Hot composting is one of the fastest ways to break down food scraps and garden trimmings into an amazing fertilizer for your garden…but managing a compost pile can be tricky if you’re a beginner. Here are the 5 “composting 101” mistakes I see most newbies make!
0:00 – Intro
0:48 – 1. Not Turning
2:02 – 2. Wrong Ingredients or Amount
3:22 – 3. Too Wet or Dry
4:13 – 4. Not Enough Material
5:12 – 5. Not Considering Seeds
6:10 – Outro
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You're the best! I love how simple you make it sound.
Carbon and nitrogen sources aren't measured by volume. By volume, you need more grass than leaves. 2 parts grass ((20:1 + 20:1) plus 1 part leaves (60:1) = 100. 100 ÷ 3 (parts) = 33:1 carbon to nitrogen ratio.
Great , clear and informative… looks like i am going to mix up my home and school compost tomorrow ! never done that before
Okay, I know how to start.
How do you pull from your compost? From the top? Middle? Bottom? to use it?
Hi Kevin,
Does the bin needs to be in the sun or can it be in the shade?
Thanks
Dump a can of beer on it for the yeast
5:31 that would be horrible if they germinated in my bed, wtf i dont want plants in my bed, i shower before bed
My compost bin is now an Airbnb for snakes. Should I consider this a compliment? Or is there something I should be doing to deter them?
My compost pile is full of white mold
Is it possible to make compost in a 20l (5gal) bucket?
My husband uses these plans from Woodprix and is very happy with them. However. I love yours!
Kevin, Thank you for another great educational and informational video.
1. Where did you get the spiral tool to drill into your pile?
2. I chop everything as small as possible to make it easier to turn every 3 to 4 days with a shovel. (Work!)
3 I made a barrel compoeter that is less volume than the bin but
A. it finishes much quicker because I turn it more often.
B. I roll it around in the backyard [very easy turning].
C. I can roll it out-of-sight if necessary.
Please keep making more great videos. 07/15/2021
4:01. Adding water once a day?? ONCE every 2 days or once every 3 days???
Mistake #0: Building a composting container out of organic material–such as wood. (The compost is going to eat it.) Plastic or metal (or nothing at all) are better, long-term options.
I love that compost aerator! I'll have to get one. Thanks!
My dad built something like this when I was a kid. A couple of design tweaks I learned from him. 1) mesh sides for more air. 2) hinge 2 corners and latch the other 2 corners so you can "unwrap" the box from the pile, set it right next to it and flip the whole pile back in.
I live on 12 acres I'm trying to learn to compost. I have not have much luck because I have difficulty getting Browns other than breaking up small branches and twigs. I know I was not turning enough because it's burning enough because my tomatoes began to sprout. But I love this channel I watch it I learned from it and I hope to be better at composting.
The composter I built myself has two compartment if 1 meter so it is easy to turn it from one to the other weekly I also insulate it and cover it
This way I can get a compost ready in 6 weeks and I reach 60 degrees Celsius
one question i have is, are we suppose add material regularly? If so when and how much. Or just make a compost heap once and for all, never adding anything new.
How do you keep rodents out?
How long should a new compost pile take to get hot?
the wood would cost a small fortune
I'm told not to use anything from a chestnut tree for compost, is this true that it can make your compost toxic?
Can this be done in the fall or spring?
A garden shredder machine is really useful.
I use a pitchfork to turn my compost. It works really well. Once the compost gets to a more soil like consistency I switch to a shovel.
does your wooden compost bin eventually rot? How do you prevent that from happening?
Did you build your compost bin or buy it? If you built it, can you share how you did it? Thanks for the gardening info you give.