He never says like or subscribe and yada-yada press the notification yada-yada. Such a noble and gracious soul this man is. I rarely subscribe to channels on youtube but this one gets my subscription.

@CharlesDowding1nodig

3 жыл бұрын

😀 thanks

@alexmason1022

2 жыл бұрын

@@CharlesDowding1nodig Exactly. He lets the videos do the talking. And people like and follow because the content is first rate.

@rangerswife2176

11 ай бұрын

I’m so in love with him! In a friendly garden loving way🌸

@agentbarron9768

22 күн бұрын

Haha yeah I instantly subbed

Dear Mr Dowding, I absolutely adore every single video of yours. I'll soon be moving to the countryside and will have a much bigger garden and I cannot wait to re-watch all of your videos and put everything I've learned from you in practice. You are the most beautiful, knowledgeable, warm, absolutely legend of a man and we must protect you at all costs. Thank you ever so much for everything you're doing ♥️

@CharlesDowding1nodig

Жыл бұрын

Thankyou Diana, I wish you growing success!

My son got house with land in Germany. I just shared this video. They know I admire your skills. His 2 year old is helping. Thank you Charles 😊. Helping generations 🙏🏽

@CharlesDowding1nodig

2 жыл бұрын

Lovely to hear.

What a lovely man. I love these videos. Thank You for getting us excited about working with nature and in harmony with the magnificent earth and its abundance and generosity to us. We need to be gentle and kind to the planet we occupy. It treats us better than we realize. Happy gardening. 🙏 🐝☘️🍁🥀🌾🍃

@CharlesDowding1nodig

2 жыл бұрын

Many thanks Bernadette

I love how relaxed you make these processes seem. Its nice to see such an uncomplicated view of the garden.

@laceysnursery5080

4 жыл бұрын

Have a nice day 👌🏻🙏🏻💯

@julietpaz5230

4 жыл бұрын

Its sointeresting

@julietpaz5230

4 жыл бұрын

You have a big storage

@julietpaz5230

4 жыл бұрын

Well organize storage

@julietpaz5230

4 жыл бұрын

Youhavemany resources to make compost

Charles Dowding is the epitome of "Stay Calm and Carry On".

@RagingRapunzel

4 жыл бұрын

Agree! He seems like a very happy calm guy. I like it. 😊

@thetessellater9163

3 жыл бұрын

@@RagingRapunzel - I rather like the way he pauses to choose the right word he wants to say; reminds me of a long gone friend of mine.

This man is older and English. He's a humble Gardner, although he has proven and is one of the BEST gardeners in the world. Soak up his great knowledge.

@CharlesDowding1nodig

2 жыл бұрын

Hope you are right 🥦

Hello İm a Turkish man interested in gardening. I dont understand most of your words but I can understand you because of your peaceful voice

@CharlesDowding1nodig

4 жыл бұрын

Bunu duymak ne kadar güzel ve çok teşekkürler, size yardımcı olmaktan ve başarılar dilerim!

@The19610211

4 жыл бұрын

Same here and I’m from Newcastle! 😅

@roweyurboat573

4 жыл бұрын

@@The19610211 I'm from Newcastle, Ontario, Canada and my great grandmother was from Newcastle, U.K. :)

@nathalie_desrosiers

4 жыл бұрын

Put on Closed Captions. From one of those darn French Canadians that don't understand British accent, but love it nonetheless.

@laceysnursery5080

4 жыл бұрын

@@roweyurboat573 that's amazing

COMPOSTING HAS MADE US SO MOTIVATED, WE WORKED PULLING WEEDS IN 103 DEGREE HEAT TODAY !!!!!!! ALL WE KEPT THINKING ABOUT IS THAT THE MORE WEEDS WE PULL, THE MORE COMPOST WE CAN MAKE, THEREFORE THE LESS WEEDS WE HAVE TO PULL NEXT YEAR IN 103 DEGREE HEAT !!!!!!!

Mr Dowding, you have turned compost-making into a subtle art! I loved your debunking of common compost myths and hope one day to have a composting system as balanced and sustainable as yours!

@CharlesDowding1nodig

4 жыл бұрын

So nice of youMohammad and I wish you success

@renateschultz9926

Жыл бұрын

​@@CharlesDowding1nodigSehr gute Videos, aber leider fehlt die deutsche Übersetzung. Das wäre sehr schön.

