How to MAKE COMPOST the SIMPLEST and BEST way

The best part of composting is the process, not the end product. That's why you should make your compost directly in the field and not on a compost pile.
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[@DanielMonteiro65]

Nice video; just one note: Ana Maria Primavesi (mentioned at 6:55) really is a great reference in soil nutrition. She was born in Austria where she studied and did a doctorate at the University of Vienna. Due to political instability in Austria after the Second World War, she migrated to Brazil with her husband and three children at 29 yo. She passed away last year at the age of 100, leaving a very valuable contribution to understanding the dynamics of life processes on the soil. Her legacy is alive with you.

[@AgroforestryAcademy]

Great! Thanks for sharing that info!

[@TheUltimateAcresllc]

I am so glad I found this Chantal!

[@fredbumba9894]

I have viewed 1000 gardening blogs. Yours actually helped me the best. I am from Northern US. But I’m retired in Colombia and trying to adapt to 26:04 the different types of soil

[@allanturpin2023]

The approach you are advocating is the best way. I still make compost to use for seed starting for plants that don't do well with direct seeding and other container plants. I don't think he coined the term, but David the Good calls your approach "composting in place".

[@AgroforestryAcademy]

Yeah, using compost for starting plants is one good reason to make it. I do that as well.

[@jeremyhula931]

I'm a new subscriber. Great video. Your property is beautiful. I'm excited to learn from you more.

[@adamschroeder3568]

Fantastic overview and explanation of how to best use your 'compost inputs'.

[@AgroforestryAcademy]

Glad it was helpful!

[@cajanir]

Excellent advice. I only found your channel a few days ago and it has already become one of my favourite [permaculture/syntropic/regenerative agriculture style] reference channels.

[@taiphan7225]

I like the word "party" you used, i have a small area to plant my basil, about 1 foot x 5 foot. I usually put the banana peel into my plant area, and I see the improvement of my soil and my basil plants. My basil give me big leaves to eat. And the taste is so good. Thanks.

[@revelation22.2]

I LOVED the comparison money! Brilliant!

[@marcelconstantin8497]

You guys are legends. So inspiring! Question; say you have too much compost, is storing it in a water reservoir a better way then adding it to your savings account? In doing so having a liquid fertilizer?

[@bobterhaar9091]

Composting in situ. I'd love to find out how it compares to composting in a bin with regards to organism effects on soil structure / nutrients / biodiversity

[@AgroforestryAcademy]

That would be a great scientific study!

[@fredbumba9894]

I have about 50 eucalyptus trees around my garden and didn’t know if I could incorporate the leaves and branches directly into my raised bed

[@fredbumba9894]

I have subscribed to your chanel

[@Mistermeena1]

Great video. Nice way to think about making compost instead of my usual heap. I have to ask. How can I find reliable Embauba seeds? I thought I saw a few in the background. I need fast growing pioneers to get in the ground in an area where I just cleared samambaia (pteridium) before pasture grass moves in again. Herbs and shrubs are voluntarily seeding but I need some good tree species as the seed bank is destroyed by the pteridium. I'm on the boarder of MG and SP so not Brasilia but I was wondering if you new of any suppliers through state programs?

[@ofilipedecastro]

Are you Brazilian? The way you spoke Ana Primavesi sound as a brazilian portuguese speaker

[@benjaminsakamoto7974]

When you mention "putting in prison" changes everything! Im going to release the worms straight away , would that be a good way to incorporate vermiculture?

[@AgroforestryAcademy]

Yes, most certainly! But you gotta keep that supply of organic matter constant, so that they do not migrate off the field or even die. Vermicomposting worms will not eat soil up like regular earthworms

[@benjaminsakamoto7974]

@@AgroforestryAcademy Thanks for that will considered for sure! so helpful as always

[@mdsegara101]

Totally agree..I’m doing it too..kind a starting out on some part of my property ..but I have concern about snake that will staying inside the pile..what do you think of that..?

[@3bouldersurban653]

Have them pay expensive rent to you! 😂

[@benjaminsakamoto7974]

You guys are amazing 🙏always coming with a video of something that its been present lately in my thoughts. Thaank you 🙏 what is your view of biodynamic approach into syntropic ?

[@AgroforestryAcademy]

I know very little about biodynamic agriculture, so can't really say. But the fact is that there are many priorities for enriching ecosystem that will come before biodynamics.

[@benjaminsakamoto7974]

@@AgroforestryAcademy Would be great to see how the moon cycle could affect the management of the systems

[@donovanjugarap]

Do you irrigate?

[@davideforesti7556]

Thank you very much for sharing! I have one question: In case you are managing a market garden, a system for perennial production of vegetables, where you don’t want to go on next phases of succession. You cannot add the kitchen scraps and that organic material when you are growing your crops. Would you make a compost pile and than add it to the vegetable beds or would you use a rotation of some kind for example with a phase ( rainy season ) for organic decomposition with growth of bananas or any biomass perennial and than chop it down let it finish to compost and plant the vegetable on the dry season? Thank you again.

[@AgroforestryAcademy]

There is a way to directly add this to your vegetable garden when you're preparing your beds. Just mix the scraps with sawdust at a 1:15 ratio, open small furrows in your vegetable bed and fill them up with the mixed material. Your crops can grow in between these furrows. Using this rotation you mentioned can be highly beneficial as well. So after harvesting a bed, you could lay out a layer of organic scraps and cover it nicely, like I showed in the video and then plant a cover crop like green Beas, peas or squash

[@davideforesti7556]

@@AgroforestryAcademy Thank you so much!!

[@krisbrubakertrader7197]

@@AgroforestryAcademy I would like to know can you do your composting in situ method in vegetable beds if the beds are already have a ground cover of plant material like strawberries, clovers, herbs, pollinator attracting flowers, etc interplanted with the main vegetable crop of lettuce, kale, tomatoes or melons? If so, how? Thank you.

[@healthyfitmom]

If you think about it... its the way nature is designed. Fruits fall off the tree at the base and feed the roots. Amazing

[@mitortuga1161]

Is It true for either tropical and tempered climate ?

[@AgroforestryAcademy]

Yes, but I wouldn't do this if soil was frozen in a temperate climate, as nothing will be happening in that case.

[@lorenzoalves2138]

Legal!!

[@rishtunkhwa8990]

Advice of on location composting does not apply to backyard gardening. Backyard is a family activity place, so composting has to be done in out of the activity areas and compost used where needed. Advice may be good for agricultural activities area.

[@justafriend3408]

When organic materials decompose, they generate too much heat that can destroy plants, how does one deal with that if they are applied before they decompose?

[@dreamqueen9909]

Just make sure the new materials are not very close to the plant's roots. Need to use commonsense here. Happy planting.

[@fredbumba9894]

The last time I flew from Houston Texas to Chicago I was very sad to see what we have done to the soil through our monoculture practices and use of 26:04 industrial chemical fertilizers. No natural soil exists. We will have created desert in 50 / 100 years

[@surreygeorge11]

I was actually penalized by my strata for composting in my garden. Apparently, I'm supposed to put it in a bin for them because " I may not know how to do it properly ". OMFG, my family has been farming and composting here for about 150 years. Who would have known these people know more about soil systems than a family of farmers? Turns out, they get a fair bit of money by selling the waste to a composting company, Unfortunately, my family knew nothing about getting kickbacks.