HOT COMPOST 🌱🔥 in 18 DAYS - My first attempt & my learnings 😅

HOT COMPOST in just 18 DAYS? Challenge accepted 💪🏻
I heard and read a lot about this fast way of creating compost and wanted to give it a try myself to see if it is possible.
All you basically need are some organic materials:
„browns“ = carbon-rich e.g. wood chips, dry leaves, cardboard, straw
„greens“ = nitrogen-rich e.g. grass/weed clippings, veggie/fruit scraps, manure, coffee grounds
additional materials that can enrich your future compost such as crushed egg shells and ash
a pitchfork & time 😄
Watch me attempt this garden challenge and hear my takeaways from this compost experiment. Will it work? See for yourself! 🌱💚
Here are two fantastic videos on hot compost that inspired and helped me along the way:
• Create AMAZING Compost...
• COMPOST THE BLACK GOLD...
#gardening #homestead #permaculture

[@a760541]

What I do & it's quite simple. Scatter your potential compost materials and a bit of flat (stone free garden) Run over it a few times with an old mower (set high) The chaffed material, throw into your compost bins. You'll find - you can get much more into your bins - it breaks down much faster and heats up very fast. Get yourself a 20 pronged potato fork Every week or so just shovel it from one bin to the other. Shake the fork and the compost will fall through the fork and put air back into the compost. You can get technical with the operation - buy a long pronged compost thermometer (you hand is just vas good to sense the temps) - line your compost bins with polystyrene panels (will insure you generate a constant heat in your compost bins) don't forget to put a polystyrene lid on your compost too)

[@Itsirislisette]

@@a760541 Thanks 🙏 Many new ideas to try out 🌱

[@JoaoFSimoes]

Hey, I don't know what software you're using for editing but if you use a High Pass Filter (HPF) or a low cut filter on the audio at about 150hz it will significantly reduce the wind noise on the final edit and make the content more enjoyable. You can also look for cheap windscreens or wind shields in case of an external mic or simple add some foam taped to the incorporated mic on your camera. Thanks for the content! Saúde.... :)

[@Itsirislisette]

I really appreciate the feedback and I agree: the sound quality can be better 😅 I have a windscreen but honestly when I film while working, I sometimes forget to put it on 🙈 My editing software is really basic and does not offer those settings. But once I have some budget for it, I will improve my setup and hopefully achieve better audio results 😁 Thanks for taking the time sharing your knowledge 🙏

[@xavierwatteeuw8275]

Nettles are great to accelerate the process because of their nitrogen content (as manure).

[@expressyourvocals]

Great to know! We have lots of that around here

[@Itsirislisette]

That is very valuable knowledge indeed 🙏 Thank you for sharing 💚

[@svenwerner9554]

Composting, easy to do but hard to master. Keep at it. My recommendation would be if you want to try this setup again to basically reduce those woodchips you have to only 10%-20% and instead increase your "grass-greens". If I saw it correctly then your grass clippings are pretty long stemmed which already contain quite some carbon. Works even better if you chop it up a little more because of the increased surface. Good luck!

[@Itsirislisette]

Nice! This is very helpful! I will give this a go 🌱💚 Thank you 🙏

[@expressyourvocals]

Great job!

[@Itsirislisette]

Thank you 😊

[@TrailStrider909]

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[@GardeningandMyDailyLife]

Bạn làm rất tốt ,rất sáng tạo .

[@Itsirislisette]

Thank you 😊💚