I bought a house and the previous owner piled her grass clippings. It was in one spot for years. I removed it and composted all of them. This spring I returned to that spot. It was bare. Looking at it I realized that that soil was rick and black. It is literally 3 feet think of pure worm castings. Those worms lived under that grass pile for years leaving their castings. Black gold!

I have always left my clippings on the lawn under the impression that I was helping my grass grow better, and birds seemed to prefer to "feed" in my freshly cut lawn over neighbors who would pick up their clippings. I am happy to know that my reason for being too lazy to pick up grass clippings was legitimate.

@dontbanmebrodontbanme5403

3 жыл бұрын

It's fine to leave your clippings on the lawn as long as you cut frequently. If you have big clumps of clippings, they can smother your lawn. If have the Worx Landroid L automower, which is always taking tiny little cuts off the grass and leaving the clippings behind My grass loves it!

@dont.ripfuller6587

2 жыл бұрын

They won't smother your lawn long enough that you won't have to deal with it before you want to. I've tried.

@Pickchore

2 жыл бұрын

Large clumps will turn the grass underneath yellow if it doesn’t break down fast enough. I collect the first cut of the season and trims afterwards are left on the lawn.

@DG-iw3yw

Ай бұрын

or we could just not have lawns since they are a victorian status symbol that wveryone is now simply peer pressured into having. Would rather have a garden than a lawn, if you know what i mean

I had bare patches on my lawn and after seeding, used cut grass to cover the area (spread lightly) and grass started growing back quickly.

It's 3am what am I doing

@darkapothecary4116

6 жыл бұрын

Ben Powell watch grass clippings

@dalanwanbdiska6542

5 жыл бұрын

Beating your meat

@robertoroberto9826

4 жыл бұрын

Hanging out for a smoke,

@PiLLO360

4 жыл бұрын

rip peep

@sheckyfeinstein

4 жыл бұрын

B P It’s daytime in Australia.

As a balding man I find grass clippings make for an excellent hair substitute.

@variancewithin

3 жыл бұрын

ayyy

@joee95

3 жыл бұрын

You sick man

@salvatorem1959

3 жыл бұрын

Lol. Funny

@ravenbishop5232

3 жыл бұрын

@@salvatorem1959 It made me smile

@donnaallen2207

2 жыл бұрын

😂

hi, and thank you for the new reference. I just now used grass clippings in my bucket yesterday before seeing this video. My always worries is that grass clippings may have grass and weed seeds that will soon germinate in my pots and grow beds, something that I highly concern over the years, but after watching this guy said, "put grass or unedible weeds to feed your compost, worms needs greens, and I agree. They also needs manure, something I hesitate to use, but it leaves the compost smelling better than sour stuff I used to smell, and it also brings in earthworms. I also have mushroom cultures that had gone green or bad. so bec of this, mycellium are growing all over the coffee ground and decomposted quickly. Not only that, other mycellium and wild mushroom also pop ups. My grasses will decomp quickly too. And the autum leaves and newspaper had a hard and long time to decompose, had runned mycelium and is good to plant new plant whether in pots or in the ground. thanks for all your wonderful tips like vinegar, but i think that vinegar kills weeds and maybe plants too, so i'm afraid to use it. but i use it washing lettuces.

I 've been using grass clippings in my vegetable garden and it really seems to be helping to condition and improve the soil. If you put them on thick enough it really helps reduce weeds...even grass seed from the clippings.

After watching this video I can honestly say I've never thrown grass away since.

Do not use grass clippings in the bottom of plant pots. They block the drainage of water out the bottom, which is why a hole or holes are there. They mat down like felt and prevent water drainage.

@WETDOGBR

3 жыл бұрын

that's what I thought

Also, a pile of moist grass clippings will get very hot inside, and become a useful heat source. If you put the pile inside a greenhouse it will warm the building throughout the night. You can even bake potatoes in a grass clippings pile, by wrapping them in tin foil and leaving in the middle of the pile for a few hours.