I dream of compost. My friends laugh at me(nicely) because that is what i get for my birthday every year, a beautiful full dump truck load of mushroom compost. Best gift ever!

@CharlesDowding1nodig

4 жыл бұрын

Love that Angela!

@sandrad2506

3 жыл бұрын

That would be the best birthday gift ever. I would love that. My life revolves around compost. Keep well.

I just got 7 birds From Tractor supply Woking on getting some Wood To Build a Coop. You provided me Alot of Knowledge. Didn’t think to build a stable style building to Store my composings. I didnt know you could Make compost without Birds. Your Videos Go a long way.

@CharlesDowding1nodig

4 жыл бұрын

Good luck with birds and building!

Buckets are so underrated. You should do a video on the gardeners need for buckets.

@CharlesDowding1nodig

4 жыл бұрын

Love this, and such a romantic video title 💚!

@sandrad2506

3 жыл бұрын

You can’t have too many buckets. Also milk crates you can stand on them, sit on them, and carry things in them. A wonderful invention.

Every time Charles makes a video it blows everything I thought I knew out of the window! I'll stop turning my pile every 8 days now and just let it sit and toss on those weeds like they are going out of fashion!

The message I get from all your videos is not to get hung up about getting everything "right". "Right" is just a limitation we pick up from other people's expectations early in life. Chill! Let it go! And enjoy everything you do a lot more as a result. The side-kick to that is other people will find you easier to get on with.

@CharlesDowding1nodig

3 жыл бұрын

I do like your interpretation Peter and so agree. I was in awe for too long of others' expectations, and enjoy life more now, plus the garden and teaching go better 😀

@PeterBrodie

3 жыл бұрын

One of these days I'm going to pay a visit. I've got mobility issues from radiotherapy I was given forty odd years ago, and probably won't make it until spring. Seeing your no-dig method has enabled me to restart my vegetable growing on a small scale, and I'm especially indebted to your relaxed approach because I find experts a turnoff. Clearly you enjoy great success with your growing, yet lack the pomposity of people who think they know it all and want to impress - and to make lots of pennies in the process.

@CharlesDowding1nodig

3 жыл бұрын

@@PeterBrodie hope to meet you Peter though time is short

I don’t know why more people don’t compost it’s good exercise and cost nothing. Thanks for another great vid. Very helpful.

Great vid as usual. You often mention that you shelter your compost from rain in the UK climate as it would get too wet. I am finally figuring out that in our very hot dry South European climate we do need to let rain in, and even trap moisture inside with some kind of plastic cover as it just dries out in the hot sun and decomposition stalls. Sometimes we even need to set it down with extra water, which I don't like as water is in short supply where I garden. So climate is definitely a factor to consider, what works in the UK may not work elsewhere the same.

@Lauradicus

4 жыл бұрын

CSGOWoes true. We all have to work with what we have where we are. Seattle sends you rain!

I got my local carpenter to build me a compost station like yours but with just 3 bays which we called the tram stop. It’s going gangbusters and I make sure I put in plenty of papers, straw etc. Its such a great thing to have rather than a cobbled frame made from pallets etc. it cost a bit but SO worth it. The neighbours were very curious about it but if I can get great compost, I’d say they’ll copy it. They were intrigued about the roof but I explained that air is vital and you don’t want the air pushed out by rainwater. Great video!

@laceysnursery5080

4 жыл бұрын

I really want a decent composting station. I got a little shitty one atm.

@fourdayhomestead2839

4 жыл бұрын

I've recently found an inexpensive carport. I've considered using it, but I am quite fond of this timber framed one.

@guylamullins3602

4 жыл бұрын

FlowerGrower Smith I have compost but I put it in a chicken wire cage. It takes longer than his method.

@racekrasser7869

4 жыл бұрын

those beams aren't cheap, that's for sure. He has some money tied up into that structure, hah.

@laceysnursery5080

4 жыл бұрын

@@julie4178 that's true. I'm Not being ungrateful

I worked on a kibbutz as a student (many years ago) the main thrust of the economy was food production at all costs but at the outset (1950’s) there was a lady who grew flowers in her free time. She was ridiculed , folks said she was nuts but when the flowers appeared on everyone’s tables in the dining room grown ups were seen to cry only then understanding the value of both Thanks Charles

@CharlesDowding1nodig

2 жыл бұрын

What a great thing and thanks for sharing such a lovely memory

I am a compost addict. I have been watching videos about compost making for almost a year. I’m making my own compost and vermicompost. My family don’t throw things in the trash now :) I was picking up spoiled produce from markets and coffee grounds . But because of pandemic, they throwing it away now and don’t let me pick it up. I don’t have a land, I’m renting small house and farming in my backyard.

