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[@98mremi]

“You’re doing great sweetie” omg

[@cristianacevedomolina4916]

lol

[@ashleyvalentin3210]

I was gonna comment about this too 😂

[@pavelskop305]

I know, so cute!

[@natashak3387]

Haha! Lol! I am going to start saying that to my worms. Lol! I love her!

[@eleenagrant-jones8118]

I live in New Zealand and have 3 worm farms outside. Just a tip, if you have many fruit fly type bugs in your compost try adding at least 70% paper to it. This could be shredded paper or tissues or even old envelopes from your post!!! Worms love paper and returns your compost back to a happy balance. Another tip is spent coffee groups. The whole compost speeds with the addition!!!

[@DarkR0ze]

coffee grounds?

[@delucastudios3097]

does the coffee have to be used? I don’t have a machine nor do i drink it

[@sandy5149]

@@delucastudios3097 I heard you can get it for free at Starbucks or local coffeeshops. Just ask😊

[@Liy798]

Hi great tips! Can I use k-cups grounds?

[@syd379]

@@Liy798 I bet you could!!

[@user-yl9vn5fo2r]

I'm trying to live a low waste ,enviromentally-friendly lifestyle but the idea of composting always scared me.I thought it was overwhelming.After that video my point of view changed and now I think it is doable .Great content .Love from Greece

[@celticlass8573]

Did you end up trying it? And if so, how did it go?

[@user-yl9vn5fo2r]

@@celticlass8573 Unfortunately I am an Erasmus student this semester and I live in a shared apartment,so It is not possible right now. When I return to Greece and live in my own place I have decided to try it 😄

[@celticlass8573]

@@user-yl9vn5fo2r That's great! :)

[@thescentofbliss9880]

If you shred your paper and chop your food scraps BEFORE adding it to the bin, it’ll decompose much more efficiently. Thank you for the video 💛

[@aida087]

Oh great tip thank you!!🤗

[@HelloKittysFriend418]

“You can also add your toenail clippings, if that’s your jam” that made me feel things

[@katzenlady5339]

If you would tell when I was a teenager, that I would be totally excited about composting video, I would definitely tell you you're crazy. But here we are, around 10 years later and I am excited. I'm having a worm compost as well, I'm living in Germany and bought mine from an Austrian company. The first time I started it (December 2018) I failed in managing a mini ecosystem in my home, and I felt so sorry for my little worms dying, although I tried everything. So thank you for the advice with the onions, maybe the environment was too acidic. Some month ago I started over and until now my little friends are doing a great job

[@blulupi]

Hi! Could you tell me which company you got it from? I live in France and probably they could deliver here too

[@stephyeah6410]

composting is super intimidating!!! but this video really makes it seem possible to do-i also am in an apartment without a balcony, and i didn't think it was doable. maybe i'll try! thanks for this video!!

[@stephyeah6410]

also-how many worms do you have?

[@ClandestineGirl16X]

I love how you told the worm "you're doing great sweetie!" ❤❤

[@rosiesandoval7422]

thank you so much for the video! also you resemble Emilia Clarke so much

[@janeta3639]

I was going to say that! Both very pretty and expressive.

[@Nina-cd6uw]

This should be pushed by KZbin. 😍 Love that more people might become aware or interested because of quarantine boredom - me certainly. I have organic trash in my city and I think I've succeeded to cut down on much plastic and paper trash, but composting myself would definitely be a step up.

[@christelleliscia-sadik4697]

That's the video I did not know I was waiting for. I live in a flat with no balcony and no garden. I did not know how to do indoor compost. Thank you for the video

[@mixedemotions8141]

I thought my compost wasn’t working but my dad showed me this morning and it honestly made me day!!

[@PheOfTheFae]

I compost in a dual-bucket system on my balcony (two cat litter pails nested together with holes drilled in different places to allow in air). I've been doing it for a few years now and I don't have any worms in it. In the winter when it gets cold enough that the breakdown stops, I just leave it outside. I keep adding to the bucket until it's full and it will just sit there frozen, lol. Once the bucket is full, I store my kitchen scraps in the freezer so they don't get gross, and my "browns" (houseplant pruning, wooden matches, etc.) in some container or another just out and since they're not food it's fine. Then in the spring when it thaws I stir up the compost and wait for it to finish that batch before I start a new batch with the stuff I had hoarded over the winter inside. XD In the buckets, the inner bucket has some holes near the bottom so liquid can drain out and I literally just today collected a bunch of compost tea from the bottom. In previous years I never had any, it was too dry, but this last batch was way wetter than usual and I finally thought to check and see if I had any tea in the bottom, and watered my houseplants with it. :D Usually during the active season I refill the bucket to the top repeatedly and it shrinks as it breaks down so all told I probably deposit five pails worth of fresh material and get ~2/3 pail of finished compost in the end. TMI alert: weird things you can put in compost, since you mentioned hair and nail clippings, yeah, clean out your brush or your pet's brush into there too, used tissues can go in, washer and dryer lint if all the clothes that were washed were natural fibers, pencil shavings, matchsticks and incense sticks and ash after it's been burned, and as far as animal products go, eggshells - eggshells are great in compost. I crush them with a mortar and pestle first generally, some people grind them into powder in a blender. :)