I made that tea with wild blackberry leaves and stinging nettle... poured it on my plants like tomatoes...they loved it

Thank you for a great channel and great informative content. Throughout your videos I have learned so much more about my garden. Thank you. You would have thought at 67 yars old I would know it all. But I can never stop learning and gaining knowledge. The best education comes from the school of life. With mother nature as the headmistress. Thank you again and keep repeating yourself. It is the only way to share your information with new children and adults that come onto KZread on a daily basis. Have an amazing day.

@sidmorris1220

5 жыл бұрын

Hi I want to put a poly tunnel on my lawn. Is it ok to turn the turf over.so the grass will be on the bottom...

@kingmanspiritsandwine8291

5 жыл бұрын

@@sidmorris1220 Yes it is a good idea. I turn over soil this way when making raised rows or beds. The grass now on the bottom will decompose and give nutrients. It works. Done it for years. Have buckets of cherry tomatoes and cucumbers that show it works.

@mercedesbenzs600bash

Жыл бұрын

We're never to old to learn...

Wow this whole time I been trowing away my useful clippings. Thanks for the scoop

I've always poured the clippings on the base of trees in the area... Always had healthy trees and soil (it's what Grandpappy always did). When I bought the place, I've had now for many years, there were several trees that were dying. Put off cutting them down for the next year... Good thing because they produced new greenery the next year and continued to improve each year since. Now you would never know :)

Grass clippings . . . what's that ? Here at 7000 feet in the high desert of northern New Mexico, i'd LOVE to see some green clippings of any kind.

@sheckyfeinstein

4 жыл бұрын

Robert Dryden Amazon.

It's funny that I find this on u tube I used to rinse my grass clippings down street after I cut my grass wash under my lawn mower and I just decided I going start putting my clippings back on my grass

This year I let my grass grow extra tall and baled it. Used a hand made unit and bales were about 12x6x7 inches. I conditioned them as if for a "straw bale garden" and grew cantaloupe in them. Absolutely amazing. P.S. After two cuttings, (and fourteen bales), Subsequent cuttings were kept clipped short to decompose in the yard. Laugh if your want, it worked!

@anasazirose

7 жыл бұрын

Wayne Tadlock Do you have a video or photos of the baker ? This sounds very interesting.

@droceretik

7 жыл бұрын

What's a "baker" in the context of lawn clippings?

@waynetadlock9719

7 жыл бұрын

With the typo, I presume you meant "baler." wrf121 posted a couple videos about his baler, in use, and mine is very similar. In fact; patterned from his video. I have a "Small Balers" playlist on my tiny channel you may find interesting. Thank you for your interest.

Thanks for the grass steeping. I see a huge difference now. My patches are fulled in

All of these are for when grass cuttings is already dry: nesting material for chickens, a layer in the bottom of plant pots which have too big of holes to keep soil from falling out, substrate in a brooder, nesting material for bumble bee boxes, fill bags half full so the kids can have outdoor "pillow" fights, packing material in boxes for fresh fruit, or apply thickly under fruit trees so any fruit that falls isn't damaged, protect shallow seedlings or new transplants from drying out, bury a weed patch to kill it and kickstart a newcompost pile, hide the body of your neighbour's cat that keeps pooping on your front porch, scrub mud/ grime off garden equipment, burn it and add ash back in if your soil is too acidic, cover fall crops with it at night to protect them from freezing,

@CanItAlready

7 жыл бұрын

Nathaniel&Keren Weaver figured you could hide that psycho tip in a wall of text, eh?

@nathanielkerenweaver8987

7 жыл бұрын

CSharp wondering if anyone would notice ;) the rest work well though.

@sleepinglioness5754

6 жыл бұрын

Nathaniel&Keren Weaver: do you think spreading grass clippings around a crabapple tree would help fertilize it or would it do more harm to the roots? oh ya....I'm still laughing!

@realcookin3720

5 жыл бұрын

like these

why am I looking at this....I live in an apartment

@TotallyHaze

6 жыл бұрын

Hadden Industries Same i dont even have a lawn,garden or field

@SapioiT

6 жыл бұрын

In case shit hits the fan, or you move to a house with a field. Also, you can google/youtube how to make paper. A food processor, a framed strainer + an extra frame, a press or some weights, some pieces of fabric and either some place to let them dry or a heater to dry them, is all you need. You can even get a little community going, where you teach kids and adults how to make homemade paper.

