The Epic New 3-Bin Compost Pile - Capable of Making TONS of Compost!

Today we share our huge new commercial composting area. It's a classic 3-bin composting area with lots and lots of space to make TONS of compost!
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Composting on a household scale is easy - but what about on a larger scale? We need to make lots of compost for our plant nursery, so CJ and Sam built us a big concrete compost bin capable of making tons of compost a year. We're using it for composting chicken, restaurant waste, coffee ground, peanut waste and more.

[@karen-hillshomestead]

Tip for CJ and Sam for doing such a great job!

[@davidthegood]

Thank you - I will share it with them

[@77ID]

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[@HomeStudioBasics]

This is awesome. Since watching nearly all of your composting videos, I pretty much compost everything. When I come home from fishing, I filet the catches and then bury the rest of the carcasses in the compost. Pretty amazing how fast they are eaten by all the worms and maggots. I'm all for more composting videos LOL. It's pretty much my favorite thing ever.

[@hoperules8874]

mmmm...that's good mulch!

[@HomeStudioBasics]

TINA COME GET SOME COMPOSTED HAM!!!😂🤣@@hoperules8874

[@markkristynichols845]

Great job young men!!! I got yelled at yesterday for grabbing veggies from Senior Center dumpster for my chickens 😳. Guess I gotta be more stealthy 😂. ❤ the bins, Kristy 😃🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@davidthegood]

People ain't got no chili anymore.

[@carrotspaghetti236]

After coffee and doughnuts at church Sunday, I dared to route through the upper part of a trash can for the half eaten doughnuts...didn't do enough to agitate onlookers. Ended up tossing it directly to happy chickens. Slow track instead of fast track to the compost pile.

[@midwestribeye7820]

I bring a small trash bin to the cafeteria when I do lunchroom duty at school. The kids know if they don't want to eat their food, they can feed my chickens instead of throwing it in the trash cans. They always rush to be the first kids to put their scraps in the bucket. The students always enjoy seeing pictures of my 'Laying Ladies,' too.

[@dubrd5926]

Those bends sure tidy up the place. I don't have compost binds myself due to lack of ambition and being lazy. My method for composting is also to compost everything. I just add to the pile for one year and never turn it or concern myself with brown or green material mixture. I start a new one every year and leave them alone until the 3rd year. The compost I use for my garden is always from the 3 year old pile. It sure makes the garden grow and the food I get is better than anything I have bought from the store.

[@RealJasmineLove]

I'm so glad I'm not the only one ❤

[@elijahsanders3547]

People might be amazed at just how much composting can reduce the waste they throw out. It can be pretty crazy significant.

[@awakelingsignals]

I am 1 minute and 39 seconds into this video...and I just gotta say I’m digging the tunes david 🎵 alright back to the epic compost matter 🌱🌞

[@pamwade2047]

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[@pampotgieter7611]

David, that is so awesome that your son CJ and his friend Sam built this 3 bay system for you. And what a fantastic job they did too. You must be very proud of your son and his friend. Thank You for sharing your knowledge and experience with us. Much love from SA 🌍🇿🇦🤗👍👋❤❤❤❤❤❤❤And may your thumb always be green.💚

[@HomeStudioBasics]

Lol @ the title. I'm immediately reminded of Breakfast Club and the scene where Allison is telling Claire about how much liquor she drinks. (Modified): Claire: How much compost can you make with that epic new 3-Bin compost system? Allison: *Smiles* TONS. 🤣😂 Epic video! Edit: OMG I didn't even recognize you without the beard lmao. I'm like.. who's that guy in the gre.. *GASP*!!! It's YOU!! LOL.

[@trumpetingangel]

I compost small amounts of meat (and my chicken who died), but bears are a notorious problem around here. As in, one finds scat in the back yard. So I bury it deep and usually only small amounts. After I buried the chicken, the cantaloupe scraps buried nearby sprouted and produced huge plants, faster than I've ever seen anything grow!

[@dirtpatcheaven]

Oh no. You are taking away my excuses for those peat moss bales in the hotbeds. That would save me $300 a year. Sometimes your great ideas make me cringe a little while I try to level up.

[@mwmhzzt101]

lol. Straw bales here.

[@jasonpalermo8679]

HEY MAN, i have a soon to be 4 year old and have been watching your videos for years. Its crazy seeing how much your son has grown. as a first time father, this filled me with anticipation. thanks for all the education and the fatherly previews. Nice work, CJ.