@CharlesDowding1nodig

3 жыл бұрын

That is awesome Natalya, well done. Odd that they now throw it away, there is a paranoia about Covid!

I had never even heard of watering your compost where I grew up because it's so humid. We moved to the desert last year and now I've found myself watering my compost all the time. Climate is everything!

Thank you Charles for the most comprehensive, thorough, no-nonsense explanation of composting. I am guilty of thinking most tasks on the allotment must be hard work, but clearly it doesn’t have to be that way. Cannot believe how much I enjoyed listening to you talk about rotting vegetation for 20 minutes!!

@CharlesDowding1nodig

3 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful in your plotting!

Was good seeing you on Gardeners World, Charles! TEAM NO DIG!

@CharlesDowding1nodig

4 жыл бұрын

Ah thanks. We shall be offering tee shirts printed with exactly that phrase!

Thank you so much, I learn and learn and learn from your videos. Love that you de-bunk the foolish myths...

@CharlesDowding1nodig

2 жыл бұрын

My pleasure Suzanne 💚

Thank you Mr Charles Dowding. I'm from Ghana and you've had a very big impact in my life... I'm most grateful

@CharlesDowding1nodig

4 жыл бұрын

You are very welcome Francis, nice to hear

Aaah, how I enjoy my weekly lie-in on a Sunday morning, watching Charles' latest informative video with a nice cuppa. My weekly inspiration to get back out in the veg garden and do some work ! thanks for sharing all your hard work Charles, from Australia.

Хороший урок. Дякую. Завжди знаходжу для себе шось нове.

@CharlesDowding1nodig

4 жыл бұрын

Радий почути це

I love listening to Charles. The world is a better place when he speaks.

@CharlesDowding1nodig

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Lisa

I swear that you could be a professor in regards to composting!! Love how you brake all the information down for beginners. Or at lest mean I understand it. Happy harvests and stay safe

@aldix1578

4 жыл бұрын

He’s already a master in all things gardening. 😁😁😁👌

@laceysnursery5080

4 жыл бұрын

@@aldix1578 haha he certainly is

1, yes put rhubarb leaves in 2, don’t need to turn your heap.......this was music to my ears Charles.....THANK YOU‼️🙏 I definitely have compost envy! Great to see you on Gardeners World 👍😁

@CharlesDowding1nodig

4 жыл бұрын

You are so welcome Lynn

Beautiful video. Very happily watch 23 minutes on composting!

I'm doing research for my school project. And this video really helped me. I just wanted to thank you!

@CharlesDowding1nodig

2 жыл бұрын

You're so welcome!

I love how simple you keep this process! Thank you!

Thank you for yet another informative and just plain lovely clip. You're the best! Also great job Edward!

Just made my 4 compost bins from untreated pellets and layered green waste and shredded paper ,mulched brown leaves ,green cut grass and kitchen waste,coffee grounds ,just need a lid on top and the process begins .... than you so much for the inspiration Charles,very grateful.

@CharlesDowding1nodig

Жыл бұрын

Nice work! Sounds really good

Charles talking about compost? Instant thumb up! No-one has helped me more to heat up a compost heap than Charles and his advice.

@CharlesDowding1nodig

4 жыл бұрын

Cool!!

Love compost and I love making it. Thanks for sharing.

I wish I could give more than one like, sadly I cannot.

@livenotonevil8279

4 жыл бұрын

Gotcha covered

@jonathanlathrop5787

4 жыл бұрын

you're not alone friend here to help

@viaviafog1508

4 жыл бұрын

You can share :)

His "and that is all good" at the end was lovely to listen to. You've got a fantastic voice to listen to Charles

@CharlesDowding1nodig

2 жыл бұрын

Ah thanks :)

Your set up is beautifully built Mine is 5 piles made of pallets bolted together. Right next is a 4 poles with fence around 3 sides. It's about 4m3 volume. I fill it up with all my leaves. Then, as I put, say, a 10cm layer of grass cuttings, I quickly fork on a 10cm layer of leaves. I used to have one pile just for weeds Now....having listened to this.... I'll stick them all together Mine are under 2 big trees and they keep them too dry. So I add a little water to help it going along. Too dry. No composting. In the deep winter , I go out and turn the compost a bit as all kinds of beasties are there under. I walk away and several birds fly right in. Do this everyday and they'll be there waiting :-)

@CharlesDowding1nodig

Жыл бұрын

So organised Peter!

