How to Make Compost Hot Again: Four Easy Tricks

Is your compost cold as ice? Are you willing to sacrifice your love? Er, grass clippings? Here are four tricks for heating up your compost pile. One of these is sure to do the trick.
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[@davidthegood]

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[@davidthegood]

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[@tytyvyllus8298]

You mean the coveted Stocky? The ceremony is boring the the after-parties are amazing.

[@pasobirds2885]

Dude. Your use of stock footage is stronger than The Rock's 25 inch biceps.

[@StreetMachine18]

My kids play in the back yard and always need to goto the bathroom when they are outside... i trained them to run behind the shed and pee on the compost pile! They love it! And my garden loves the compost! Haha!

[@davidthegood]

Win!

[@indiantinamorals5791]

David, thank you so much, it's short, sweet and to the point, now this is how all videos should be done, thank you so much again!

[@B2Hives]

Your How to grow peach pits on the Grow Network brought me here. You are right on target with this video.Grass clippings are one of the most overlooked benefits to the home gardener. They will heat up and accelerate decomp so fast. Also if spread around on the surface of a garden, it will layer and mat, keeping weeds out, and it will hold moisture in the soil even in the hottest and driest of summer sun. My 30' x 30' garden would get about 150 bags of grass per year thru the summer. I had a pile of unused fire wood logs, that were slowly decomposing, Put a layer of grass clippings on the logs a few weeks and waited. It took only a couple of months and the pile was gone. Experimenting with wood chips from a tree company, dumped by the truck load. Put 100' coil of plastic pipe near the bottom, using it to heat water. The temp was a steady 158 F, until I covered it with grass clippings. The temp went to 184 F. In one summer I went through approx. 100 cubic yards of woodchips. The benefit was hot water even in the coldest of winter. For the garden it acted as a water reservoirGrass Clippings are a remarkable source of energy and resource for the gardener too.

[@davidthegood]

Thank you, Carson. Nice experiment with the logs! Grass is like adding FIRE!

[@JohnWKerr]

In addition to grass clippings, you can get your compost cooking by mixing in poultry manure, blood meal, and/or fish emulsion.

[@DanielSMatthews]

Dave you are without doubt the world's best decomposition motivational speaker. All you need to add is a few quotes from famous people in the video graphics.

[@rishtunkhwa8990]

Thanks. Your presentation is nicely short and very clear.

[@garfieldnelson4724]

Thanks Dave, your advice are spot on. Always work like a charm. Keep doing the Good.

[@XRTRACING]

I have 3 hay bales stood on end in a triangle form. In the center is my compost pile. Under all that I have stacked Logs and thicker limbs to keep oxygen circulated. I always cover my compost with a plastic sheet. I turn it once a week when I remember. I’ll have nice black compost in a little under a month. Around 3 cubic yards worth. Easiest way I’ve found to make it without a bunch of back breaking work.

[@noahsalvatore294]

David the Good: Make compost hot again!

[@maeJoyBwithU-ux3fn]

this is a gr8 video! I appreciate the clear strait forward points. thankYou!

[@jessegarris7037]

valuable information delivered in less than 5 minutes with style...stay golden my friend.

[@xr500t]

gotta say, you learn something new every day!

[@myrenewablelife]

Thanks for the great tips - winter here in South Africa and i need to get my composting pumping with heat.

[@janpenland3686]

Being an older female I always keep a 5 gallon bucket between the chicken pens fore those...um...emergencies out in the garden. It's not too far to the compost pile from there and not quite as open an area as the compost pile.

[@davidthegood]

Sounds like a good plan.

[@nysigal]

Just found another use for my shed, LOLOL!

[@geeman8151]

I got my 1st compost pile jump started from 2 weeks of no heat. I made a veggie, coffee grounds, egg shells & banana peels tea in a big pot boiling the contents. Then I grabbed a 5 gallon bucket and added the tea and you guessed it urine. I put in wood chips and dried leaves in the bucket and mixed them well. Then I poured the contents and mixed it into my pile and covered the pile with heavy mulch and black plastic. Idaho in January is below 32 degrees day and night and this worked.

