AMAZING Century Old Composting Technique Taught to Pilgrims from Native Americans

What happens when you bury garden scraps in the garden? They break down and compost, the Native American Indians knew this and worked smarter not harder to reammend their beds for spring. They buried scraps and plant material in the ground to break down and fertilize the soil for next year with what was taken out from that growing season. Check out our new clothing line! http:www.freshpickedapparel.com

[@shadyman6346]

I’m thankful for you, Luke! In 2016, I finally kicked an alcohol problem. Three years sober! During this time I’ve really studied gardening and horticulture in depth. Your videos are really inspiring AND so informative. So, once again, I thank you for your help, teaching me something constructive to fill my days!

[@yahnac4201]

Amen! Congrats! Way to go! Me too! Since 2017. Isn't it wonderful!! 😊 🤗

[@shadyman6346]

Cranky Beans Yes! Congratulations to you, too!

[@_thatchickchris8246]

That’s awesome!! Congratulations to both of you!!

[@jeannine9066]

Thanks be to God! I'm so happy for you! Yes, gardening is excellent therapy as it brings us closer to the Creator, who teaches us as we watch Him work and provide for us in our gardens. I pray your garden will keep you healthy always!

[@aldas3831]

Congrats! If you want to take it a bit further, look up permaculture. It is great And very useful.

[@sidtonic2427]

I used this method in Saudi Arabia back in the 80s because anything not buried dried out very quickly and would not compost in the heat. It worked.

[@richardmadrid2048]

Thank you for showing this video and giving credit where credit is due I'm a Native American man and it is actually the correct way to treat Mother Earth composting the way you did is very logical for today's understanding but Native Americans been doing this forever bringing back soil to its natural composting method the way God had designed it works every time thank you for putting out the video and showing to the rest of the world that there's other ways to compost and using the fish method as well just chose that nature recycles its natural fish a salmon lives and dies and puts nutrients back in the soil why do you think in the Northwest we have the tallest trees in the world Redwood forest where salmon runs are all through there salmon are the main nutrients to go back into the soil and grow fantastically large trees good job on trying to explain that to the public Natural Things are the best for Mother Earth soil

[@whosedoingwhat]

No disrespect, but did U know “Mother Earth” is actually Satan, by another name? Like “Venus” is.

[@vonmajor]

I think they call that the salmon belt. Extends up to 1 mile either side of the river courtesy of Mr. Bear.

[@billiev8705]

I had also noticed people doing videos on making biochar who don't even realize that indigenous peoples developed and used that technique for centuries! 🤦🏻‍♀️ I have been learning about indigenous farming techniques for a little while, and trying to point out that people need to give credit where credit is due. (Also, I just reported the person who wrote that "Mother Earth" is "just a different word for Satan." Sigh! The nonsense some people will spout just so they can think they're better than others... 🙄

[@LS-sg8rb]

Exactly - it's not a century old method, it was many centuries old when the Pilgrims landed in the American continent... four centuries ago.

[@lisasclafani5185]

@@whosedoingwhat he was being respectful choosing the title "mother" earth. Throughout biblical stories God has always used the natural way when he accomplishes something. Wait till you see how natural his wrath will be when he returns. I'm sure you will be amazed. Also Saturn, not any others, was named after the devil AKA Satan aka the dragon AKA abaggdon AKA the little horn AKA the morning star... there are more, but I've never heard him referred to as Mother Earth. The World God made by the way and to be inhabited. My mother always said if it works stick with it and who knows better then the original people that populated this country for so long before we tore them apart from it, twice at least.

[@theonlypd]

Best composting technique, let it fall where it is and allow layers to build up over time, nature definitely got the idea from me.

[@puppiepup2144]

I would patent it ;)

[@TheSunRiseKid]

😂😂😂

[@franksmith7419]

I was thinking the same

[@franksmith7419]

@@puppiepup2144 God already did. And He has given us permission to mimick. How cool.

