An (Almost) Instant Compost Pile

An (Almost) Instant Compost Pile David The Good David The Good Subscribed25K Add to Share More 69,705 views 731 153 ShareEmbedEmail https://youtu.be/sdQ1I3L2mho Start at: 1:57 Published on Jun 9, 2017 My CONTROVERSIAL post on chickens: http://www.thesurvivalgardener.com/ar... The Home Grown Food Summit: http://ddddddd.ontraport.com/t?orid=1... Today we build a really fast compost pile from junk laying around the yard... soon we'll have enough biomass to really get this cooking. Based on Geoff Lawton's method in Permaculture Soils, we're shooting for an 8-day pile. We shall see if this fast composting method works... stay tuned. Category Howto & Style License Standard YouTube License SHOW LESS COMMENTS • 171 Oscar del Rosario Add a public comment... Top comments billyman Pinned by David The Good billyman2 months ago I bought your Compost Everything book. You're a good writer. The story about singing songs to your pet worm Dinky is... not a surprise! lol. Reply 14 View all 3 replies Vlad The Impaler Țepeș III Vlad The Impaler Țepeș III2 months ago Why are you putting a metal floor in your compost bin? You want worms to come up out of the ground to eat your compost and poop! Compost without worms is just a pile of rotting junk! Reply 32 View all 7 replies small footprint small footprint2 months ago Not sure I understand the idea of compost bins with metal floors. The reason they are called compost piles is because you just dig a slight depression to expose fresh soil, mix the Carbon and Nitrogen waste and let the worms and other bugs come up and help in the decomposition. Turn the pile every now and then to oxygenate and prevent fire, and voila...compost/soil. When one gets going, start another one. Read more Reply 11 View all 2 replies Garry Hoddinott Garry Hoddinott2 months ago I'm interested that you used a sheet of iron underneath your new compost bin. Why? I've always thought bugs and stuff from under the compost do it good. One use I would make for the iron is to use it as a base to burn your woody yard waste. That way you save the minerals and can use them where you want them. Reply 10 View reply Kirsten Whitworth Kirsten Whitworth2 months ago LOL - some people get attached to ideas and won't let go even when they are not appropriate in a specific situation. If chickens don't work for you, why should it matter to someone somewhere else? When I announced on a certain permaculture FB group that I did not think swales would work at my place, a small war erupted online; friendships were terminated and the group schismed. Sheesh! Some folks make their living digging swales - I guess I threatened their existence from 3000 miles away. I'm just about done with hot composting; I prefer cold sheet composting under duck bedding mulch - I'm not working with too many seeds, so it doesn't really need to get hot. If the odd veggie sprouts, it's not the end of the world. Read more Reply 7 View all 3 replies zemadeiran zemadeiran2 months ago Congrats :) I knew there was a bun in the oven.... Reply 6 View reply Katie Pierce Katie Pierce2 months ago I am tired, so admittedly a bit impatient- BUT, we watch you build a compost pile for 15 mins, then you FINALLY tell the trick to a "Almost Instant Compost" at the 15 min mark approximately...UGH...So build the pile, then turn every 4days...OK- it does work, just FYI, this was how I first learned to build one. TRICK is the wetting it initially and then turning it frequently....G'night. Read more Reply 5 Cindy Strong Cindy Strong2 months ago the owner of that property should love all the work/improvements to the land you do. Reply 5 Melissa Varone Melissa Varone2 months ago It's hard not to be happy during mango season...except when the squirrels keep eating my mangoes!! They take ONE BITE and then move on to the next one. We finally just pulled all the green ones just so the squirrels wouldn't get them. Reply 5 View all 2 replies ronsue h ronsue h2 months ago Take the blue pallet ...go back to sleep Take the red pallet see how deep the compost goes. Sorry couldn't help it! Reply 4 View all 2 replies Cindy Strong Cindy Strong2 months ago david here in the ocala national forest chickens do not work with the bears.....so I had to get rid of mine too. Don't feel bad..... Reply 4 View reply Tom Nichol Tom Nichol2 months ago (edited) BUILD THAT WALL HIGHER!! AND USE SOMETHING BESIDES PALLETS! Never mind. Where's you baling wire? Reply 4 View reply Kent Keller Kent Keller2 months ago battery drill and a few decking screws! Reply 3 View reply Betty Ann Kosherzenko Betty Ann Kosherzenko2 months ago Why did you put that metal in the bottom of your compost bin?? I'm no expert that's for sure but don't you want the worms to come up and help to break things down and leave their "castings" behind?? Reply 2 View reply wi54725 wi547252 months ago Compost can be made in 14 days if you feed it nutritional yeast, alfalfa meal, and unsulphured molasses and turn it every 48-60 hours. I took my lawn clippings, kitchen waste (especially coffee grounds and ground up banana peels and eggshells, and added the mixture to every 6 inches of compost pile. I put it in a 32-gallon plastic garbage can chock full of 1/3" holes, and voila! In 14 days, I had a can full of compost to make compost tea. Read more Reply 2 View reply Peter Hills Peter Hills1 month ago WHY NOT PUT THE BASE IN THE OTHER WAY ? Reply 1 View reply Shahila Siddiqui Shahila Siddiqui2 months ago Run grass machine on over this pile I do to so they mulch Easley !try , Reply 1 914Catfish 914Catfish2 months ago Mass vs. Volume..... raw uncomposted naterial some mass lots of volume, composted material about the same mass(?) lots less volume. Would the tin not have been better used on the top? Reply 1 Rosemary Hugharts Rosemary Hugharts2 months ago Man you need some kind of shredder.That stuff is too big to break down completely.It will take such a long time, cutting it up would help. Reply 1 Michael Sean Michael Sean2 months ago I would love to come intern for you all !lol,but I have my own pile to turn.Bless you both. Reply 1 Show more Autoplay Up next 19 Days to Finished Compost... Not Quite Diego Footer 28,772 views 17:30 Grass to Garden Soil in 14 Days! Drunken Composting Using Beer, Cola, & Ammonia! Reaganite71 503,598 views 8:44 How to Make Compost With Grass Clippings CaliKim29 Garden & Home DIY 1,197,945 views 11:40 Backyard Garden Tour | Summer 2017 | Man Turns Yard Into Food Forest, part 1 VeganAthlete 10,637 viewsNEW 19:01 Everything You Know About Composting is Wrong: Mike McGrath at TEDxPhoenixville TEDx Talks 858,891 views 17:22 Compost made Easy! 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