How to make compost a complete beginners guide

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This video is a super-simplified explanation of how to start composting at home for the first time composter. Composting isn't as complicated as it seems and hopefully, I can encourage you to start your own compost pile and begin making your very own rich, nutritious compost to use in your veg beds and flower beds.
Treat this as your starter lesson, get the courage to give it a go and get the basics down and then hopefully you may feel inspired to delve deeper into the subject.
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@Melinda_WA_US 2 года назад

Great video explaining compost while transplanting into it. Also, I absolutely love the way you and other RU-vid gardeners are supporting a fellow RU-vid gardener. We gardeners love sharing our love.

@eliandkate 2 года назад

It’s always nice to help someone else 😍😍

@chelseacromwell2551 2 года назад

Thank you Eli, it finally makes sense. I'm feeding the bacteria, gotta feed a balanced diet.

@eliandkate 2 года назад

😂😂😂 soooo glad someone out there thinks like me

@rachelmiller764 2 года назад

I fill container pots with compost and stack them by the side of my shed, turn each one out every now and then and put back, had some lovely compost so far

@eliandkate 2 года назад

Excellent example of making it work in the space you have 😀😀😀😀😍

@rachelmiller764 2 года назад

Yep, small garden so no space for a large compost bin, the containers look neat and tidy!

@eliandkate 2 года назад

I did the same thing. Switched to the tall black bins behind me, neater and contained

@AllBikesGreatAndSmall 2 года назад

I'm new to gardening and this video has given me the motivation to start my own compost bin. Thanks

@eliandkate 2 года назад

that has made my day Kevlar 😍

@GardenerScott 2 года назад

Great information, as always. Wonderful video and fantastic example of multi-tasking with discussing one topic (composting) while doing another (transplanting). Gardeners are incredible people. :)

@eliandkate 2 года назад

Ha ha ha I’m now sure I can claim that as multi tasking 😂😂😂

@simplifygardening 2 года назад

Great video Eli lots of tips, and thanks for mentioning the book :)

@eliandkate 2 года назад

Thanks Tony Was excited for the launch today. I caught you in Gardener Scott’s compost live stream and was hooked.

@southcoastuk8115 Год назад

Watched your neem oil tutorial first, have started to watch your pepper tips...now compost! Yikes, I need more viewing time! Sunscribed! TY

@eliandkate Год назад

Ha ha ha just remember to take a break from the screen and get out in the garden 🤣🤣😁

@catcameron90 2 года назад

New video popping up when I'm working my way back through all your videos! And I've just started my own compost bin. Perfect timing.

@eliandkate 2 года назад

Oh awesome…. But if a bonus video today, there will be the usual one on Sunday too 😍

@shiningxie1395 2 года назад

You are Great at Explaining EVERYTHING!!! Thank you so much for the the heads up! Ps" Love your Ascent!🤗😍😘👍👍👍 Cheers from South Australia.😍✌🙏

@eliandkate 2 года назад

awwww thanks - glad you are finding the videos helpful - and in Australian too... that's exciting - is this where I say, "I don't have an accent, you do!" ?????? 🤣🤣🤣

@shiningxie1395 2 года назад

@@eliandkate Exsuse me Young Lady!😂😁🤣 Ofcouse, I'm in my Garden now, making my own Compost! Thanks to you. I love your Entergy!🤗😘🤗👌👍 Cheers to Ya"...👏👏👏👏👏✌😘

@eliandkate 2 года назад

😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍 It’s early morning here, I’ve just finished editing todays videos, us in the garden yesterday, so that will be published at 5pm UK I can get coffee and breakfast now 😂😂😂😂

@geofflowton4165 Год назад

thanks for that my compost went cold so i turned it to the next bin ive made 3 ni i thought thatwas it and then a week or 10 days later it heated up so ive started a new pile thank you for the info keep making the videos im a novice and im picking up a lot of info thanks to you x

@eliandkate Год назад

Sounded like it just needed some oxygen 😍

@Yankeesista203 2 года назад

All great simple tips to composting! I love composting! A lot of my family members save kitchen scraps for me! lol ;) On my way next to watch Tony! Take care and blessings!

@eliandkate 2 года назад

we have a similar thing, the neighbours give us theri waste and we add it to our for composting :D

@breahnalawrence6725 2 года назад

I love your reading nook :)

@eliandkate 2 года назад

Everyone should have a reading nook 😍

@alisonmoran138 2 года назад

Just to send you good wishes Eli and Kate, I love your energy and enthusiasm for gardening. Your garden and greenhouse look immaculate and something to be really proud of. I enjoy all your tips and tricks, they've given me great ideas, even though I've been a gardener for years, every day's a school day as they say. thank you for sharing.

