December 23, 2024

VIDEO: Simple Guide to Composting | How to Make Compost When You're New to Composting


This is a no-fuss video which I made to show you how to get started with your first ever compost bin. Composting is easy and hopefully this video will show you how simple it is to start filling up a compost bin and have compost ready next year to grow in. There will be more videos in the future about composting in more detail too. This is part of my book week celebration of the launch of Veg in One Bed: https://amzn.to/2BDJiQz

List of compostable materials to use.
Greens:
– Horse and cow manure
– Rabbit and Guinea Pig droppings
– Used coffee ground
– Kitchen vegetable scraps
– Garden weeds which haven’t flowered
– Grass clippings
– Spent brewery grains

Browns:
– Autumn leaves
– Shredded paper
– Newspaper and cardboard
– Dried grass

Don’t use:
– Dairy, meat or any fatty products
– Dog or Cat manure

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25 thoughts on “VIDEO: Simple Guide to Composting | How to Make Compost When You're New to Composting

  1. Nice easy video. Not too intimidating, while being really informative. Great info, and thank you for making the list of green and brown materials! It helps a ton!

  2. I like the option being built in the video but flat pack compost bin doesn’t pull up the same result. Does this go by another name? I’m from the States.

  3. Guys dont over think in making a compost pile just throw all ur organic waste in ur compost area and flip it every couple weeks. Theres no ratio involved. Dont make it harder than it has to be ppl its a compost pile.

  4. I got a question.. I don't want to ask nobody for favors..
    I mean no asking for scraps of waste or anything..

    Is it harder by yourself.
    ill still take the hard way or the hardest way.. its the only way

  5. It's never as simple as they claim. Never put diseased plants from your garden in the compost pile. Never put weeds with seed heads in the pile. If you're going to be adding to the pile all year as you work in the garden (like most people), you can't expect it to be finished all at the same time. Never put woody branches in the pile – they wont' break down in time unless you shred them first. And last but not least, if your pile isn't hot to the touch inside the pile, it's not 'composting.' The nitrogen in the pile (like from grass clippings) will get used up, and the bacteria that's doing all the work will quit breaking down the plant material. When that happens, you need to turn the pile and add more nitrogen-containing material. A pile that's not hot will take years – literally – to break down.

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