[@davidthegood]

Happy almost birthday to your buddy! Thank you, Jason.

[@meanqkie2240]

Amazing professional job those gentlemen did! Thought you paid a commercial crew to come in and do it! Outstanding!

[@Shane_O.5158]

hi David, i once read an apple book where they dug up an apple tree and found the roots had wrapped around a skelaton, fruit trees like the bones, since then i have put 1 chicken leg bone and lamb or beef bones in my potted trees.

[@oldscout7]

David, you are TRULY BLESSED by reason of your children. Love your videos, have for years.

[@emilymarthasorensen1516]

Hey, here's an idea you might use for bones, if you're interested. I've started using all my bones to make bone broth. Afterwards, they're a lot softer, and break easily. I get more food out of the bones, and then the bones will break down into compost in my compost pile faster! Perfect!

[@davidthegood]

I would have to make broth in mammoth quantities, though! We're talking 18 banana boxes of chicken bones a week. You are right - it does break down wonderful however.

[@emilymarthasorensen1516]

@@davidthegood Aw, c'mon! You know you want to spend the rest of your life making bone broth! What are you, chicken? (Laugh.) More seriously, that makes sense. That's a LOT of bones. I'm sure if I had that many available all the time, I'd just compost the vast majority of them, too.

[@angelbear_og]

@@davidthegood Sounds like another new side hustle to me! ;)

[@EDLaw-wo5it]

Thanks for the info. I always heard to not use meats except for fish. I too use lots of coffees grounds. Havagudun David.

[@lisakruger5289]

Okay, I still can't get used to the baby face look! When's the beard coming back? And your son did a great job on that block work! And I love that Betsy and her tail wagging 100 mph! :)

[@edifying]

Yeah. If I could shake my tail that fast I won't have my weight problem!

[@lisakruger5289]

@@edifying me too!!! :)

[@melanieallen3655]

Very cool song!!awesome job!!You look like a "New man" with no beard!! Look 4ward to updates on your compost!😊

[@LesstraveledFarmstead]

So excited to see your business continue to grow ! Great job C.J !

[@hughbrackett343]

You can't fool me. I know an epic barbecue pit when I see one.

[@jonathanleo3778]

I've composted 5 raccoons a possum and a couple of chickens my plants love it and nothing was digging around I'm my pile I did find a few lizard eggs though

[@slowpoke4557]

Still not used to seeing you without your beard.😮 This is my first year really trying for a garden and doing composting, thank you for all your knowledge!

[@user-ic2ug8ys1z]

Elliott Coleman would be proud of your compost system. Keep on rocking DTG and clan. 😃🌱🐢

[@a_l_e_k_sandra]

This is what life is all about. ❤

[@Suptski]

Glorious! Really like that construction, looks great. The other day as I was thinking about the topic of composting I envisioned something very close to this and thought "hey, David should totally get something like that seeing as he composts so much, it'd be a good investment" and now you drop this video... Cool little synchronicity right there

[@kstewart3901]

Wow. That's alot of compost in the making! Loved the music today. Sounded kind of Beatle-y to me, so how could I not love it?

[@thepurplecraftshack3075]

You and your family are pretty darn awesome! Got my first load of chips this week after waiting 2 years. I'm stoked.

[@jhost0311]

Like your song. Has a bit of an Alice n chains vibe to it 👍🏼 Throw some redworms in there and you’ll have a nice colony in no time.

[@ricksteen935]

Dude, you rock!!! Love your sense of humor and you’re a brother in Christ. Keep on keeping on!

[@davidthegood]

Thank you.

[@janericvelure6883]

i think if you promote this compost your enemy stuff a litel more, maybe you vill get the feds to turn your compost pile on regular basis?;) anyway, nice work of\by the young ones:)

[@justinoffutt]

Need those boys to come build me one in MO. That’s some really good work

[@SmallSeeds]

I never imagined how beautiful a composting area could be. This is next level composting. It definitely puts my lazy piles to shame 😅

[@davidthegood]

Lazy piles are just fine.

[@tomsensible3999]

Look at those nice straight courses of block! Super!

[@rockycanyonchorin]

That's a dang sexy composting station!

[@EverettSmithLoveisAll]

The young men did and awesome job!!

[@christianspain3015]

Great job on the build guys. That is some very impressive masonry work and props to you for learning that skill at a young age.