[@davidthegood]

Awesome!

[@RaechelleJ]

Always good tips

[@peterstevens6555]

Happy New Year from Auckland, New Zealand.

[@davidthegood]

Happy New Year!

[@StevenLee-xj6gx]

Thanks, this guy is a genius

[@raleighrmb]

You are the Colonel Kurtz of Composting.

[@jennimckean3697]

Just found this video, so informative! Thankyou, it's winter now in the UK and I'm waiting on the compost mixer.🤣

[@davidthegood]

Thank you, Jenni.

[@michaelmaier7262]

I love you, David The Good.

[@D.A.Hanks14]

I always need a good drink, LOL. Urine is misunderstood. Don't just pee on the pile. Use a watering can for a urinal. I produce 2-3 gallons a day, and use it on the garden and the compost. Works great. Another way, is to add a cup of ammonia to said watering can instead, but be careful! Too much can overcharge the pile.

[@anhtuto339]

Good sum up!

[@teresathomley3703]

Awesome beat boxing Dave.

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[@wisteria4981]

Love that hat David😂

[@gailgreenberg6953]

Great! But I don't have much grass, but I do have a lot of alfafa pellets that are high in nitrogen. Can I use them instead of grass? I could soak them in water. Thanks for your help.

[@sambee4927]

I didn't know about urine. Great tip. 👍

[@alicewalters6426]

I think my compost needs more water. Thanks for the helpful Video. Alice

[@EnmandsBand1]

good tips and all of them work great, you just have to be a bit discrete about tip #4 or urine trouble!

[@nunuandfazha9933]

Nice job good Sir Namaste to you 🙏

[@davidthegood]

Thank you

[@GFD472]

Do you ever add a bit of you anaerobic compost tea to the pile? Seems like it might help kick things off....

[@nathanaelkitchen813]

I wet my pile today!

[@Bingoye]

Thanks for your video. I am living in Toronto, so the weather is not as hot as yours I think. How warm is it in your place? Here is about 80 f.

[@calmarcalmar]

thx

[@dawniebear4742]

Also yeast will work too and if it’s all ready hot but not as hot as it needs to be yeast gets it hotter

[@snoopylyn9065]

I got white fuzzy stuffs in my compost and I don’t have grass because my grass already treated with fertilizer!

[@bradleylastname5511]

Dope

[@chrisdonovan8795]

I have a mulching lawn mower because I heard it's good for my lawn. I'm not a lawn fanatic, but I like a green spot to relax on now and then. I also have a bag for the mower. I can definitely throw a bag of cut grass on the compost heap now and then. Do you have an opinion on mulching for lawn health, or are you all about the garden? Thanks for the tips. This is my first year making a serious attempt at composting, and I'm enjoying it.

[@chrisdonovan8795]

Thanks. I think I will make grass clippings a semi regular addition to my compost. I'm already not opposed to clover. I also have a few patches of edible weeds on the edges that I harvest.

[@treesagreen4191]

Chris I have a chamomile lawn. It doesn't like heavy traffic but only needs a couple of cuts per year, which smells heavenly, I'm in Suffolk, England and we're just coming out of a two and a half month drought and my chamomile is still green. Any grass is still brown even after good steady rain a week ago, a little Tuesday overnight and about 12 hours of good steady rain today. Chamomile rocks!

[@chrisdonovan8795]

I looked into it, but even the short variety is a little too high for my needs. It is beautiful though. If I had more land, I might dedicate a section to it.

[@edifying]

Yet another work of genius. Not familiar with the music. Who is it?

[@davidthegood]

It's a piece I recorded some time ago.

[@N.g.Chanal]

i do compost in seal pack container, no air circulation..what this is good? and will compost become hot without air circulation?

[@pawelkapica5363]

Thanks for the video just what I was looking for. I kinda tried all the methods but the compost doesnt get above 30C. I was wondering if unspeant coffee is higher in nitrogen and might boost it even more? Any idea? Kind regards

[@tracycrider7778]

Yes definitely!