@oppsiedaisy5291

5 жыл бұрын

It could be use in some day.

@conor7187

5 жыл бұрын

I imagine you're starved of nature if you live in a city. There is something so humbling about being surrounded by nature, probably part of human instinct. I know trees and plants help me, as weird as that may sound! Go buy a house plant! :)

@leonardturner1136

5 жыл бұрын

window box?

thnx for the more ways to use grass clippings

I put them around my trees around the base to keep moist and promote beneficial bacteria around base. It helps with keeping water around the roots and fertilize with grass tea every time I water the tree. I live in the desert so this helps me a lot for no cost at all pretty much.

Thanks very much. It's very nice of you to share this information with us.

I use freshly cut grass clippings in my polytunnel to make a hotbed for my potatoes did you ever notice when you mow your lawn after a few hours the grass clippings hot up so I just make a furrow fill with freshly cut grass clippings stamp it down to create heat sow potatoes on top and add more grass clippings then just cover with soil I've had great success with this method of growing potatoes indoors also outdoors in raised beds

Definitely want to mow / mulch your grass clippings! Free fertilizer for the grass

i put them over my weeds near fence .it stiffles them so they weaken and grow less..i don't use weed killers..grass makes a good compost and fertilizer. .

@beautifullyblessedbygod740

3 жыл бұрын

Eagles fly alone thank you.

My dad said keep the grass clippings he past away in 2013 and mum says rack up the clippings but thanks to this video can now laugh and show her this video

I've used grass clippings for years and these are all good methods. One observation to add; partly composted grass clippings make very rich liquid fertilizer which won't burn plants since the nutrients, once dissolved in water, are, by definition, all soluble. The leaching process is done by placing actively composting grass clippings (finished with first heat but only partly decomposed) into a metal screen mesh trash container. I have bought 3 or 4 of these at Walmart (office supplies) for less than $10 each and they are just the right size to fit into a 5 gallon bucket. The trash/strainer full of clippings/compost goes into said bucket and is topped off with water, then removed and placed in a half drum (or any large container that will hold water). Rinse and repeat until half drum is full. One can extract a huge amount of liquid concentrate from a surprisingly small amount of clippings with this technique and plants just love it. Once the clippings stop yielding rich black liquid they can be put back to compost more or simply used as mulch.

@mercedesbenzs600bash

Жыл бұрын

I'm a newbie and I had grass clippings that were pretty dried out and matted,can I still use it for mulch in my containers???

@npecom

Жыл бұрын

@@mercedesbenzs600bash Definitely!

@mercedesbenzs600bash

Жыл бұрын

@@npecom Thank you...

Good video. Just a slight warning for 4. Container Mulch. -- not a good idea if your lawn (or any plants in it) have seed, for then the seed can easily germinate in the container, so it's a bit of a hassle to have to weed your container (some weed roots go deep and can disturb your pot plant's roots as you pull out the weed).

In 1956 I wanted to try composting but had very little material, just what kitchen waste 4 people leave. I noticed lots of grass clipping left out on trash day so I took some and tried those + scraps. It worked. I had finished compost in 14 days (turning & light addition of moisture every three days). My neighborhood supplied way more than I could use, even building huge piles 10'x10'. In later years I put in 30% horse shit by weight. I had compost in 11 days sometimes. I applied to the family garden which I solely maintained. It went fast but we soon had great soil (starting from hard clay). I moved in 1963 and couldn't garden anymore for a long time. I started again in 1987 when I bought a house. All my grass & what I could forage went to compost. After 3 years we sold & bought in a new area with really bad soil. I had to buy a mulching mower to avoid having to fertilize the lawn. But I put worm castings in my raised bed garden + shredded leaves as a mulch. I composted grass & kitchen/garden waste as acquired from neighbors. I recommend using your grass clippings as it lies after mulch mowing to fertilize the lawn. It's all you need. Bad soil will slowly improve. Of course, I assume you started out by removing the rocks & sifting to get out big lumps. Then you used peat or sod or both, just the first time. Lawns are a waste of space, time, and money. Imagine that land as fruit trees. You can't eat grass.