[@luisaivanna9553]

9:41 haha i giggled🙈gittemary: the most excited to say hi to the lil worm and it’s just like *must hide from human and light* 🐛love your content! I’ve been subscribed/following you for about 2 years now!🤗💕

[@Gittemary]

luisa ivanna Aw thank you so much 💚🌿

[@luisaivanna9553]

of course!♻️🌻🌎✨🤗💕

[@pickolart1044]

In London, apartments aren’t allowed to get a food waste bin, you have to have a house to be eligible to get one that is collected by the bin trucks. I only realised this once I had moved house and it annoyed me so much! But I’m so glad I found this video because now I can start a compost box on my balcony 🤗🤗🤗 thanks for this!

[@TheBadMinimalist]

I just started my bin yesterday! Right now more than ever I’m trying to reduce my waste and reuse as much as possible, and I’m really stoked on the idea of not sending food waste to the landfill... plus the free soil amendments are not too shabby. ☺️ Here’s to hoping that my efforts are successful, and thank you for uploading this super informational video.

[@jordanbutler9689]

Loved this so much! I had no idea it was that simple... I was worried it would smell! Now I’m excited I get to have pet wormies! 🪱

[@emeliasoderlund]

So cool! I'm glad the internet connects me with people that also get excited for worms and microorganisms transforming potato peels into food for my house plants. I mean how cool isn't that! Stay safe everyone

[@AnnaRobert]

So helpful! I want to start my own compost but I still live with my parents and they dont let me have one. What I do is I hide my compost in the freezer and drop it at a communal compost whenever I can 😈

[@livetosmileandlaugh5368]

Too funny

[@nicomoist5336]

Eviiiiil by saving the planet lmao

[@amysnipes4245]

😂 Good for you!

[@amysofia5783]

My bf and I have a composting box that's like 4feet by 4feet outside. It just sits on top of the grass without a bottom and we just continuously add scraps and plant waste to it. I always think that we're going to finally run out of room in the compost- but nope! Somehow it always composts just fast enough to stop it from ever reaching the top. And then whenever we want to take the fresh soil, there's a little door at the bottom where you can shovel it out. It really is like magic. We will likely move to the city one day soon, but even so we still want a compost bin. Like just the fact that having a compost bin means our trash never smells and we have to take it out less often SO nice and very convenient.

[@afSio]

And also very fun to watch this! My son came home from school a couple of weeks ago where they had talked about composting. We was so excited to get one. With worms!!! Very important!!! But I didn’t thought you could have one inside. Now we’ll definitely try and he will be so happy!

[@jaesveganworld88]

I'm glad you clarified the different types of composting. It's much easier to find products that I can compost at home now. Thank you.

[@micklefox]

Greetings, I'm new to the small apartment composting scene, and I was wondering: if air is an important factor for composting, how do you do that inside a airtight container? If you put holes in the container wont the smell and mold escape from the box? Loving these videos!

[@MonoiLuv]

This was such a good topic for people without outside composting! I love the footage and "good job guys" lol way to cheer on your cute worm friends as they do their magic. Thank you for all of your research on this 💚

[@gmglobal]

Thanks for the tips Gittermay. Looking forward to embarking on this waste reduction journey.

[@crowgrl13]

I love the way you talk to your worms! When I got some to put in my little garden plot, I did the same thing. I call them my little wormy friends. :)

[@Sun-soilproductions]

There’s also bokashi composting where you sprinkle some inoculated bran on top of your food scraps to help it ferment. It should have whitish mold fuzz on top after a couple of weeks and what you do is bury it in your garden soil to fertilize it. Your food scraps must be pressed down and have as little air as possible. And you actually wanna make sure it does not get a lot of O2 in there since it’s a fermentation/anaerobic process. I use both traditional and bokashi methods of composting in my apartment since I am not about to pay for bags of compost

[@haru9369]

this was so helpful! i had no idea home-composting could be this easy. Happy Earth Day!

