Your Compost Is Failing Because of This!

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  @simplifygardening · 3 years ago · pinned

  Want to go in-depth on composting? Check out my book Composting Masterclass. <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Tony-ONeill/e/B09Z79VFRB/ref=aufs_dp_fta_dsk">https://www.amazon.com/Tony-ONeill/e/B09Z79VFRB/ref=aufs_dp_fta_dsk</a>

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• OL

  @ollie2244 · 7 years ago

  When I hear a Welshman talking about gardening I know I can trust him.

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  @cameronbennett797 · 6 years ago

  That scarecrow scared the living s*** out of me

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  @rosebloodwater13 · 4 years ago

  I love when you call them delek style bins and it&apos;s funny because you&apos;re not wrong.

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  @DavidGatt-tl2cq · 3 months ago

  This is the best gardening channel I’ve found! I wish I had found you years ago!! Thank you so much!

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  @karenbrown5177 · 6 years ago

  I&apos;m a grandmother in Illinois, &nbsp;USA. &nbsp;We are in the midst of shelter in place orders now. My daughter and my grandies are thankfully working in the garden. It took the pandemic to get everyone to help. I cant do as much as I used to plus I&apos;m watching my other daughter&apos;s son since schools are closed for now. I always enjoy watching other gardeners all over the world. Blessings and prayers to you all.

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  @dimpletoadfoot8631 · 5 years ago

  I used to belong to a community garden in NYC, and the guy running the earth bins for compost said if the measurements aren&apos;t right, the compost will &quot;smell like evil&quot;. So if your compost smells like evil, something is terribly wrong LOL

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  @sandieblack4860 · 7 years ago

  Love the video. I am a compost maker from way back and have being building my own compost heaps for many years. I am strongly in favour of not wasting anything if I can help it and that goes for weeds, vegetable scraps, leaves etc., At present I have 8 compost heaps, bins and barrels in my garden and I still don&apos;t have enough of the finished product for my needs. I have just finished &quot;harvesting&quot; one of my bigger bins, (it started out it&apos;s life as a rabbit cage) it measure roughly 8 feet long 4 feet wide and roughly 3 feet high. Unfortunately, due to ill health I was unable to turn this pile so it pretty much got left to decompose on it&apos;s own. When I uncovered the top layer, some of which was still not broken down, I found the underneath layer to be a fine mixture of beautiful, rich soil ready to start my seeds in, use as mulch or add to my raised beds to top them up ready for the coming growing season. The top layer that still needed to be broken down and a few odds and ends I found in the compost as I harvested it, just went into my next bin and will decompose along with the newer stuff I am putting in it. As a matter of fact that bin is almost full and as I will be unable to turn that one I am leaving it to do it&apos;s own thing, so, while that is happening, I sprinkled a couple of inches of finished compost on top and planted a few butternut squash seeds in there to see how well they will do. &nbsp;I did a similar thing with a barrel that I had been using to put most of my household scraps in, I added a layer of rotting leaves every now and then and topped it off also with a couple of inches of finished compost, I now have a great crop of potatoes growing in it, come fall when I harvest the potatoes the bin will be emptied into one of the raised beds and put under a layer of leaves, grass or straw or maybe a combination of all three. Then that bed will be all ready for planting up next year. &nbsp;So for anyone out there who has never tried composting for themselves I would certainly urge them to give it a go, it is the ultimate form of recycling. (Sorry for the long post but you just opened up my pet subject haha) &nbsp; &nbsp;Anyway, take care and stay safe. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Sandie from Ontario Canada.

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  @lnytita6763 · 2 years ago

  Aloha! Beginner gardener here. I&apos;m learning a lot from your videos. I&apos;m trying to be resourceful with the limited availability of gardening supplies/suppliers where I live (very isolated). Our long-time hardware store closed down at the end of last year, and we are awaiting the reopening of a new owner with more of a wide-reaching network. I&apos;m hoping I can acquire the basic supplies to get our neglected tiny garden back in order, and supplement the flower plants with a few food plants. Having my own compost will allow me to utilize the kitchen waste more effectively, and hopefully, cut down costs on much needed potting soil. I designated a tiny patch for the green waste from the yard, but was unsure as to what else I can add to it to make a proper compost. Your information is greatly helpful! Thank you.

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  @nancyhaney4477 · 5 years ago

  Best explanation of greens and browns I&apos;ve ever seen. &nbsp;Thank you.

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  @dave710 · 3 years ago

  AT LAST!!!!!<br>Someone who knows what they are talking about - superb video - cheers mate!!!!!

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  @MayaDominique · 6 years ago

  I appreciate the description of the compost bins as &quot;Dalek style&quot; :)

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