G'day Everyone, you can get worms online (link in the description above) but they have been scarce lately. Also, feel free to check out my website selfsufficientme.com/ Cheers :)

@the_animal_ark

3 жыл бұрын

Hello. There. Question can you use night crawlers in the garden as you can get them as live food for reptiles and others and they are cheep like $10 maybe. Can u use them as composters or add them in an raised garden bed

@lisacastano1064

3 жыл бұрын

@@the_animal_ark that's what I use I just dump my leftover bait into my pots

@reallife7375

3 жыл бұрын

@@the_animal_ark no potash.!!!

@kirbydinosaur3593

3 жыл бұрын

How long until my cherry tomatoes plants grow tomatoes? There big right now

@monty-365

3 жыл бұрын

Me either😱

This guy handles poop in the most professional way imaginable.

@kathylove2561

3 жыл бұрын

He be grabbing a handful like its just plain dirt. He's actually changed how I handle my cow poop.

@mrsesta1119

3 жыл бұрын

I love him and his videos but cringe every time he grabs a handful of poop 💩

@BruceIsWild

3 жыл бұрын

POOP? What about how he handles SNAKES!? And venomous ones at that!

@lancedr6752

3 жыл бұрын

He handled that cow dung like how I make rice balls for myself

@wcskeleton1388

3 жыл бұрын

Lance Bulkan mmmm poop balls

Frankly, I'm disturbed that anyone would think you would lie about WORMS.

@theleanders2010

3 жыл бұрын

Yes! I trust this channel you’ve been up front and honest as much as possible which is why I love your videos and watch them all

@seasonofthewitch4209

3 жыл бұрын

This guy is so real and funny, I don't think he could lie about anything.

@christiandeininger1790

3 жыл бұрын

He doesn't come across as a liar. If people think that there is something wrong mentally

@dogslobbergardens6606

3 жыл бұрын

I've watched dozens of Mark's videos and never caught him in a lie yet. He's not out to scam anyone.

@pineapplepileus8719

3 жыл бұрын

I was going to make the same comment hahaha😭

When I lived in Alabama USA. I had 13 acres. 10 wooded, 3 cleared with my house garden, chicken coop and rabbit hutches. The rabbit hutches were just inside the wood line. Under the hutches I had worm beds. The rabbit stuff dropped through the wire mesh floor into the worm beds. I had plenty of worms for fishing and spreading around the garden. I retired from Ft Benning Georgia in November 2013. Moved to the Atlanta Georgia to be closer to family. We have just a bit over 3 1/2 acres. I have chickens but no rabbits. Our place is actually in Newnan Ga just south of Atlanta. This place had been a farm in the 1940s. Good soil, more worms in the soil than anyplace I've ever lived. First thing I did when I got here was to start building compost piles. I have a trailer with a 5hp vacuum I pull behind my mower. The grass clippings, chicken bedding, go in the piles. I buy cow manure for $25 a pickup truck load. Tree cutters dump wood chips here and it doesn't cost anything. I use all these things in our garden and landscape. I use old metal garage door panels to make raised beds. I get them free from people who don't want them. I advertise for them on Facebook marketplace. Everything working together works for me. Wish I could send you a few photos but I don't know how. Thanks for what you are doing. You are helping a lot of people. I sure wish KZread had been around when I was getting started about 40 years ago. Would have saved me a lot of time, money and work.

@Selfsufficientme

3 жыл бұрын

G'day Will, you paint a great "reuse and recycle" self-sufficient picture mate and you obviously have first-hand experience using worms on your properties over the years. Thanks for sharing your very interesting story :)

@Firevine

3 жыл бұрын

Interesting to stumble across someone who might be my neighbor in KZread comments.

@willchoate7072

3 жыл бұрын

@@Firevine so, are you in the Newnan Ga area? I'm also a blacksmith, woodworker and I've been working with leather since I was 13. I'm just an old man who has had a lot of interest over the years. I'm lucky enough to be married to my best friend. It's kind of sad that I have just about everything I've ever wanted. A good woodshop, blacksmith shop and plenty of room to garden. But I have health issues that prevent me from doing the things I love most days. I still do as much as I can. My wife tells me I should take it easy. I explained to her that if I just sat around watching TV. I'd probably be dead in a year. Working as much as I can helps keep me going. Would love to hear from you. Always willing to make another friend. I'd like to find someone with some of the same interests. Someone I could pass some of my knowledge to. It seems like such a waste when a person dies without passing on their skills to a younger person. Our kids either work to much or simply aren't interested.

@gameseeker6307

3 жыл бұрын

Stonks

I didn’t know you could even buy worm eggs!!!! That’s on the list, thanks👍

@blackpackhomesteadchrisand7337

3 жыл бұрын

This trick is getting them to sit on their eggs.

