    • @AlexxWretched
      @AlexxWretched 4 роки тому +2

      Let that poor boy eat your scraps 😭😂

    • @peradabanbaruindonesia1546
      @peradabanbaruindonesia1546 4 роки тому

      @@AlexxWretched yeah! That's what i thought! 😂

  • @tallulahtwosocks6214
    @tallulahtwosocks6214 5 років тому +28

    I do this in a pot on my deck and don’t have worms and I have papaya plants growing in there. Today I also found a frog loving life in that pot.

    • @peacechildrasta91
      @peacechildrasta91 4 роки тому +2

      Was trimming my papaya plant today and was so focused on the new leaflettes growing that I almost missed the baby frog chillin under a leaf, hiding from the sun. Too cute

    • @CHRISTChrysalisInManhaim
      @CHRISTChrysalisInManhaim 3 роки тому

      The first time I had papaya fresh in a smoothie...o got an immediate allergic reaction and could drink more than a few sips... Since then I've begun having discomfort from certain melons and bananas, I was fine with B4...it's so strange to me, I've never had any problems with anything really before that day...I wanted to add a superfood to my diet ,now im down some faves... At least I still have all my citrusy fruits..

    • @ricklediard5014
      @ricklediard5014 3 роки тому +2

      I was wondering who was making holes in the soil of one of my pots. I watched one day as a toad made it's way up the stairs and buried itself in the soil. I guess that's one way to oxygenate the roots.

  • @LibertyLakeWildlife
    @LibertyLakeWildlife 3 роки тому +6

    Hey, that was great information. Been burying all our kitchen waste in our raised garden and stopped about a month ago to be ready for the season. Thanks for the tip on water as it has been dry here. We do have a lot of small worms and large nightcrawlers so they are working. Thank You for posting this video!

  • @Dezwrr
    @Dezwrr 3 роки тому +2

    I appreciate you for this information 👍🏾

  • @moonspinner1946
    @moonspinner1946 5 років тому +6

    Lovely post. I'm new at this and LOVE this idea. I live alone so I don't have a lot of "stuff" for a compost pile. But this looks like the ideal way for me. Thanks so much.

  • @Pepperpuff3
    @Pepperpuff3 2 роки тому +20

    I love this video - thank you! We just moved and I'm starting a garden. I'm excited to use all our scraps this way!

    • @RobertaAdesignbyhumans
      @RobertaAdesignbyhumans 2 роки тому +2

      Me too, I have never been so excited about garbage! 🤣🤣🤣 Have fun and best of luck, this does work, I was just too lazy to do it before...

  • @sqwrrl
    @sqwrrl 6 років тому +9

    I believe in this method, it’s very effective but I bury mine a little deeper. I bury it as deep as I can, really, and put a stake or a marker where I buried last so I know where the next digging should take place. Ideally I would do this late summer and fall until cold weather comes. As early as I need it in spring it will be ready to plant.

  • @germanbrethren9320
    @germanbrethren9320 2 роки тому +20

    You may wish to suggest to your followers to mark off the area where you buried scraps with four plastic rulers or to cut out the middle of a cardboard box and leave the rectangular edge of the box over the dirt, (weighted down with a rock, or put rocks down as a border, or twist tie some sticks together to show where you planted. That way, you can leave it and not think about it again, but when you go to plant, you’ll see the rectangular reminder & can check below to make sure it’s all compost now.

  • @cindyhatch5062
    @cindyhatch5062 5 років тому +40

    Keep a leg ziplock bag in your freezer, add fruit/veggie peels, egg shells, coffee grounds etc to it. When full empty it into compost or in garden

    • @Janfit100
      @Janfit100 4 роки тому +2

      I started my compost bin April 6, 2020. I try and turn it every weekend. I recently realized that there are no earthworms in my compost...is that a bad thing?