Probably the best video I've seen about making compost. Thanks for sharing!

I'm off to tend my heap. Thanks Charles.

Wow the best composting tutorial ever!

@CharlesDowding1nodig

4 жыл бұрын

Great you find it useful Colin

Excited to see 100 degrees F in my compost bin March 16 with 45-55 day air temp. Put a pipe in the middle when I turned and left it there until all turned in . Removed pipe and few days later warmed up. Thanks Charles and your audience for the comments. Looking forward!

Thank you for sharing! This helps me to fully understand the process. I am eternally grateful for the knowledge you share! It’s helped me to simplify my garden further

He has much Peace and Knowledge

@laceysnursery5080

4 жыл бұрын

💯

@GeorgeRow

4 жыл бұрын

Diego Martin Pintos Yes! I find I gain as much from his calm, yet joyful, delivery as I do from the wealth of knowledge that he delivers.

@johnbrzenksforearm8295

4 жыл бұрын

I agree! His demeanor and voice make it really easy to watch his show and learn. I call him Dr. Humus, the incredible bio-oxidative decomposition master.

@laceysnursery5080

4 жыл бұрын

@@johnbrzenksforearm8295 haha 👌🏻

@cale583

3 жыл бұрын

except for the part of taking in other peoples lawn scraps. You dont know what people put on their lawns these days. Roundup and other kinds of chemicals in your organic compost is not organic gardening anymore, this guy is a fraud

Con tu técnica, he fabricado una compostera de 1 metro cubico hace un mes, gracias por tu orientación, me ha servido bastante para enamorarme del huerto, gracias por compartir tus conocimientos... gracias

@CharlesDowding1nodig

3 жыл бұрын

¡Qué lindo leer esto, y felicitaciones, también me hace feliz!

Thanks I’ve watched many of your composting videos and wondered why my bindweed just grew in mine, I understand now what I need to do thank you xx

@CharlesDowding1nodig

11 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Great video, thanks Charles. I'm trying my hand at making my first compost at the moment, but it's winter in NZ so finding materials is slow going. I'll be ready to go come spring now I've seen your video.

So just get your compost out of your own yard, this actually makes sense and i just learned something from you, thank you so much and you truly are the Magical Gardener!

@spitfirered

4 жыл бұрын

@@growingwithfungi Thank you North Coast Organic, sending much love your way all the way to Ireland, which someday I hope to visit!

I just put bindweed roots in my compost in a moment of complete reckless abandonment as I was just too tired and hot to separate it after harvesting potatoes. This guy is now my hero.

@CharlesDowding1nodig

3 жыл бұрын

How lovely Gwynn 😀

I've watched a lot of composting videos latley and yours is the best by a long shot subscribing now! God bless

@CharlesDowding1nodig

3 жыл бұрын

Many thanks Michael, nice to hear

Pretty much everything goes on my compost heap. All of my uncooked kitchen waste, cardboard, weeds, grass and my neighbour's laurel trimmings...after they been through the mower. I've recently started using diluted urine, watered on top. I've believe this adds heat.

Brilliant! Only you can brighten up a wet Saturday morning with a discourse on compost. Will be turning my neglected compost heap tomorrow!

Nothing as satisfying as good compost, when it's good I say ' it's that good you can put it on your toast.'

Thanks Charles I’m 79 and a first time gardener thanks to covid 19 and have had some success and many failures. I’ve built 4 pallet compost bins one being leaf mould. All are active to hot so will have compost by spring. I’ve enjoyed my new potatoes and have many juicy delicious tomatoe sandwiches. Plan to double my bins by building on the back of my present bins. What fun along with my kitty litter. Colin.

@CharlesDowding1nodig

3 жыл бұрын

Good stuff Colin, very satisfying

Another wonderful lesson, thank you. A friend of mine chips his kitchen greens in the food processor, esp brasica.