[@diananore1368]

Chop and drop

[@crazykansan3026]

I know this isn’t directly related to this video but I wanted to write and tell you. I ordered tomatoe seeds from you this year. We just cleaned them out(they took two mild frosts before the first hard frost got them). Anyway my tomatoes were over six feet tall, and twice the diameter Of my arms around the plants. They were so green and healthy I had the entire neighborhood complimenting my plants! They were huge and had tomatoes still growing up to the frost. Thank you so much for caring about what you sell. I know it starts with quality stock. Also My garden is closed loop and I compost in my raised beds just like that.

[@tankgrl1980]

Which tomatoes did you buy? I'd love to try them. The variety I have a prone to mites hoping to branch out to some that are more resistant.

[@crazykansan3026]

@@tankgrl1980 I ordered Hillbilly and boxcar willie tomatoes. Those were the ones that have grown like crazy for me. I have also purchased black cherry tomatoes from them and they were delicious.

[@tankgrl1980]

@@crazykansan3026 good to know. I got some great tomatoes from my neighbor that also grow crazy high but they are mite prone and now everything has mites! I am hoping if I diversify my tomatoes I'll be able to retain a good harvest. So far have barely gotten any of my own, thankfully my neighbor lets me pick and eat all of hers ;-)

[@noeldeal8087]

@@tankgrl1980 The squirrels ate all of our tomatoes. ...Try dusting your plants with diatomaceous earth. Use a sprayer they sell with it. Maybe mixed with a little flowers of sulfur... And it's our own fault about the tomatoes. We attract the squirrels to our yard feeding the birds...😕 Birds/garden... Who will win next year? 😊🙋‍♀️

[@jenniferwarhawk7301]

Just throw the old vegetation in there and cover with a deep layer of straw. That way you're not digging and disturbing the good critters in your soil. Throw some dried molasses in with it all to attract the worms and you're good to go until spring. I even throw some cardboard in there too. I'm a firm believer in never digging your soil. Partially because I believe it makes for a very healthy garden and partially because I'm lazy.

[@TheNewMediaoftheDawn]

Yup, you can also throw them in the pathways and bury them in leaves or chips or just leave them there in the pathways if you don’t mind the aesthetics... Because plant roots will go under the beds and still grab the food, specially deep rooted ones, like eggplants, peppers, potatoes, etc.

[@ukulayme2]

Jennifer WarHawk the point of this video is to minimize inputs and close the loop. Going out and getting straw, molasses, etc is opening that loop

[@aspirativemusicproduction2135]

I dig only the area I plant. I just let living things do the job and they do it better than I ever could.

[@amzilla]

@@ukulayme2 true but molasses can be replaced with some chopped sweet vegetable scraps or fruit waste before covering up the soil with any other mulch you can find if you don't have straw available. the worms will come regardless, the sweetness just encourages them to check out what's above faster. the method in the video brings the food to the worms and this method brings the worms to the food

[@monki9846]

Thanks, was wondering about this. I’ve been recently reading about Dr. Elaine Ingham’s teaching on the Soil Food Web and the method Luke teaches here seems to overlap her ideas on bringing nutrients back into the soil. However, I do also believe in the No Dig method and it especially considering the Soil Food Web, it seems like a good idea to avoid digging. So your proposed method seems like the best of both worlds! Cheers.

[@johnthroop2092]

Thank you for another fine episode! Composting is not only useful it's beneficial, it helps our gardens and it does add more earth like you just showed! I had not really thought about that before, but you are adding to the topsoil and now there is more soil! Well done!

[@markratte]

Thank you Luke, that is an amazingly simple technique ! You are an inspiration to this old gardener, I always want to RUN OUTSIDE and work in my gardens after watching you. I grew up in Iowa farm land where you just put things in the ground and they grew. Here in South Carolina where I retired the soil is VERY Sandy and I know that I would have given up if not for your inspirational videos !

[@culdesacgrocerygarden]

I was actually already planning on doing something similar this weekend. Going build some new raised beds and instead of purchasing soil I’m going to throw in this years garden waste, layer on kitchen waste and leaves and just compost in place until spring. Hopefully I won’t have to buy much soil top it off. I’m 57 years old and my dad always trenched all the garden waste and kitchen scraps all season long and then tilled it in the spring. He was incredibly successful. I learned to love gardening from helping him when I was little. Your garlic planting video with your daughter reminded me of gardening with my dad.

