Ho Up Make Compost
This is a no-fuss video which I made to show you how to get started with your first ever compost bin.
Ho up make compost. Put your compost pile close to where you will use it. Raw or cooked fruits and vegetables coffee grounds tea leaves grain. May 18 2016 To make compost the pile needs to stay damp.
A nice idea for indoor composting is to buy a plastic tub that will fit under your kitchen sink and begin composting with earthworms. Making your own compost is a natural way to fertilise your garden save money and do your bit for the environment. Pull them up roots and all and add them to your compost pile.
Waste to the compost pile. Aug 08 2020 Youll start with a large pile of browns as much as 6 inches deep then add a 1 inch layer of greens. On the other hand swampy conditions can drive air out of the pile.
Carbon comes from brown material such as woody stems and cardboard. Composting is easy and hopefully this video will show y. Aug 03 2020 To make good compost you need a 5050 mix of materials that are rich in nitrogen and carbon.
5 Cleanup leaves from lawn landscape beds and patios. Removing grass and weeds from flower beds is a quick way to improve the overall appearance of your home. This is called vermiculture and it is the perfect way to create compost for all your indoor herbs.
Well show you how to set up a compost bin the best place to keep it and how to make organic compost. After adding the soil spray the pile with water. Sep 02 2005 Cut out a large rectangle of chicken wire.
This will form the body of your compost bin which will be a cylinder shape. Compost requires enough moisture to keep the pile consistently damp and the compost should feel about as moist as a wrung-out sponge see References 4. You wont have to buy fertiliser and you can recycle kitchen scraps garden waste and any leftover cardboard.
Sprinkling water as you add each layer of ingredients to your bin is a good way to make sure your pile starts off with the right moisture level. Contain your compost in some type of structure 3 to 5 feet wide. Add some soil from your garden too--this will help inoculate the compost with bacteria and enrich the soil with microbes.
This bin will be able to compost things like yard waste sawdust and leaves. 4 Weed your landscape beds. Heavy layers of leaves left on lawn and landscape beds can smother plant material and.
For every bucket load of green material you need to add the same volume of brown. Away from drying winds but in partial sunlight to help heat the pile. Do not compost pet feces meat bones grease whole eggs and dairy products.
Nitrogen comes from lush green material such as grass clippings.
