Quick correction = I meant 27 cubic feet of compost. By brain wasn't up for math at 7am. 3' x 3' x 3'

@agostobloj

6 жыл бұрын

also, PLASE, translate to the units we use in the rest of the world!! 27 cubic feet (according google) is about 0.76m3

@beware_the_moose

6 жыл бұрын

which is basically just short of a metre by a metre by a metre.

@whiskers1978

6 жыл бұрын

It's also a yard by a yard by a yard thus a cubic yard

@killuminatepeacefulness3948

6 жыл бұрын

MIgardener | Simple Organic Gardening & Sustainable Living. Luke. Do u think if I start saving the little runners from my strawberry plant, I can keep them in my house through the winter until next year?? Unfortunately I have a all container garden. Soo it's hard to over winter anything outside. I was also thinking about keeping a little greenhouse inside to keep them safe and comfortable.

@shawncope110

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this vid i have been adding to the same pile in stead of making a new one turning every 2-3 days it worked but not very well thank you we love your vids

I've been watching lots of videos about composting since I've never done it before, This one is the first I've heard that says NOT to add anything new to an already composting pile. Best advice ever!!!

I think my compost pile was done composting, and I kept adding grass to it wondering why it wasn’t heating up again. This is the first video I have seen talk about this, and I have watched a ton of composting videos. Thank you very much.

How to compost in tumbler composters video Luke.That would be helpful for us who have paper size lots on cities who cannot have a compost pile.

1. size of pile 0:55 2. Not flipping it enough 3:15 3. Not enough water/ to dry 6:33 BONUS: adding to an already finished pile 9:00

@chrisferrario1540

4 жыл бұрын

jon smith love this Cliff’s version with time stamp!Thanks

@SJ-xr1wk

4 жыл бұрын

thanks for the summary!!

@joequillun7790

4 жыл бұрын

@@SJ-xr1wk X2 on that. :)

@JEvrist

4 жыл бұрын

“Too” dry

@EquipmentReviewer

3 жыл бұрын

Some heroes don't wear capes thanks!

I've watched this video a few times already and I keep coming back to it every now and then to make sure I' doing the right thing and I always learn something new. Thank you.

I know this is an old video and you're probably not going to see this comment, but I still wanted to say that - even though I've watched a lot of gardening videos, also about composting - this is the first video that really helped me understand what I've been doing wrong and what I should be doing instead. Thank you so much for this!! Greetings from Belgium

The topic has been well covered, the four basic points to make sure that one does not go wrong while making a compost. Thank you very much!

I'm not a gardener yet but I hope to start small next summer, I love your videos ! Always informative !

Best explanation I’ve watched so far on composting & composting mistakes 💯💪🏿🤓🌱

Hello friend. You should know this video answered at least 3 questions I had, today in 2023.

You did a good job in explaining how to administer a successful compost operation. Thanks.

Your efforts in providing the abundance of quality information you put into this vidja is still earning ya subs nearly 2 yrs later

I have watched 100 videos about compost and this is the only one that got straight to the heart of the matter thank you

You hit the nail on the head of my composting problem ...I will stop adding to it!! Thank you!!

Good information! Thank you so much for clearing up a few questions I've been asking!

Wow, thank you for articulating composting. Your information is so helpful. I think I know what to do now and not to do. Thanks again! God Bless!

Fantastic video and great tips. Learned a lot and pushing to get great compost. We managed to get some superb compost this year after trial errors and following your tips. Thank you.

I Love your content Luke! You seeds are top notch too. Thank you for all you and your family do. God Bless and Merry Christmas!

I just turned my compost pile today! Thank you for such valuable experiential information.

Some composting videos focus too much on explaining the science, and others use only pain english in an attempt to be accessible.... this video was a good balance of both. I like the analogies you use as they aid in comprehension and act as mnemonic devices. As someone familiar with fermentation but not composting, the science made sense to me. Great job!

I learned alot with this video. Ideas that have not been mentioned in other compost videos. Thank-you

I was just gonna start a compost pile, today/Thank you for sharing this information!

Thank you for this video. This is one of the best videos on composting! It helped me a lot!

Thank you…Love how you made the process crystal clear !!!

Very well explained. I have been adding scraps to my compost pile every few weeks. Now I know it is better to start a new one. Thanks.

Thank you for the info on composting. I've been lazy at it and need to be more active in composting.