[@datatamer]

We are continually thankful for you and all the knowledge you share. My mother always buried melon rinds and other kitchen waste, and we eventually coined the phrase, "We'll eat it next year."

[@shakirajohnson346]

I'm grateful for this channel. Wholesome and timeless content.

[@lorip938]

Love this idea... a lot to learn from the Native Americans... amazing people.

[@TheUnholyPosole]

... ever been to a reservation? Just saying...

[@lorip938]

Native Americans lived as one with the earth and did just fine for hundreds of years until the government forced them on reservations and took away their way of life. Makes you wonder if it wouldn't have been smarter to learn from them as the pilgrims did instead of trying to destroy something just because it's different from you. Just saying...

[@RonSafreed]

The ancient Greeks & Romans would gather leaves & compost from the forest & spread them on the field & use a shovel to turn over the leaves & compost !!!!!

[@jimmyarbutus2555]

@@RonSafreed Yes they also suffered from venereal disease, specifically syphilus. Several activities that they enjoyed were feeding people to lions, sodomy, learning about other cultures and then attempting to annihilate them. They like to wear long shirts too. And apparently the enjoyed composting. Several movies have been made about them.

[@calebfinn4762]

Two of the most amazing agrarian cultures in my opinion were the Native Americans and the Vikings.They did things we're still circling back to in modern "reinventive" regenerative growing techniques.

[@dlivengood59]

It's great that you are speaking on this subject, but it's even greater that you are giving the Native people a good report. So much condescension in the past. Thank you so much ❤️😊

[@brianaskov5379]

Luke, grow pole beans on a pole. End of summer remove pole, stalks will stay rooted. Cover the whole lot in dirt. Wa la compost!

[@lindamoses3697]

Now I know why we see string to grow pole beans on.

[@TheOleHermit]

Voila = wa la.😎

[@beautyforashes2230]

I leave bush beans in the beds since I rotate those, but I grow my pole beans in the same spot every year, to let them climb up the fence at the back of the garden. Those I yank out at the end of growing season and put some late cabbage plants there. I don't want the soil to become over-loaded with nitrogen, since then the beans wouldn't produce anymore. But if you grow them in a different place every year or every few years, it's a great idea.

[@zukothegsd6525]

I just stumbled across some of the best compost. My parents had a tree removed last year and the stump grind down. It left a mound of sawdust in the yard. As I was working the other day in their yard I dug into the mound and saw the blackest soil I had ever seen. I realized after watching these videos that it was great compost to use in the garden. The sawdust had broken down along with grass and leaves into this rich compost soil. I took some home for my new raised beds.

[@johnmudd6453]

I put as much sawdust as i can get into my compost , it makes my compost so much quicker

[@jimjr4432]

Being thankful almost all the time and enjoying life is not to be dismissed. Upon reflection of my grandparents, parents, and my life, now being 76, I sense I'm on a conveyor belt of time. I don't know how long the conveyor belt is, or if I will fall off it prematurely, but since I'm on it now, I intend to enjoy my ride, which includes gardening and enjoying Luke's videos. Blessings.

[@winfredtai7544]

I kind of remember someone was using cotton strings for the beans to grow on, then compost everything.

[@deloresochoa6235]

We have buried everything from our kitchen leftovers, leaves in the fall, all from the first winter freeze from the garden, into the ground it all goes. My great grandparents taught us this. All of it was buried in the garden. Even paper!!! The amount of worms in our gardens is unbelievable! Thank you for showing this.

[@christinewilliams1294]

Luke I live in the uk our winters are very cold and wet , I put my compost on the bed, for many years , I used black plastic in the past as a winter cover , I did re used it every year though, however , now I use fleece and pavement stones, I use no dig method I think I get the same result , I think it helps keep the microbes warm over winter. I'm too old to use wheel barrow now, it's easier to keep in the bed. My problem is most times I eat most of the plant i.e. Cauliflower, not much to compost just the root , so that gets left in the ground don't know if it breaks down as fast , in spring looks messy , plants don't seem to mind. I am very impressed with your knowledge keep up the good work, never too old to learn well done young man, just use Mother Nature she done it for ever, it works for her. Call it crop and drop.