@deanoelcapitanno

3 жыл бұрын

Only IF your local bunnings has stock on the shelves, I had to wait 3 months to get my eggs but they doing really well in the compost atm 👍

@seasonofthewitch4209

3 жыл бұрын

@@blackpackhomesteadchrisand7337 LMAO

@thomasa5619

3 жыл бұрын

The worms and worm eggs are produced nearby and can be mail ordered without visiting Bunnings. They have actual earthworms too www.kookaburrawormfarms.com.au

@herts9999

3 жыл бұрын

And here I thought they gave live birth

I recently found worms in my garden i was so happy! I’ve worked incredibly hard to turn the white Perth sand into lovely soil

@AlienIntervention1137

3 жыл бұрын

I second that one. Red dry sand after a few years and knowledge building. And of course raised garden beds👍

@coffeebuzzz

3 жыл бұрын

I'm from Perth as well. Get yourself some arborists mulch and lay it on thick, 200-300mm. It takes some time but within 18 months the grey sand starts to become rich soil full of life and worms. A whole truckload only costs me $50. You'll want arborists mulch, not plain wood chips, as it contains leaves and bark which have all the nutrients and goodies. I water less than half of what I used to do and an added bonus is I haven't had to really do any weeding for the last 4-5 years. It's not an instant fix but it is a cheap, stable and long-lasting one and my plants have never looked so healthy.

@Selfsufficientme

3 жыл бұрын

I've heard how tough that Perth soil is to improve - well done on persisting and winning! Cheers :)

@xarisstylianou6226

3 жыл бұрын

When you say it gets warm How warm here in Cyprus in the summer it can get up to 45c So would the wormegg survive

@coffeebuzzz

3 жыл бұрын

@@xarisstylianou6226 With enough mulch worms can happily exist. It gets to 40-45 here where I live as well, with no rain for 100 days over summer. You dig down 150-200mm into the mulch and it's moist and cool, perfect for worms.

This guy is so unrated. I’ve learned so much from him and he doesn’t bs around!

@annamark3422

3 жыл бұрын

Agree . The best one ☝️

@jamiem5364

3 жыл бұрын

Also agree, typical normal aussie without the ridiculous ego unlike most people these days!

@sharont2878

3 ай бұрын

He's just a good honest all-rounder with a world of info through tried and tested means on he's own gardens👍😃 etc

8:06 The worms are thinking 'it's the end!!! Armageddon!!!" I feel so guilty when I accidentally chop a worm, I apologize to it.

@Taipan108

3 жыл бұрын

icouldjustscream That shows you have a noble spirit in my opinion.

@Aloewells

3 жыл бұрын

That's wormageddon. Lol.

@viniciusdonadio948

3 жыл бұрын

If you chop a worm it grows into two, and that's incredible :D

@coconut2262

3 жыл бұрын

@@viniciusdonadio948 Sir,actually when we cut the earthworm at the wrong node both pieces are going to die and if we chop it at the right node the anterior half grows and the rest dies..

@coconut2262

3 жыл бұрын

icouldjustscream : humility 👏

Our family of 2 has a worm farm with two bins and they break down all the scraps from our kitchen! They're so fast! I love being a wormer!

@sharont2878

3 ай бұрын

I only in this last week started a worm farm and see how goes...I've always had compost piles doing there things now I'm going to see how the worms pan out !!

I didn’t know worm eggs existed. That’s a great gift for my free range chickens they love worms.

@sallygreimes6585

3 жыл бұрын

Good protein source too.

I just finished a chore. Tomorrow is my day off. I might have to stay up late, it doesn’t matter. I’m down for a self sufficient me bingewatch.

@Selfsufficientme

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! :)

I’ve been adding worm casings (eggs) for several years all over my property, I always have a ready supply of worms for fishing then I add the scraps, fish heads and guts from the fish cleanup to my garden like the Native American Indians did long ago! I love your gardening video’s Mark, stay safe and stay awesome!

@michael7423

3 жыл бұрын

Thomas Victorian I said casings which is like a vessel full of worm eggs, and yes castings are worm poop/fertilizer

@michael7423

3 жыл бұрын

Thomas Victorian they are also called cocoon’s each casing or cocoon have around twenty eggs

@trappedinroom1014

3 жыл бұрын

The worm castings are apparently incredible for plants...the worms have made all the nutrients really available for the plant roots to just drink up.

im in wisconsin, there are cows 500 feet from my garden... i get fresh poop all the time, and i have 300 gallon worm farm, sectioned off into 4 zones..

@Selfsufficientme

3 жыл бұрын

Very lucky! Great stuff :)

@ZinfandelRed1914

3 жыл бұрын

Black Guns Matter lol, I can see the steam coming out of the snowflake ears when they see your name! :D

@Seanwoodward24

3 жыл бұрын

COVID OG KUSH you should make a video of your warm farm!! Ive got two 37 gallon totes growing night crawlers for fishing so far so good but im always learning new things !

I've been renovating a friend's garden recently, and have relocated worms into the new beds of animal manure, letting them do the preparation for spring/summer planting. Love these wonderful helpers.☺

I live in the city, I have no garden, yet I love his channel! His information and and clips of what he’s talking about is great!

I love your videos and your friendly, laid-back style to teaching us all about gardening. Thanks, mate!

I think you frightened the crap out of that red-bellied black snake. He's probably glad you didn't bite him or something. :) I have been doing the same process in my garden...direct bury compost. The worm population and size of the worms has increased significantly. After about two plus years of doing a method similar to yours my 24'x16' garden with crappy Colorado hard as a rock soil has turned into about 6-10" deep dark soft nutrient rich soil. Works great and really not too effort on my part.

@seasonofthewitch4209

3 жыл бұрын

I live in Ohio on a wooded lot, My property almost connects to a state park and the raccoon population is high and they are a menace. There's no way I could have an open compost like him, they would totally destroy it. I tried having a small container garden on my second story deck and they still managed to get up and destroy it. I wish I could afford to have some raised garden beds with a fence all around it and fencing of some sort over the top. I'm sick of racoons!!!

