How to Grow Food WITHOUT Compost | Zero-Cost Solutions for Short-Term Vegetable Gardening Success

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This video is all about being able to continue growing healthy vegetables even if you have almost run out or completely run out of compost. Find out some easy zero-cost ways on how to grow food without compost to ensure vegetable gardening success. If you want to find out more about this please do let me know in the comments and I can create a complete guide on how to grow food without compost.
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[@sr2sr-prepper248]

I have been distracted for the past couple of years, focusing on my husbands heath as he had to retire because of heart issues. When I last saw you ... you were a cute kid with a lot of knowledge on gardening... you must have been eating your own homegrown super foods... because .... BOY HOWDY !!!!! This 70 year old grandma did not expect to see such dramatic changes in your body, your face, your voice... and your continued love for this activity!!!!! You have grown into quite a striking young man with a bright future before you!!! May you continue to bless all of us with more amazing videos for decades to come (and should I be around long enough to see this come about!)

[@kenzysanderson1081]

Yeah we're gonna ignore the_ old lady; saying she's watched him grow up- now shes atracted to him. Still creeping.

[@lepidlover0557]

@@kenzysanderson1081 Lol you can say someone grew up to be handsome without being attracted TO them...🙄😒 So I take it parents who call their children handsome or beautiful are attracted to them as well??? 🤦

[@paulmackenzie720]

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[@Ducreuxs]

@@BelCantoLari yeah I agree, this is super creepy and inappropriate.

[@sheilavestal3849]

This video stands out among thousands of others because it addresses an issue which strikes fear in every gardener’s heart - what to do if we don’t have compost. Thank you!

[@janicesatterwhite4513]

Especially with the scary stuff with the pesticides and all in some of it. Janice

[@j.l.thurman2725]

I had to suffer that this year - and my garden was suffering for it. My compost finally became ready mid summer. And now I'll have enough to put on it this fall.

[@Laura_B__]

Something nobody has mentioned is that human urine is a great source of easily absorbed nitrogen for the garden. If you notice your plants getting a bit yellow, dilute some pee at a 1:10 ratio, and use it to water the plants. This also works great as the nitrogen needed to break down a large quantity of "browns," such as a leaf pile. (By the way, unless you have an active bladder infection, urine is completely sterile and safe.)

[@hadessonofcronus1826]

It's a bit much tho lmao but I'm sure it works

[@sherryskari1784]

Excellent info video with great video editing. I’ve been binge watching other grower around the world, but their videos can get a little boring, because they use just one stationary camera angle or just a iPhone as they walk around the garden. Yours is much more professionally made with different camera angles and your monologue clearly well thought out before released. Thanks so much for making quality videos!

[@HuwRichards]

It's my pleasure Sherry! I am glad you enjoy the videos :D

[@helenwatt517]

When I first started gardening I had no idea just how much compost was needed to keep the plants happy... older and wiser, but still having to learn new ways of compost management. Thanks Huw for another excellent video.

[@cathymackay5534]

Thanks for that. Very useful! My husband bought me your latest book for my birthday - am loving it! I like your no frills approach to growing. Suits the style of this household perfectly...xx

[@alinasmith8027]

I really appreciate u. Love the gentle pace of teaching, knowledge, voice, passion, view, EVERYTHING!

[@PermacultureMagazine]

Thanks so much, Huw, for mentioning our garden and the latest issue of Permaculture Magazine with its great cover! Great video as usual. Keep inspiring us!

[@sarahvegangarden4822]

You guys do a great job! Lovely to see you featured on this video. Permaculture is so important and it's good to see it becoming ever more popular and mainstream. Hats off to the Harlands! 👏👏💐💐💐👏👏

[@crochetingaroundnewzealand]

The sludge from thick grass clippings makes excellent fertilizer for plants plus it's a mulch so good to retain water in the drier months.

[@melonieisham9788]

I love your channel. I was hooked with your peas in a gutter! I love peas so much but found it difficult here in Ky to plant the seeds early enough to germinate properly but before the hot weather sets in. This was genius! Plus, you’re Welsh... and my father’s family came from there. I love your videos, and very proud of how knowledgeable you are from such a young age. Good job buddy!!