I plan to start composting. Been researching, etc, so this info was very helpful! Also, yesterday I sowed some of the seeds I bought from you recently. So excited to watch them grow! Thanks for always giving us info we really need.

@MIgardener

6 жыл бұрын

You will do great composting!

Nice compost info-- not sure about the soap opera intro music. Certainly piles will compost as in cold composting but to hot compost you will need a balance of green material for the microbes /bacteria to feed on and multiply. This can be anything from manures, food scraps[no meat], or even rabbit food pellets which I use to initiate piles, since I dont get enough food scraps as most of my scraps go into my worm bins.

Thanks for the tips, man. I made the mistake of continuing to add material after the pile had already broken down. Now I have compost with random other material in it.

Right on time! Need more seeds for late summer and fall gardens. Any new recipes?

Finally found a video that answers the question of whether or not you should continue to add to a pile. I have been ready to get started, but couldn't understand how I would separate the finished product from working parts. (If watching you didn't catch that part, the answer is no, do not continue to add. Start a new pile) Thank you!

This was extremely helpful. I am about to start a compost pile this week, my first one ever, and this video was very helpful. Thank you!!

Thank you so much! That explained so much! I have 1 pile-DONE, & didn’t know what to do! Lol So now I know! I’ve actually made compost & didn’t realize it! You’re a great Teacher! 👍❤️

Thx for the very informative video :) I started composting for the first time last summer. My two compost piles are still cold in April (matching the outside temperature), although sometimes it is 10-20 degrees F warmer than the outside temperature. I live in South-Central Alaska which is consistently cold and dry (it's only really wet in our rainy season which is august). So I started the two piles last summer, I got one of those temperature reading rods a few weeks ago, so I only have been able to get a reading since recently. My pile has been shrinking a lot since I started it (I keep them above 3x3x3), so I assume that must be good and that it means that there is some decomposition going on. I have been adding kitchen scraps to it all throughout the winter and I have been mixing it twice a week since the snow has been gone (trying to kick the aerobic activity into gear) and I have also been adding 2-4 gallons of hydroponic runoff into the pile everyday since the snow melt because it looks too dry (I skip adding water on the rainy days). I am trying to gradually get it wet enough without overcompensating. I am thinking that once the outside temps start to get warmer and the pile gets wet enough, it should start heating up to 120-140 temps like it should right?

Just flipped my pile after watching the video and started a new pile to add daily scraps to. I was adding to my large bin and it was filled. When I flipped my pile I noticed the inside was dark black and full of worms but the outside was intact. Thank you so much for the awesome video!!

Thanks, you answered my question, which was when do I stop adding to the same pile.

Your tips are excellent, clear and easy to understand, I'm in the beginning stages of starting my compost pile, so this was perfectly timed for me lol! Thanks so much! Love your channel!

@MIgardener

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks a million!

Thank you This helps me. I was continually adding food scraps to my pile. Also it got rained on too much.

Best information on composting I've ever seen

I've just started a couple of days ago.More to it than I imagined but we'll see how I go.

It’s awesome your wearing an Arms Family Homestead shirt! I started a compost pile two months ago, and it just won’t heat up! This video helped a lot... thanks!

Thanks for all your knowledge!

I always learn something new from your videos keep up the great work and thank you for sharing your knowledge with us :)

Really loving the intro not sure how new that is, haven't been on lately but just wanted to say well done. Also love the composting advice thank you very much

@MIgardener

6 жыл бұрын

It is very new, as in 2 weeks old barely.

Fantastic gardening! Wishing you a lovely day x) 🦋

Great info! Thanks Luke.

That last tip was great. I always add the daily kitchen scraps to the pile, and it just slows thing down to a crawl.

Thanks for showing HOW to flip a compost pile. This was exactly what I needed to understand

@SAMATOZ2

4 жыл бұрын

I recently bought a 'compost corkscrew' to turn my compost and it works a treat. Cost less than $20. Now I turn my compost every couple of days, takes 5 minutes and little effort.

Excellent info thank you Luke !!!

Very explanatory. Thank you.

Lots of great information. Thank you!

This is really helpful in my work. Thank youm

I like your Arms Family Homestead shirt!! I have my compost set up in stages.. 8x8 for raw, 8x8 for second stage and area for finished compost that wheelbarrow can get to easily... it is incorporated into the chickens run.. THEY LOVE IT, the second stage I add sprouting grains and grass clippings into which heats up a bit again and the sprouts keep chickens interested in working it..(yup they earn their food😁 turning the piles and adding extra nitrogen (and usually scattering the piles EVERYWHERE..had to add little walls out of boards to contain each stage) the finished product takes around 3-4weeks and is BEAUTIFUL!!! Cool setup

@rickparshall

6 жыл бұрын

I also incorporate the rabbit waste into second stage which usually has a lot of worms in it.. chickens love scratching around in rabbit poop

Excellent video thank you!