@rameshkrishnan3254

3 жыл бұрын

That's a poisonous snake. Though not highly toxic. Enough to give you pain and misery.

@WDWormsnGarden

3 жыл бұрын

Dwl.

@JustinWedekind

3 жыл бұрын

Lucky for the snake his only garden food experiment is over lol

@Selfsufficientme

3 жыл бұрын

Great to hear about your direct bury success Phillip! Cheers :)

All that cow dung reminds me of Clive Palmer the giant cain toad.

@Selfsufficientme

3 жыл бұрын

That's not very nice... LOL :)

Greetings from Finland from a fellow gardener! We are getting ready for the winter and snow. Most of the crop is already harvested and processed and it's time to get planning next seasons setup. Have a good season and may the garden-gods be on your side, mate!

So happy I came across your channel. Because of you I'm extending my garden across my whole back yard now!. Thanks so much, and great work!

Haha local garden centre, every Aussie knows which "warehouse" that is...

“Little bit of excitement” What a coincidence, just purchased 2 packs of worm eggs

@Malfunct1onM1ke

3 жыл бұрын

Now all you needs a big pile of poop

@dixsigns1717

3 жыл бұрын

Lisa, where did you find them?

@lisagordon6355

3 жыл бұрын

Dixsigns Dairy Goats in Australia we have large hardware stores, perhaps like Lowes?

@ryunandarz2872

3 жыл бұрын

@@Malfunct1onM1ke you can feed them with scrap

Man... you’re really awesome. I really admire your hard work and I’m so grateful for KZread existing so I can watch all your teachings and updates. Thank you for being so positive and uplifting in every video. Aloha Aussie.

We bought 1/2 a mtn and the land has never been worked. We had to fall 17 trees to make room for our house and a fire break. We’ve been buying 1K worms a month for 3 years & putting them in our compost pile. We are now finding them in our flower beds, garden and in our small orchard (8 dwarf fruit trees). I didn’t know that we could buy worm eggs, so over the summer we will definitely be buying them to cut costs. Mark, I’ve learned a lot by watching your videos. Thanks !

What a tremendous channel. Love from Finland!

I'm getting a load of cow manure this month, can't wait to try this!

@TheTrock121

3 жыл бұрын

@snuggmoney The manure got really hot and I had to wait a few months before it was safe to add the worms. It has since turned into some nice compost. I also have two other compost piles where I'm making regular compost. I just topped off a bed for a Fall Planting today.

Mark, your worm population is enviable. The way they jump around in your hand!!! Wow, frisky!!!! Like worms on “Red Bull!” I’m in zone 5 in Canada. I actually ordered the hungry bin from New Zealand and am quite happy with it. However if I lived in your warm climate, I wouldn’t bother with a worm farm either. I collected my red wrigglers from horse manure we bought locally. I will store the bin in our heated garage over our cold winter. Your information in this video is so important to the success of a good garden. Thanks for

I'm a huge worm additive advocate. They are a magnificent addition for so many reasons. When we started composting at home several years ago, we bought about 3k worms to add to the bin, our raised beds, and our flower gardens. The ground, initially, was hard packed, and almost unusable. After a few months, we noticed a marked improvement in the soil. Now, after about 3 years, I can easily dig down deep enough to grow long carrots (or, rather, the carrots can), big potatoes, horseradish, and just about anything else. In addition, with composting (kind of a hybrid system using worms and time) nothing in our kitchen goes to waste. Egg shells, veggie scraps, dryer lint, coffee grounds, news papers....you name it.

Love when I open my email and see a video from you. I'm smiling before I even open it. I'm addicted to your videos. I wish I could find a nice man with a good sense of humor and loves gardening and nature as much as I do. Nina's a lucky lady... And your a lucky man. She's beautiful and has a great personality also. To bad she's camera shy. Would love to see both of you out there, and sharing her knowledge also... Cheers.

@Selfsufficientme

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Pamela! Hopefully, we can entice more blokes into gardening and expand that eligible pool to choose from. Personally, I think gardening is a better hobby than working on noisy motorbikes or cars - but that's just me lol... Cheers :)

@MalkiZee

3 жыл бұрын

@@Selfsufficientme imagine riding a noisy motorbike around the garden...

I am an urban gardener, I don't have the luxury of big piece of land to grow my food. I used composting worms in my containers and it works pretty fine. Thus, it is good concept

I used worm castings this grow season 1st time, plants did really well. Never thought of worm eggs for my composting pile.keep up the great work.Happy Gardening👍🏻

Thanks, I really love your channel, we have been gardening like mad the last few months and have seen the fruits of our labor with an abundance of veggies. We initially thought it would supply us with green feed for the chooks but its been brilliant on all levels. I have just started a worm farm but I like the idea of adding the worm eggs directly to garden beds to improve the soil. Keep posting as we will keep following, cheers

Hello Mr.Mark..I am from India and you inspire me a lot ☺️

@Selfsufficientme

3 жыл бұрын

G'day Vyshnavi! Thank you :)

“It gets hot her in summer, and even winter.” Me: *sweats sympathetically in Texan* 🥵

@jonathanlathrop5787

3 жыл бұрын

*laughs in Florida*

@anthonyraines5951

3 жыл бұрын

@The Senate bruh you wouldn't last a day in a humid southern winter. Take that temp stick and throw it in the trash heat without water aint nothin. I was in Afghanistan in 120° heat and it doesnt hold a candle to the south

@jonathanlathrop5787

3 жыл бұрын

​@@anthonyraines5951 "heat without water aint nothin" pretty much sums it up

@anthonyraines5951

3 жыл бұрын

@The Senate im callin BS I've been around too and a 95°+ day with 85% or higher humidity makes your oven feel like a cool breeze

@graceandglamor

3 жыл бұрын

The Senate it’s really weird how my post about sympathizing with bearing a hot climate was read as some claim to being in the hottest state? Like what? 🧐 . Not to mention it doesn’t make sense to compare states with widely varying climates like TX and AZ, but I digress.