[@rosaschweinchen8742]

I love listening to your great garden hacks Can't get enough of them

[@chwastozercyancientslowfoo205]

Finally this problem has been described. Thank you! All the wonderful videos about permaculture and no dig and compost are soooo frustrating because of low amount of compost! Huw! Thanks a lot 💚💚💚💚💚

[@donnamccall8063]

Love your gentle and honest teachings--thank you for your lovely sharing.

[@HuwRichards]

My pleasure Donna :)

[@maryneavyn8734]

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[@aatt3209]

In my limited space, I have been using grow bags to make compost. This is also doable for apartment with balcony. I did add "compost starter" to the mix to initiate composting, this seems to work fine. You can also move the bags to warmer areas to speed up the fermentation.

[@TheJessRamone]

Thabks again. I garden for over 25+yrs and from every single vid I watched of you sofar (older or recent) I've learned something. How cool is that? Also, both of your books have arrived and I am so happy with them. So much good stuff 🤗💚

[@HuwRichards]

Oh wow that is very kind of you Jess, thank you so much!

[@driftertothenorth23]

You are so good at what you do. I just keep watching the next video you recommend. Bravo to you.

[@car9140]

Perfect timing dear. I steer away from wood ash because my soil leans alkaline but everything else is very useful at this time.

[@ferferiify]

I just love your videos and feel myself in a heaven when watching your beautiful and green garden .

[@michaelgreen6156]

I enjoy you books and videos, I live in North Carolina, USA. With little adjustments for the growing zone I live in, the information I gang from reading and watch has been very useful to me.

[@sarasvensson2848]

Great helpful video! Thank you! I saw some other video stating that one should put lots of grass between the plants otherwise it is no use. I don't have lots of grass clippings. I like your video better. 🙂 Happy gardening! 🌱

[@tennesseenana4838]

I started using food safe storage tubs for making compost. You can get them in several different sizes up to 50 gallons, and they have lids so that keeps the smell down. I have a few holes in the lids to let in rain and oxygen. Since I live in a neighborhood, I can't have a large outside pile. Having a few tubs in the back yard is working great for me and the neighbors can't complain.

[@carmenslee6234]

I’ve been buying potting mix to get started. I also have been mulching with pea straw and dumping my horses poo on top of the mulch. I’ve been planting out cabbages, leeks, yams and lettuces into this area. I’m delighted how moist, fluffy and full of worms this part of the garden is. So I will be doing this to start the beds in my new main veg garden.

[@moiragoldsmith7052]

I gather loose seaweed, dry it on the grass... then cut the grass and add it to my compost bin. I love comfrey and nettle liquid manure too. Thanks for sharing.

[@thisorthat7626]

Seaweed is an amazing addition to gardens. Great that you have a source for free. Enjoy!

[@HuwRichards]

My pleasure Moria and thanks for watching :)

[@moiragoldsmith7052]

@Amy Sternheim Thanks Amy, yes stinging nettles... I sautè the young leaves with equal amounts of spinach, JUST for a minute or so... then I add yoghurt and a good amount of nutmeg.... food from the Gods. I also include many 'weeds' in my salads. Gods pantry and pharmacy... it's all good if you know how. x

[@soniag4516]

@Amy Sternheim I love it, have been wondering what to do with this tall stinging nettle that I accidentally grew in my yard. I've been stung twice and had bad bad reactions so I've afraid to go near it and wanted to dig it out and add to compost. I'd rather eat that thing, it's taller than I am lol.

[@laceandbits]

@@soniag4516 As Moira said, you only eat the young leaves not once it is tall. They only sting if you brush against them, if you hold a leaf firmly it doesn't sting at all, hence the saying "Grasp the nettle" for taking control of a situation. If you are near nettles, locate some dock which grows in very similar places and they are very often together, and if you do get stung rub it firmly with crushed dock leaf. Tall nettle stems can be retted for fine quality fibre in the same way as flax is for linen fibres.

