Commonly Asked Compost Questions 🌱🌿 Composting in the Garden Made Simple

[@I_know_it_I_sew_it_I_grow_it]

Thank you for teaching us. You are an excellent teacher. 💗💗💜💜💙💙

[@thenaturepatch]

Thank you! That's so nice of you to say 🥰

[@siobhancapell]

Thanks for the in depth video about compost. I'm going through your back catalogue now. Looking for more on how to harvest castings from worm farms. I wish it were easy to do it more efficiently.

[@thenaturepatch]

Thanks for watching Siobhan! I have a few videos on harvesting worm castings - there's a few methods out there but I find they all take a bit of time to make sure worms can move out of the castings before you scoop it out :)

[@dorarampadora4259]

food scraps is the main problem in my household. It gets smelly and attracts rats. We solved it by using Bokashi method as the first step in composting them. Once they are already fermented, I add it to my big composting tumbler.

[@thenaturepatch]

I'd love to try the bokashi method! Seems like a great solution to rats/mice that I forgot to mention so thanks for the comment! :)

[@ericburge9198]

Excellent video Robyn! Love your compost vids!

[@thenaturepatch]

Thanks Eric! Glad you enjoyed!

[@MarigoldsintheGarden]

I add yoghurt that has gone ‘ off’, either to my compost or straight into a garden bed. I water this in well when added to a garden bed directly.

[@cathymadsen2930]

Great video. Compost is so much easier than people think. I built my own that is 1.5 x 1.5M and about 1.5 high. Being sub tropical it composts down fast in summer and slower in winter. I can get 2 fills a year. I add everything from grass clippings, shredded branches, weeds, waste from the chook roost, dog poop... everything. I even add the waste from butchering my own meat chicken and it breaks down surprisingly fast. I don't even find feathers in the end product. I've started two smaller bins and am experimenting with grass clippings, straw, and tree mulch because we get so many grass clippings in summer that it is overwhelming at times knowing where to put it as you can get ants nesting in the grass clippings if not careful.

[@thenaturepatch]

That's amazing! That's definitely something I miss about the warmer climates is how fast things break down. Totally agree that compost can be so simple! :)

[@maxpolaris99]

I just bought a GeoBin open bottom well ventilated and variable diameter up to 3.75 feet 237 gallons about $40 USD. I get a lot of downed tree limbs evergreens and deciduous every year that I chip/shred so I can use the full size. I just got about 75 gallons from a large maple limb that fell down last week.

[@THOOODAI]

Thanks for the video. I’m in a household of 2 and looking to start an enclosed compost bin outside. Just logistically, could I fill the bin to the top and then as it decomposes/reduces keep adding more food scraps and carbon layers? Or once it’s full to the top are you meant to let it do its thing and aerate it while you fill a separate bin? I see a lot of people online having 2 bins so they can do that. I just want to start with 1 but want to be able to top it up every few weeks with household food scraps…

[@michelles5030]

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[@TiffanyGrace.96]

Can you please introduce your cats 😊

[@thenaturepatch]

I'll make sure to show them in the next video 🥰🐈

[@I_know_it_I_sew_it_I_grow_it]

@@thenaturepatch Yay! I love the kitties! 🐈🐈

[@FNobody]

so... if you are composting meat, you're breeding organisms witch decomposing animal tissue - so obviously they can start decomposing you. Right? If you're composting plants, you're breeding organisms witch decomposing plants tissue - so obviously if compost not done and these organisms presented, they can start to decomposing your plants. But if you put them just on top of the soil, they will not harm your plants, because they will be dead after that drastic change of environment and ultraviolet.