Thanks for the giggle at the end. I've been hopping like that a bit around my garden in Florida this season. Really appreciate all your vids. Thank you.

If I'm looking for a gardening video to watch and learn, I always enjoy your videos. Thank you!

10:01 Just another day in Aussieland ;) Enjoyed it !

Everytime you show worms and they're so energetic it freaks me out a little, LOL, our worms (upstate New York) aren't that energetic. They move in slow motion.

@sarahmurphy125

3 жыл бұрын

Same thing I thought too! CT worms are big and slow lol

@cinderoftheland1496

3 жыл бұрын

Hope they are not the jumping worms I have heard of that push out native worms

@lonnettedouglas5688

3 жыл бұрын

Here in SE Georgia my worms are fast and wiggly...the bait red worms from the store are fat and slow compared to these in my yard. Crazy! Like mine are "muscle" worms

Thanks Mark. I built a worm farm back in March when isolating in northern NSW. I already had one from the hardware store but it was too small and always overflowing with kitchen scraps. I used an old bathtub on a stand I made with a tap on the plug hole. Works great and heaps of room. I'm looking at harvesting the castings and some worms for new and old garden beds in the next week or so. Cheers again.

Yes it works ! Set up few spots for feeding worms in the garden and they will just travel through your garden beds looking for food and distributing their castings along the way . This method works!

Mark, here in the southern USA, we call cow piles cow pies😄😄😄

@cluhendrix8432

3 жыл бұрын

I listened to an interview with Rob Lowe yesterday. He was talking about a movie where he convinced the director to have a cow tipping scene. He said the director had never heard of that ... never ... heard ... of .... that. It’s weird the things you assume are ubiquitous. To that point I assumed Mark had said “pies”. Southern Mississippi checking in.

@RandyFelts2121

3 жыл бұрын

That reminds me. A little bird fell out of the nest. He started chirping for help. A cow comes along and drops a cow pie on him. He keeps chirping. Now along comes a wolf hears the little bird picks him up by the scruff of his neck cleans the cow pie off and gulp! What's the moral? Life gives you crap doesn't mean it for bad, and if someone comes along and cleans you up well, it might not be for good. GULP!

Hi Mark. You don't need to look after a worm farm as the worms look after them self. For example, You could get get a bathtub off of Gumtree for free or something similar. I use two 100 liter plastic garden waste bins that have no bottom but has a lid. All I do is fill it with Horse Manure as halfway as "The Bedding" and slowly fill with some dry leaves and some kitchen scraps. I store them in an area that receives no direct sunlight and water it every now and then to keep the microbes happy and the area well moist and i have so many worms that I could expand the system 10x and in 12 months expand that system 10x again. I spend 5 minutes a week on the worms and can harvest around two or 3 of your tumblers in black gold every 12 months and my scale is tiny. I'm not an expert but worms don't need much at all. They give maximum output for minimal input.

@T1000.Android

3 жыл бұрын

In saying that. Worms will come naturally into the Garden system as you showed us as long as the soil biology is protect with a mulch that the worms will enjoy consuming. The first garden best i made was like this and it was amazing how many worms where under my straw mulch after just 4 months and i didn't add any.

@drusillawinters212

3 жыл бұрын

I do it a little differently but I agree that worms are almost no work.

@mytech6779

3 жыл бұрын

It can really depend on the people you live with, for me just managing basic kitchen-waste compost is a challenge because I live with incompetent lazy drunks that can't wrap their pea brains around a simple two bin rotation, constantly mixing new waste in randomly so I never have finished product to use in pots because its always contaminated with new rotten stank. When I had worms they all eventually died in their own waste because the new pile kept getting mixed into the old pile. Like mentally deficient children in adult bodies. They pay their share of the rent though so I must tolerate it until I can financially free myself.

@fabulousimcatbulous690

3 жыл бұрын

@@mytech6779 I know that feeling mate, I can't even keep the kitchen clean because my housemates don't wash their own cutlery. I once bought and use my own cutlery instead of using the shared one so that I don't need to wash the others... the result? Fly and whatnot infestation in the kitchen... and they use plastic bag to eat and drink ew.. I'm a lazy dude that hate cleaning as much as the next guy but that was too much. Thankfully I got better financially and moved out and now share house with someone who slightly better than them. I hope you can get off of them sooner than later.

@mytech6779

3 жыл бұрын

@@fabulousimcatbulous690 Well they don't get too disgusting in the kitchen, I suppose that could be worse.

Great tip thanks Mark. Sifting castings from my worm bins became a tiresome chore, that I decided to empty the contents of the bins straight into the garden. Now that I know I can purchase the eggs I won’t feel guilty about retiring from worm farming.