Oh Charles another brilliant video - I learn so much every time I watch your videos - I have a compost bed that has been going for nearly 6mths & am ready to use it tomorrow as it looks & smells great. Have a wonderful day. Thanks for teaching me so much !!!!!! Cheers Denise - Australia

I scrounged pumpkins after Halloween. Just placed a post on my village face book site and had them delivered to the drive. Only a few needed de seeding. Over all it was many kilos of material for the compost and helped my neighbours to get rid of something that they would otherwise have had to put out for the bin collectors.

@CharlesDowding1nodig

2 жыл бұрын

Great initiative Victoria!

My favorite garden!! Thank you Charles.

It's a big green lasagna! Great information to improve my compost pile.

Brilliant, reminds me of my gran, she made her own compost for1/2 acre pot and I remember helping her turn the heaps but never found out her secrets so thank you for explaining it so well. Loved you on gardeners world last night, fantastic. Best wishes from Heather, Isle of Wight

Love watching you in action - the knowledge you possess and pass on to us mere mortals is astounding! Thanks!!👍😀👍

I want one of these small chipper/shredders! Fires are a big issue in California, I am lucky enough to have local programs which provide free chipping each year. I see this small shredder as a possible solution for my composting issues, fire management, etc.. If I can buy something that cheap then its worth while to shred all the smaller branches and burn the larger ones. This really helps to maintain my property and get my food forest off to a better start! Thanks, idk why I haven't seen all these cheap/small electric shredders.

@CharlesDowding1nodig

4 жыл бұрын

Good to hear and this one costs $500 or so

@windwalkerfpv

4 жыл бұрын

@@CharlesDowding1nodig I will probably try the harbor freight or amazon one, they have pretty good reviews and are around $120.

That's the great thing about North Australia, compost's will be hot no matter the size.

@tealkerberus748

3 жыл бұрын

And also a great place for wildlife to lay eggs, if you want to help out your local population.

Excellent and comprehensive. Love the tips and myth busting. I work as a gardener so have my pick of other people’s waste! I often use a lawnmower to chop and collect hedge cuttings. They compost really fast with some grass cuttings and maybe shredded cardboard.

Building compost is an art. Love this

Thank you again Mr. Dowding, this is very informative.

Last year I did a huge amount of compost here in the uk this year I have used it to plant tomatoes, beans, marrow and they are flourishing like never before this is on London clay. Watering compost is totally different it’s like a thirsty beast but the plants don’t seem to mind at all if you forget to water I guess compost holds a lot of water compared to soil. I followed your previous videos and so glad I did. Keep up the good work.

Thank you! I've been adding diseased plants and those that went to seed, while attempting to get it hot. I thought it had to be hot to kill the viruses and seeds. In the past many years, I've only had slow cold heaps, it's a huge relief to think I could get away without the heat still :-)

I was really confused about so many ways to composting. Wanted to hear from you in details. Thanks Charles.

Thank you so much for this video! You make it seem so much less stressful.

I Like to add fresh course ground seafood compost in a thin layer with a small bit of soil that has clay or needs improving to generate heat every 12 inches or so in the pile. I Also have a copper coil pipe running water thru the bottom of the pile to siphon off some heat and transfer it thru the pipe to my greenhouse to heat my seedling beds and also supplement my aquaculture tanks with heat during the winter months.

@pansepot1490

4 жыл бұрын

That’s ingenious!

@GARDENER42

4 жыл бұрын

I used to go down on the shore here a couple of times a year after a summer storm when there's lots of seaweed washed up & fill the back of the truck with it. Left a while for the rain to wash off the salt, then into the compost bay in layers - I wonder if it counts as brown or green (bladderwrack & kelp mostly).

@CharlesDowding1nodig

4 жыл бұрын

More green than brown I reckon

@CharlesDowding1nodig

4 жыл бұрын

Great tip!

That was really helpful Charles even for me with two council plastic bins. I’m not filling mine enough.

You are the best teacher! Thanks Charles for sharing your knowledge and passion!

Thx, I always appreciate your simple approach.

