Composting Pete

Composting Pete

Expert composter, worm wrangler. I'll help you to:
* backyard compost
* worm bin compost
* lasagna garden

How to Make 3 Green Cleaners

How to Make 3 Green Cleaners

Green Cleaning

Green Cleaning

Recycler of The Year Award

Recycler of The Year Award

Lasagna Garden Composting

Lasagna Garden Composting

Using Your Worm Castings

Using Your Worm Castings

Leaf Compost (Mold)

Leaf Compost (Mold)

Worm Bin Lechate

Worm Bin Lechate

Feeding Your Worm Bins

Feeding Your Worm Bins

Bedding Your Worm Bin

Bedding Your Worm Bin

Back Yard Composting

Back Yard Composting

How To Make a Worm Bin DIY

How To Make a Worm Bin DIY

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  • @cheesefries7436
    @cheesefries74362 күн бұрын

    I wouldn't be using shredded printer paper.

  • @tthams73
    @tthams734 күн бұрын

    That’s not a very nice looking lawn. “Lush” would not be a word to describe it.

  • @eddieable
    @eddieable9 күн бұрын

    About to attempt the same with 1 ton of coffee and autumn leaves, backyards gonna smell like Starbucks

  • @djkingshameek
    @djkingshameek20 күн бұрын

    Never mind the lawn, what do you use on your beautiful hair? 😮

  • @spoolsandbobbins
    @spoolsandbobbinsАй бұрын

    I love this!! Keep it up.

  • @LyNguyenTiVi
    @LyNguyenTiViАй бұрын

    Liệu giấy trắng tinh, giấy có in màu, giấy carton có thành phần hoá học không tốt khi ta trộn cho cây trồng hay không vậy anh?

  • @paulscott6998
    @paulscott6998Ай бұрын

    I’d like to do a ph test of that compost. Coffee has a ph of about 5.0. Thats acidic. Plants do best about 6.0-7.0. Once you establish what coffee grounds and cardboard makes in the ph, you can add something like baking soda or lime to get it in the right range. If the ph of that soil is 5.0 the plants won’t uptake the nutrients in the soil. Ph is important. Why not just use shredded cardboard and grass clippings? Throw in some kitchen produce scraps. If cardboard is too labor intensive, you can always use shredded leaves. Its become popular for coffee drinkers to add a couple pinches of baking soda to their coffee. It makes the taste smoother and helps people with acid stomach drink their coffee and avoid acid reflux.

  • @dancelife3440
    @dancelife34402 ай бұрын

    how can the worms get to the compost when its off the ground? is this soil as rich as the compost with the worms?

  • @sterlingsherrod1907
    @sterlingsherrod19072 ай бұрын

    Great quick tutorial.

  • @SickGamerGirl64
    @SickGamerGirl643 ай бұрын

    do you not have to wet the paper bedding you put on the top?

  • @deptoflindsey
    @deptoflindseyАй бұрын

    I have this same question.

  • @KellieEverts-ss8uz
    @KellieEverts-ss8uz3 ай бұрын

    I like that composter ...my Great Aunt had a (I forgot what they call it)...chopper digester in her sink ..which helped start degrating material .. and then at end of her garden ...she kept it all in a chicken wire holding encloser....was very very wormy and oxygenated.

  • @triciac1019
    @triciac10193 ай бұрын

    Its a good idea to have at least five different ingredients. This is as per the Berkeley method. It gives more variety of nutients. That looks so pretty.

  • @JohnHenrySheridan
    @JohnHenrySheridan3 ай бұрын

    That's wonderful !

  • @MaryKane-qv5vz
    @MaryKane-qv5vz3 ай бұрын

    Is the bleached paper/ink a problem?

  • @skmccuen
    @skmccuen3 ай бұрын

    Thank you. Very helpful.

  • @skmccuen
    @skmccuen3 ай бұрын

    Thanks.

  • @crazysquirrel9425
    @crazysquirrel94254 ай бұрын

    Used coffee grounds have a NPK ratio of 2.1:0.3:0.3, which means they are nitrogen-rich and contain 2% nitrogen, 0.06% phosphorus, 0.6% potassium, and micronutrients like calcium, magnesium, boron, copper, iron, and zinc that benefit plants by encouraging healthy growth. Where I am, you have to be LUCKY to find used coffee grounds. Seems a lot of people want them. Oh and coffee grounds can act as a cat repellent. Worms love coffee grounds. Unfortunately so do grub worms.

  • @eigleenalegri2664
    @eigleenalegri26645 ай бұрын

    Well done! And it is carbon sequestration

  • @NanaWilson-px9ij
    @NanaWilson-px9ij5 ай бұрын

    He's not composting, he's making a bucket collection!

  • @ranjanty
    @ranjanty5 ай бұрын

    Where do you get the plastic material to wrap your compost?

  • @7Risen7Phoenix7
    @7Risen7Phoenix76 ай бұрын

    Impressive work. Simple, yet highly successful.

  • @MegamnZero
    @MegamnZero6 ай бұрын

    but isnt the ink on printed paper toxic? Not for the plants but for us?

  • @swannoir7949
    @swannoir79497 ай бұрын

    Turning that tumbler reminds me of The Price is Right 😂

  • @tsmcbride06
    @tsmcbride067 ай бұрын

    Presently cooking chicken manure and saw dust now. Including kitchen scraps. Will be done in 3 months.

  • @fcantin66
    @fcantin667 ай бұрын

    Nice way of composting :) However if you would dig using a fork instead of a shovel, I think you would less impact worms

  • @cameronk544
    @cameronk5447 ай бұрын

    no need a compost starter?

