How to compost in town and keep your neighbours happy!

[@karenm4306]

Really well described. Particularly helpful for a novice compost builder who also lives in zone 5 (Nova Scotia). Thanks for doing this.

[@Kawarthabackyardfarms]

Glad it was helpful!

[@tarawilliams6375]

I’m sub 100! I’m so pumped! Can’t wait to see your channel grow!

[@Kawarthabackyardfarms]

Thank you so so very much! I’m so happy to have you join.

[@LemonDrop-1]

I did learn and you did inspire me. Thank you!

[@Kawarthabackyardfarms]

Thank you so much for your comment! Please feel free to ask any questions you have and we’ll try to fit them into a future video ☺️

[@onceuponafarmnz]

Great video! Thanks for sharing your wonderful system. ❤

[@Kawarthabackyardfarms]

Thank you so much! Honestly all the support here has been super encouraging and we are planning more videos. Hope you continue to enjoy them.

[@peggyhelblingsgardenwhatyo7920]

Good morning, from Windermere, Florida zone 9b USA Your video is really well presented and interesting. I bought a Geobin Composter a couple months ago and it's been interesting. Here in Florida we have high humidity and regular rains and irrigation. I garden, mainly organic and I've been raising worms since 2009. Thanks for sharing the organic Word in your patch of the world 🌎 ❤Peggy❤

[@Kawarthabackyardfarms]

Thank you so much for your comment Peggy. I truly appreciate you taking the time to comment and share your own gardening experiences. We get a solid freeze up here in the far north which presents its own challenges. I’ve always wanted to do some worm farming, mostly so I don’t need to venture out into the -30 temps we get. Happy gardening 👩🏻‍🌾

[@rickeversole776]

Good morning, I echo Peggy's sentiments from a Michigan zone 5 location. Thank you

[@Kawarthabackyardfarms]

@@rickeversole776good morning Rick, thank you so much for you comment and support! Hope you have had a great season!

[@RogerKelly-m1w]

I posted to Facebook 😊

[@bsod5608]

Watering is much easier to do if you water during buildup. Dry material sometimes become a bit hydrophobic. But the need for extra water or need for cover depends on where you are in the world. I usually dont need any extra water when building my compst heap.

[@Kawarthabackyardfarms]

We get a lot of snow during our winters which ends up turning our compost into a pile of muck in the spring so hoping that the roof will help will that.

[@marktaylorp]

My community collects leaves then allows you to come get it!! Black gold!! Leaves rule

[@Kawarthabackyardfarms]

That’s fantastic! They are a great way to build soil. Model nature as best as we can.

[@DK6060]

Great to see this channel, I visit CKL a lot I’m the summer and grow veg at my in-laws. Do you add anything else to your compost - biochar, rock dust etc? I did a soil test and add a few things to my compost that the garden soil is short on.

[@Kawarthabackyardfarms]

I don't add anything to our compost other than the initial brown and green materials. I've done a simple soil test to find the NPK values before and haven't seen a need to amend those. A more in-depth analysis might reveal that a micronutrient is low. When I am growing beets though I sometimes add ashes as a deterrent to slugs and snails, as well as a little boost of phosphorus to help grow a bigger root. Please give me a follow on Instagram if you are on there, would love to see what you are growing at your in-laws!

[@DK6060]

I’ve done the detailed tests and NPK is rarely a problem. The notable shortages for me are some combination of sulphur, copper, zinc and boron. All easily remedied yet rarely found in the material used to make compost. Apparently sulphur, copper and boron are chronically short in many southern Ontario soils.

[@Kawarthabackyardfarms]

@@DK6060 Very interesting, perhaps this will be a great topic for a future video!