[@hislamb]

I've watched several videos and think your method is best. Less complicated too. Thank you!!!

[@MrjjSmzjajax]

been on here searching all types of videos that give good advice for composting & this was the most helpful! I had to subscribe; you're the best, thanks!

[@lindaragsdale1656]

Watched the whole video and thought this is so Important!!I needed the video because it has so many details on "how to" compost pretty much everything that is used in my house.. even hair.

[@ilDreadmakermichele]

Finally a compost guide 😍😍

[@mangof.6054]

I started my compost thanks to you! Hopefully there will be enough actual dirt for worms by true spring/summer. My inner child who kept pet worms (don't worry I put them back) when they were five is coming out

[@natashak3387]

I can't wait to start this in my own place! I have been practicing eco-friendly techniques for years and would love to follow in your foot steps and my Auntie Sonya's. Take care!

[@stephanieeaves479]

I was super excited to see this! I was out when you said too much liquid is bad... seemed too complicated. You said you add cardboard or paper to absorb the extra liquid!!!!! Not complicated!! I’m back in!!! I’m excited about this! Also I love how you started off slow and watched it. That is a great tip and I am ready to do this.

[@kvr2014]

Another good way to have smell-free worm compost is to have a lot of dry fiberous content that you hide the scraps in (shredded leaves, grass, shredded newspaper or paper - this is what I do with all of my paper!) I have never heard of it being a good thing to seal compost b/c it needs air to rot, but I guess your box isn't hermetically sealed. If it's working for you that's awesome!

[@ambycakes]

We started composting for our garden recently and it's been so rewarding! I also love how each week our trash bin is more and more empty on trash day ^_^

[@joshwilliams4583]

When you talked about the small flies it reminded me, once I added mulch to my plants it brought those tiny flies. Which then brought tiny worms.

[@lmfaolouise]

im really interested into composting. thank you for for this, i learned a lot!

[@RVMcGowan100]

I have a little compost bucket that I collected for free a few months ago. It's been sitting on top of the fridge empty. Just popped it under my sink to start composting today after watching this video

[@justDavidThanks]

You have a fantastic way of explaining things! Thank you

[@andreadybvik]

Thank you for making this informative video!!😍 I’m in the beginning of my compost journey, and this helped a lot!✨

[@emmi3785]

My ex have also bio waste in Finland, but he wanted to to make some nutritious soil for his pants. :) He used to have compost outside in open balcony (Helsinki, Finland). It did stayed warm (warm to hand => temperature over 40 °C also at winter months) and fully working also at winter, since composting creates energy - and we did have minus degrees at winter for some weeks. So if the compost is fully working, big enough and closed enough (but still getting oxygen), it can work well year around. Would not probably work in more cold environment as easily.

[@Angiebea22]

How did you get the initial worms in your bin to start? And what vitamins do you use?? Thanks so much for this video!

[@Laura-tq5rm]

yeesss, a video i was waiting for!!🥰🥰

[@michellelockett6518]

Great video, yes switch to loose tea and coffee, spent tea/coffee is great for the garden anyway without composting process

[@Malucha1212]

omg i really love your spirit♥️✨🥺

[@mariajosecamusgarcia1951]

Good video, I had a good idea about compost but you i had many doubts and you got them all solved!

[@sofiafrompluto5908]

This is one of my favorite videos on the internet

[@aida087]

Thank you so much for sharing. I love in an apartment and I've been wanting to start composting in order to start growing a few vegetables and fruit trees indoors. I already use coffee grounds and egg shells for my fruit tree seedlings and coffee grounds for my Pothos plants, but I feel guilty throwing away kitchen scraps, can't wait to try this.🤗

[@ejemgi]

This was brilliant, thanks so much!

[@monkeyprince5480]

You are fabulous! Good work! 🌺💛

[@codyrobertson7466]

I absolutely love your energy and of course your necklaces clear quarts and half moon I knew instantly to subscribe to your channel. The video was very beneficial covered so many things I’ve need to know as I live in an apartment also. Thanks and look forward to your past and future videos. 😇

[@namhooiling2184]

I tried composting some kitchen waste recently on the vacant flower pot and the soil turned out so good now. It didnt has any worm in it initially and I put them out at the balcony.Now that the composting process is over I planted my plants on it directly and I saw a big worm friend in it recently although I have no idea how it get in there because I am very sure it dont have any worm in it initially😂my plants are doing great too

[@saral7908]

Some worms are great tho, they give a lot of nutrients to the soil

[@shelbyquiring9192]

This was soooo good!