"Everything turns into compost in the end" :) Yes! That's exactly my feelings (and experience) too :) Nature knows exactly what to do, how, & when! ;) I just keep throwing things on and leave it to Her! :) Love this as always Charles :) and as I've said once before, I love it when you disagree with the rules and the shoulds & shouldn'ts :) Love your videos :)

@CharlesDowding1nodig

4 жыл бұрын

Thankyou Mary

Thank you for explaining so clearly how to make a good compost heap. Saw you on Gardeners World last night which included clips of a younger you with the legendary Geoff Hamilton. You're a great teacher. I'm learning so much. 🌿🏡🌳

Great timing as I finished my first ever compost bin today and started a new pile today. Thanks for the reassurance!

@CharlesDowding1nodig

4 жыл бұрын

You can do it!

Thank you Charles for sharing your knowledge (experience); as always is a pleasure seeing your beautiful garden.

@CharlesDowding1nodig

3 жыл бұрын

My pleasure, grow well Oscar.

I aspire to be like Charles. Wonderful information.

in my climate humidity is so high, I found 3 brown : 1 green is promising for better compost. don't know for sure, since I pretty new in gardening. need more trials. thank you so much Charles. always amazing information.

@laceysnursery5080

4 жыл бұрын

Where are you, if you don't mind me asking?

@lukibenjamin741

4 жыл бұрын

@@laceysnursery5080 in Indonesia.

@eb1684

4 жыл бұрын

@@lukibenjamin741 Will be right there!

@verrasaputra

4 жыл бұрын

3 brown banyak ya. Kulit telur termasuk brown?

@lukibenjamin741

4 жыл бұрын

@@verrasaputra aku baru bgt sih gardening. bisa bgt salah. hahahaha. cuman kalo kebanyakan green jadi mushy dan bau. serius aku masih banyak belajar. coba2 terus. masalah kulit telur coba aku googling dulu ya. ini serius aku amatir bgt. LOL. maafkan kalo kurang membantu.

Cheers mate, I enjoyed your video. Thanks for sharing and greetings from 🇧🇿

@CharlesDowding1nodig

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Antonio 👍

Thank you, I have shared it to my home, compost recycling page. Trying to encourage others to have a go!

Compost is really free. Cause waste you would of normally thrown away, is put in to make a product that gives more life to something else

@fatdad64able

4 жыл бұрын

*have! "Would h-a-v-e".....why do you do this?

@thefoodhobbyists7352

4 жыл бұрын

@@fatdad64able you could understand the comment so why try to belittle. It isn't nice be kind

@nathantweeddale9057

4 жыл бұрын

@@fatdad64able colloquialism

@nathantweeddale9057

4 жыл бұрын

The world would be a boring place if you and Anton ran it.

I put everything through the shredder now to increase the surface area an speed up the breakdown process.

@hmh3808

3 жыл бұрын

What kind of shredder do u have Ed? If u don’t mind me asking.... is it a farm tool or can anyone get one?

Thanks Charles, brilliant video!

I love my compost pile! Cheers Charles!!

Charles, have you ever heard about Millipedes? I found a lot of difficulties on making compost with bacterial and fungal decomposition, and the Millipedes really helped me. A brasilian researcher called Maria Elizabeth Correia developed a kind of humus with these animals, and she call it "Gongocomposto".

@CharlesDowding1nodig

4 жыл бұрын

How cute! Millipedes arrive in mine when it cools, and also in piles of woody material. I like them.

Sometimes I think someone is playing with puppets behind the camera and Charles is just occasionally glancing over and laughing at them whilst he talks because of how his demeanor comes across lmao.

@CharlesDowding1nodig

3 жыл бұрын

Nice thought, thanks!

@yeetyertbruvvvv

3 жыл бұрын

@@CharlesDowding1nodig Don't ever change, Charles! :)

Yet another relaxing and informative video, thank you Charles! You are forever my go-to compost guide.

@CharlesDowding1nodig

4 жыл бұрын

Cheers Wilma

It looks and sounds so natural. Thank you once again.

I use a lot of livestock bedding in my compost, heard different things about how long manure needs to compost before being used in the garden (for preventing salmonella poisoning etc) would love some clarification on this.