[@ambrosemclaren145]

Amen to that one!

[@noeldeal8087]

What do you mean by you use fleece? And as for garden leftovers, this spring I just had my hubby did a hole and throw in veggies scraps from the kitchen. No meat or dairy.

[@marilynrowland5197]

Oh, my goodness! I love this technique! What a great, commonsensical idea! Thanks for sharing, Luke!

[@fannybuster]

I leave the pole beans stalks until spring,There the birds come and get the dried bean stalks to build their nests.

[@Gamingguy-my4wn]

Like the name

[@jimmyarbutus2555]

I hate birds and will go out of my way to discourage their efforts to breed by destroying any nest I come across in my hedge.

[@NKzutube]

Haha... that name! 😂

[@thomasackerman3995]

@e causey by second night of moon do you mean the day right after full moon?

[@dneyder]

Dry organics on a metal trellis? Hmm... 🔥

[@oldcar8586]

I hope you show us next spring just how much it decomposed.

[@EthanPDobbins]

Anything buried will be gone in a few months, except for some hair or bones if burying large animal scrap like deer hide & Bones

[@leynaabbey]

I trench compost in the fall bc we have long winters, and it'll break down faster, in the ground, during the winter, than sitting in a pile.

[@oldcar8574]

@@leynaabbey Thanks. I'll give it a try this year. My above ground compost pile doesn't seem to compost. Thought maybe because it was in the shade or because I didn't shred it.

[@leynaabbey]

@oldcar85 I compost on the ground during the summer. It works well, but it definitely helps to turn it more often, and break up sticks. Once a week I clean out my food scraps bin (I keep it in the freezer) and blend it up for a nitrous smoothie for the pile. Unfortunately we had a lot of limbs in the yard this year bc our neighbor had 5 trees removed, and 4 cut up 25 ft. LOTS are brown to break down. Getting lots of black compost though. Sunny spots do help, and a black tarp if you can find it.

[@oldcar8574]

@@leynaabbey From your comment, I see why nothing much has been going on with my compost pile. At least the visible part. While I usually put shrub trimmings on that are cut pretty small, I've been mixing in bigger pieces and branches and then not turning. Who knows, maybe deep on the bottom nature is doing its thing. But anyway it's in a backyard corner out of the way so I'm just going to let it be. I've started another compost pile. I've had some 100+ foot pine trees cut down November of 2018, the branches shredded and the trunks cut to 12", 14' lengths and I've been using the cut up trunks to make a rectangular compost pit. I bought something called a "cant hook" which is a 5 ' or 6' metal pole with a large hinged jaw that allows me to more easily move the cut trunks. Since you say you are getting black compost from your neighbors tree, I figure that the trunks will over the years degrade and make good compost. I have 2 five gal containers of manure that I got from a farmer 2 towns away and I'll mix some of that with my shrub trimmings and pine shreddings and remember to turn. I'll probably use your idea of keeping kitchen scraps in the freezer for the compost, but in the fall I'll consider my small freezer space too valuable for that.

[@sherryk30]

Its spring! Show us how it broke down over the winter! Excellent idea.😊👍

[@ladytorres8323]

My dad did this and happy to see you teaching it! It works !! So many things have been lost in the gardening culture. It is wonderful that you are teaching skills that everyone in the world can learn! I wonder if you have many subscribers from outside of the US? You are a great teacher. Kind Regards to you and your family.

[@MickyELee]

A fellow community gardener did not like that I chopped and dropped my veggie refuse at the end of the cycle. He said it took 100 years to develop soil from it. I considered it simply as mulch. So I enjoyed this particularly.

[@jelatinosa]

It only takes a few months to compost down into the soil ... 100 years 😂...

[@przybyla420]

Haha. Well what’d you think the elves were doing down there all day? Little bastards work their asses off and do they get any credit for all the labor!

[@gabitamiravideos]

The hundreds (or thousands) of years is a figure that might be true for open unprotected soils, but obviously not for raised beds.

[@HomesteadHopefulTara]

Gabrielle Gueron Even a huge tree doesn’t take hundreds or thousands of years to break down and turn into soil nutrition.