Feeding the carp...When we mow, they come to the spot we always throw in the clippings and wait on the top of the water; then feeding frenzy like sharks!!

In all the websites I visited say DO NOT feed the rabbits with grass cut by machine. I tried to mulch the flower bed with fresh cut grass, now the grass is growing everywhere, I can’t get rid of it! Trust me, you wouldn’t want grass in the flower bed

I use some grass clipping to mulch around Palm trees, a Lemon tree, Grapefruit trees, Hot peppers in container, Mango trees in container and in ground; the rest of it stays thru the grass it self. After doing this in the container stuff, I notice I had to water less and the plants look good. We drink a lot of expresso shots thru the day, I also sprinkle that every where thru the yard. This week I plan to ferment the coffee. I fertilize the soil occasionally with epsom salt and/or milorganite, neighbors always complimenting the greens. I don't use toxic stuff any where, ever. If I get insects, neem oil with a couple drops of tea tree oil, diluted epsom salt and castile soap does the job. With Hurricane Irma, we lost a medium branch of the amazing Cedar tree. I clipped the greens from all the smaller branches attached to the broken trunk and used that as mulch. Lets see how that is going to work. Give back to the Earth. Any way you can. It's really interesting to watch greens grow. As far as livestock, I think those guys know what to eat and what not to eat.

@sleepinglioness5754

6 жыл бұрын

Natalia Linda: glad you made it through Irma. Was praying for all of you.

My chickens scratch in my grass clipping to break down and goes onto garden.Works a treat here in Australia.

Great video! Well done. Very informative. I am currently using 5 of 6 of your recommendations.

gonna try it on my raised bed on my balkony

Great video. Thanks

Honestly, I always left the clippings scattered everywhere when I cut the grass simply because I was lazy but now I have a good reason to support it. Parents and older generation folks still argue with me over it but hey...don't argue with me, argue with nature. I'm doing the right thing by leaving natural fertilizers to decay back into the Earth while others want to bag it up and send it off to factories for them to resell as fertilizer right back to you haha

I put grass clippings in my purse to give it that fresh outdoors smell.

I've raked my by hand for years used it in the flower garden to mulch and stop weed growth. Now I have this beautiful overflowing garden that the earthworms love. I have not weeded it this year due to heath issues and have very weeds. Because our yard is so large we have over close to 40 trees, I put grass clippings around the base of the trees, it's helped kill weeds around their base, so that we don't mow to close and skin the bark. Work smarter not harder.

Very helpful video , thanks 🌻

This is good information !!

Really useful thanks

Merry Christmas you guys!

You can also use them as a very economical erosion control on a bare hillside and and to assist in keeping seeds in place there also as well as conserving moisture content.

Excellent video. Good to know!

you made me wiser on this point.

Nice video thanks

I found grass clippings make a great substitute for straw bedding in the chicken coup and yard. What they don't eat, they make nests in.

@KLP99

7 жыл бұрын

visiting Lee Not true unless the mower is very poorly maintained. The amount of oil and fuel is so little that it's so close to undetectable that there's virtually no harm. Not only that, but my animals are smart enough to not use any I've clumsily spilled even refueling. It's not an issue unless you are purposely spilling your fuel. If your mower leaks any oil stop using it. Oil should never leak from an internal combustion engine. If it does, it's gone bad and needs to be replaced. Stop with the PC green crap already!

@1truthbegettingtold275

7 жыл бұрын

Run hose water over the clippings, let them dry in the sun. It will be fine

@RichardCassera

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your concern and advice. I cut the grass/weeds first with my riding mower and then collect the clippings with my double bag attachment. I can honestly say my mower does not contribute any significant contamination outside of its exhaust. I will keep an eye on it though in the future. By the way, my chickens dispose of virtually all our table scraps and yes, I'm aware of what some people think about certain items.

@KLP99

7 жыл бұрын

RatDog67 Absolutely true. Thank you for your voice of reason. I tend to be a little over bearing when I read comments that contain errors.