[@robertrenfrow9296]

I "let's just not talk about it" on mine frequently. Haha

[@TheLordHumungus]

are you going to sell MCHA hats ?

[@WonderfullyMade_Lex]

"Well, let's just not talk about it" 😅

[@nowwhataboutthisone]

David, what should I do with all these pinecones? Thank you for making another video Keep on keeping on

[@davidthegood]

Thank you. I would pile them up in a corner to rot down over time, then use the resultant material to mulch blueberries and other acid-loving plants.

[@mllokie9075]

My dear wife’s child lol “ours” added a bag of broun sugar to our compost bin and turned it Is that a bad thing should we just dump the bin or let it run

[@Beecozz7]

I knew you were going "there" !!! LOL My sons are "farmers" and I keep telling them about the wonders of urine and suggest they put some in their 250-gallon bubbler! LOL I guess they are too refined for such primitive practices. "eyeroll" Do you have any lessons on the Korean method of gardening, you know, take the box of rice out to the natural habitat and let it get all ripe with fungus and then inoculate your soil with all the good stuff? I tried to watch some videos about that technique but it was way over my head!!! TY

[@davidthegood]

No, I'm not that into the Korean methods. It's probably a good idea, but I don't plan all that well.

[@jmajick4415]

I started peeing in a jug with some water in it and poured a few jugs worth on it. Then I remembered that it wasn't a good idea because I'm on antibiotics right now

[@bigh650]

did you hear about your offer for the land yet ?

[@davidthegood]

They rejected my first offer so I tried again. I am also looking at another piece.

[@babetteisinthegarden6920]

I use lemon ammonia

[@MarlonVanderLinde]

I wonder if it's acceptable to ask guests to: 1. pee in the compost heap, 2. poo in the sawdust bucket. People are weird about anything that is really... GOOD.

[@dawnking2652]

How much urine should you use?

[@c.j.rogers2422]

Almost had to thumb you down for the horrendous flat brim.

[@davidthegood]

Too bad you didn't get to see my tube socks. That would have clinched it.

[@c.j.rogers2422]

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[@davidthegood]

Awwwwwww yeah.

[@allanturpin2023]

David The Good- are they you tube socks?

[@916nando]

Nice video! I went #1 in my compost and even kicked it up a notch a dropped a number 2 on that bad boy. All that happened tho was I got a lot of flies. Lol jk jk hahahah thanks for the great video!!

[@AnestheticsForAna]

Potty training my twin daughters so I always have spare urine around 🤣🤣🤣

[@gabbyrico4877]

My pile is made up of hay and lots of cow manure and its not heating up 😞

[@toffield27]

Did you solve the issue?

[@ll-qq9qr]

What's another nitrogen product? Blood meal?

[@davidthegood]

Yes.

[@allanturpin2023]

Is your cooler hat still uncomfortable on the head wound? Cuz that one just aint Good on ya mate. It's hard to focus on the brilliant composting tips.

[@davidthegood]

This is the best hat ever.

[@allanturpin2023]

David The Good- I might buy "the coolest hat in an Oklahoma truck stop after midnight"

[@davidthegood]

Straight outta Compton.

[@allanturpin2023]

David The Good- Saw NWA in Southeast DC in 1988... the only natural blond in attendance in a crowd of about 20,000. The shout out for their musical and lyrical genius notwithstanding, I must still question the fashion choice.

[@allanturpin2023]

Theta Naturalist- well, when a fashion expert such as yourself disagrees, I must bow down and withdraw my two cents.

[@zehnsechz]

Im going to get my compost soaking wet and sloppy so it gets nice and hot

[@davidthegood]

Heat Your Compost With This One Weird Trick

[@BrixThePlanter]

Your the boss 🦠💚🌱

[@elainetyler1710]

97

[@spacet1m3]

Nice title. Lmao

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[@davidlane9724]

MAGA!!! Great video Dave