[@mediocrefloridaman]

Misinformation has been around forever. Haha

[@billsalcido7878]

he shows the “technique” at the 10:00 mark lol you’re welcome!

[@Leo-nine]

bill salcido thank you!!!!!

[@danno1800]

Thank you very much!

[@ambrosemclaren145]

A save! Thnx.

[@whosedoingwhat]

So you don’t like/respect his knowledge, his conversation🤔 or am I misunderstanding your pt.? Then again you may be ADHD for that I’m sorry🤔

[@ambrosemclaren145]

whosedoingwhat I think he is a wonderful guy! He lives not far from me so that makes it very cool. We are in the same growing zone. But for some, time is very precious. There are a few channels here where the salient points of the video are put in the description with the time frame noted. I, for one, really appreciate this. Very rarely do I have time for longer vids.

[@CedarBridge62]

I am Thankful for you and your KZbin channel. I've learned so much from you. Love your positive attitude and joyful spirit. You are a blessing and a Godsend.

[@gjbowens13]

Like this idea of composting & never buying soil again....everyone wins...gardener & Mother Earth 🌍

[@compticny888]

We used the trench method when I was growing up with one or two caveats. We took a row every seven years and filled in the trench with garden scrapes as well as what came out of the kitchen, adding a layer of soil (about an inch) and continued through the growing season until the ground was frozen. This became the prime row that we grew what dad called his premium crops the next year. and moved on to the next row.

[@sethmoking]

Is there a Biblical reference in there?

[@gameoverwehaveeverypixelco1258]

I've been putting food scraps in pots or planters before putting in seedlings, my beetroot and tomatoes are growing amazingly.

[@banzy3]

I've been doing this for the first time as of a week or two ago now. I dug slightly deeper, and also threw in some really decomposed wood, stinging nettles, grass and leaf clippings, almost like a mini hugelkultur mound (I suspect by Spring it will level off). It's great to recycle those vegetables that were growing in the garden.

[@JA-vv8wy]

Thanks for this video! I’m trying to learn more about regenerative gardening and also seeing where I can close the loop & using what I already have on the property to regenerate my garden

[@jo2sj490]

Thank you for all your teaching videos, I cut my tomatoes plants and let the roots in the ground and now I 'm putting wood chips on top with the hope that get a better soil and garden season next year. Thank you once again for your lessons. God continues blessing you and your family too.

[@MrBgwolf]

I have been using this method for years. At my old house and am having to continue it now with my new house. The people we got it from did not have the soil built up. So I am using it to help along with also composting leaves and sawdust to help get it where it needs to be. All I get right here from the trees or my shop. A by-product of teaching my boy's to make fine furniture.

[@Cryptid51]

You have the best videos and content for gardening on the net. Thanks for all you do brother.

[@kcbknitter]

I love your positive attitude for life.

[@unajimmie4225]

Happy Thanksgiving, Natives from all over will appreciate this video, I definitely do :)

[@Cecil_X]

That is the way I was taught. But then again, my great granddad was Native American.

[@LaHortetadeBussy]

Thanks men. Great idea

[@besthobbit]

The natives taught us so much and look how we treated and still do treat them. 🙃

[@SSLFamilyDad]

Absolutely love this dude, this is the best way to ammend soil naturally.

[@doloresreynolds8145]

Amen.d. Amend.

[@hart796]

Been doing this for twenty years plus. Great to know the history behind it.

[@TheLisapovedano]

What a beautiful soul!

[@MysteryMan159]

This is an amazing tip thank you so much! I think we all get tunnel vision sometimes and think there’s only one way to do something but “on the spot” composting saved me so much time. Maybe I’m a little weird but ... I love composting. It feels like when you’re baking a loaf of bread and waiting for it to rise.

[@mrnavy2]

Wish i knew this earlier. But will do it next year. And THANK YOU to you and your Family.

[@lbbutant]

This method works great for us here in Alaska! With us having shorter seasons, this helps cut down cost and time. I'm actually going to be working on this outside today! Thank you Luke. Great video.

[@AddieMorris]

I did this last year in one garden bed but not the other as a little experiment. And what a difference in soil and production I had this year. I will be doing this in all my beds from now on.