@eliandkate 2 года назад

Awww thank you Alison… this Sundays video might be one you’d like… got another gardener joining in… from Michigan 😀

@ritalr15 Год назад

I have the 3 bin system for my composting. I am going to be doing the vermicomposting in my gardens this year as well. And I am going to make the trashcan compost bin that Millennial Gardener showed how to make and is sealed with the lid.

@eliandkate Год назад

Wow that’s a lot of composting 😀

@christiegrows2022 2 года назад

Compost is a hot topic atm. I love how you make everything so simple and not over complicated. I’ve got my regular cold compost going and have a few areas of manure composting for next year and then this year I’ve started a wormery. It’s 3 months old now so I should have my first worm castings ready 🤞

@eliandkate 2 года назад

Woah you’re doing loads 😍😍😍

@bluewolf4915 2 года назад

Going to make a barrel composter this year. Hard to find the time. Next year I'll be retired so I'll hopefully have plenty of time. Thanks for the info.

@eliandkate 2 года назад

Oh that’s going to be an interesting project. We’ve only made the pallet ones, a bit boring in comparison

@francesbatycki404 2 года назад

Thanks. Explained nicely!

@eliandkate 2 года назад

Glad to help Frances

@Anita6687 2 года назад

Really helpful info thanks. Good to see you on Tony’s livestream.

@eliandkate 2 года назад

Was fun 🤩

@wildchook745 2 года назад

Great video, Eli.

@eliandkate 2 года назад

Glad it was useful Mary 😀

@glynisglynis8665 2 года назад

Beautifully explained. Thank you.

@eliandkate 2 года назад

Hope it helps 😍

@susanrush8217 2 года назад

I’m going to buy a hot bin for sure, that way I know what’s gone in it 👏👏 Love your channel well done, you explain so clearly 👩‍🌾

@eliandkate 2 года назад

Glad to help 😍😍😍😍

@freespirit4162 2 года назад

Just bought a greenhouse aluminium and realised didn't think of anchoring foundation planning..thought would put weed mat withsynthetic grass floor coverage...have been throwing all my kitchen scraps in pile back of yard but not sure when compost ready...your video was helpful thanks

@eliandkate 2 года назад

Glad the video was helpful 😀 You know when I first started that was my worry too… how do you know when it’s ready 😀

@marksallotmentplot 2 года назад

Brilliant video. Composting isn't something I'm particularly good at but I've taken loads from this and will hopefully get better

@eliandkate 2 года назад

I think that’s the key is you have to be kind to yourself. It’s easy to compare yourself to all these folk showing off, but they’ve got years of learning under their belt. Now is the time for your learning 😍

@oreopaksun2512 Год назад

A great beginner compost guide. That 2:1 brown:green volume ratio is far less intimidating than most other how-to videos out there. But @8:28 "just a pile in the back of the garden"? while you are standing in front of your picture-perfect garden? LOL! But composting is one of those things that keep us humble, I think. Just when I thought "this is simple; idk what all the fuss is about", black soldier fly larvae moved into my "soil factory", and started eating all the lovely compost in the making, leaving nothing.

@eliandkate Год назад

Do you know that the poo from black soldier fly costs an absolute fortune? It’s great for the soil 😍

@oreopaksun2512 Год назад

@@eliandkate Yes! It is supposed to encourage your plants to build defenses against other bad, chewing insects. It costs a fortune bc there is precious little of it (the buggers are SO efficient, I swear, they go through the poo a couple of times if you don't feed regularly). And separating out....NOT easy, and you still get eggs which hatch out into larvae in your beds, and eventually a swarm of adult flies in your yard. In my case, screened pool enclosure for yard. Neither larvae or adult are harmful in any way, but guests can be a little freaked out; the maggots and fly are extra large compared to the housefly. The good: in the summer when they are in full munch mode, I don't work on Bokashi bc BSFL will eat down EVERYTHING, cooked food, meat and dairy included, and smell is minimal (as you said, if it smells, cover with browns). And, they come back....I thought they were gone after the freeze we had this winter, but nope! Can you hear them chomping?

@suebolton3213 2 года назад

Thank you - I think you’ve just converted me!! Going to try this!!