Thank you for the bonus tip! That's the mistake I've been making.

YOUR VIDEO WAS VERY HELP FULL GRASS CUTTINGS ON TO THE COMPOST WITH 2 X FOUR LTS OF WATER AND IT WAS VERY HOT IT WAS STEAMING AFTER ONE WEEK.

Well explained. Thank you.

Thanks that cleared up a couple of things.

Good video I enjoyed it. God bless you and yours.

The starting music makes me calm down to listen to your class😄👍

I like this intro music with the slight reverb . very cool

Best compost video I’ve watched! Thank you

thanks for a very informative video

also wanted to say very informative. I have been learning a lot tx for all the insight.

4th year composting right now and this is such a great video... just started flipping mine that I started this spring as it was starting to cool down. my set up is 3 bins side by side, each about the same size as yours... which makes easy to flip as I just move it from one bin to the next rather than pulling it out to stir and return to the same bin. people often ask if it smells and I always tell them that if your compost smells then you are doing it wrong

@rickparshall

6 жыл бұрын

Gabriel Bayley lol some people think dirt smells bad... 😂I personally love the smell of good dirt!!

Thank you!! very informative.

Your videos keep getting better and better. I really noticed how much you slowed down your speech cadence to be better understood. Great job, I'm looking forward to more!

@MIgardener

6 жыл бұрын

I didn't notice, but thanks! :)

@mr.greenjeans8323

4 жыл бұрын

Sometimes Luke does talk pretty fast

For me, it's quite an aerobic exercise to turn 3x3 compost pile every week. Especially if the materials are wet and slimy..😀

Very good video. Thank you. I finally understood

Thanks for the tips! I didn't know I had to add water to it and that's why it's just sitting there doing nothing even though I was flipping it. I'll try adding a little water every other day because we are still having 100 degree days here in southern Oregon and my pile always looks so dry

@tracycrider7778

Жыл бұрын

Keep it moist, it will break down faster

Thanks for the awesome info!!!

Beautiful. Thank you.

Just what I needed thanks!

Love the new intro! Great video!

Super helpful, thank you!

Moving literally today, good information about compost for the new house!

@MIgardener

6 жыл бұрын

good luck with the move!

Very well said

That was helpful, thank you. Now I just need to figure out how I am going to set up a system that I can add to weekly, I guess. Thanks again!

@dman7857

4 жыл бұрын

I have a stainless mixing bowl I add scraps to and walk it to the compost when it gets full. I am sure to add all peels, cores, eggshells, coffee grounds, etc. Now I have a main compost and a large bin and a second one to use until I put the large one into the garden. Good luck 👍👍

Great teacher!

Riverponics flowing your way, great info brotha !!!

Jumpoff A: Thank you so much for your responses - I will definitely try the chalk. Again - Thank You!

Great info

Very good video !

At the end you answered my question. Thanks

Thanks! Best explanation ever!

Thank you for a good education channel

Hey MIGARDNER I watched your last video about scoring some free coffee grounds from Starbucks and I literally just came back from there after calling them.... totally free.... I'm all excited because I always here how great it is but I don't drink coffee.....heck yeah thanks bro.... don't forget we appreciate you and your helpful advice 🎉🎉🎉💥💥💥💯💯💯👏👏👏👏🍻🍻🍻✨

@myjunkmail007

3 жыл бұрын

You're lucky. My local coffee shops won't give them up. I tried twice this past summer and fall. I'm guessing due to covid, a CYA kinda thing.

David the Good just posted the same info!!! Have you ever seen Joel Salatin's compost piles??? WOW!!!

Good video. I also liked the video you did about how to build the compost bin you did a while back. Good to see it in action. Thanks.

Thank you for the information.

@millym3500

6 жыл бұрын

Catherine's Garden of LWS v

Thanks again buddy!

this really helped thank you

very good info. thumbs up.

thanks,will start another one

blessings from Canada

thanks very much

Great info for me, a new gardener. Thanks and havagudn bud

ur video was very helpfull, thanks, u take care

Thanks bro!