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first! ;p
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Hello, I'm from Algeria, and I'm from gawkers your activities, please give me some flowers and roses, which grow or breed in cold climates or in winter
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when you say carbon are referring to carbohydrates???
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A simple and effective activator (think microbes) is to simply use a shovel full or two of good garden soil for every layer group. This method described in "Rodale organic gardening basics" works great. I've been using this method for a decade and a half. Works every time. No mess, no fuss!
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Also what you people who are doing these vids for John public is we dont have the manures that your guys have accessable.
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Most every other vid Ive seen says you need to water every layer with water which I didnt see you do.
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Thank you for sharing your gardening video's!!~ They are a great help, so on that I'll say Happy Gardening and God Bless!!~
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Amen on the water!!!! LOL Also, it can mold if you over water it.....I use a mop bucket- 3 gallons- per set of layers I throw on......I live in the deep south so...I have to watch the mold here.....It's either really hot or really cold weather where I am. I think composting is just trial and error for each person. God Luck!!!!!
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Thanks for the video.
We were wondering, you said you were using hay, would straw be an acceptable option?
Anyone know?
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Are you adding a dead chicken into your compost? Won't that bring in the bad bacteria? Sorry I almost forgot to say thankyou for a great video and info,,, thankyou........................................Ken.
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I thought that you shouldn't put any animal, meat, fat, etc, in the compost
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Hi guys. I viewed this vid Thursday as this year i started composting too for the first time. My heap is probably half that size but today i went out and relayered some more ingredients into it. Approximately three layers of brown leaves, green leaves, rabbit waste and manure and, and kitchen scraps each. As we are in the dead of winter in uk and everthing is frosted up i left a bottle of hot water in the middle to hopefully stir up the bacteria and get things going. Thanks for sharing this video. There are so many ways to compost and im hoping this layering method will work best for us during the cold months. James :-)
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My back hurts just thinking about turning the pile... don't do it!
There's no need whatsoever to turn your compost pile. Let it sit, let it cook.
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You did a very good job on this video. I appreciate the information and demonstration.
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Thumbs up for this video. I've used the same method and it works very well. You might also want to consider a compost thermometer for monitoring temperatures. That way you turn based on the pile temperature instead of solely on how many days have passed. It'll give you more insight and control.... But yeah.. I agree with prior comments. You're going to have fantastic soil with all that chicken manure. Best of luck !
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What a great video on compost. I'm a super lazy composter, I should probably pay a little more attention to the ratios. Thanks for sharing at Simple Lives Thursday; hope to see you again this week.
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Looking good! Another way to process that rabbit scat is red wigglers LOL Place a 1X12(or8)(or10) around the bottom of the legs on the hutch to keep the worms trapped under the downfall from the wire cage bottom.They will beaver away processing triple chewed compost --black gold for flower pots ^_^---------OH yeah before I forget,take out the dead chicken.Meat milk and cheese tend to draw rats, weasels ,badgers, coon cat and other annoying pile destroyers.
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Hey Jared - congrats on getting the computer mate. Glad to see your back making videos again. I'm also glad I'm not the only one who's a bit scared of composting. I'm going to have to get into it one day and I'm sure I'll probably kick myself for not doing it sooner. Right now I just mulch the beds and apply manure on top of the mulch. I'm eager to have composts for starting plants in pots.
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Alright, I finally had time to watch the video. Thanks for all the kind words :) Your compost pile looks great! That should work just fine. I look forward to the next video showing how it all turned out.
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Welcome back Jared & Jennifer good to see you back youtube.