[@Ari4ya]

Love these videos. Been watching them since 2020. I always recommend to others to watch from MI Gardener. I'm from Maine.

[@jeannine9066]

I was actually planning on doing this, as soon as I feel well enough. It is snowing right now in North East Iowa, so hopefully the ground doesn't freeze too much or it will have to wait for spring. I thought it would last over winter, so you taught me it wouldn't, but is still great for my soil! So, thank you again for teaching us all so much. We are "Thankful" for YOU, Luke! As far as using straw for your core garden, you must be sure it is not GMO'd, or had been treated with insecticides or herbicides if you want to keep your garden clean and organic. Even in Iowa, I can't find straw that is clean.

[@nathanpotter8569]

Speaking of correlating subjects... this is something I have been thinking about since I started doing worm composting. You are absolutely correct that blending the fruits /veggies allow for a much faster consumption/ composting. Well could this method also apply to these situations. Such as having a chipper shredder mulch those plant stalks/vines/leaves to make smaller peices... which in theory would make the composting go much faster.

[@vinnettepope8255]

I love this method of composting

[@guybertabrennan7495]

Amazing simple rich nutrition for our garden.

[@jenniferdolgan8258]

I started doing this years ago when my compost bin was full. I thought I was just being lazy. Best part for me, after trying for years to increase the worm population in my beds with some but not great success, I dug into the "trench" to plant the following spring into an earthworm jungle!

[@julieb9215]

For bean vines-get a set of clippers with a small pointy tip & u can snip the vines every foot or two before trying to pull them off.

[@tubz861]

I just did this last week for the first time, just thinking about when dug up your mini bales, and now you did a video on it. Awesome!

[@homesteadpilgrim]

Thanks so much Luke! This video is still giving!

[@Zafirah4Allah]

I used this method last year. This year I'm growing a winter garden. I do have two composting spots, so I've put everything there.

[@joanneblair6085]

Thanks, going to do this.

[@auntiepam5649]

Thanks Luke! Great ideas snow on the ground so I am already dreaming of next years garden.

[@cedarwoman2]

Thankful for everyday I am blessed to have woke up.

[@andrew23890]

use a metal putty knife for removing the stalks. run the blade down the "smooth" side of the trellis, perpendicular to the metal you're trying to clear, so you don't hit the intersecting metal. it should cut or break the bean vines, and either fall off the other side, or easily be wiped off.

[@Bowfinger6383]

I was about to suggest the same thing. Only I use great grandma's old boning knife 🔪. I do a pass on the outside, then the inside. Easy peasy.

[@Pamela_Lang]

@@Bowfinger6383 ty! this past summer was my first time gardening and wowowow - those beans really adhered to the wire trellis. I just left it hoping it would magically disappear over the winter...lol

[@sn232]

Thank you!

[@sn232]

@@Bowfinger6383 Thank you!

[@lindalevan1745]

Thankful for all the wonderful information and techniques you share with us, Luke. Have a wonderful, thankful season!

[@EK-mx7zb]

I am trying this this fall for the first time, as a spin-off of your core bed idea and the Koogle-culture beds. Instead of chopping up and composting my woody okra stalks, black eye pea vines, and pepper plants, I've basically done exactly what you describe. Also, before filling the trench, I deep-spade the subsoil (only to loosen, not to turn it over). I throw in anything additional I have available, like partially broken-down compost from other areas, raw food scraps from the kitchen, and coffee grounds from Starbucks. I also cover the bed with a thick layer of leaves. My beds are not raised beds, but mounded rows with narrow footpath between. I hope for good results in the spring! Thanks for the upper-Midwest gardening tips, as I am in Cincinnati!

[@toneyjohnson8910]

I have been just putting it in my compost pile but I love how you put in directly in the beds so much better thanks for sharing Luke.

[@prestons5803]

I've been watching you for years and i just now realize we live in the same town or somewhat the same town so now i don't have to get seeds from offline i can just go to your store lol but anyways I've been doing this for many years now and always had great return from it and it's easier fall cleanup to lol

[@vickiejohnson3283]

Wow! This is perfect timing and I'm so excited to try it. Thank you for all you do! You make me excited for each step of my gardening experience. God bless you and your family and Happy Thanksgiving to you as well!

