How To Compost Your Leaves & Grass Clippings

[anoni81b4u]

yea do all this stupid shit because raking them into a big pile next to the woods would have been way too simple ... lol@polluting mowers, bagging bullshit and chicken wire circles ... save the earth ... kill a yuppie :)

[lmen255]

Ya if you just use the bagger they don't get cut up enough and it fills up very fast. Mulching then using the bagger to vacuum it up does work better.

[erochow]

@lmen255 good points there. the leaves are mulched smaller that way. eric.

[nervouss]

My problem is the composter the city provides can't accommodate all the leaves therefore about 25% fill the composter and the remainder is currently in a large pile in the back of my yard, trying to see if there is method to accelerate the breakdown of leaves. Hopefully I can already use this compost in the spring.

[LaRobertos]

not very mulched LOL

[savagenomore]

LMAO @ 1:29

[deasttn]

Don't forget to add nitrogen to those leaves. Looks like you have a nice, private yard so you might can get away with the yard urine trick. :-)

[waellerbe]

@erochow - Thank you for telling us about leaf mold. I will "Google" that topic.

[erochow]

@tomco78 if you google 'leaf mold' you'll learn all about it. brown leaves are high in carbon, FYI.

[tanagaba]

I really enjoyed watching this. Do more videos on other topics!

[erochow]

@tanagaba you can watch all our fun videos on cooking, gardening, DIY, and other fun stuff on our site GardenFork.TV

[takinaluk]

thanks for the info-love the pups!

[bmeyer44]

I'll bag them like you do, but then I put them in a big rubbermaid trash can ( the kind you use outside) then stick my weed eater in there and chop em up...wear some safety glasses, because it has a tendency to spit them all over the place if you fill it too full.

I only put about half a can at a time.

You can cut them into quarter or dime size pieces or smaller...works really great!

[erochow]

@bmeyer44 hey thanks for that idea, have to try that one. thx, eric.

[iamwu]

I want to see how the leave mold turn out. Would you link a video when it is ready? Thank you. Your videos have being very helpful.

[frank2796]

WOW!

You make a video on mowing your fucking lawn!

You really need to think things though before making a video.

[bowmasterpigo13]

great 5 stars love it

[Praxxus55712]

I composted leaves one year. I just raked up whole leaves. Too many rocks and large sticks along my driveway for me to use the mower trick. They do compost down really well though and holy cow the garden loved it! Good video btw. Love the doggies. :)

[erochow]

i did run too close to the driveway with the mower and kicked up some stones. will have to sharpen the blades now. thx, eric.

[ohhyeahzulu]

i was just about to comment on blowing all the leaves to the middle, then you figured it out! good videos i enjoy them.

[erochow]

yeah, i figure out a lot of this as i go along. thanks for the note. check out our viewer forum, you might like the stuff there. thx, eric.