[@micheleyates3625]

Great tips; thank you. I have recently expanded the veg garden (with raised beds) and used most of my compost. I will be using your tips to extend what is left!

[@denisek5208]

Great tips, I appreciate all of the really sound advice for gardening

[@BaltimoresBerzerker]

Doing similar tricks myself. As a gardener who moves a lot, I have to take my soil with me and use whatever I can to stretch it. Haven't bought compost etc in minimum three years. Between making it, replacements, and utilizing native soil. Example: my new house had lettuce growing in my front yard. When transplanting the wild lettuce, I kept the root ball undamaged in a huge clump of native clay castings. Added benefit: almost no transplant shock!

[@HuwRichards]

That sounds amazing! What a great system you have :)

[@Chezyxxx]

im so glad I found your channel. I'm new to all of this and these videos are so helpful. keep them coming xxx

[@alexandraathay]

Fantastic videos Huw! Very informative and therapeutic. So much work involved too. I can't believe it's only at 585k subs...come on people Huw deserves getting over the 1million mark 🤗

[@jackstone4291]

Like the grass clippings sprinkling !! (I too put a big sludgy layer late on last year and slugs have had a party under it and on my perennial cabbages/kales/etc over the winter!)

[@purnimabhatt5355]

I feel happy to find you and you encouraged me go improve my vegetables garden and it's big improvement. Thanks.

[@HuwRichards]

That great to hear! Thanks for watching :)

[@matthewselby7785]

Just Received One of your Books "Grow Food For Free" Delivered Today! Quite Excited to be honest.

[@andrewredden168]

Huw is such a fantastic Gardener, I have learnt so much from him ,such an inspiration, I have his new book its great, he is the next Alan titchmarsh,keep up the good work, well presented thanks Huw.

[@SiljeMeum]

Great video! I was watching an earlier (very informative) video and was thinking that you deserved better video and sound and there you are! Thank you for a great video 🙌🏼 greetings from Norway 🇸🇯

[@clairecadoux471]

This is a brilliant bit of info. Re woodchip, when it decomposes it is worth finding out which wood it is, and consider if you bring it in, is it carrying a ton of weed seeds.

[@bethanskitchengarden]

Great update and timely reminder I must move my comfrey bushes from the allotment. Take care 😊

[@alexjuhasz3687]

I'm 14 and thinking to start a garden business. My grandfather has a Big Big unused backyard where I could do it. What do you guys think?

[@joannecarroll5504]

I think you should talk to your grandfather about permission & what his terms are for the use of his land. You won't know until you ask. Good luck.

[@TD-wi1zh]

Very good idea if he agrees. What you learn will help you through the rest of your life. Don't get discouraged if things go wrong - that is valuable experience. Keep notes on what you do and how things go. Very annoying when last year you had a massive crop and this year you can't remember what you did to get that crop!

[@Debbie_Bcool]

I think that's a great idea. Write a list of the plant's that you want to grow then do research on the Internet on each one of those plants before you plant them. O and don't forget to do some research on how to prepare your soil this video was a good start for you in your research. Good luck it should be lots of fun. Maybe your grandpa knows a lot about gardens, It will be lots of fun getting grandpa'll involved.

[@Theorimlig]

Try growing food for yourself first and learn to do it well. You can sell any surplus vegetables, of course.

[@PeyaLuna]

with a really big garden, you could also look into chickens - there´s always a market for fresh, organic eggs, just ask around your neighborhood to gauge interest

[@thefarmtrepreneur-building6539]

Very good informative video! There are 0 Compost vendors around me. I have had to make my own composts and amend the soil with organic matter and organic fertilizer. Another method is adding manure and letting it balance it out then planting on it 30 to 45 days later.

[@HuwRichards]

Thank you so much! We used to just use manure until we had to unfortnately stop keeping cattle :(

[@joslac5018]

Awesome video as I’m just getting into gardening. Thank you so much!

[@minpena4593]

My favorite garden channel!