[@janehoefle861]

I'm watching this on the couch with my daughter sleeping on my knee, waiting for the heat wave in California to pass. I'm thankful for my lettuce seeds and herb seeds, that have arrived in the mail today, and the knwoeldge available on this channel .

[@Kight213]

Such an awesome idea. I’m definitely going to be using this procedure. I’m thankful for folks like you who want to better the world one garden plant at a time.

[@sadnakassan7368]

Love this system! One thing I didn't like (besides the cost 😆) about purchasing soil was all the plastic packaging.

[@michaelripperger5674]

Buy it by the truckload at a sand/ gravel yard

[@TracyR4]

I also add in the food/coffee grounds that I usually put in my compost pile too into my raised beds by burying it. Brings more worms and breaks down just as well. We take our pumpkins after Halloween and break them up and bury into our soil as well. Makes great soil.

[@pagelivingbeautifully8252]

Great teaching. Thank you Luke!🙏

[@lulasalem1250]

Thank you Luke. This most definitely makes sense.

[@ke3347]

Your 5th grade teacher would be pleased to hear you remember something from their class! I’m wondering about the rosemary. Do you leave it out all winter or do you lift it and bring it inside?

[@TjtYahoo]

I have been doing this for the last three years. In the fall I do this and start a leaf mold pile. Has worked great for me.

[@samjones3106]

How long does it take for the leaves to compost? I collected leaves from neighbors and made a giant leave compost pile but I'm worried it could take several years to compost adequately.

[@TjtYahoo]

@@samjones3106 it takes about a year. I mix grass clippings and coffee grounds with it throughout the year also.

[@sylviafoust9545]

Amen! I'm thankful every day. Especially summer when I can garden. Thankful for the strength to garden to. Bless you

[@iartistdotme]

This is similar to chop and drop gardening, also. Makes so much sense.

[@TheMarkbarron]

I have used the method with putting in hay or stray, and next year even if it's not totally broken down and you can see the hay a bit, you will find hundred of worm in that area in the hay. So it really works.

[@michaelsoltesz3779]

Ugh! You have SO MANY LEAVES! I am so jealous! 😜 I have to collect them from other people's yards!

[@michaelsoltesz3779]

@Amy Sternheim Mostly around here, people make "big piles" on the curb and then some kind of vacuum truck comes by and eats the leaves. I actually just go to public places that haven't been "landscaped" yet and snag some leaves for my compost. I am TEMPTED when I see bags of leaves on the curb...but somehow it feels "wrong". I REALLY need to FIND where those magic trucks go and just visit THERE! 🤗 🚚

[@herewardthewatchful1014]

Go to any local farm and volunteer to clean the animal stalls out of manure. I'm sure they won't mind.

[@jelatinosa]

@@michaelsoltesz3779 don't think of it as taking from someone, as they are discarding them anyway. Think of it as helping the environment, by turning that bag that would otherwise just take up space in a landfill, into something actually beneficial.

[@spencerwilton5831]

Michael Soltesz There is nothing to stop you knocking on the door and asking / explaining- they are unlikely to object, and in future might even save them especially for you.

[@GroProOrg]

Amazing living soil technique

[@joba7064]

Beautiful tip. Don't know how I haven't learned this yet- will be doing it in the future. Thank you!

[@glyvethgnostic3815]

Was going to start a compost pile... Never mind that! Thank you! 💚

[@shadyman6346]

Glyveth Gnostic I keep a bin still, But all time I’m burying a mixture of banana peel and used coffee grounds in the garden. It doesn’t have seeds obviously, so no irritating volunteer plants. Works for me, worms everywhere!

[@tamekahill2826]

I love the trench method I've been doing this for sometime.Throughout the growing seasons I dig a small trench through out my gardens add at my materials constantly feed.

[@pianoplants7884]

That’s the way I learned from my grandmother in Austin TX too..

[@tamekahill2826]

@@pianoplants7884 That were I get my passion for my grandparents.They did indoors and outdoors houseplants too.Grandparents are the best.Happy Veterans Day.

[@CustomGardenSolutions]

Luke terrific information on how to increase the fertility of your garden soil, grow better veggies, and save the planet.