Thank you Sir for all the good info through the years. Your knowledge is extensive and chock full of goodness. Have a good day!

Hey Mark great video / info yet again. I like you, don’t have a worm farm as such, but practice Hugelkulture and just top dress every year , and would have literally millions of worms through my vege garden beds . Feed em and they thrive. Thanks . Ps you can keep ya winter snakes there’s enough over summer.

Hey Mark!. Love your content and your attitude. Im planning on starting my self sufficient garden soon. Your videos have been very helpful for me as your climate is similar to ours over here in Central Florida, US.

@archenema6792

3 жыл бұрын

If you like Mark, you'd probably like David the Good as well. And much of his advice is specifically tailored to Floridian gardening. 👍

@PyroManiacbwl

3 жыл бұрын

@@archenema6792 Ill check it out thanks.

@KettenViper1

3 жыл бұрын

if you want to grow garlic in such climates you need to check out "vernalization", just leaving this here for you

@PyroManiacbwl

3 жыл бұрын

@@KettenViper1 Garlic is so hard to grow here but its like the best thing ever. Idk i was just thinking i should buy cloves because its easy and cheap but do you think growing garlic is worth it here?

@KettenViper1

3 жыл бұрын

@@PyroManiacbwl "God demands the firstripen fruit" go get the fattest clove you can find, put them seperated into small containes w/ soil, can be anything, should even do well w/ a lid on it if you watch it (im in northern climate, just sharing the bread), put them in the frigde, leave them there 3 weeks. If you do it now, youll be ready for "traditional" coolclimate transplanting. Wether in pots or in soil, make sure it is free draining, no standing water where the clove goes, beans and peas are hindered in their growth when near grarlic. (source "Carrots loveTomatoes" Louise Riotte, great book, recommend it) Harvest is first indicated by the foliage turning brown, arround 33% (50%max), last indicated by the outer skin rotting away in the soil (source YT: Charles Dowding, a nothern climate gardener). If you see the plant form a "flower" bulb on the tip of it, i personally recommend to cut it of and eat it raw in salad or fried w/ butter :) it is a indication that harvest is near. If you however let it grow it will form a second bulb, focusing less on the "main" bulb in the ground, the cloves from that are also a blessing. To cure garlic simply tie some bulbs together at the necks and hang em well ventillated and dry for two weeks. For next season: start from the top again. Incase it is of moral concern: A blessing of a man called "Justin Rhodes" (a KZreadr) ould say: JUST PLANT -whats the worst that could happen? having fun? [Additional sources: "The Gardening Channel with James Prigioni", "Nature's always right", "MIGardener" and because God is a blessing unto his people and goes even before me: "Pete Kanaris GreenDreamsFL" with his blessing of a friend "Jim Covaleski"(not on Yt)] God bless you and your doings

Your soil is beautiful!!! Your garden speaks for itself! Keep doing exactly what you’re doing cause it’s working!!!

Thank you! It's like little workers going night and day to make the garden happier.

Oh wow that snake at the end, nope! I love the idea of living in that weather but I will stick to Canada and live vicariously through your videos

“Wormy magic” that right there is T-shirt material.

I really appreciated your response to the snake. That was great! I moved to a steep hillside area of Appalachians with no snake experience so learning snake reactive behavior is important.

Your garden is epic. I am in awe every video.

What a great tip! It was $8 at the bait shop for about 50 worms or 1000 worm eggs for $30!! Thanks man!

Little extra zing there at the end! Gorgeous snake, healthy worms, what more could you want?

I highly recommend to everyone to have a camera ready when uncover you compost heaps/piles as it is a great way to spot wildlife in your area. I still have old pictures I need to upload to inaturalist thanks to the life that visited my old compost pile. A great video as always. Green thumb up!

man, you nailed it. There are a lot of things you ' could ' do for your garden, but at some point you just have to figure out which things you want to do and which can be replaced just by purchases.

I once added cat litter (used) to my compost bin ,after that the worm population exploded, just an observation.

@mytech6779

3 жыл бұрын

Should avoid any cat waste in your garden or compost they carry some crazy parasite diseases, even apparently healthy cats and kittens. I like cats, I have a cat, but that is the one thing that never goes in my compost or garden. On the other hand if you can find plain unused unscented bentonite(clay) cat litter (usually the cheap stuff in a large bag) that can be a good addition to very sandy soil in small amounts well distributed adding both water and nutrient holding. If not mixed well or with a bit too much it will form a water barrier paste as it swells quite a large amount, Bentonite is actually used in a solid layer to plug leaks in basements and pond bottoms, as well as for making well-drilling mud.

@Skorpychan

3 жыл бұрын

@The Senate Do you not know how fields are fertilised, or something? Otherwise, it's composted rather than used directly. Cat shit applied straight tends to leave dead patches in grass.

@thomasa5619

3 жыл бұрын

Skorpy Nekomimi cat shit is still not considered safe to use on plants intended for human consumption, and it spoils the whole batch

@Skorpychan

3 жыл бұрын

@@thomasa5619 That's why they're throwing it into the compost first, to be broken down.

@thomasa5619

3 жыл бұрын

Skorpy Nekomimi well unless you use hot compost rules, which would kill the worms before it kills the potential cat disease, they aren’t breaking down the dangerous component in any useful timeframe.

This title is like clickbait for 8-year-olds. I clicked...