[@Bincyness]

I do composting by starting them in a terracotta pot which helps them get the air circulated. I just keep a lid on top of the pot, not tightly closing it to avoid any flies coming in.

[@patbor3143]

Great video-was thinking about indor composting for a while-we do have special food waste collection bins where i live but they are not emptied regularly enough for all my waste to go into them. One question-what do you do with the soil once your bin is full?

[@anna_R90]

Interesting and informative video! 👍🏻👍🏻

[@aldente3868]

I've heard that for worm composting adding some kind of grit is recommended. Like powdered egg shell or crushed oyster shell. Since the worms don't actually have teeth the grit helps them to digest. There's also a lot of different worm composting species. Red wrigglers are popular in countries like the US for being very versatile and forgiving of temperature changes. The African Night crawler which is a favorite composter in the Philippines is the fastest and most voracious eater. But need a warmer climate.

[@sierrasun621]

Thank you for this information.

[@En-tn2yz]

Thank you for the video! I live in a small apartment and was considering composting and was thinking it impossible but you made it seem easy .. I was just wondering how many worms would I need for a similar plastic box like yours?

[@hannahrcd]

I love your channel; you’re such a burst of happiness to my day along with giving great compost details! where you live would it be popular is there was a composting place to take your compost to?

[@dez700]

Damnit girl, this is like the 8th video of yours I’m watching and youve convinced me to not only subscribe but locate my nearest composting facility and decide I’m ready to start. 👍🏾😅😇 thank you

[@sweatytunafish9389]

I really want to try this here in my appartment!

[@elverdad6805]

Thank you for another great video! How soon is the compost usable for indoor gardening?

[@whoasusie]

GIRL your eyebrows 🔥🔥🔥😍

[@solinewang4537]

Thank you very much for sharing your experience of composting. I have a question about keep earthworms indoors. Do you need to make several holes on your container to make sure they have enough oxygen and the inside temperature doesn’t go too high? Also do you need to keep the container moisture?

[@goodmorningxox2358]

Thank you that was very informative💘

[@klaudiaszelag8123]

I live with my family in the countryside of Poland. We have two big wooden bins for compost. We have recently found a family of hedgehogs living there, they must have been atracted by all the food scraps.

[@mkyoder4179]

That's cool!

[@roywarriner8441]

Compost everything from your kitchen except for fat and grease in one bin, feed semi-finished compost to the worms in another bin. I lasagna fresh waste in one end of the compost bin with shredded cardboard and newsprint and take from the other end to feed the worms, same thing for the worm bin, fresh food in one end, castings out the other. Both bins covered with landscape fabric only, to allow ventilation but keep bugs out, side by side in my basement, completely odorless. I roast bones and grind them and eggshells to add directly to the worm bin along with neem seed meal and rock dust. I don't use bedding in the worm bin, all the browns go into the compost, by the time it gets to the worms the ph and temperature is balanced and it's ready to eat.

[@judeskylar242]

Composting in winter is possibly if you have a a large outdoor compost. It takes a few years to get there but the energy that is created is enough to keep a large composting pile from completely freezing.

[@rodrigotellom]

Thanks for sharing. How much time do you wait to take out the decomposed compost to start using on plants?

[@strawb33ryblond3]

Loved this video, thank you :) Quick question, what do you with the orange peels after you make your cleaning solution? I have recently made a couple of batches and figured they can't go in the compost because of the vinegar.

[@PheOfTheFae]

I've tossed mine in the compost even after the vinegar, and they broke down fine. :)

[@jacynjames]

Thank you!

[@cetusluna21]

Hi, thank you for this video, and all of your videos actually. What do you do when your composte is full??

[@Msslay-ve6xd]

u put the compost into plants

[@exchequerguy4037]

Nice explanation :)

[@mollyhanna9783]

Awesome video! This was the most thorough indoor composting video I have seen. Do you drill any holes in the lid for oxygen or just open it several times per day? I know compost needs O2 so I am wondering how you ensure that and if you do anything differently if you leave town for a few days.

[@Gittemary]

Molly Hanna I just open it regularily 🙌🏼🌿

[@erikahill7958]

Zero waste question - when clothes become unusable, you can turn them into rags, but what do you do with rags when they become unusable? Also, what do you do with clothes that aren't usable any more but also wouldn't make good rags?

