Garden Girl TV: Simple Easy Compost Bin
August 1, 2010 by admin
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Patti, the Garden Girl, shows you a simple and simple way to make a compost bin for your organic lawn or garden.
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Nice for an urban backyard. In a rural setting, I leave the leaves to protect the lawn grass over the winter, and mow them in the spring. They are quickly incorporated into the soil.
In the suburbs, I just mowed the leaves in the fall as they fell, and let them nourish the lawn along with the grass clippings. (I only pick up the grass clippings if they are especially heavy.) BYW, most lawn grasses should be allowed to grow at least 3″ tall, 4 is even better, expecially in summer.
I started a compost bin a week ago and it should be ready to use next week. I googles fast composting and it came back with the Berkely method. It takes 2-3weeks to completely finish. Use an equal amount of grass clippings and leaves or any carbon. Shredded boxes or newspaper if you can’t get leaves, and water. you can also use saw dust mulched tree limbes or sticks even some table scraps. Great stuff.
@RawkStarrPrincess They were feeding you some really good info. for someone that likes to keep things complicated and work hard. I don’t like to work hard. SO; I Kiss (keep it simple stupid) my compost pile. Any organic material in contact with dirt and or water. As for PH , just check your garden dirt once a year and add lime as needed.
If, by any chance, your compost pile starts to smell bad, it is a sign that the nitrogen level is too high, add a little carbon to the mix. I have at one time had to use some clean wood ashes to deodorize it. The mix can be important, if your pile doesn’t decompose well you can pass bad stuff back to your garden plants.
Yes, egg shells are best ground up a bit. They add calcium which is good for fruit production, like tomatoes.
I agree. When I was first beginning and I was very excited about gardening and starting my compost, it really did complicate things. I felt a little over whelmed with all the information. Now, I just use an old piece of chicken wire fence formed into a cylinder and tethered with some zip ties. Then I throw in all my coffee grounds, fruit and veggie scraps, egg shells… you know what goes in and then every now and then some horsey poo.. I have plenty :-S. I added worms and it composts fast now!
@AnnieNM06 Of course you can! maybe break it a little so it degrades faster. It won’t add much to the dirt but there’s no reason not to put it in! =)
@RawkStarrPrincess Well the ”right way ” to compost everywhere is just to get optimal results. In my opinion it makes composting seem harder than it is. You can trow all you organic stuff anyway you want mixed with some dirt. I’ll compost anyway but might take more time.
I’m no expert, but I thought that for a good compost you need to balance the “browns” and the “greens”? Browns being yard clippings and greens being fruit and vegetable peals, egg shells, coffee grinds. ect. I thought that balancing these things is what helps keep the PH balanced and helps the compost to decompose at a better rate and become more nutritious? Or was someone just feeding me a line of … compost?
banded?
banned?
can i put egg shells in my compost? Thanks
and thanks for this great video. This is the most clear and simplest how to make a compost bin video ever. Thanks
Patti, thanks! This is how we’re going to do it.
As usual, brilliant tips! Jeanne
Nice one! Good money saving tip!
Looks like this will be my plan for the winter here!!
Since you are in the urban/suburban area food scraps are not the best idea (nor is any fresh manure) – but out in the country…both are fair game for the compost pile.
So, you don’t turn it, water it or anything?
Super intro and vidoe!
Best Blessings!
Donna Miller
many people compost with rabbit or chicken manure! I don’t think you really know what you are talking about!
I meant that they dont make ink out of lead, pencils too. lead is a known mineral that causes cancer so it was banded in the us
God city people are entertaining.
BS ! what are u afraid of? SOY INK?
U ARE JUST SPREADING FUD
most news papers now use SOY INK .
so ask your newspaper what they use for ink.
soy ink is safe.
newspaper is not printed in the poisonous ink anymore.
Usually the concern in vermicomposting (worm composting, which usually uses newspaper for bedding/food), is that some inks contain lead. However, many newspapers use soy-based ink, so you have to find out which type of ink your local papers use (lead or soy-based). Also, it’s usually recommended to only only plain newspaper, not the colorful stuff. I figure if it’s OK for my worms, it’s OK for my other compost.
lol I know it was clear I just wanted to make sure it was true. So what kind of poisons? and how much is too much? or is just a sheet of newpaper too bad for you? This is a bit important to me sinse i put some paper in my compost. thanks for reply dance
eeeerm, I think when I said “You should NOT compost paper or newsprint”…it was clear enough ?….Inks contain POISONS.
As for milk products they are ‘greasy’ and will inhibit breakdown unless you use a specialist rotating /wood pellet composter.
so no paper, newspaper in compost is what you are saying? I suspected that ink might be bad i knew it. please confirm this to me somone thanx. Oh and does anyone know why milk products can be dangerous for compost piles?
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You should NOT compost paper or newsprint….it contains a fair amount of poisons from the ink. If you want roughage in your finished compost shred wood or bark NOT any form of plastic.