    • @trishmurphy1941
      @trishmurphy1941 3 роки тому

      I do that for making broth for soups. Now winter soup days are over, I think I’ll thaw them out, run them through my food processor and try this. I’m at least 4 weeks away from planting. I’ll be interested in seeing how much will decompose before our last frost date.

    • @m.4561
      @m.4561 3 роки тому +1

      Damn that's smart! Thank you ! No more smelly kitchen 😂

  • @luismorgan2422
    @luismorgan2422 5 років тому +13

    I do this for all of mine, every year the plants I put there get better and better so I’m all for it

    • @prabhatmodi2595
      @prabhatmodi2595 5 років тому

      Luis Morgan how to avoid insects and pests from entering inside the kitchen scraps and inside the buried scraps?

  • @AStri-zg5xc
    @AStri-zg5xc 5 років тому +37

    Did this for years with kitchen and garden waste. Dig a huge deep hole and in the Fall fill it with leaves and dead yard waste (avoid composting invasive species of plants or they will take over). Water the leaves to add moisture. Start adding kitchen compostables. If you can through out the winter occasionally stir or flip the decomposing matter. The heat from decomp will prevent the rotting material from fully freezing even in cold areas. In the spring rototill the plot....instant black earth
    👍. This is an easy way to compost.

    • @thiiswhatshesays
      @thiiswhatshesays 5 років тому +2

      Thank you so very much for your info since I moved into my home just last month was wondering if could start this month of the cold season here

    • @FaileasCreations
      @FaileasCreations 5 років тому +2

      This is what I do! Mt garden dirt is BLACK! I grew 10 feet tomato plants. Honestly, that was bad. 5 plants took over that corner.....POINT IS! This was very helpful to good black soil.

    • @marysunshine4730
      @marysunshine4730 5 років тому

      Great idea! Thanks for sharing!!

    • @sutil5078
      @sutil5078 5 років тому

      but if you dig a deep hole it is hard work.. which I am welling to do .. but smaller because I need only a big garbage can full of compost every year .. or 2 third of that.. but to turn it how if it is deep? every time you add little scrap you have to cover it with sand or only leaves? how you turn it once in awhile.. I have very mlid winter 10 degree, 50f for 2 months .. but do I have to turn it once in a while and if so how if it is a meter deep

  • @oneness319
    @oneness319 5 років тому +3

    Thank you very much for sharing. I started to do composting last year. My kitchen craps include all vegetable and fruits peels ( as long as they are not cooked with ingredients) and egg shells. I don’t put tissues though, maybe I should. In winter it’s inconvenient to bury with soil but I should make up later this month when temperatures gets higher. It’s fun to ‘ see ‘worms happily working with our garbage and turn them into nutrition for plants. Thanks worms too. Composting is so green, thinking how much it will save the industry garbage process....

    • @sangtea7
      @sangtea7 Рік тому

      Is ok to bury cooked foods also?

  • @katythriftyunder35homeowne57
    @katythriftyunder35homeowne57 3 роки тому +20

    Love that paper towels are included here! I always compost them. I kind of feel that composting of paper towels is better than re-use of cloth napkins, as it saves water. I compost any item I feel we can and try to purchase compostable items exclusively

    • @KB-zf6me
      @KB-zf6me 2 роки тому +4

      No idea if the water and energy used in production far outweighs any water saved to be honest.

    • @junejune1031
      @junejune1031 2 роки тому +2

      The production and transport of paper towels makes them the worse choice over cloth as those can be used for pretty much ever

  • @kennyw871
    @kennyw871 5 років тому +20

    Great video. If you chop-up kitchen scraps the process will work faster. I also add egg shells and coffee grounds for nitrogen. I do not add oils of any kind. I learned this having a vermiculture (worms), which produced the most perfect odorless black soil, but in limited quantity.

  • @flaquis2729
    @flaquis2729 5 років тому +16

    I dug a compost hole in my back yard last year and it worked out great. This year I got pumpkins from the soil I used from that hole...a lot of pumpkins.