[@annettecodding2364]

That is the most beautiful thing I have seen in a long time!!! I thought those might be your kids, then I was like "no, they are professionals". But they ARE your boys!!! So cool. Great job guys. It's neat to watch guys work that are good at their trade. Y'all did good!

[@sounddoctrine4473]

Your videos in the Caribbean are my favorite

[@davidthegood]

I do miss it sometimes.

[@dirtneck4754]

Very nice! I have a triple bin compost inside my garden area that I love. Composting was my first passion before gardening, and I still love it. I'm in Maine in the U.S. and the current big scare is invasive Asian Jumping Worms....I guess they look almost identical to the worms and nightcrawlers we've had since Europeans brought them over, but these jumping worms reportedly deplete the soil's nutrients. Folks are getting them in their gardens because they're buying gardening soil from Wal-Mart and the like, and the worms are in there. There is currently no remedy to rid the soil of them once they're established. To make a short story long, I'm so glad I compost and don't buy soil! Between home composting, lasagna gardening and no-till, utilizing urine, crop rotation, chop and drop, cover crops, etc. I'm all set without supplementing with additives from the store!! I love your videos, thank you!! Last year I asked for and got your "chainsaw" shirt lol. This year the "Compost your Enemies" is going on the list!

[@rosaarias7128]

they paved paradise... 🎼🎵🎶

[@louisfalberts7760]

I have found making compost where I plan to put in a garden bed, the compost proses really kills off weeds and grasses. Will build a compost room place when I have filled up all my bed spaces. Also local breweries have great material to add into your compost

[@l.johnston5152]

What a beautifully made & designed compost station!

[@hummingbirdhillhomestead]

Looks AMAZING & very inspirational!

[@midwestribeye7820]

I just took a load out to my compost bins. I also had a friend from work text me if I wanted any potatoe peels or old apples. Why, yes. Yes I do!😉

[@TheProCut17]

the boys did a great job

[@davidthegood]

Thanks. I am really proud of them.

[@naomi2646]

Thank you for sharing. Love seeing your blessings.

[@zmblion]

Good job guys that looks bigger than the one on the island that's going to be nice

[@k.p.1139]

Thanks, David. You are, David? 🤨 You sound like David...What kind of pods are growing in that new greenhouse? Did you fall asleep in there? 😲😲🤣

[@poorwotan]

Always wondered which Caribbean island you were at before. Watched some of those videos and I was left with a feeling of Jamaica (based on some of the things I saw you plant - not that I am a gardener/farmer/pro). Today I clearly heard Granada. Obviously I wasn't here since the start but now I know. Greetings from Puerto Rico!!!

[@MySuewho]

Fun and informative 😊 getting the book. Love Betsy! You're pretty good yourself, David!

[@daigledj]

Those uncooked chicken bones are also great dog food and then the dog also outputs green compost material

[@evelynkorjack2126]

i believe i read that dog's mind...when is this guy getting out of here so i can stop, drop, and roll💩🙊

[@Florida-X]

Awesome song in the beginning.

[@stephaniestrunk6664]

Omg rhis is great in all the years ive followed you dont ever think ive seen you shaved lol and the lids have geown so much wow and congratulations on new one i love yoir videos tought me ao much 😊

[@pa.fishpreacher6166]

Great Tune

[@Golden_SnowFlake]

Good stuff CJ! What a great gift, compost is the best reward! Because you can make TEA! Would have been a better joke if your name was Tea-J.

[@shannynwiggins8407]

The shirt!! Lovin it!

[@nates2526]

I got that shirt for Christmas last year. Love it.

[@evatafurmori2766]

Impecable

[@LeydavidValera]

Hermoso paisaje

[@rickershomesteadahobbyfarm3291]

I just processed a bunch of chickens today. All the scraps were dumped into a hole I dug next to a young pecan tree that I planted this year. I came out a few feet with the scraps so I didn’t burn it up. So now that tree has a pocket of fertility breaking down right next to it. I dumped the blood in one of my asparagus beds. I watered it down so it would soak in. I’m thinking about burning the scraps next time so they break down faster.

[@pa.fishpreacher6166]

That is awesome

[@samuel58237]

Love the tunes

[@carlschmitt9562]

excellent craftmanship!!

[@debrabeghtol4332]

Great shirt 👍

[@jeil5676]

I look at all those raw chicken leg bones and cant help but see a missed opportunity at soup or stock. Fancy setup ya got there.

