Sanctuary Farms a sustainable organization located on the lower Eastside of Detroit. We're committed to closing the food loop through three main objectives: cultivating organic produce, creating nutritious compost and a nature sanctuary.
I cut down a bunch prior to knowing what it was, no chemical, and for every tree I had a dozen shoots this year. Did you deal with any of that? I'm wondering now how to get rid of those... if I should spray and if I have to wait until fall like most recommend.
Yes, that's why they are so difficult to manage. If you don't use a chemical then you'll have to dig out the entire stump and roots in order to ensure the sprouts don't keep coming back. In our case we only saw a couple sprouts after using the chemical as it killed the vast majority of them.
my friend has a restaurant & has drums & she puts all the food that is not eaten. & then she puts in leaves from around the area. & sticks & branches from trees. newspapers & cardboard as well. her restaurant is only open mon - fri. what else can she do to make her compost work better?
It's unlikely you would be able to generate a lot of heat with only using this size bin. Typically you need the mass of about a cubic yard for a compost pile to generate heat above 120 degrees. If plastic contamination is a concern you could use a metal bin instead.
I used to live near Detroit. Seeing this brings happy tears to my eyes. Next time I visit Detroit friends, I would love to visit you, too, if I might. Oh my word, hope for Detroit... 😭🥰
Hey from south africa. So glad I found this channel! Thank you for sharing all this handy info and for the awesome stuff you’re doing over there in detroit 🙏🏽🌈
I have wooden compost bins (cold compost) want to do this . Can I take some of the material in these bins and put into trash cans like you have and just add more green/brown material? In addition once you put the compost in the square bin do you add any more water or is it considered done. Trying to learn this will be my second year gardening trying to make compost. Thank you in advance
Yes you can transfer material from any bin into the trash can as long as it's layered properly. Here in Michigan where it rains a lot throughout the year it's not necessary to add water at the final stage. If you live in a really dry, arid climate, it might be a good idea to continue adding water even in its curing stage.
Thanks for the video sir. Suppose Sir if this is to be carried out without the trash bins, it possible. Or can this be carried out without any container. Thanks
Nice vid. It's what we do. Easy peasy, cheap, and effective. One suggestion: keep the lid on tight (we use bungee cords) and roll the bin around every day or so. It'll aerate the bin and speed up composting.
The pallets are a great way to organize the finished product. But you can also leave it in an open pile, although you might have to continue to turn it a few more times.
agree with everything you said, since i learned it the hard way too. no cracks in cardboard, not even little ones, the grass will find a way out. -and a 4 th thing, to add - be prepared to complete it all at the same time( or within a day or 2) because I stopped after cardboard/compost to finalize decision on where to plant etc. while i shopped for plants etc. and it became a weedy mess, weeds love compost!! and despite pulling them out by hand over a vast expanse, you cant keep up with it. I think I'll now have to kill the weeds with spray before adding the mulch to this - live and learn.
Hay PJ just ran into your channel today for the first time and I watched how you made your compost barrel. I watched other videos before yours so I buried mine about two feet with two-inch holes on the bottom and half inch holes on the sides. but I did not drill holes on the top lid, anyway. Anyway, I like what you're doing here so keep up the good work brother. P. S I live in warren, so I'm a fellow native. trying to turn my back yard into somewhat of a sanctuary myself. See you on the next one.
Not necessary if you layered the carbon-nitrogen correctly. If you wait long enough the compost will break down by itself. Turning, however, will speed up the process.
Thanks for sharing this great idea. I also do our own composed at home by using dried leaves, grass, kitchen scraps, paper, etc. In a couple of months, it turns into soil.
I like that pallet bin. I'll have to see if you made a vid for that one. Have you tried putting holes on the bottomside of this 32 gallon one to let worms come in?
I did this method at our previous home but I didn’t know we were supposed to add water into the compost 🤔 Can you explain that? I thought the stuff being completely wet in there just creates more mushy and stinky compost.