[@yishmedia3642]

love the color grading - keep up the great work

[@brunaoliveira8530]

I would suggest checking with your local recycling center for free compost as well. I'm sure other countries will have this too but, at least in Denmark I know you can get free compost in spring, some places year round even. You do need to pick it up yourself but, it's an amazing service that helped me a lot on the first year gardening. Not only that but, you're free to pick up garden waste too, in case you're starting in a totally empty plot and have no brown material for to compost.

[@amysallotmentadventures6675]

Some great ideas, I'm down to the dregs of my last compost bag so will be giving these a go!

[@glynisreynolds446]

What timely information, which will be so useful as the season progresses. Shame I’ve just used all my grass clippings to start a hot compost heap, but the next cut will definitely be sprinkled onto my veg beds. Also going to cut back my comfrey and do the same. Thanks for sharing Huw.

[@territ.5357]

Great ideas!!! Will definitely be trying these.

[@vishdem4858]

Thank you, uour approache is so humble and fantastic

[@stevebuck1737]

Thanks Huw for great information and helpful solutions. Wishing you and your family well. Stay safe. Peace

[@HuwRichards]

Thank you so much Steve!

[@gailthornbury291]

I eke out my compost with sieved Leafmould. This year I am doing an experiment by growing some potatoes in large pots of leafmould with some fertilizer added. So far they are growing just as well as a pot with multipurpose compost. We will see at harvest time !

[@physicaltech12]

Thanks for giving advice, I really need to step up my composting game.. definitively will make a space designated for it.

[@tonicasaesmeralda8612]

I normally cut my firewood in the same spot. So by the end of the firewood winter cutting season, I have a huge pile of chainsaw sawdust, leaves, wood chips and various other tree parts. I like watching your channel keep going you are doing a great job! :)

[@przybyla420]

Personally I would avoid chainsaw dust unless it was veg oil.

[@maryoshea933]

Great ideas, one or two I had nearly forgotten.

[@mylesadams1662]

Green manure and green manure mixes of legumes and annual grass,usually a grain of some sort is a great way to build soil even some large scale farmers are using them (plenty of videos on here about farmers using them just seach green manures) one farmer i watched was interviewed and couldn't get access to compost/manure for some reason and relied on them on there own and had great results.the legume or mix of legumes pull nitrogen from the air and put them into the nodules of there roots so when you cut it back after 4-6weeks of growth the nitrogen is release into the soil when the roots begin to decompose and the annual grass/grain as a source of carbon to builds organic matter levels.even in a permaculture situation you can grow legume trees that do that same and or perennial clumping grasses and use either as a mulch for long term fertility :)

[@ClausenWorld]

Excellent video Huw. Your knowledge is greatly appreciated. I got my copy of grow food for free last week. I LOVE IT! Thank you and keep the videos coming. Your subscriber from the US.😊👩🏽‍🌾🌻🍠🥕🥬

[@robertbaines6073]

I dress my blueberry bushes with coffee grounds and it’s very effective.

[@HuwRichards]

Oh I know right! We do the same for our blueberries in tubs!

[@debbiet5130]

I've read that coffee grounds add caffeine to the ground which deters growth and that you should put them in your compost rather than straight round the plants. What do you think? I have blueberry bushes so was interested in this comment. Thank you! Great video, by the way!

[@debbiet5130]

@Amy Sternheim Thanks. I can do that as I have Scots Pines on my land!😃

[@joannecarroll5504]

@@rebeccamcnutt5142 Coffee *grounds* are not acidic. *Coffee* is acidic. Once coffee is made with water, the acidic component is in the fluid. The flushed & drained grounds remain almost as perfectly neutral as water. Coffee grounds pH is 6.8 & Water pH is 7. ref Morag Gamble - Masters Degree in Environmental Education (Hons) from Griffith Uni. You may find her YT channel & her blog 'Our Permaculture Life' helpful, she's extremely knowledgeable.

[@soniag4516]

@@debbiet5130 I always just scatter coffee grounds around y plants and they are happy producers.