[@davidthegood]

I can’t see making hundreds of gallons of it

[@JoeHinesFla]

Looks great. Nice setup.

[@Kris-ut4ju]

That intro music is hittin

[@elijahsanders3547]

Cool :) I saw a video recently of people who are on year 3 of their garden beds, and say they just use that soil for their seedlings, and they go back into the bed. Wouldn't work if you were selling them away though, unless you had some sort of long term cycle going.

[@beckypetersen2680]

hen you cut off your beard, you just lost at least 10 years...went back in time! I guess I'd not see the last few videos. Last Sunday at church someone brought their expresso machine to treat people to strong coffee. I handed them a container and said, "May I please have your coffee grounds for my compost?" They were happy to give them to me. After it was over, I brought them home and immediately put them on my compost pile before I even went into the house.

[@dgblac0]

Great video

[@ourmobilehomemakeover662]

I’m confused by the elaborate concrete foundation. Is it not better for the compost to have direct contact with the soil?

[@lisascheibmeir300]

I was thinking that, too.

[@gardengatesopen]

Like a pumpkin... 😉

[@MundoAkimbo]

I’d also like to know the difference (if any) between foundation and ground contact for a bin system. Would definitely be easier to clean out this way.

[@davidthegood]

I have tried both ways. The big downside with a bed that is open on the bottom is that nearby trees help themselves and turn the pile into a mass of roots.

[@jeffbrown2646]

David, ur reply to the using a concrete/block structure is so right 👍! I just harvested my 1yr static "ground"pile & the bottom half was clogged full of roots & grubs. 2 afternoons of back breaking sifting out. Evidently it wasn't far enough away from neighbors trees & grape vines. Great job by those hard working young men u've got there..well done.

[@l.johnston5152]

We have taken in many stray cats at our ranch. We tame them and get them fixed. We now have 15! They are indoors a lot of the time. I have been using equine pine pellets for the litter boxes for years because before we ended up with a cat litter clay mountain. The pine pellets saved me probably a thousand dollars per year plus they impart a fresh cut wood fragrance, way less dust, no chalky smell, and no mountain since it does decompose. They do a great job controlling odor until they completely turn to saw dust. Then I dump & spread them in the fields. But twice a day I scoop out the solid waste which goes to the landfill. Could all of it be composted? Could it become soil that is safe for gardens or any use at some point?

[@ebradley2306]

A few years ago when we had one dog I thought geez look at all that money (dog food) sitting on the lawn so I decided to compost her poop. Now we have 3 dogs. I use an old garbage can with a lid and holes in the bottom. Toss in the poop and cover with leaves. When that can is full I just leave it for 6 months and the worms move in and help out. Put the resulting compost on my lawn and flower beds. Win, win. 😊

[@ht6684]

lol I almost didn't recognize your face. And when you dumped those leg bones and some moved I was a little concerned something was still alive. BEAUTIFUL bins, some day I may do that vs my 4 bin pallet one. I raise meat rabbits and bury what isn't food for us in the gardens.

[@ss-kz9ee]

He looks like the really early videos

[@reginacarroll8149]

Nice!

[@neilellis2478]

Looks great DTG! I compost 100+ chicken and turkey carcasses a year in a similar setup and I can assure you that you’ll want a powered trommel when it comes time to sift it. I’ve got an extra cement mixer that harbor freight sent me without a motor you’re welcome to have, if you’re ever in north Alabama (5 Crescent Farms). Thanks for all the terrific content and books. You and your videos are of great influence to me and my family’s burgeoning homestead.

[@davidthegood]

I would love to see how that works.

[@davidthegood]

Is that the rotating screen system?

[@neilellis2478]

Correct! I attached a diamond expanded metal mesh trash can to the mixer and it works great. Found the instructions on KZbin just searching “trommel”. Open invitation for you and the family to come up and check it out, as well as many other DTG projects.

[@babetteisinthegarden6920]

I love my compost piles. In fact, I have the garden to fill the compost pile, not for the compost pile to Feed the garden.

[@MynewTennesseeHome]

My deer offal and scraps go to the pigs and chickens, the bones and odds n ends go to the dogs but I see the point,... maybe I'll bury the hide if I don't tan it.😉 I love your compost bags, it's awesome!