@royhoco5748

7 жыл бұрын

great idea

great video - some interesting compost container construction designs - may have to borrow some as well as the lip idea on the raised bed - btw i mow my leaves and use them for garden mulch over landscape fabric - paid it forward and now i have much less weeding !

I put the fresh cut grass clippings in my henhouse . The girls love it!

When the lawn get by me that is taller than usual I have to rake not to have build up. I will use some of it in the mulch pile, some around the base of trees, helps to keep moisture in & weed out & the rest I will let dry then use as hay for the chickens. Stay well, Joe Z

Great video..Thanks 😊

Thank you so much for sharing .

Thank you for this awesome information

Thank you for this video better than all these other fake lawn care people pushing their product

Great Video, Txs.👍

Great video production love the tips

Another benefit to adding grass in your garden as a "mulch" is that it stops weed growth without the use of expensive or potentially harmful herbicides. We put newspapers down first and then throw grass over the top of the papers around our vegetables so we don't have to worry about weeding.

@alwaysopen7970

7 жыл бұрын

Don't need the newspaper.

I have never known a single person that put grass clippings into the garbage.

@EasternExplorer

6 жыл бұрын

Those city slickers, they always think they know it all but don't actually know a thing. Its especially hilarious when they try to tell you how to run your farm thats been doing just fine for 200 years.

I think it's a great Idea grass clippings, paper shredded, food scraps, then soil then woodchips great raised beds start.

Put it around plants in the garden. Keeps weeds down, helps retain water, breaks down to add nutrients to soil.

@cmhummel865

6 жыл бұрын

surely, the grass will start to grow in your bedding, which you then have to weed out. Also if you leave grass cutting they way demonstrated , it will suffocate healthy shoots and cause thatch.

@augustreil

6 жыл бұрын

I agree Ted, I put 10-15 inches of freshly cut grass around all my garden vegetable plants every year. Never have to weed, less water and 7ft tomato plants. Works great, then rototill it under in the fall. 27 yrs and no problems whats so ever.

@catherinedrapela337

3 жыл бұрын

Me too...I’ve used grass clippings in my flower gardens for 20+ years

Grass can be a green or a brown. Wet, green clippings are obviously a good source of nitrogen, but your compost needs to be approx 70% browns... or carbon. Lay your clippings out thinly to dry, turning them to completely dry each day. When dry they have lost their nitrogen, potassium, etc and only carbon remains. So yes, you can make a good compost out of just straight grass. And I also smoke grass, but of a different type.

@webmash8878

5 жыл бұрын

Weed

You can also use grass clippings to make FOS videos!! Yay, for compost .

I use grass clippings as backfill. If I have a hole or a low spot, put the grass in and pack down with your foot or tamper, add more grass tamping/packing it as you go.😁

Very cool

Thanks

I just use the mulcher on my mower and that fixes everything. No raking, no clippings to dump and the grass greatly benefits from it.

Thanks.

Nice

Awesome, great tips. I'm not really a keen gardner but, since I was made redundant I've potted around, always hate binning the grass, to expensive. I'll definitely be putting some around the pots and tree's. 👍

@sharonthompson8061

2 жыл бұрын

I also ‘mulch’ leaves and small bushes eg basil, mint, and vege scraps by mowing over them. Do weeding, edging and trimming before mowing, throw on grass and mow over. Great mulch!!! I’m lazy, and open flap so it guides the cuttings eventually to the area I want. (Sometimes pulling backwards) I have electric mower.

Natural Ways, you can have my grass clipping's. Just pop over with your lawnmower.

I have been told that grass clipping which have been fertilized and added weed killer for lawns should not be used in garden beds.

@americanmade389

4 жыл бұрын

Eliberto Román you are highly intelligent

Hi,very good idea😍

lawn clipping tea for plants!!!!

I know this tip thats how my lawn grew back. after I mow I take any clippings and heat them up or let them get wet then I dump them out and spread them. After I cut I spread the fresh stuff out and hit it with water and mow over it every week until the grass regrows. excess is dumped in the barrels and I let it ferment and I mix it in to cause it to decompose. Sometimes I don't have a place to dump it when I work on the farm for my brother. Not a problem sheepies love grass so I give it to them.