Thank you, I don't comment on any videos, I have watched a few of yours and I sacribe. You are very clear no B.S. You keep me interested in watching the whole video which is rare for me. Thank you keep up the great work, good luck with it all.

I’m loving your content mate, I’m super fresh to being self sufficient, iv got 2 small raised garden beds plus a load of potted veggies. With hopefully more to come! I’m in seq also so your info is a go to for me. Thanks mate keep it up your a deadset legend!

So Maximis did get back to his farm.

@petervany4342

3 жыл бұрын

eskimoassasin6 😂😂

@kingloser4198

3 жыл бұрын

Was wondering for a sec... then the penny dropped.. Ohhh.. The "Spaniard".

@eskimoassasin6764

3 жыл бұрын

@@kingloser4198 he's like Russell Crowe if he wasn't trying to fight everyone

@-Rickster-

3 жыл бұрын

Got back to his farm and even started a youtube channel

@Selfsufficientme

3 жыл бұрын

LOL...

use fresh cow dung to prepare "Amrit Jal", you can use them after 2/3 days

Thank you for your wonderful uploads. I've been an organic gardener for 50-60 years and treat the soil/environment/worm population with the same dignity/respect that you do I have a rich worm population of worms.....some about the size of rattlesnakes (not quite, but I do sometimes check their tails for rattles!). I bought my place from a guy that fished constantly so he threw his worms out on the lawn when he had extras. I don't know if the various kinds of worms crossbreed but looking at some of them convinces me that they do.

I have realised just how lucky we are here in the UK with its damp weather. Our gardens are always full of these little wriggles and when I open my compost heap, they are everywhere! As are the birds!

We Indians here use lot of cow dung manure by even use earth worms infused with waste vegetables etc.. To make manure

@Mechanical_Star

3 жыл бұрын

Cow god's poop

@sureshruparel9114

3 жыл бұрын

@@Mechanical_Star May be you don't have knowledge of what's use of nature and natural remedies your bloody most medication is made from animal content heart attack medicine cancer check details okay donkey's sick mind's

@roboak7916

3 жыл бұрын

@@debyaka that's a dumb and sooo unnecessary comment. Grow up!

@vikassm

3 жыл бұрын

@@debyaka Probably in his bedroom or maybe the dining hall in some homes. Or maybe he wrote the comment in the bathroom on his phone, you know, the ones with screens and all? I'm curious though, Why do you ask? How does the location of his computer interest you? Oh just in case you're interested in knowing where I got my computer, it was from a computer shop. You know, shops that sell computers? It was right next to a vegetable shop, I bought some of those too. BTW, Where'd you train your ignorance? Takes a lot of hard training to be this ignorant you know 😂

@Dragonsandservicedogs

3 жыл бұрын

??? Actual Indian from India? Or native from america? Doesn't matter just curious about where the gardening habit is from. (Also I'm autistic and get confused on words and I'm native from america and always confused on how others say that.)

Q: What's brown and sounds like a bell? A: DUNG! 😒(sorry for the dad joke)

@omitimo77

3 жыл бұрын

😂

@Selfsufficientme

3 жыл бұрын

LOL...

@jamescanjuggle

3 жыл бұрын

@@omitimo77 I'm adding this to my personal collection

I used a compost tumbler with horse manure and grass clippings in a raised bed garden layered with lucerne hay for a no-dig garden, tomatoes were by the bucket full just off 2 plants 👍😊🦘🇦🇺

What a nice guy you are. Thanks for the amazing vids, humor and passion. Please continue, it`s a pleasure to watch. Greetings from Italy!

the local garden center? come on mate I recognise that yellow price tag, the big green shed isn't a local garden center ;)

@justinwilliams1333

3 жыл бұрын

It has a garden section. Lol and where else can you grab a snag?

@Selfsufficientme

3 жыл бұрын

LOL...

@garrygarrygarry1

3 жыл бұрын

@@justinwilliams1333 not for now :(

lets get into it - I'd rather not, lol

This is awesome! I just bought a home on a little over a quarter acre. Looking forward to starting my own garden. Planted some Marigolds and Morning Glory flowers already. Vegetables next season most likely.

Just bumped into this channel today. I've learned a lot of things. Thank you!

Can't beat the worm juice from worm farms. My plants just explode with growth and produce as a result. A great resource from a worm farm which takes very little care. My compost and garden is already chock full of worms so don't see the point in adding them here whereas with the worm farm I can use the juice in a more targeted way. It's worth having having the farm just for the juice if nothing else.

Where we are on the Mornington Peninsula, there isn't anywhere I can easily find to get raw cow or chicken manure. Tho there are places that have horse manure, which I grab if I see. Thinking in the next few weeks might build a dual covered bin and just order in aged compost and manure from the local garden centres, might not be perfect, but you use what you can use. Our winter beds (5 sq metres) we put in when we went into the first lockdown are not far away from most of them coming out so want to refresh them and give them a new coat of sugar cane mulch (3rd time in what 5 months lol worms are busy. We just finished added 8 more sq metres of raised beds, they are mulched but waiting for mid-Sept for planting, and are 75% of the way to preparing the front yard for 7 fruit trees. I do have a question in terms of the beds, clearly, aged stuff is the best I can do, but should I remove the mulch dump it into the compost bin, then add the compost, manure and then more mulch, or would it be best just to dump the compost manure and new mulch and just sandwich the old stuff underneath?