  • @vasukinagabhushan
    @vasukinagabhushan 3 роки тому +7

    The simplest and most effective way to make composting is to dig 2 or 3 small pits and throw kitchen waste and cover with soil or leaves or some cover. Within 2-3 weeks, composting will be done. We can use the compost pits in rotation, which gives enough time for composting.

    • @gudavida7154
      @gudavida7154 2 роки тому

      Do we need to pour some liquid decomposer?

    • @lovepeony1478
      @lovepeony1478 Рік тому

      @@gudavida7154 Just keep the compost pile moist to help speed up the process. If the pile is set up outdoors, wet and add all the materials layer by layer in the pile first. Perhaps the rain water might work well later on but you still should check on the pile from time to time to ensure moisture exists in the pile. I did once make compost in a six inch square shaped flower pot successfully two years ago. Good luck.

  • @karenbee1898
    @karenbee1898 3 роки тому +1

    Thank you, informative. I have a compost pile for my kitchen scraps; I save cardboard boxes for bottom lining the garden, but never thought of adding paper towels or brown paper bags maybe even toilet paper & paper towel tubes to my compost...what a great recycling tip!

  • @keptyeti
    @keptyeti 5 років тому +30

    Burrowing vermin will love this if they are in the area. I didn't have any vermin for years and then one year they found my compost even though it was well-turned. I had to give up sheet mulching and open composting and broke down and bought a few closed compost tumblers.

    • @fortheearth
      @fortheearth 5 років тому +1

      Our neighbor's heap brought the bears.

    • @barndog7082
      @barndog7082 4 роки тому +1

      I quit doing it after my garden was overrun with hordes of small black ant colonies.

  • @deefee701
    @deefee701 4 роки тому +3

    Thank you! Very helpful. People, you need to dig down to cover the scraps so animals don't smell it and dig it up. Blending up scraps and throwing over your garden beds (as someone recommends below) creates bacterial infections in the roots and stems of your plants. You need to bury the scraps in order for the insects and soil to process the scraps properly.

  • @MrRedeyedJedi
    @MrRedeyedJedi 5 років тому +3

    I chuck scraps on my garden all the time. Saves bin space, feeds wild life and does the soil good

  • @NolaGB
    @NolaGB 4 роки тому

    I can't garden like I used to, as I'm 71 and not able to walk or do what I used to. I use 5 gal buckets on my porch. I've begun experimenting with a separate bucket that I have kitchen waste and soil in. Not sure it will work, but it might. If it doesn't ... back to the drawing board. Thank you for your video Jag!

  • @mayraperez3626
    @mayraperez3626 4 роки тому +3

    Thank you !!❤finally some thing easy and clean!! Not mess! 👍

  • @TexPR1
    @TexPR1 6 років тому +32

    Nice video! ​This is similar to Bokashi Composting minus the fermentation process. The fermentation process keeps critters away.

  • @tonymante8759
    @tonymante8759 Рік тому +2

    Ive done this for a few years now and my garden soil has went from a normal brown to looking essentially black it’s so full of nutrients everything I grow in it thrives like crazy compared to the other garden section I haven’t done this at yield is far more with using scraps as fertilizer. We bury scraps or toss em on top all winter long and they just turn to soil .

    • @emmynguyen1693
      @emmynguyen1693 Рік тому

      Hey, after composting, u grow the plants directly on top of that area or u share the compost with other areas? Thanks a lot

    • @tonymante8759
      @tonymante8759 Рік тому

      @@emmynguyen1693 i just grow directly ontop of the area i composted my scraps in. its full of worms by the time spring comes like alot of worms which is awesome means its full of worm poop which is exactly what the plants crave. we stop "scrap composting" where we are gonna grow about 5-6 weeks to ensure its all broken down by the natural life in soil. went from hard clay soil to rich dark black fluffy well draining but keeps moist soil for the cost of what i would throw in the garbage! chemical free nutrient rich soil! doesnt get better.

