September 28, 2011 | Filed under: Videos | Posted by: Mike Petty
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25 Responses to Home Composting – It’s Second Nature! – Part I
I have just started composting newspapers and recycling in general! It is life changing!
Obviously the Contra Costa Dump has minimal organic garbage in it.
How do I know?
Because all your Crazy Bay Area Seagulls fly over to the Merced County Dump in the Central Vally by the thousands where they dine like there’s no tomorrow.
I bought two trash cans from Dollor General Store $12.00 each I drilled holes all over bought on line a compost turner for $20.00 It works perfect total cost $32.00.
I work at a resturant as a prep cook. IM able to take all the coffee grounds, egg shells, fruit and vegtable waste. I use it in my compost pile. This is the first compost pile Ive made
Now that our rooftop wind turbines and solar panels are up, I am teaching the kids to compost. Very helpful clip, saved to my bookmarks. Check out my clips if you are interested in wind and solar home stuff. Thanks.
there is no issues with adding meat, dairy or oil, just nonsense being spread about. How do you think nature decomposes corpses? I compost everything, just give nature enought time to work through it. There is a great video on thermophillic composting on here that explains it in detail.
i dont believe thats true, after a forest fire new trees sprout in abundance. wood ash is high in nitrogen. every year we would take all the branches and limbs that fall out of the tree and burn the in a big brush pile in spring, it puts nutrients in to the ground, and the unburnt char-coal like wood is good for soil
darkpheonix262
September 29, 2011 at 8:23 am Reply
Ya, disturbing any kind of compost can slow it down. As long as you have enough ventilation/drainage/brown materials it should be fine not to turn it.
Do what you described, but mix in plenty of dry leaves/newspaper/cardboard and stir the pile once in a while. Don’t add any meat, dairy or oil. That’s basically the gist of it.
I have just started composting newspapers and recycling in general! It is life changing!
ILuvCaroline
September 28, 2011 at 10:04 pm
you don’t add meat because you don’t want to attract rats
aaaarrrgggghh
September 28, 2011 at 10:33 pm
It’s a good video I’m not that green.
mrsmagandelatour
September 28, 2011 at 10:53 pm
@erod1944 hahahaha
featherian
September 28, 2011 at 11:42 pm
Obviously the Contra Costa Dump has minimal organic garbage in it.
How do I know?
Because all your Crazy Bay Area Seagulls fly over to the Merced County Dump in the Central Vally by the thousands where they dine like there’s no tomorrow.
Feed your #@#@$@$# birds willya!
erod1944
September 28, 2011 at 11:56 pm
@theafrodude22 I sure will.
Allen2045
September 28, 2011 at 11:57 pm
@Allen2045 make a video and show us what u got and how u did it.
theafrodude22
September 29, 2011 at 12:34 am
@MondoBeno me too 🙂
vandirk86
September 29, 2011 at 12:35 am
can u mix peat based compost with non peat compost plz any1?
1983SMOGGY
September 29, 2011 at 1:33 am
I bought two trash cans from Dollor General Store $12.00 each I drilled holes all over bought on line a compost turner for $20.00 It works perfect total cost $32.00.
Allen2045
September 29, 2011 at 1:59 am
wonderful vid
robbierohn123
September 29, 2011 at 2:27 am
I work at a resturant as a prep cook. IM able to take all the coffee grounds, egg shells, fruit and vegtable waste. I use it in my compost pile. This is the first compost pile Ive made
Allen2045
September 29, 2011 at 2:32 am
I like his attitude! Good for him!
ArizonaAdventures
September 29, 2011 at 3:19 am
Thanks for sharing this info.
envirosponsible
September 29, 2011 at 3:38 am
I surpised at the people in the video composting in those dinky little bins. I have a small yard and I could probably fill that thing up once a month.
Hedgehobbit
September 29, 2011 at 4:22 am
GREAT !!!!
furiajose
September 29, 2011 at 5:12 am
@tua17292
no one should be unwanted…
1too3fore
September 29, 2011 at 6:08 am
@1too3fore
i think the issue is attraching unwanted critters
tua17292
September 29, 2011 at 6:59 am
Now that our rooftop wind turbines and solar panels are up, I am teaching the kids to compost. Very helpful clip, saved to my bookmarks. Check out my clips if you are interested in wind and solar home stuff. Thanks.
WindEnergy7
September 29, 2011 at 7:49 am
Just keep watching videos on composting and you will learn. Also look up worm composting. That is even better.
RoadRashBurn
September 29, 2011 at 8:12 am
there is no issues with adding meat, dairy or oil, just nonsense being spread about. How do you think nature decomposes corpses? I compost everything, just give nature enought time to work through it. There is a great video on thermophillic composting on here that explains it in detail.
1too3fore
September 29, 2011 at 8:19 am
i dont believe thats true, after a forest fire new trees sprout in abundance. wood ash is high in nitrogen. every year we would take all the branches and limbs that fall out of the tree and burn the in a big brush pile in spring, it puts nutrients in to the ground, and the unburnt char-coal like wood is good for soil
darkpheonix262
September 29, 2011 at 8:23 am
Ya, disturbing any kind of compost can slow it down. As long as you have enough ventilation/drainage/brown materials it should be fine not to turn it.
rileannas
September 29, 2011 at 8:37 am
Do what you described, but mix in plenty of dry leaves/newspaper/cardboard and stir the pile once in a while. Don’t add any meat, dairy or oil. That’s basically the gist of it.
rileannas
September 29, 2011 at 9:18 am
I think that should be fine, as it originally came from wood. Even if it doesn’t decompose it’ll mix harmlessly into the final product.
rileannas
September 29, 2011 at 9:55 am