You should leave an identical pile with no turns for the same amount of time, to show the contrast!

Thanks for sharing this video of your experiment. I recently lived in an Ecovillage with an extensive composting system. There were many older people living there who would not have been able to turn a pile like you did, so we used an aerator tool - like a corkscrew - so you just twist down into the pile and pull up, making holes all over. Seemed to work about the same. If you need a back saving tool or don’t have the space to move a pile like this, there are other options! Happy earth making and happy Beltane from the northern hemisphere.

nice video

Glad you know of Geoff Lawton and his "Quick Compost" video, he's a great teacher! Something interesting is if compost reaches 150C or 300F it can spontaneously combust! Mostly a problem for large scale compost companies where they have mountains of compost, but either way, it's important to keep compost sufficiently moist. You should also check out Byron Grows because he's not far from you (New Zealand) and he has some fantastic food forest videos. Lastly but not least I'm going to say biochar. Biochar, biochar, biochar. Man, I love biochar. 😂

The large pieces of wood will break apart easily when fully broken down. Like they crumble in your hand kind of soft and you know it's done. That's why a sifter is my friend now because you can sift out what's too big to break down. Another tip is if you can get sawdust it's a lot faster to break down then chips.

Awesome stuff, thank you for sharing this! I might make something like this. Take care!

Did not expect a video on compost to be so engaging, well done, must try it.

@Proudfoot.foodforest

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Thank you!

Looks awesome man. 😍

Buy a few chickens mate they love doing the turning of compost and you get eggs and free fertilizer.

What a great video, would love to see more information rich gardening content like this

Compost lasagne!

Good

Hows the smell?

150 degrees f....jesus~!

I think you should just not rush it and just ler nature do it's job. I just bury all scraps in the ground and it just gets incorporated after a while. No watering, no turning, nothing. Compost making should be a way of saving money not doing all this work and time wasting. Good video though, it still provides good, useful info

Where are you located? I'm down in Melbourne and struggle to keep the compost heat up, especially now. I've never managed to get decently finished compost in a month. Pro tip - use rebar for the supports mate.

@omfgitsrayleigh848

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i'm in Melbourne aswell and we have access to "Reground" a coffee ground recycling company that will drop off 1 tonne of coffee grounds(15-19 large wheelie bins) for FREE that i use as a very HOT nitrogen source, aeration or smell can be a problem but they also drop off "chaff" which is very airy and a brown material so it ends up sorting itself out.

@ausfoodgarden

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@@omfgitsrayleigh848 Yeah, you've got to mix that chaff in well with other stuff as it mats up easily when wet. I use Reground too :)

I feel like the term food forest has gotten silly at this point.