    • @tonymante8759
      @tonymante8759 Рік тому

      ​@@emmynguyen1693 also make sure to look up what you can and cant compost meats are a nono just incase you arent familiar with composting

  • @terryhenderson424
    @terryhenderson424 2 роки тому +1

    A couple of times/ places I have been able to use about a 3'x3' area in which to do frequent veggie pitting in the same area. Effectively, i was able to create an in-the-ground worm bin and worm nursery. When I do this, I periodically dig a hole elsewhere and dump a shovels worth of worm ladden soil from the concentrated veggie pit area into the hole. Then I take the dirt dug to make the hole and put it in the concentrated, veggie pitting area. Or, every so often I add some fresh soil from around the yard on top of my concentrated veggie pitting area.

  • @Sofia-vu6yp
    @Sofia-vu6yp 5 років тому +4

    Fabulous, also great to feel and be in touch with mother earth. Thank you for sharing.

  • @johnprovince5304
    @johnprovince5304 5 років тому +21

    Coffee grounds too, esp. in citrus trees. They cant get enough.

  • @namasteliving7557
    @namasteliving7557 Рік тому

    Thank you for the lovely clip and easy to follow information on your channel. No long boring bits to confuse a person. So happy I found this channel. 😀😀🌱

  • @HWKier
    @HWKier 2 роки тому +2

    I have been doing this for three years. I keep a 3 gallon pail with a tight lid in my kitchen. When it is full of scraps, I take it to one of my raised beds and dig a one cubic foot hole. I add dried leaves and the kitchen scraps. I compost at least 6 inches deep so that the local squirrels don't dig it up. I keep a chart on my computer so that I don't accidentally compost in a spot that I have recently used. I drink a lot of coffee, so a lot of coffee grounds end up in my compost. I'm told that earthworms, unfortunately, don't like coffee grounds, and sadly, it seems to be true. Every trace of the compost disappears amazingly fast, except the occasional mango seed. I enjoy the occasional mango, avocado, or papaya tree that sprouts from my compost voluntarily. Of course, these only last until the first winter freeze.

    • @sunnyseacat6857
      @sunnyseacat6857 Рік тому +1

      A self-taught gardener digs holes 6 inches - 1 foot deep depending on what he will plant in that hole. For the deeper holes, he layers vegetable scraps with soil and repeats until the dirt in the hole is ground level.
      He then inserts a 2-3 foot stick, easily visible from many feet away, so he can see where the compost holes are: his garden yields plenty. His soil is a rich, dark brown/black color. He is retired and has the time to learn the ups and downs of gardening.

  • @BonHomie87
    @BonHomie87 5 років тому +1789

    If this guy doesn’t blink I’m gonna lose it.

    • @hulkaver
      @hulkaver 5 років тому +47

      I think he is a reptile human

    • @butterfly-pf8lj
      @butterfly-pf8lj 5 років тому +65

      I saw him blink 10 times

    • @youreawesome1251
      @youreawesome1251 5 років тому +64

      1:37 he blinks ........ I don’t know what you’re talking about

    • @reet6271
      @reet6271 5 років тому +22

      😆 it’s a superpower

    • @samnass
      @samnass 5 років тому +13

      @@youreawesome1251
      "Scientists have shown that the average person blinks 15-20 times per minute. That's up to 1,200 times per hour and a whopping 28,800 times in a day-much more often than we need to keep our eyeballs lubricated."

  • @mochibandit6190
    @mochibandit6190 4 роки тому +4

    Your videos are always so interesting, love watching them!

  • @Selcuk.Aytimur
    @Selcuk.Aytimur 2 роки тому +2

    We do this for 10 years. Very useful for the soil

  • @cherriosbee475
    @cherriosbee475 4 роки тому +1

    composting within the garden bed makes so much sense. Thank you.

  • @Desron58
    @Desron58 6 років тому +5

    I put my kitchen scraps and brown paper, such as empty toilet paper and paper towel rolls, into a covered ice cream pail under the sink and when full, empty it out into the compost pile. I've just completed building a large raised bed in the garden and I'll now bury the scraps into that with the intention of increasing the fertility of the bed for planting next year.