You can also turn this into silage. All you need is a spot to pile or mini silo and a roller to compact it down.

I use grass clippings as mulch in my flower gardens keeps the weeds out.

12 inches of grass in container and water it to top then covered by 4 inches of soil it's good to plant vigi tables like mint or paisley I did this way and gat a very good vigi in shot time and little of water

Nice 🙂✌!

leaving the grass clippings on the lawn like you showed in the picture will definitely create dead spots in your lawn. Sunlight is kind of important to grass....know what im sayin? So yeah leave the clippings on if they arent piled up in giant piles that will go stinky and anaerobic and kill the grass underneath and possibly cause mold problems.

@sulkursell9130

2 жыл бұрын

I would say spread the grass

I give it to my chickens...they love it....

I use grass clippings as a weed barrier in my garden.thick laying of clippings covered wt cheap weed fabric.

Huh. I'll be damned. I'm going to try all of this.

I read articles that says chemical treated grass is not good for compost. so I just want to clarify, are you referring to chemically treated grass or not treated?

I have a small yard so I can do this, but I rake the clippings into hedge rows to dry for a couple days as you would hay. I then collect the hay and place it in a semicircle/doughnut shape around the base of my cold-sensitive trees, like avocado and moringa, leaving about a foot of clearance from the base of the tree. This winter will be the first time I try this, but I intend to pull the clippings up around the base when frost or freeze threaten. In the meantime the clippings break down and feed the tree -- zero waste.

@irisandfredpearce7233

7 жыл бұрын

Rickettsr

5. Livestock Feed. I would mention that petrol-powered mown grass could poison your livestock (which is why you specified electric or hand-push mowers). Also, it would be a good idea to tell us the best way to dry the lawn clippings.

@conectiv03

Жыл бұрын

Not to argue but Farm equipment that bales animal food are still petrol powered.. Not sure I follow.... You are right if there is a fuel/lubricant leak.... Peace...

Magic awesome

I have used grass clipping in my chicken enclosure,also leaves when for some reason or another i was unable to get straw.

I have two neighbours who give me their clippings which I mix with sawdust to make a quick compost.

My concern with mulching or side discharge is having tons of thatch bulding up

@lovingyou2301

3 жыл бұрын

Dethatch in the fall. I just use a rake to do it instead of buying a dethatcher which is over $100. A little bit of a workout but it’s worth it. Unless you have a big yard then goodluck

AMAZING 10/10 U HAVE TO TRY ITS 12PM?? IDK WHAT IS BEFORE 1AM? ANYWAY GOOD VIDEO I WILL TRY THANKS :)

I use it as mulch in my veggie garden, just don't put it too close to plants, it will burn them. Keeps weeds down, holds moisture in, decays quickly.

Just don't add clippings to compost or garden if you have sprayed the grass with herbicides especially CURTAIL M .

i always get some paper and make tubes outta them, then get the grass and put it in, then get a lighter, it works wonders.

Can I use grass clippings to cover the soil of my potted plants, will this be helpful to get nutrients out of it ?

you can always just use a mower that doesn't collect the grass

@seaniepc4

7 жыл бұрын

I never collect the cut grass from the back garden , might not look lovely but it soon mulches in and gives back to the soil . Small front lawn is collected just to keep tidy.

@smokeythehuman3596

7 жыл бұрын

yea all I do when I mow is leave the clippings, once it rains they're hardly noticeable

@alwaysopen7970

7 жыл бұрын

I have an old JD rider and don't care about clippings. They cut down all the trees before they build the houses, you grow grass and cut it down. Leave the clippings for fertilizer.

@smokeythehuman3596

7 жыл бұрын

the clippings if you don't collect them just help the grass keep on growing

@bratbabyp9370

7 жыл бұрын

if u don't collect clippings they clog storm drains during hurricane season and flood streetS

Alternate green life hack: don’t have grass, save the environment

@Natural Ways, I am trying to plant a garden, but its all clay. Will the grass clippings break up the clay ?

We compost grass and leaves. We dug down deep into the pile, got the rich black soil, and mixed it with the potting soil for a container garden. What grew was a bumper crop of weeds, the ones from the yard. What went wrong?