@eMavern_Emporium

3 жыл бұрын

Down our way there is a grass fed beef farmer in Dandenong. Near the grave yard off Thompson road. In Somerville there are quite a few organic chicken farms as well. You can also source heaps of horse poop but I would recommend piling and tarping it to get it hot enough to invalidate the weed seeds first. Also a lot of manure gets bought up because Debco is manufactured on tyabb

@matthewfarrell317

3 жыл бұрын

@@eMavern_Emporium that has to be the only beef farmer that there is around here lol. I knew of the ones near Somerville, but most I asked said trailer and I kinda need it at least bagged to carry it. There is an egg farm on Potts Rd I was going to ask once lockdown is over. Also I have never had problems with horse and seeds in the poop. Never had anything show up more than normal.

@eMavern_Emporium

3 жыл бұрын

@@matthewfarrell317 I had rotten luck with horse poop so I thought I'd chuck that caution out there. That's the chook farm I was thinking on Potts road. I'm pretty bad with street names. I'm going to set up a small scale compost pile (two 1x1 bays) and use what's in the garden but to start off when lock down is over I'll suss out burdettes mix they are reasonably priced especially for delivery

@matthewfarrell317

3 жыл бұрын

@@eMavern_Emporium Caution noted, I get my horse from Potts Rd ironically, grab a bag or two when a house leaves in out. Never had much seeds in that one. I have the compost bin, but my plan was to make a covered double bay, to have my finished compost and any extra compost stored for later use and a manure bay to store it. So I can try and get it bulk. Didn't know Burdetts did compost will look into it. Been using Daisy's for their veggie mix (which is amazing).

@Selfsufficientme

3 жыл бұрын

G'day Matthew, sometimes if the mulch hasn't broken down and is relatively fresh I will remove it to add compost and other soil improvers then just put it straight back. Sandwiching it will still be fine but if that's easier for you. Cheers :)

We have a 3 acre pasture, I would like to turn it into a lavender field or a pasture for a small dairy cow (I grew up with fresh milk and loved it) This video has given me more things to ponder about Love this channel!

This guy has everything even a tank!!! Great video!

After you catch your breath old man tell me how dangerous was the snake ....? scale from 1-10? MY GUESS IS A SOLID 8. earned your views today brother. new subject for a video....HOW TO GROW A TON OF SNAKES IN YOUR GARDEN....SPIDERS....CENTIPEDES,

@MinistryOfMagic_DoM

3 жыл бұрын

-6

@thomasa5619

3 жыл бұрын

I think red bellies *can* kill people but it’s incredibly rare for them to actually do so. They also eat other snakes, like the dangerous ones. Mark also lives near civilisation so even if he got a good bite he should be fine. So like a 4/10. Not pleasant but alive

@rachaelh9299

3 жыл бұрын

As long has he doesn’t accidentally step on it, it’s more afraid of the overhead giant. Compost being nice as warm can on rare occasion become a nesting site for snakes. 🐍

@Keachybean

3 жыл бұрын

Google Search... This species is not aggressive and will usually retreat before attacking, although when it is threatened it will raise its body from the ground flatten its neck, hiss and perform a series of strikes. There have been no recorded human deaths as a result of a Red-bellied Black Snake bite to date in Australia.

@craigbielsky115

3 жыл бұрын

@@Keachybean yes i have done the research as well ...still cant take any chances down under ....8 out of 10 snakes can kill ya .....more than a few spiders and other insects can ruin your day quickly. gardening is a tricky task i reckon ....lol always wanted to visit ....someday maybe .....surf with the sharks ?

You've got more worms then my dog

As always Mark great video! I just started a worm bin (farm) last week. Working towards the dung heap idea. No animals but our indoor cat at the moment. Thanks for the inspiration.👍

Love your help vids and especially this one. I dont have a large property like you, in fact my property is more related to a postage stamp. I do worm farming inside using "worm factory" trays. Been using it for yrs and it supplies not only me but my sis and bro with a 5 gal bucket of "black gold" to add to their plants and tomato plants each yr. Even in my postage stamp yard I grow a few tomatoes trying for size , so far my largest tom. is 2 lb 10oz. trying to get the magical 3 lb growing domingo. Last yr I did weigh in a 2.37 lb brandywine , they normally are in the 1.5 lb range. Also in my small yard I also grow enough plants that hummingbirds can use , planting especially for them and other pollenators.

Normal Earthworms are just as good as red wigglers and tiger worms, I have many worm farms with millions of Earthworms! Dont be tricked into buying expensive red wrigglers and tiger worms!

@hizzlemobizzle

3 жыл бұрын

You know, I'm new to worm farming. I have one bed with earthworms and one with red wigglers. It seems the earth worms are more interested in eating bedding than veggies. The wigglers seem the opposite and jump all over veggies. Have you noticed anything like this?

@WildWarriorBill

3 жыл бұрын

@@hizzlemobizzle I just have earthworms mate, no other worm species are in my vegetable beds ... I love Earthworms and they are FREE! God created them for a reason and they do a beautiful job and eat everything, even cardboard, paper and much more and dont touch the veggies!

@hizzlemobizzle

3 жыл бұрын

@@WildWarriorBill So you are saying the earthworms don't like the veggies? prefer a carbon diet? This is what I am wondering. Thanks for the response.