[@caseonfire]

Who are you, you beardless man and what have you done to David ;)

[@deannewilliams3321]

So nice!!! I Love it!!! CJ and his friend should advertise! Make dat money honey ~ whoop whoop 👊🏻 I made one about that size, minus all the cement, blocks and mortar lololol 😆

[@caseymarion7273]

Love you David, I gotta say I miss the beard A LOT but looking good man and always inspirational to see you working with your family

[@nigellablossom]

I was wondering if maybe he accidentally torched his beard over the epic chicken pit 🤣🤣🤣

[@caseymarion7273]

We need to see the video about this lmao

[@ParqForrest]

I love this! I compost year round! Just made a batch of my own bokashi I compost everything I can! Even all my scrap paper I shred and compost!

[@mekay235]

Wow Great job👍👍love this💕💕

[@JohnDoe-ib3hr]

This is the compost system my Grandad uses, a lot of work but works a treat and anything that isn't quite finished goes back around again until it's gone. Have you ever tried making biogas? its super easy and can be built with junk laying around, Iv'e got a 600L set up that produces enough for a 24/7 'pilot light' in my poly tunnel over winter to keep the cold at bay.

[@davidthegood]

We made it on accident once when a barrel of manure filled with water in the rain. I would love to see your setup. You can email me: [e-mail]

[@kimp2678]

Supposedly, coffee grounds deter digging animals, so I heard. So I put a thin layer on top of my plants that I am growing. So far, it has worked.

[@LennyLeLizard]

WANT!

[@prubroughton1864]

My cousin when he had a home kill as he also had a portable sawmill so he buried the waste from the kill put wire mesh over it to stop vermin digging it up. Made beautiful compost very quickly. When he died from cancer that is how he wanted his body to be put to “rest” but of course the powers that be wouldn’t allow this so we buried him in a coffin he and his son made from lumber he had milled 😊😊😊

[@stephaniemoore-fuller9082]

Some states now allow composting of human remains and there are companies who have a safe way to do it.

[@zoeysunshine504]

man, they really did a great job.

[@johndyer9232]

I can confirm that deer carcasses are great in the compost, or buried in the garden.

[@hughbrackett343]

I couldn't muster the nerve to put the outside of the deer in my compost. I didn't think I had enough cover material. Smaller animals, though, no problem.

[@johndyer9232]

@@hughbrackett343 Tried it last fall. Buried one in a bed and put the other carcass in the compost. Lots of fall leaves for brown. When spring got here I incorporated it into a proper hot pile. By the time that pile was done the bones were so brittle I could break them by hand. The next pile pretty much finished them.

[@KimTippin]

NO SHAVE November, David.... lol I need to make a bear proof compost bin. I made one out of pallets.. Turns out Florida bears are "fluffy". My big bin is now looking like a scrap wood pile. .again. Stupid bear. #GonnaCompostThatBear

[@davidthegood]

That is frustrating.

[@Golden_SnowFlake]

If you have a good wood chipper, all that bamboo would be a great brown! Might take a bit, but man... so much!

[@rainbowstu314]

Im at the bathtub size of composting. Great video!

[@nigellablossom]

You may be underselling yourself on the value of secret bones hidden in the bottom of nursery plant containers 🤣🤣🤣 like Cracker Jacks for gardening weirdos

[@chirodocheilman]

Adding two to three more layers of block height on this system would be such a capacity increase it would be mind blowing. If you filled two of these bins simultaneously - within a month you could combine / mix / blend the contents of the two bins into the third bin and just let it finish in the third bin - at first it would be overflowing, but it would compact down within a week. Once everything was combined - you could work on filling the other two bins all over again. So much organic opportunity.

[@davidthegood]

Yes, for sure. I didn't want to go higher yet since we're turning by hand. The walls need to be low enough in the center to throw over.

[@chirodocheilman]

@@davidthegood who needs CrossFit when you can be farmfit?

[@fivesons8706]

Isn't it GREAT when the boys become MEN? My greatest TREASURE and where my HEART IS... my sons. Children are a blessing.

[@karalevskyborzoi]

YES! 🎶🎵🎶🎵

[@danielapettus7693]

Everything looking good 👍

[@bradjohnston8687]

Dang, I had to make a long concrete slab for my Geo-beds & HM rollers.

[@TonyPaynecustomjeweler]

Thanks!

[@glorytogodhomestead3495]

Now where did my husband bury those turkeys in my yard? Need that compost!

[@ss-kz9ee]

How do you think it will go not connected to the ground. Very cool will be interesting to see progress. I'll stick to throwing scraps in garden. I can't be bothered with compost piles.