  • @DaisyCreekFarms
    @DaisyCreekFarms  6 років тому +178

    It depends on if you have earthworms in your garden and how many. Earthworms eat half their body weight in food a day. So, if you have healthy population of earthworms, they should turn the organic matter into castings in 4 weeks.

    • @saeedkanuga8374
      @saeedkanuga8374 6 років тому +12

      Daisy Creek Farms that eating habits sounds like mine

    • @akashanumberfive199
      @akashanumberfive199 6 років тому +8

      Even if you dont have worms having food for them. Will draw them. And it will moat likely be red wiggler worms ...and not earthworms

    • @Crazyaboutpaper1
      @Crazyaboutpaper1 6 років тому

      :-)

    • @DaisyCreekFarms
      @DaisyCreekFarms  6 років тому +15

      Akasha, red wigglers are just a specie of earth worms. There are many species of earthworms en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eisenia_fetida

    • @youresoakinginit2113
      @youresoakinginit2113 5 років тому +2

      Akasha number five,
      All the vermiculture people tell you that red wrigglers wont be happy in the garden. I have no idea why this would be, and i have seen a few in my compost bin. They might mean in the open garden? In a worm composter they do eat TONS, composting constantly. OTOH, earthworms are much larger, so "eating half their weight" might mean they're on par in the compost bin. Just food for thought.

  • @sj6919
    @sj6919 3 роки тому +1

    I’ve buried kit scraps for years. Put then in the hole, chop a bit with the shovel. They decompose quickly, especially in summer. Off and on I have rodents dig them up but not much. Blender use is a waste of time and energy. Let Mother Nature do her job. However, freezing and thawing can help them break down faster or sitting the scrap container in the sun for a day gives them a head start.

  • @tomsmith3987
    @tomsmith3987 3 роки тому

    I never buried it in a bag.i just threw the scraps in the garden.did amazing job in helping the crops

  • @erwin643
    @erwin643 5 років тому +6

    Great stuff!! I'm gonna start doing this in my raised beds.
    I use a two-gallon milk jug with a hole cut in the top around the spout for depositing kitchen scraps into.

  • @sejourfanees
    @sejourfanees 5 років тому +3

    My mom used to do this all the time & I used to think she was crazy but everytime she tried planting something it would grow. Neighbors would always complement our front lawn/garden. Once she randomly threw papaya seeds & they actually grew! Super tall & beautiful & made delicious juicy papayas 😋

  • @MalluStyleMultiMedia
    @MalluStyleMultiMedia Рік тому +1

    Excellent video.. I also do this ..every three or four days I dig … I try to crush the waste with a stick so it’s easier to decompose

  • @svetlanikolova7673
    @svetlanikolova7673 5 років тому +1

    I do throw them in my compost area! The red wifglers love the feast! I throw them in the garden and a very bad planting area right now to build soil! I learned my lesson thanks to people like you!

  • @bzz5601
    @bzz5601 5 років тому +13

    Some old timer told me they used to do this especially where you want to plant pole beans in the future. Works well for them since they are heavy feeders.

  • @litong6267
    @litong6267 5 років тому +6

    Great video and tips bro!! I'm starting this practice it recently and different spots. And hey viewers!! He does blink regularly around 4:04 in video timeline.

  • @skyym3629
    @skyym3629 5 років тому

    I live in Arizona and have a garden in about 50% native soil and 50% amendments. The worms in the last couple years have completely vacated it and my plants suffer because of this. I started burying vegetable scraps in my garden no closer than a foot from any plant. Four weeks later and i have tons of worms, castings and the soil is just absolutely beautiful. I will never purchase store bought compost again or worm castings. Instead I will just bury shredded paper, coffee and tea grounds, veggie scraps and some fruit scraps and let mother nature provide me with much better soil that one can even purchase. I do however add gypsum once in a while to keep the soil just slightly alkaline because I grow a lot of tomatoes.
    Thanks for the video and the information.
    Thumbs up and God bless

  • @alexanderwilliam957
    @alexanderwilliam957 3 роки тому

    Trench composting. When I lived in Louisiana it tried it for my potato rows. It worked great 👍 . Make sure to plant 5-8 weeks after green waste compost is put into the ground.

