Home Composting - It's Second Nature! - Part I

[ILuvCaroline]

I have just started composting newspapers and recycling in general! It is life changing!

[aaaarrrgggghh]

you don't add meat because you don't want to attract rats

[mrsmagandelatour]

It's a good video I'm not that green.

[erod1944]

Obviously the Contra Costa Dump has minimal organic garbage in it.

How do I know?

Because all your Crazy Bay Area Seagulls fly over to the Merced County Dump in the Central Vally by the thousands where they dine like there's no tomorrow.

Feed your #@#@$@$# birds willya!

[featherian]

@erod1944 hahahaha

[1983SMOGGY]

can u mix peat based compost with non peat compost plz any1?

[Allen2045]

I bought two trash cans from Dollor General Store $12.00 each I drilled holes all over bought on line a compost turner for $20.00 It works perfect total cost $32.00.

[theafrodude22]

@Allen2045 make a video and show us what u got and how u did it.

[Allen2045]

@theafrodude22 I sure will.

[robbierohn123]

wonderful vid

[Allen2045]

I work at a resturant as a prep cook. IM able to take all the coffee grounds, egg shells, fruit and vegtable waste. I use it in my compost pile. This is the first compost pile Ive made

[ArizonaAdventures]

I like his attitude! Good for him!

[envirosponsible]

Thanks for sharing this info.

[Hedgehobbit]

I surpised at the people in the video composting in those dinky little bins. I have a small yard and I could probably fill that thing up once a month.

[furiajose]

GREAT !!!!

[WindEnergy7]

Now that our rooftop wind turbines and solar panels are up, I am teaching the kids to compost. Very helpful clip, saved to my bookmarks. Check out my clips if you are interested in wind and solar home stuff. Thanks.

[1too3fore]

there is no issues with adding meat, dairy or oil, just nonsense being spread about. How do you think nature decomposes corpses? I compost everything, just give nature enought time to work through it. There is a great video on thermophillic composting on here that explains it in detail.

[tua17292]

@1too3fore

i think the issue is attraching unwanted critters

[1too3fore]

@tua17292

no one should be unwanted...

[acapulcobabe]

Excelent video!!! Is there any way to measure the nutrients in the compost once it´s finished.

[MondoBeno]

After recycling my paper/cans/jars and composting my "greenwaste," I hardly put out any regular trash.

[vandirk86]

@MondoBeno me too :)

[op9956]

everyday can add a new food scraps and brown?

[rileannas]

You can add to the compost as often as you like. I find it more convenient to collect food in a container in my kitchen and go out to the compost once or twice a week.

[pgm98387]

What about fireplace Ash?

[jamesgravley1]

There is no benefit as the wood has been burned and depleted of all nutrients.

[JohnnySoprano87]

@James: But theres no detriment either is there? Its still better than throwing it in the trash for something right?

[darkpheonix262]

i dont believe thats true, after a forest fire new trees sprout in abundance. wood ash is high in nitrogen. every year we would take all the branches and limbs that fall out of the tree and burn the in a big brush pile in spring, it puts nutrients in to the ground, and the unburnt char-coal like wood is good for soil

[rileannas]

I think that should be fine, as it originally came from wood. Even if it doesn't decompose it'll mix harmlessly into the final product.

[takadi]

Has anybody heard of the new "Naturemill" machine?

Also, are worms a better technique than just normal mixing and turning?

[NoirMusic]

No. Just different. Also what most people don't tell you is that most people who garden/farm alot who use worm castings mix them in as an ingredient to there other compost! Also if you are talking about composting humanure or any other manure product you are going to use a standard bin (and NO TURN) system...

[Spottyskunk]

Great - should be useful for someone who's never done it before. :)

[rsslvscff]

After composting and recycling, I hardly put out any trash. My garbage man likes me now!Compost creates a dramatic difference. My once bleak backyard now looks like the Hanging Gardens of Babylon. My friends see it, and wonder how I did it. I gladly share my secrets with them, encouraging them to do the same.

[echavajm1978]

I want to start composting but I have a question. Do you use only the compost to plant your plants in? Or do you use a combination of the compost and dirt from your yard?

[rsslvscff]

I combine the compost into the soil. It's an organic fertilizer. It improves the structure and fertility of the existing soil. There is another clip you might like to view. It is called, "How to Compost". Good luck on your endeavor! It's totally worth it!

[rsslvscff]

Check out "How to Compost" by growingwisdom.

[takadi]

How do you compost? Every week I mow the lawn and come out with bags and bags of grass, and I end up having to refertilize my lawn again. It seems like a wasteful process. From what I get, do you just dump anything organic into an ventilated container and wait for everything to turn into soil?

[rileannas]

Do what you described, but mix in plenty of dry leaves/newspaper/cardboard and stir the pile once in a while. Don't add any meat, dairy or oil. That's basically the gist of it.

[RoadRashBurn]

Just keep watching videos on composting and you will learn. Also look up worm composting. That is even better.

[billymisfits]

i love composting

[LeoBurns728]

That's so true, anybody can compost, it's just about telling yourself to remember that certain things break down back to soil...

[Zarbod]

great video.

[magua73]

Although I applaud the initiative of these people, the video foments some myths about composting, the 1st that there is a "No List" of composting materials, like meat and excrements, that's simply not so, anything organic goes. The 2nd is the turning of the compost for ventilation, well in some few cases it might help but in most cases it is even detrimental for the composting process. For a good source for composting know-hows go to weblife org webpage. Happy composting to ya all.

[sancornorth]

Good point re: turning. Not necessary and can actually be inefficient as you lose the heat already built up.

[rileannas]

Ya, disturbing any kind of compost can slow it down. As long as you have enough ventilation/drainage/brown materials it should be fine not to turn it.

[otyranam]

@magua73 - Really wonderful words.... and advice.... THANKS....

[NOSMOJEFF]

good for you !!!