[@Fivebarkerboys]

Ask Huw, and others that have good experience in the field. You have a lot of potential if you start young, well done for even being intrested in gardening, even though it's not a common trend in youths in the world's society. Do anything that works for you, make memories and not dreams! Keep Going! Vaughn Barker

[@tanarehbein7768]

So practical as usual. Thanks!

[@ranifrah]

Just bought your book after seeing some of yiur great videos. Thank you for your effort. I hope I will come back soon with some good news.

[@Helsbels3636]

Thank you Huw for this timely advice. Now I want to find out how to better improve my slow slow compost creation in my plastic darlek. My garden is small, my hopes are high!

[@Liloldliz]

hi Helen, i hope the virus years have been kind to you and that your composting is going well. i have borrowed some worm castings from a friend to add to my compost heap and found it helped a lot. you can add coffee grounds too, and autumn leaves. those make lovely soil.

[@sandrachaluisan3048]

Always excellent information. Thank you for sharing.

[@HuwRichards]

Thanks for watching!

[@christelchristely2816]

The biochar is a game changer. I make it myself in a Kontiki from wood from my garden so it is for free.

[@HuwRichards]

That's fantastic Alex!

[@ukpaul9221]

Great useful vid, Huw. Thanks, Some of my beds should be OK for compost but others are sparse so your vid was especially helpful. Greetings across the Marches. Paul

[@tracyvancuylenburg4943]

Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us..

[@suburbanhomestead]

Glad to see you using grass clippings, despite the U.K. climate. Here I would recommend applying 2-3 times a week to slowly form a 2 inch layer that is dry and won’t go anaerobic. I don’t have much slug damage, especially if I plant larger seedlings. It is almost like the slug send up eating the grass clippings

[@HuwRichards]

If used in the correct way then it should absoluetly be taken advantage of is the resource is available locally! I may trail your method of application though, sounds really great :)

[@alisefulton4902]

Do you use clippings once the dandelions and other weeds have gone to seed? That just sounds like a recipe for disaster to me.

[@suburbanhomestead]

@@alisefulton4902 I do. It can be a problem if don't constantly put more and more mulch. That way weeds don't get a time to establish themselves. Dandelions have not been a serious problem for me, ground ivy has. The plants love the mulch thought.

[@Nexus-ub4hs]

I’m in the SE, I’ve literally only had to mow the lawn twice since May 😐... usually it’s once a week, strange as we’ve had rain but sure miss being able to use them

[@johnnyaingel5753]

Thank you for sharing and hello from America

[@saskiaseaglass9504]

We are just finishing our second Summer of growing and had just decided to for-go some raised beds in order to use them as beds for composting and ageing manure. (Think I applied manure too close to Spring planting and didn't have a great season). Also, hoping a lot of expense and plastic will be avoided by not having to hall in bags to top up beds each year. Was reaffirming to watch your video and feeling better about our decision. Thanks!

[@JensGardenAdventures]

Cheers Huw, great vid! Gave me quite a few ideas on things i can do over my little plot. Thanks. Jen

[@HuwRichards]

My pleasure Jen! Happy growing :D

[@giojared]

Great video! Grow on!

[@ThyBookie]

For liquid feed I use bokashi tea and it’s wonderful!

[@micheals1992]

Last year in a tomato grow bag I cut the stems off the old plants before the winter leaving the roots in the grow bag (mostly because I'm lazy!) This year I couldn't get any compost so had to reuse as much as I could. I mixed a load of slow release fertilizer pellets into the old grow bags and planted the tomatoes in the used compost and we had our best tomato harvest ever this year. I'm not sure if the old rotted roots helped in the bag but I suspect it's more because I took my garden allot more seriously this year, watering and pruning them better to prevent disease. Now that the growing year is up I've decided scrap grow bags and removed the floor in my greenhouse and I've dumped all of the old and new compost (which I eventually managed to get) directly on the soil so next year my plants should have more freedom for root development and access to normal soil (natural nutrients that I haven't had to pay for), I'm just hoping no creeping weeds managed to get under the greenhouse frame. I have heard allot of people say that grow bags are a very expensive way to grow things. The beds I've made with the compost from them are at least 6 inches deep from top to soil when firmed up (walked on) so it definitely takes allot more compost for grow bags. I'm also hoping that they'll be allot more secure with water supply as in the heat of summer a grow bag can dry out within a day.