  • @assonine666
    @assonine666 5 років тому +3

    This works great. I've done it for years in my raised beds.

  • @almoistthere
    @almoistthere 5 років тому +54

    Dude, you're a wholesome kind of handsome. Keep up the good work. I like your straightforward narrative style.

  • @drakekoefoed1642
    @drakekoefoed1642 2 роки тому +2

    leaves are about the same thing as paper but with no bleaching and all. the direct burial is a good method. it works for me when i do it. You might be surprised how not tough something like a pomegranate hull is when it meets mr tandem disk.

  • @marinrodriguez7729
    @marinrodriguez7729 2 роки тому +1

    Great method for adding amazing nutrients to your garden! The worms in the video are actually composting worms, most likely red wigglers. And not actually earthworms. Red wigglers are composters whereas earthworms eat dirt/soil. All that amazing "black gold" is from the red wiggler composting worms. Well done!

  • @Sayonararuiz
    @Sayonararuiz 5 років тому +8

    I do this and have had healthy, tall sunflowers growing nearby without any upkeep for several years. The rest of the yard has trouble growing anything.

    • @Sayonararuiz
      @Sayonararuiz 4 роки тому +1

      Lol I didn’t realize I had already watched this😂 I move my compost occasionally to help my whole yard. Should probably do it in a bin & use a tool to spread it around

  • @ilc4194
    @ilc4194 5 років тому +240

    What happens is that after a year I got
    Avocado trees
    Lemon trees
    Garlic
    And tangerines for free

    • @carey7729
      @carey7729 5 років тому +3

      What climate do you live in?

    • @suzannehall7794
      @suzannehall7794 5 років тому +14

      I compost and i end up with plants growing out which i transplant....and i got worms galour: )

    • @gammageek4780
      @gammageek4780 4 роки тому +2

      saaaaaame here

    • @Artix902
      @Artix902 3 роки тому

      did you take them from someone elses garden?

  • @Proverbs3.3
    @Proverbs3.3 5 місяців тому +1

    Thankyou for this video God bless you

  • @terryhenderson424
    @terryhenderson424 2 роки тому

    I've "veggie pitted" for decades but must confess began to improve soil rather than do anything along the lines of eco-friendly or zero-waste. I've never done paper or paper towels in my veggie pitting but more often than not have had used coffee grounds; veggie pits with coffee grounds in them have always done better and the worms love them. Offe grounds mixed with small egg shell crumbles work better yet. - I do make sure to wash store purchased veggies which are not organic to remove any chemicals first.

  • @heathercampbell1722
    @heathercampbell1722 6 років тому +13

    I put my kitchen scraps along with some straw in my garden all winter long. Come spring, voila! beautiful soil. Works great.

    • @thiiswhatshesays
      @thiiswhatshesays 5 років тому

      So as I see you say I can start the composting even in the winter months, as I have just moved to my house and want to start gardening

    • @heathercampbell1722
      @heathercampbell1722 5 років тому

      @@thiiswhatshesays Yes absolutely. I do this every winter and have black compost to toss about my garden for the growing season.

    • @sutil5078
      @sutil5078 5 років тому

      my question when I have to stop throwing scrap to the compost.. so it is fully composted.. one month before using it.. or 2 months? because the last 2 or 3 scrap would be not composted yet when it is ready. thanks for the answer..

    • @jane_7777
      @jane_7777 4 роки тому

      @@sutil5078 I did stop 2 months before planting. I live in the state of Georgia though, we have a very mild winter. You can check your soil to be sure if all scraps are composted.