[@leahg.3393]

Cut them into very small pieces and use them as stuffing for pillows, blankets, etc!

[@PheOfTheFae]

It depends on the fabric. If it's natural fabric, you can compost it - even in a small scale one like this, if you cut it into small pieces and just added a few at a time, that would work. If it's anything else, here in the States there are usually fabric/clothes/shoes recycling bins around - and everyone thinks it's like a Goodwill type box so only good useable items can go in, but that's not true; anything not reuseable they send to actual fabric recycling places! I don't know if those are an option where you are, but hopefully.

[@hannahsmith3892]

i've also seen people make some pretty cool crafts with the fabric - knotted rugs, potholders, headbands, etc.! people sure are creative

[@Donnyshottips]

good job thanks for the help

[@aysekumsar2471]

How do you make your compost ventilation? And another question is, Is there any product (compost bin) that you recommend for composting at home?

[@BearyGeekyIndeed]

So I see a lot in how to compost, and maybe its obvious, but how do you use the compost? Like it's for plants and stuff right? Do you just put it ontop of the soil, do you mix it? Can you use it for already potted plants or is it for repotting? Can you use it for plants intended for consuming?

[@chloeg7556]

I would like to know as well how you use it afterwards. :)

[@aed7969]

How do you harvest your soil once it's fully composted? Do you have to pick out the worms and newer food scraps that haven't broken down yet?

[@nessiequin]

Thank you for this information. It's exactly what I've been looking for! By the way - where did you get those necklaces? They are gorgeous!

[@Msslay-ve6xd]

How do u set up the compost bin ? like what to contain and stuff like that

[@ibraheemdar1292]

Hi I was wondering about the compost. I am starting mine now and when it comes to cooked food i do make a lot of veggie dishes with no meet but they can have like butter or oil as part of the initial mix when I cook them. E.g Dahl uses butter but it just seasoned lentils and garlic after. Can I put that type of cooked food in. Which is veggie but as part of the cooking process has dairy in it but isnt like raw cheese or spread butter. Also if I season rice and pasta can that also not go in. So not talking it mixed with other things just rice and pasta cooked but seasoned still

[@valeriesanchez3074]

There is this channel called Ronnie & Gary, They touch on composting in bins and not needing to turn the pile. Worth a watch.

[@Wickedstickyflowers]

How fast does that fill up and what do you use it for

[@CriticalHealingMoment]

I sooo want to try worm composting, just need to know if I can just dig the worms up from my yard or if I have to buy them. I have a compost tumbler in a small yard but I have more food scraps than can fit into it!

[@momofdeux]

Oh my goodness your eyes are gorgeous! I’m sure you’ve never heard that before 😂 😂

[@daphnefelsted2541]

What do you do with your onion peels and citrus peels after using them for broth or cleaning supplies?

[@nina_chillens]

So if we have an outdoor closed compost bin, what do we do in winter when it is cold? Thanks!

[@madelinedrummond9001]

Can you use this method out on a balcony?

[@brihutchison2155]

Your accent is so cute to me! :) thanks for the fun & insightful video.

[@valeriesanchez3074]

The smell really gets to me in the mornings. But i don't want to buy new soil. So hope it's worth the trouble.

[@jaiprakashsharma2733]

Beautiful

[@random-vida8951]

Very inspiring:)

[@kathrynsargent5769]

Thanks for de-mystifying that!

[@MMgmailMM]

Hi there, just catching up on this video, would you recommend composting like old shoes?? Because I have my old stinky converse that I didn't know what to do with them they are so smelly. Please let me know if you have a better idea them throwing out my converse into to rotten away in compost

[@kevinkrohomer1834]

How did you get rid of the little flies from the plants? Having that issue too!

[@estiejoy4854]

Wow I'm so excited that I might be able to compost in our flat!! Could we put this compost on our plants/use it to grow plants?

[@Gittemary]

Esther Burgess 100% you can, and your plants will love it 💪🏼

[@estiejoy4854]

@@Gittemary thank you so much - I never even knew I could compost before i saw this video!! 💛🌞🌻

[@Sun-soilproductions]

Yes but make sure it’s completely broken down for indoor plants. If there are still big chunks of food scraps just laying on the tops of your soil it could attract pests. However it’s should be fine to put your unfinished compost in your soil or directly in the ground for further decomposition. Just wait 2 -3 weeks before planting on top of it. And be sure to busy that compost deep in the soil if it’s not completely broken down. If it is broken down just mix in with garden soil and other amendments.