Compost making for beginners - a step by step easy guide - UK Allotment (Zone 8)

[@captaintreepig993]

Very good instructional video thanks. I'm a novice compost maker so it's great to hear wisdom from someone with experience.

[@Mick-k8t]

I do my own composting at my allotment but it is not has good has yours so thank you for the advice you gave me

[@joedisallotmentskitchengar8390]

Thanks for watching

[@ml.5377]

The towers and metal rings saved my compost piles and my back... I just fill them to the brim wirh kitchen scraps, chicken bedding, weeds, etc. and layering worms and then sift the wonderful vermicompost 2 or 3 months later. A win-win technique. Great to see someone doing the same.

[@joedisallotmentskitchengar8390]

Thanks

[@nickthegardener.1120]

Hi Joe I filled my darlec style compost bin with leaves and grass clippings and managed to get 134 degrees Fahrenheit in 2 days.🤯👍

[@joedisallotmentskitchengar8390]

Amazing Nick. Happy gardening Joe & Di

[@maisycakes1125]

Thankyou for this comprehensive step by step guide to setting up a compost bin - I’m just about to do one and I really enjoyed watching this.

[@joedisallotmentskitchengar8390]

Glad you enjoyed the vlog and happy composting. Take care Joe and Di

[@Pixieworksstudio]

Thanks, both, that was really comprehensive. I have 4 now, one had a squash growing out of the top

[@antoniorsoftware]

I was buying some fertilizer for citrus and in less than a year the price increased 20%. Good incentive to start making compost.

[@joedisallotmentskitchengar8390]

Hope it goes well

[@mauritiusislandfishing5564]

Good work... Keep it up.. I tend to wet each layer.. It works faster.. I also add some old batch of compost... It brings good microbes faster..

[@joedisallotmentskitchengar8390]

Thanks for sharing

[@sheilamac797]

Hi Joe & Di Great video, explained the topic very well, composting is often a daunting thing, I stopped putting in egg shells as I had rodents visiting, so I now bake them for slug barriers or you can feed them to the hens for extra calcium, we put small gauge wire on the bottom of the bins for extra protection, I see you dont turn the contents of the bin, just leave it, I do the same, as turning it a big job, I turn the big pallet bins we have, moving the stuff from the top to the bottom of the next bin,

[@joedisallotmentskitchengar8390]

Great tips thanks Sheila. Happy gardening Di & Joe

[@duncanmaina7491]

I have followed the instructions very closely. Thank you for the information.

[@joedisallotmentskitchengar8390]

Your welcome. Thanks for watching.

[@billvalsallotments5915]

Compost is the engine room of any garden or allotments, we have six black bins and three othere compost bins still not enough. Keep safe Bill and val

[@joedisallotmentskitchengar8390]

It never ceases to amaze how quickly they fill up. Take care Joe & Di

[@mikemorton954]

I get my neighbor's to drop off thier garden waste and then I compost it. Without that, I'd never get enough material to make all the compost I need.

[@pataniki8034]

another gr8 share-=-where did you both go--subscribed but no notifications when you post...glad i found your shares again on beforeitsnews and here now winter and garden done...but got cover crop in and mulched before rains...will try some of your ideas this spring..stay safe..and warm...manythxs

[@pataniki8034]

ps out here in desert...somewhat same system but more of open compost bins quicker to load with various materials...collect urine nightly and add to this open pile for nitrogen and moisture..and during hot summer or times of no rain will water heavy and place wet cardboard pieces over to retain moisture in piles..you are a much tighter and higher functioning gardening couple and i like your organization and efficency-:) would say some more but we be in different realities...here very sparse population and very limited access to any community let alone allotment gardens...different mind set..so sad its a wonderful way for old folks to harmonize in and with nature...plus more fun than tv

[@joedisallotmentskitchengar8390]

Will have to look into why you received no notifications. Thank you for watching. Sounds like you are on top of your gardening. Take care Joe and Di

[@Marie.b]

Rather than wait 'till it's completely full and then leaving it for 6-8 months to break down before using it, can it be taken from the bottom hatch IE, does the older waste at the bottom turn into compost earlier.

[@joedisallotmentskitchengar8390]

Absolutely Marie the longer you leave it to decompose the better but there is no reason that you can't start removing from the bottom hatch and create more space for more de-compostable material.

[@jennifergeach1387]

Hi Guys we are busy with our allotment and garden at the moment, very curious what zone means we are living in Bebington on the Wirral so north west. Only had the Allotments for a short time a couple of years, the garden which is large about a fifth of an acre garden & house has been ours since the house was built in the mid fifties, so very fortunate , we have always been Organic in our garden, obviously the allotment we cannot be sure about? Anyway lotsof questions for you and stuff to tell but just wanted to connect with you organic allotment gardeners who seem to be doing a grade job wonderful so thank you, glad I found you. take care Jenny & Kenny

[@joedisallotmentskitchengar8390]

Thanks for connecting Jenny and Kenny. Zones relate to first and last frost dates and you are probably in zone 9A. Wow a fifth of an acre provides a lot of growing area. Happy to help in anyway we can. Take care and happy gardening Di and Joe

[@jennifergeach1387]

Oh blooming heck just wrote another little factual missive, and I wiped it out just as I full stopped it typical eh, not everything works out especially with me and technology, yes Happy Gardening J & K🌞🌇

[@mariaalexis2431]

Thank you for the video. I have just subscribed. My questions is what compost would you advise me to buy? Thanks for the video.

[@joedisallotmentskitchengar8390]

I buy non peat based BQ all purpose seed compost to start seeds off

[@mariaalexis2431]

@@joedisallotmentskitchengar8390 I can start making compost in my garden. I still have to watch a lot of the videos to learn a lot more. Many thanks for your replay. Appreciated 🌹

[@granddeluxe123]

Are u planning to do vermicompost?

[@joedisallotmentskitchengar8390]

When compost has access to the soil and is warm enough worms will naturally appear and breed so your compost will be a mixture of worm casts and broken down organic matter

[@ayperisigirtmac3458]

Hi! Thank you for your sharing. I think your worms want to go out to the bin. They need oxygen and less moist.

[@joedisallotmentskitchengar8390]

Thanks when the worms build up in the lid I transfer them to the newest compost bin

[@donato_donato]

Newspapers should be avoided, since they have ink

[@joedisallotmentskitchengar8390]

Glossy magazines contain toxic metal residues and should not be composted but newspapers use non-toxic vegetable based inks