[@clarkl4177]

Always MORE to learn--and no wonder!! Our amazing earth 🌎 was created by our AMAZING God

[@cbak1819]

Thankful for you. May God bless you and be known to you!

[@spoolsandbobbins]

Christine Bakowski amen, in the wonderful name of Jesus.

[@oliviabuch9350]

Luke! You missed a perfectly good pun opportunity at 5:31 ... “core”elation. 😂 Anyway, I’ve been gardening for years because of my dad and am doing a renovation this year and have been obsessed with your videos (past years too lol). Also, I think you could’ve been a wonderful teacher in another life, coming from an EDU major. 💜

[@joanneweimar6832]

Thank you for another informative video! I have learned so much. Spending time in the garden, inspires thanks to God for His amazing handiwork in nature!!

[@OurBucketListHasHoles]

I knew there was a name to what I’ve been doing every year lol. Thank you MI Take care-Debbie

[@anthonycummings6000]

Use a garden torch, i use it for vines on trellis and weeding

[@ShaglusZ]

we should have just joined the Natives... Smartest folks around, on all continents...

[@michaeltubbs4606]

Yeah, it's a wonder how White Europeans survived for thousands of years before they met Indians.

[@ShaglusZ]

@@michaeltubbs4606 the white europeans were living much like the indians before they were rounded up a long time ago and turned into feudal serfs for the same system we got now! this ain't no diss to the europeans, everyone has experienced the same madness.

[@user-yp1bu8jm7n]

I have been doing this for a long time i feel that mother Earth gives plants and we should return to the garden and help achev our gouls

[@heatherh.roberts7726]

You rock brother, thank you❤️‍🔥🙏🏻❤️‍🔥🙏🏻❤️‍🔥

[@erikferm5421]

I just top my raised beds and buckets with a mix of grassclippings and leaves , then cover with a layer of soil. It decomposes so fast and you have perfect new soil .

[@arvellataratuta2150]

Erik Ferm I would like to add some grass clippings to my compost but our lawn is treated, therefore we do not add grass. I think the lack of grass keeps my compost from heating up. Do you use any chemicals on your lawn!

[@erikferm5421]

@@arvellataratuta2150 No I don't. Try ro find grassclippings somewhwere else, you need both green and brown parts to a compost . Seaweed is also possible.

[@krustysurfer]

worm foods :)

[@katseyeview9354]

pole beans off the trellis: cut them every few feet. shake trellis. pull of remainder.

[@WoodsTreeFarm]

Excellent info! Thumbs up from me. Thanks for sharing

[@terribethreed8464]

Thank you for this. I hope many other's will implement this.

[@thomassmestead6424]

Actually, these methods of composting were already known and practiced in Northern Europe at contact, but the Puritans which came to North America, from Britain, via Holland, were not farmers. They were, for the most part, city dwellers, with very few skills essential to colonization. This is part of the reason that they struggled to avoid starvation in the first few decades of colonization. The Native people, who took pity on the newcomers, in a sense re-taught them skills that farmers in Northern Europe were already practicing on their small farms. That's not to detract from Native American agriculturalists. Many of our most common vegetables, such as maize, potatoes, tomatoes, squashes, and beans, were developed in the New World, by various Native groups, before being transplanted in the Old World. Potatoes and maize, in particular, adapted well to Northern European soils, and were less labor -intensive to raise than the wheat and barley staple crops, of pre - contact European agriculture. However, your composting video serves to inform those who have no horticultural or agricultural skills, of the easiest and less soil damaging methods of soil amendment, skills which have fallen by the wayside with the urbanization, and modern monocultural agriculture, of the late 19th - 21st Centuries in North America. 👍

[@s.leemccauley7302]

Man made chemical fertilizer usage has meant the loss of much knowledge that was common practice to 100 years ago.

[@dymondwillow2]

That actually makes sense to me! My plants are gone so could i dig in my household composting material in the trenches? and cover as they fill up....

[@barbkafilmout9449]

Thanks Luke. I TOTALLY AGREE

[@plants4372]

I just thought of burying all my veggie scraps in my pots in winter. Now I know that I am using an ancient composting technique.