[@ramlosaclash]

Such wonderful videos. Brilliant, thank you. It's always mindboggling that there are people who actually find a reason to down vote videos like this.

[@theodoreparkin982]

Excellent, thank you for the info.

[@kamaldhaliwal5013]

Great helpful video thanks

[@howtomakebygayatri8096]

. bahut hi acche se bataya thank you for sharing

[@HuwRichards]

My pleasure :)

[@Constantinului]

Great tips ! Thank you, brother

[@HuwRichards]

You're welcome 😊

[@gyorgyangelkottbocz9766]

GREAT VERY INFORMATIVE video thanks! you're spot on! leaves also work well, old straw or other bedding, manure or chicken/rabbitses poop, etc. a big problem with boughtin compost though is you don't know what's in it and how is was actually made, be careful using it fellow gardeners!

[@TD-wi1zh]

Yup, unless you can trust them to have the same level of care as you have. I've found all sorts of stuff in those, even in high-grade commercial compost.

[@SabineCretella]

I usually mix 50% old compost 50% fresh compost - it worksgreat. I have been doind this sinde 2014 (always lacking compost over here ... I try to get all sorts of greens from wherever I can get them)

[@anilkapur1584]

Nice tips, thank you very much!

[@dddilworth12]

I love this video! I'm just starting garden beds this year, and I have little waste to work with as far as composting goes, so these are excellent suggestions. I have a question, though: In the clip with the collaborators who use comfrey as a compost, how do they control it? I live in the US, and I worry about comfrey's potential aggressive growth, as I've heard that even small pieces of root will sprout new plants (so pulling them isn't a good idea, much like vetch). Are raised beds enough to contain comfrey? I don't need the farmers who basically surround me to get angry with me for growing it.

[@Mrbfgray]

I've been experimenting with confery for 6 months only, here in N. California it's very thirsty and prone to wilting. I will probably transfer some to afternoon shade locations.

[@GARDENER42]

The problem I had was insufficient brown to mix with green material (I cut two other lawns). Fixed that with my old, heavy duty office shredder & an unlimited supply of corrugated cardboard boxes. Mixed 2:1 by volume grass to cardboard makes a great compost when everything else is mixed in. Over 100kg of cardboard went into my two 1m² bays last year, which produced enough compost for a 5cm layer on seven beds, each 1.2mx3.5m.

[@timcent7199]

Huw I love your videos. You go about everything as if you have a love affair with your garden. Thank you.

[@ohiogardener4019]

I never have bare ground in my raised beds. They are always covered with compost, grass clippings, leaves, Comfrey leaves, or some other mulch. The mulch not only helps conserve moisture, but it feeds the soil food web beneath it. I not only use coffee grounds on the gardens, but I add it to the compost. Starbucks has lots of free coffee grounds that otherwise would go into the landfill.

[@HuwRichards]

Yeah Starbucks is a great place to get free coffee grounds :D

[@ohiogardener4019]

@@HuwRichards Have you read the Jeff Lowenfels books "Teaming with Microbes", "Teaming with Nutrients", and "Teaming with Fungi"? Though I have been an organic gardener for 60 years or so, these books were a game changer for me.

[@celestesand4133]

I love your videos .

[@barbaracarreon9758]

Good morning Huws! Yes Oh I knew you will eventually talk about Comfrey and Neetle and make liquid to feed plants. Great!! Im so happy for the plants heheh

[@HuwRichards]

I just can't not talk about it ;)

[@barbaracarreon9758]

Lol

[@OrtoForesta]

Wood ash is highly alkaline, and won't be liked by most soft fruit (which prefer lower pH). It can also cause problems if applied too abundantly, especially in no-dig systems.