@eliandkate 2 года назад

Hurrah…. Just one new composter makes it all worthwhile

@christinebrooks6364 2 года назад

Hello Eli, thank you for explaining what and how to compost. I have bought Tony Oneils book too, its out of stock at the moment but, have ordered it. Thanks for sharing and take care 🙂

@eliandkate 2 года назад

You are entirely welcome Christine Hopefully it helps boost the confidence of folk who were a bit hesitant. Composting doesn’t need to be complicated unless you like proper in-depth knowledge stuff 😍

@abutterfly7975 2 года назад

If I left composting material open in my yard I’m pretty sure every critter including rats would become regulars. I love the accent, the way you talk and how you deliver great info. 👍

@eliandkate 2 года назад

Yeah the whole rats thing is something to think about, that’s why you’ll hear no cooked foods, no fats, no carnivore manure, no meat, bones, dairy etc

@carladelagnomes 2 года назад

@@eliandkate I have mine out in the open and do not put in cooked foods, fats excetra. Haven't had rodents - so far. Three years now!

@eliandkate 2 года назад

Hurrah I used to add spent grains to my pile (from brewing) and when turning one time disturbed a family of mice, but boy were they the healthiest, most glossy coated mice ever 😂😂😂😂

@itsmeritu4541 2 года назад

niceeee

@harrybrown3657 2 года назад

Good vlog, I like to put plenty of urine in too.. It gets things going for sure.

@joziemc9438 Год назад

Hey, thanks for this I am new to gardening and composting seems important to start! Can I use the wood ash from fire?

@eliandkate Год назад

Theoretically yes, however there are a few things to think about Don’t add it frequently-wood ash can contain high levels of calcium which can change the PH of soul so be sparing Don’t use wood ash from treated woods, basically think about what could contaminate your compost Make sure to add it with appropriate levels of green and brown rather than as a substitute for one

@gardentours Год назад

Black gold 👍

@eliandkate Год назад

100% That usually how we refer to it, black. Gold or East Lothian gold (where we live)

@rosepetal45 2 года назад

Hi Eli. You showed shredding coloured newspaper. Are you not worried about the ink component. I use shredded brown card but try to avoid any with lots of ink or shiny surfaces.

@eliandkate 2 года назад

Not newspaper colour print no. I avoid glossy though.

@carladelagnomes 2 года назад

Supposed to be, the newspaper inks are made with soy, so you only have to avoid the glossies (the coating is not good for the garden).

@eliandkate 2 года назад

That’s it spot on. There was a time when the inks did have toxic things in them but the industry changed a good few years back. Although you know what the internet is like… one person says something and before you know it, half the world are quoting it as fact 😂😂😂😂

@luvlysgardeninghaven4797 2 года назад

Hi Eli. I'm not sure if I've asked this question before but.. I'd absolutely love to make my own compost. But because I have a wriggly phobia. Would it be possible to make a wiggly free version?

@eliandkate 2 года назад

Well if by wriggly you mean worms then you generally don’t need to use worms to make compost… but like anything outdoors, you are going to get insects etc… it’s nature and you can’t really stop it I’m afraid

@luvlysgardeninghaven4797 2 года назад

@@eliandkate Thank you. Yes I did mean w..ms. even reading that word makes my skin crawl and causes my anxiety levels to rise.😢. I was thinking of making it in a bin. Garden waste bin?

@eliandkate 2 года назад

Yeah go for it. Like I say you don’t need to use them to make compost…. You’ll get the odd one find the bin unless you get the compost hot, but it’s the odd one

@luvlysgardeninghaven4797 2 года назад

@@eliandkate Thank you for replying sweetie. All my compost is shop bought. Just one wiggly will make me hobble a mile lol. I'm slowly making my own RU-vid channel. Learning to cut, edit etc etc ( failing miserably), but still persevering. So, there are 3 reasons I love watching your videos. 1. Simply because, I'm learning a lot from your videos. 2. Practicing learning the"Scottish accent", As I've lived here in Dundee for the past 8 years, and still sound to cockney 😂 3. You're a good teacher 🙂 So thank you x

@johnpurdie2936 2 года назад

Hi what type of compost bins do you use?

@eliandkate 2 года назад

The one I’m using now is a hotbin composter, you can see them in the background… big black boxes. But originally I had a boring old pile encased by pallets. Did the job, but was just a bit awkward for my garden.

@francismee1463 Год назад

Want to start making my own compost here in Ireland but my wife doesn't want an open composting heap where did you get the green enclosed units

@eliandkate Год назад

Green? I’m not sure I know what you mean. I have black hotbins In Ireland you can get them from quickcrop

@francismee1463 Год назад

Thanks I'll look them up

@eliandkate Год назад

Good luck

@francismee1463 Год назад

Looked them up I'm aloud to use pallets lol

@eliandkate Год назад

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 I suspected that’ll do it To be honest though, if you don’t put dairy, meat and cooked stuff… you shouldn’t attract rats Keep a good balance of materials and it won’t smell You should do well with pallets, and it makes the BEST compost