    • @sutil5078
      @sutil5078 4 роки тому

      @@jane_7777 Jean thanks I have added another barrel last week, to avoid this dilemma , here in Arabia our summer is so hot in about 6 weeks could approx.. now the great weather starting next month.. happy gardening.. I love the smell of the final product, very earthly very fresh, I only put leaves, and vegetable scrap or fruit peel eggs.. no carton or paper or napkin.. the smell sooo great till May.. cheers.

  • @robertahubert6981
    @robertahubert6981 5 років тому +4

    Those eyes got me hypnotized.. Yes I will do anything you say..

  • @CamirrasKitchen
    @CamirrasKitchen 3 роки тому +1

    I actually do this all the time, especially in the fall because i dnt always have stuff growing. I cover it up and let nature do the work. i do sometimes plant befor if is full decomposed and i havent had major issues.

  • @larrymlynch9608
    @larrymlynch9608 5 років тому +2

    ... coffee grounds are a great addition to the compost heap as well as eggshells. Also you can crush them up into a sealable container of water like an empty bleach bottle or glass bottle and use this to water plants. Just be aware that it will smell at first so keep it sealed up until you use it then refill with more water and eggshells.

  • @zekewargh
    @zekewargh 3 роки тому +15

    He doesn't blink. Just doesn't blink. So now I don't blink while watching and my eyes are drying up. Stop staring into my soul!

  • @erichaskell
    @erichaskell 4 роки тому +4

    I tried this as it appears to be a sound solution. I discovered that anything that could grow, seeds in vegetables, potatoes, onions etc. love being placed in garden soil and respond as you would expect. The second problem is in southern Utah and Idaho, we rarely see worms even though we add them to the soil on occasion.

    • @friktionrc
      @friktionrc 2 роки тому +1

      Could the lack of worms have something to do with the levels of acidity in the earth possibly caused by stuff like the make up of the ground underneath/ any below ground water tables that may be making the earth change its acidity/alkalinity ? Not a scientist, just have a little bit more than a passing interest in the world around us the older I get, especially how things that we may not consider can have an impact on the water we drink, food we eat based on what is absorbed at point of creation if that makes sense lol

    • @erichaskell
      @erichaskell 2 роки тому +1

      @@friktionrc If we had triple the amount of rain over quite a ling period if time our soil in Idaho would become more acidic but it would take much longer to affect the caliche.

  • @TM-ry6hc
    @TM-ry6hc 5 років тому

    I was given a worm factory 360 and it has been the coolest thing ever. I bought some night crawlers at Walmart and I’ve added too it when I dig and find them. It’s worth the investment; Stays indoors and if done right, has no smell

  • @BestGranny10
    @BestGranny10 2 роки тому

    Thanks for sharing! The most simple composting idea ever! I know nothing about composting, but I do now!!

  • @128126178
    @128126178 5 років тому +1146

    I throw my scraps into a blender, add water, blend and pour directly into my garden. No scraps to attract rodents

    • @anythingbootneck
      @anythingbootneck 5 років тому +40

      Good idea!👍🏻

    • @TM-ry6hc
      @TM-ry6hc 5 років тому +31

      That’s a good idea. I could do that for my vermicomposting

    • @mangopop13
      @mangopop13 5 років тому +25

      feed My Sheep What is included in your scraps? Paper towels as well?

    • @matheya
      @matheya 5 років тому +39

      This will still attract worms.

    • @theralhaljordan7337
      @theralhaljordan7337 5 років тому +71

      @@matheya good

  • @johndoe2933
    @johndoe2933 5 років тому +4

    thanks for the video jack, really appreciated it and I love worms

  • @kathleenmacchia551
    @kathleenmacchia551 3 роки тому

    I also have been using the blender method for years. I ad vermiculite and a little chicken manure and love how fast the compost develops.

  • @charlottedavis9442
    @charlottedavis9442 4 роки тому +1

    Now this is a great vid for beginners or urban gardening. THANK YOU!!