[@katielee9354]

l always look out for yr channel, lv learnt so much fr them, thank you.We decided to grow veg every available space so bought 14 x 15 Lt containers January but have v little spare soil so experimenting with 'lasangna' method ie containers layered with 2" garden soil +2"shredded paper + 2"green leaves( dandelions fr walks)+ 2" hm compost then 2" kitchen veg waste. Repeat till pot is full & last layer garden soil. So far my lettuce ,spring onions, raddish, spinach even garlic are growing well. Will be trying tomato plants & dwarf beans same way to see if works. Salads we hope will be harvested before the soil breaks down into compost & lowers in the containers. Do you think it will work ?

[@jeanpaulmilan]

juniper tree in your garden, thanks for all yur help...

[@watermelonlalala]

Very good video.

[@tessasilberbauer6219]

Thank you. We have a (newly esrablished) compost heap but lockdown here has forbidden all but essential goods. And as I don't grow veg commerially, my needs aren't essential (I would rather help mitigate the risk to others than have a perfect garden, but.) This was necessary.. Thank you.

[@HuwRichards]

Thank you so much Tessa

[@spencerwilton5831]

Tessa Silberbauer On the plus side, I suspect all your locked down neighbours are making the most of the situation by tidying up their gardens? They will likely be delighted to offload all their pruning, clipping and weeding waste which should give your compost heap a boost!

[@dimck1813]

Very good information!

[@HuwRichards]

Thanks Di!

[@rowinggranny5216]

Really helpful. thank you

[@ZokomoTV]

Excellent video Huw! We use coffee grounds that haven't been brewed on our blueberry bush

[@HuwRichards]

Thank you! What a waste of coffee though? ;)

[@ZokomoTV]

@@HuwRichards Haha yes! Now I'm trying to use leftover brewed coffee to see what that does. I don't like wasting things!

[@crochetingaroundnewzealand]

I also put all my weeds into a big bucket and cover with water. Leave for a few weeks and they rot down and the liquid makes an excellent tea for your gardens

[@mygardenhomestead]

Thanks great video Nice tips 😊👋👋👋

[@growmuchmore420]

Another darling video, unfortunately ( as is the problem for many of us ) i don't have the room for a compost bin so liquid feed is my only option. It's a great option if space is at a premium!

[@gailthornbury291]

Mummy Grows Best I’ve got a rotary compost bin and it works like a charm. It’s rodent proof so I can add kitchen scraps without worrying.

[@DestructionBots]

Thanks for the information Huw, who dislikes these videos ? I think they are 10/10

[@electedsphinx4086]

Me as an intellect who started my compost system 2 years before actually building my garden and always have access to finished compost and unfinished compost(for mulching) year round, even been playing around with worms turning finished compost into vermicompost which I use primarily for starting seeds now

[@opencoop4268]

Fantastic tips! Thank you. I am wondering about the grass clippings at a very thin covering. Since they would be dried by the sun wouldn't we lose the Nitrogen and end up with Carbon on the surface instead?

[@shaktibutterfly]

I'm loving your videos! I have a question, in my wood burner I use briquettes and light them up with paraffin blocks. Can I use the ash from tgese in the garden? Thanks 🙂

[@wadoryujh]

I’ve moved into a place in December, turned the coal bunker that was here into a compost bin, keeps the heat in, used all the cardboard I have, random material around the property, the girlfriend works in Tesco, and is allowed any out of date food, so use that. My lawn was pure weeds saw a lady on Facebook who had 30 bags of oak leaves, smothered the “lawn” mowed it a lot to chop it up, and started using that for an excellent carbon source. Needed more nitrogen so found some clean horse manure, mixed it into the compost an in a couple of weeks pretty much broken down, as my previous heap was very active. Now that’s just doing it’s thing, I have about a ton, in the coal bunker, and many bags of horse manure, leaves for once I need my main. I’m never going to need to buy it again. Shame as I’ve bought a lot to set up my beds and new lawn. But it’ll make itself back.

[@navyak.a3345]

What type of fencing have you done for your garden and how you prevent it from termite attack...?