@guylamullins3602

4 жыл бұрын

Mae P I have local cow farms and goat keepers. I use used barn straw as mulch to start potatoes in the Spring. It keeps the cats out of the bed. When things warm up a bit and the plants are bigger I take it off and put it in compost or I put it as mulch around rose bushes. I’m in a climate that changes. Normally it’s cold and wet in the Spring, hot and humid in July and August. September it’s dryer but still hot. About October it starts cooling down and by November 1st we get first frost. The last two years that’s changed more like November 24th. I live near a creek so I get more insects and the creek creatures like raccoons. July and August I don’t like weeding because I get really large spiders and some snakes. Garters are no big deal but water snakes and bigger rat snakes are aggressive.

@xekorf

4 жыл бұрын

I add a lot of pig and chicken manure in my heap. I also add chicken, pig, deer, bear and fish entrails from my hunting and fishing trips, along with all kitchen wastes (meat, oils, veg, breads, etc.). Of course, I’m also adding weeds and garden clippings too. Because I could be (and likely am) introducing pathogens to my heap, I let it sit for a full 12 months untouched before using. This is probably longer than I need to, but I know it will be safe by the time I spread it.

@peace4peaceful

4 жыл бұрын

@@xekorf interesting to see you use pig manure. I have my veg patch on old pig pens. I have just started making my own compost but have not used pig manure yet, even though i have pigs and they are not given hormones ect. I watch a tv show in Oz and he used pigs to turn over a patch and manure it. I find it odd about pig manure. Cows get viruses that transmit to people but no one worries about that in teas and manure piles. Good to see you giving it a go.

@beemanminnesota7683

4 жыл бұрын

If your worried about pathogens in your compost, I would suggest adding one more step. Put manure worms in your finished compost, I doubt the hardiest of E coli could ever survive composting heat then vermi-composting. This is what I do, and all compost added to my garden is loaded with red wigglers. I have a very large pile of finished compost and and currently turning two piles with skid steer, one is still heating over 160 F and the other is 140 and cooling down. When the Compost starts to cool I''ll leave it close to the finished compost the worms will move in when ready. Soon will be starting a new compost pile. BTW, all this scare lately of infected food in our stores is from commercially raised food, which is always the problem. I haven't heard of any one becoming sick from food raised in small market gardeners.

@dennisleadbetter7721

4 жыл бұрын

@@peace4peaceful if you Google Joel Salatin, Poly Face Farms in US, he had cattle, chickens and pigs in rotation. The cattle eat the pasture, and trample out down, the chickens peck over the cow pats, spreading the manure and eating the insect larvae, breaking the insect cycle and the pigs are the tillers. High intensity, short period for each.

I am curious why you had your 1 month old turned heap covered in plastic when you have a roof. Please explain your reasoning for that. Thank you! Great video btw!

@CharlesDowding1nodig

4 жыл бұрын

To keep it's moisture in!!

@tannerqgm

4 жыл бұрын

That was going to be my question too🙂 Charles do you cover when you have finished adding materials and leave it covered until used and, is this just in the summer? I concur with previous comments. Great, informative video. Thank you.

@CharlesDowding1nodig

3 жыл бұрын

@@tannerqgm Not always but yes in dry weather the plastic helps. Occasionally it encourages rats, then I remove it!

Thank you for the energy and clear explanations !

An excellent video. Very informative and all my questions were answered. Thank you.

I wish Charles was my uncle.

@titaniumplasticine9240

3 жыл бұрын

And I wish Charles was my father

I loved the lawn mower footage Charles. Watching you throw your machine around the bushes and over the rough edges has made me feel far less guilty about how I handle my own, and about the cursing that often accompanies this activity. Mostly, advertising for grass cutting macines is shown on the easy straight and flat bits, but as you said, the mower is a great reducer of other problems as well, and it makes a great rubbish picker upper, too. I was going to write vacuum cleaner there, but I have stopped using that name in favour of the German 'Staubsauger,' literally dust sucker, because it is far more descriptive of what the machine actually does, so, is there a perhaps better name for the highly adaptable mower that honours the full range of its abilities.

@lynnrushton7458

4 жыл бұрын

Haha, I have a love hate relationship with my mower 😂

SINCE COMPOSTING..... WE HAVE BECOME MUCH MORE CALM, RELAXED, AND FOCUSED !!!!!!! WHO KNEW THAT THERE COULD BE SO MANY PSYCHOLOGICAL BENEFITS IN A LOT OF PLANT MATTER, DIRT, AND CRAP !!!!!!!!

@CharlesDowding1nodig

2 жыл бұрын

Deep thoughts and so right!

what a lovely looking place