  • @mikekenzington6130
    @mikekenzington61307 ай бұрын

    Who cares if its going to the landfill? Its going to turn into soil there or anywhere in time. I understand free ingredients but Thats the kind of stuff we shouldn’t care about going in the garbage right?

  • @melissajones9334
    @melissajones93347 ай бұрын

    YOU ROCK!

  • @dorpus
    @dorpus8 ай бұрын

    I've read that caffeine will prevent plants from growing. Have you used this stuff in your garden and did your plants grow in it?

  • @rtaskyy
    @rtaskyy7 ай бұрын

    I doubt theres much caffeine in there since it was mostly extracted in the brewing process

  • @cheesefries7436
    @cheesefries74362 күн бұрын

    The caffeine ends up in the coffee people drink.

  • @jasonault3511
    @jasonault35118 ай бұрын

    Lol. At beginning of video he said a month. 6 months later. What a joke

  • @aussieallrounder6018
    @aussieallrounder60186 ай бұрын

    Haha!! yep

  • @IrishSchaller
    @IrishSchaller8 ай бұрын

    Not sure using shredded paper that is bleached white is a good idea, you may well be putting chlorine into the ground!

  • @me.861
    @me.8618 ай бұрын

    Why dry if it's going on wet grass? Can I use plain wet freshly ground coffee?

  • @compticny3138
    @compticny31388 ай бұрын

    We add shredded dried leaves and crushed egg shells to the coffee grinds. At planting time we mix them in with our soils for potting.

  • @compticny3138
    @compticny31388 ай бұрын

    Pete, have you checked to see if your worm population has increased or not? I mix the coffee grounds I have (nowhere near what you get from the cafes) with shredded dried leaves and crushed eggshells until the spring. I then add the mixture to our soil mixes.

  • @damedesmontagnes
    @damedesmontagnes8 ай бұрын

    Nice sifter. I need one! I have the 1/2" hardware cloth, just no wood.

  • @Not_So_Weird_in_Austin
    @Not_So_Weird_in_Austin8 ай бұрын

    Nice I collect grounds and make with plant and lawn trimming in a Geobin. The only thing missing is automatic turning which is what a shovel is for...

  • @echognomecal6742
    @echognomecal67429 ай бұрын

    Does anybody have a reliable source for finding out what cardboard is glued together with & if it's safe? I can't find a definitive answer. Thanks!

  • @camus83489
    @camus834899 ай бұрын

    i think you need more browns. like 20 buckets of paper

  • @gurcsik
    @gurcsik9 ай бұрын

    Thanks for this useful info! Do you get any ammonia odor while it cooks? And if so do you remedy it or let it do it's thing?

  • @tsmcbride06
    @tsmcbride067 ай бұрын

    D.E.

  • @user-ub3dd4sk9u
    @user-ub3dd4sk9u9 ай бұрын

    Hey Pete, do we need to assess the weather forecast before using this method. As I reside in tropical region. what could be a feasible way of using coffee grounds

  • @domenickmilano
    @domenickmilano10 ай бұрын

    Noticed that your house is also brown and green.👍😄

  • @charlesjensen3288
    @charlesjensen328810 ай бұрын

    There are 2 things I don"t like about Lifetime guarentees 1. The company isn't around anymore. 2. The Lifetime is a tricky word.. Lifetime of What? lifetime of the Unit might be far less than what you think..as in your lifetime. Example car shocks lifetime guarantee..( in fact is the life time of a shock prob 35000 miles) not as long as you own your car or you expire.

  • @brianbassett4379
    @brianbassett437910 ай бұрын

    My primary materials are a decade's worth of pinecones and needles, other yard waste including limited grass and leaves when available, cardboard and various paper, and food waste from two people. I run everything but the food scraps through an electric chipper/shredder twice before starting the composting process. The cardboard and paper come out larger than the shred you use but the coin-sized pieces are soft and fluffy to the touch. The pinecones and needle come out fine, almost powdery. Any suggestions on how to best process these ingredients?

  • @nataliegist2014
    @nataliegist201410 ай бұрын

    Thanks I’ve been looking foe this information

  • @andre-le-bone-aparte
    @andre-le-bone-aparte11 ай бұрын

    Just found your channel. Excellent Content - Another sub for you sir!

  • @NanasWorms
    @NanasWorms10 ай бұрын

    Me too!

  • @NanasWorms
    @NanasWorms10 ай бұрын

    I have the Tumbleweed stacking tray systems. I find the worms are going to go down so every month or so I scoop them and all their castings up from the bottom and put them back to the top. I call it snakes and ladders! ~ Sandra

  • @jonhildebrand2995
    @jonhildebrand2995 Жыл бұрын

    Pete, it's 2023 now. are you still spreading the coffee grounds on the lawn? I'm wondering if the height of your lawn/soil level has increased dramatically? I noticed my lawn bumped up higher than both neighbors after 2 fall applications of .25" each of topdressing... which i didn't expect. There's a noticeable "lipx when crossing over the property line. I gotta believe yours is much higher if you've been consistently adding material. Hope to hear from you. I'm seriously considering asking the local Rutters for all their coffee grounds as it appears to not harm the grass based on yt searches. Thx

  • @josephr9930
    @josephr9930 Жыл бұрын

    Good to see Eric Clapton composting👍

  • @mercedesbenzs600bash
    @mercedesbenzs600bash Жыл бұрын

    Coffee grinds and shredded paper to make soil,simply amazing and the best part about the whole process is everything is FREE,really good video my man 🙏🏾

  • @micaela6915
    @micaela6915 Жыл бұрын

    Fun experiment I think I want to try this

  • @micaela6915
    @micaela6915 Жыл бұрын

    Great video! Very interesting thank you