Gardening & Lawn Care Tips : How to Make Compost
A compose tea is easy to make with a five gallon bucket, the aerator from a fish aquarium and household garbage. Make compost tea with tips from a landscaper in this free video on gardening and lawn care.
Expert: Bill Elzey
Contact: www.ShowplaceLawns.com
Bio: Bill Elzey is the owner and manager of Showplace Lawns in Austin, Texas.
Filmmaker: Todd Green
Duration : 0:3:29
Build Big Garden Compost Bin
Build a large compost bin for your garden. Use pallets and connect them together. Greenpower farm shows you how.
Duration : 0:1:35
CarriageWorks Kitchen Garden Workshop #1 – Composting
CarriageWorks Kitchen Garden Workshop #1 – Composting
Duration : 0:4:58
Growing Wheatgrass, using old soil for compost.. reuse?
I grow wheat grass for juicing. I know soil is cheap, but I try to be as efficient as possible so I made a composter out of a 2 foot tall (give or take) garbage bin.
I hand-shredded some old newspaper and put it in the bottom, and put some moist old (used) soil on top. I then added a layer of 3/4 decayed compost (fruits, veggies, other organics), covered with some more used soil (which has withered uncut grass in it) and then a final layer of soggy newspaper shavings. I put the lid on, and turned the bin a bit to loosen it up. Inside are mold mites and a small handful of potworms, and red worms to start.
I have many questions hopefully you gardeners can answer.
*I was hoping to use the composted matter to lay down in trays again and recycle as new soil for wheatgrass growing. Will this work, and is it safe?
*How often, if ever, should I add more worms? I plan to buy about 1lb of redworms to put in. Will they reproduce fine on their own?
*Is using newspaper as dry material safe? I understand it is better for the environment as it will be broken down — but if composted and the soil is then used to grow things like vegetables, wheat grass ect things we eat — will the ink in the paper be harmful to us?
*If the compost is unusable for recycled soil, id still like to keep the bin for reducing organic trash waste.. so any tips would be appreciated 
Thanks!
If you want to use a compost bin, you will have to buy one because they are specifically made for composting. They are made of plastic and have air slots all around them. Compost will rot if it can not be aerated. I have a Compos-Tumbler which works much better than anything I have ever used and it speeds up the process. Compost can be made from just about anything except meat and meat by-products. Grass clippings, weeds, hay, table scraps of veggies, crushed egg shells, and shredded newspapers, but don’t use the glossy sheets. Most newspaper ink now has a soy base and is not harmful. There are garden red worms and fishing red worms and they don’t mix. In other words, do not buy red worms from a bait shop and expect them to eat your garbage. If you are just going to grow a small amount of wheat grass, then it would be cheaper and much more sanitary to purchase a small bag of compost to use for planting.
Raw Food Recipe: Compost Crackers & our complete garden.
In today’s video we show everyone how to use kitchen scraps to make amazing raw food crackers. Next we show how our new garden looks all completed. Enjoy! Get ready for tomorrow’s amazing show.
Duration : 0:9:43
A Quick Way To Compost
One of the thrills of gardening is making your own compost. In addition to this you will need to handle plants, soil, rocks, fertilizer and soil conditioner. A pair of gloves will not only come in handy it will be a necessity.
Composting is the process by which materials that are destined for the landfill are used to create nutritional products for the garden and lawn. Compost is a soil-like substance that will function as a soil conditioner, a mulch and fertilizer. It will feed your garden the microorganisms that plants need to grow healthy and strong.
It is best if the compost pile is located near your garden and at the same time has enough concealment to not affect the overall look of your garden. You want it to be close to the garden for convenience but you do not want garden visitors to see the compost pile. A corral or a fenced area would do fine.
After you set up your composting area you begin the compost pile by arranging a 3:1 ratio of brown and green items. Green ingredients contain nitrogen the brown ingredients contain carbon. Together these components make up the foundation of a compost pile. The green organic items of gardening include grass clippings while the brown items are the dry leaves and other wood products.
If you are concerned about the bad smell that would come out of your compost pile, do not worry about it. If you have the right combination of green and brown material you do not have to be concerned about a bad smell. Compost will have an earthy smell and it will not smell like rot.
One way to insure that your compost pile has the right combination of green and brown material is to collect a nice gathering of material before you make your compost pile. When you are ready to make your pile start with a one part of green material and follow it up with three parts brown material. The next layer should be some very course material such as twigs or straw, aeration between the layers is very important. Think of a composting lasagna.
To get the process started quickly add some already composted material. This will help to start the process and introduce microbial activities in your compost heap.
Make sure that you add the right amount of moisture to the pile. Dampness in the compost pile will help quicken the breakdown of the organic materials . Think of a damp sponge .
If you care about the environment then you will be for a compost pile. This process is all about giving back to the land what it has given you, and starting a compost pile is the best way to do that. Grab a totally unique version of this article from the Uber Article Directory
how do worms find their way into my composter?
We have lots of worms in our composter. How do they know to go into the composter?
Earthworms have chemical receptors all over their skin that gives them a sense of "taste or smell", that leads them to the new food.
Bear-Proof Composter
Laurie Chambers describes his critter-proof compost bin to us. He’s just finished building one at the Vancouver Compost Demonstration Garden.
http://critterproofcomposting.com/
http://www.cityfarmer.info/
Duration : 0:2:8