@mytech6779

3 жыл бұрын

@@hizzlemobizzle red wigglers(aka manure worms) naturally live in piles of organic matter and are more tolerant of being disturbed by digging, nightcrawlers live in burrows down deep and come up to eat at night, red worms multiply fast in the warm season and make much faster work of manure heaps. I was glad I bought a pack. (one small pack is all it takes for a home operation ...if you don't kill them) I see the nightcrawlers move into my mature cold compost.

@hizzlemobizzle

3 жыл бұрын

@@mytech6779 Great. Thank you for the response:-)

BEWARE source of cattle food

@archenema6792

3 жыл бұрын

Beware the Grazon.

@youtubeanonaccount4200

3 жыл бұрын

Aminopyralid contamination is a real problem.

Worm eggs WHAT??? 😳 I need to get some of those! 🥰

Thank you for this tip. I was able to look for it and purchase a pack of eggs from my local bunnings today. The boxes of worms were totally gone!

These are #cocoons with multiple hatchlings inside - not EGGS!!!

@thomasa5619

3 жыл бұрын

Even the people who put them in the bag say that. But they label them eggs for people who don’t know better

@katipohl2431

3 жыл бұрын

@@thomasa5619 here in Germany labelling is handled more precisely.

@thomasa5619

3 жыл бұрын

Kati Pohl haha welcome to Australia

@katipohl2431

3 жыл бұрын

@@thomasa5619 thank you Thomas and have a nice weekend. We are in summer, have to do lots of watering and vermicomposting is doing great in my garden.

@daruandu

3 жыл бұрын

@@katipohl2431 Except for when it isn't. A mate of mine here in Germany contacted a company selling a "WurzelAktivator" ("root activator") to ask what the active ingredients were as it wasn't made clear on the packaging. The response he got back is that they're prevented, by law, from labelling what the ingredients are, which is absolutely fucking ridiculous. They can sell it to Hobbygärtner, but are prevented from telling them what it is!???? Dumbest shit I've ever heard! Here's a quote from the email. "Produkte, die Pflanzenhormone, wie Auxine (Indol-3-essigsäure, 4-(Indol-3-yl)buttersäure und 1-Naphthylessigsäure gehören zu den Auxinen) und weitere Hormone enthalten, müssen in Deutschland und in der EU behördlich als Pflanzenschutzmittel zugelassenen werden. Diese Pflanzenschutzmittel sind in Deutschland und in der EU nicht für Hobbygärtner erhältlich. Im [Produkt] sind Vorstufen dieser Pflanzenhormone enthalten. Wir dürfen diese allerdings nicht deklarieren, da sie sonst als Pflanzenschutzmittel zugelassen werden müssten. Insofern dürfen wir also aus juristischen Gründen keinen genauen Inhalt deklarieren."

Hello..I'm not gay but I love ur video

@bootangy

3 жыл бұрын

oh your gay! lol

@summcunt5421

3 жыл бұрын

It's ok to admit that you find Mark sexy. He is Australian after all.

@bootangy

3 жыл бұрын

@@summcunt5421 lol

G'day Mark. I'm Doing the back to Eden gardening. And the amount of worm that live under my woodchips is insane. My chooks love them alot. Lol. But in my raised beds I put a 20L bucket with the bottom removed and some holes cut in the sides with a lid on. I put veggies scraps in with the worms I find in my woodchips. Works a treat. Yes I agree. Worm farm are time consuming. Great video.

This is such a fantastic idea!! As well as having a compost bin I have been looking for other methods to get rich soil for the coming spring. I just need to source some cow poop!

As always mark, you’re a pleasure to watch

I don't know which is more mindblowing this vid or the fact that someone sells worm eggs.

Another great video, every one is a joy to watch !

I have 2 worm farms and 3 compost bins built from pallets, plus a compost tumbler..., I love my worm farms because I transfer some worms into the pallet compost bins and it breaks down the pallet full of garden waste in a quarter of the time. I also use about 25% worm castings into my seed planting mix (75%) and have had a huge improvement in germination and seedling health.

I brought a whole lot of worms for my big container Gardens and just put them into the potting mix and i really noticed a difference a few months later

I do something similar, buying worms occasionally and adding them to my compost bins. This helps break down the compost and the worms are transferred into the garden when using the decomposed compost.

Love your gardening tips.

Been watching for a long while and never thought I could give advice back! For worm composting like you showed, or even in your beds, eggshells speed things up drastically! Bake them first along with whatever you are baking anyways, grind them up fine in a coffee grinder or mortar and pestle and spread the grit over your worm beds/compost/etc. Worms use grit to break down and digest material, so providing good grit also with calcium can produce higher yields from the worms in shorter periods of time! There are time lapse videos with proof all over the net and it makes a huge difference. I know you go through a lot of eggs there, so hey had to chime in!

@JWHealing

2 жыл бұрын

That's interesting. Thanks! I didn't know it made such a huge difference.

Wow, was wondering about adding extra worm eggs to my garden!!! Love this video thanks👍🌱

Love your videos! Can’t wait to have my own garden and try all your tips out!

I do this by getting a few buckets from the local cow farms. This year I used a mix of composted cow manure and compost mixed with what soil was already there to plant the smaller Nantes carrots. These never get huge like grocery store carrots but they are so much sweeter and don’t have a chemical after taste.

Yea I just watched a video of Russel Crowe talking about worms. I loved it