Homesteaders Make the BEST Compost (because of this unfair advantage)

[@heatherjolly8389]

This is one of the best compost videos I've watched

[@reganperry]

Thanks! Hope it helps 😁

[@DanBuckle]

Great video. And so good seeing the gardens growing.

[@reganperry]

Thanks mate. A tough week here. Rained literally until yesterday. Had to keep reshooting this video 🙃. We’re loving eating from our land again though!

[@patmillett8056]

This was very helpful. You didn't mention eggshells and leaves.

[@reganperry]

@@patmillett8056 I wish I’d had more time to go through other ingredients that I’ve tried in the past (I think in a previous video I mentioned eggshells). Eggshells are definitely a Brown and good mineral content but they take about two years to breakdown so you don’t really need to count them at all. I don’t use a lot of leaves since we use mulch directly on our gardens, in our chick brooder box, and in our composting toilet, so they generally don’t make it into the compost pile. But if I did, I’d count them as Brown and they’re an excellent source of airflow structure

[@tlaf]

So good to see Australian content, especially being new to gardening. I know how to prevent gophers now, but i dont think it'll do me any good here.

[@reganperry]

🤣🤣

[@rhiannonkooyman9877]

Would sugarcane mulch count as a replacement for straw?

[@reganperry]

@@rhiannonkooyman9877 absolutely! I used to use it a LOT when we lived in the northern rivers (sugar cane country). There are some folk who say it has the downside of having been commercially sprayed, but the composting process definitely reduces the impacts of that

[@rhiannonkooyman9877]

@reganperry Yeah I'm up on the Fraser Coast, and the sugar cane is so much more available and cost effective than straw! Love the video ❤ been looking to upgrade my knowledge and skillset!

[@reganperry]

@ ahh yep, perfect. I do miss this as a cheap alternative. I even used it to mulch all my gardens. The only downside I ever found was that as a garden mulch, in heavy rain it can go a bit “gooey” and bring a bit of mould into the system. I got around this by forking it after any heavy rains. But as far as compost goes, it’s awesome.

[@bessSavery-nw3ct]

Do you use gum leaves at all ?

[@reganperry]

They’d definitely be in the mixture a little since the woodchip mulch we make comes mostly from the ironbarks on the property. I’d guess they’d be less than 1% though. Is there a benefit to them?

[@bessSavery-nw3ct]

I really don’t know that’s why I asked you. We put some in our compost but not a lot as I know Gumtrees have something in them that deters other plants from growing near them or that’s what I found it to be here.

[@sarap1409]

I personally avoid using gum leaves because they're allopathic

[@alanftlim01]

Up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A, Start

[@reganperry]

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[@tuvoca825]

Corporarions should bow to smaller local productlers for their shorter supply chains and ability to respond to actual local need... not what mega-corporations impose on the user. These modern cars and appliances that barely outlast the warranty with bells and whistles we didn't need... irritate me. It's just a way to make something irreperable and obslete.