GardenGirl72

Hey folks, I am the Garden Girl. Here is a video I made last week on easy simple compost system.

Compost 1-2-3 - Brightcove

I am also the host of Farmers Almanac TV, a national public telvision series. I hope to sneak you videos here.


Besos,

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lspichkin

Great video! Thanks for the link Patti.

ejagno

Thank you for sharing. I also went to gardengirltv and the site is great. I can't wait to spend some time watching all of the videos.

GardenGirl72

Thanks everybody. I have spent a fair amount of time in West Hollywood/Los Feliz, by the way Lipshin

Patti

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Durgan

Using your method I suggest the product is going to be a bunch of leaves all stuck together in the Spring. Looks nice but not very practical, since the leaves have to be shovelled over several times before they break down in any reasonable time period.

I suggest his method is practical and the bins are cheap to build, and easy to access.

Chipper Shredder and Composting.

24 July 2006 Yard Machine Composting 2 July 2006 Operating the shredder.

24 August 2006 Composting 24 July 2006 Turning compost bin over.

This ten horespower machine is used to chop up all waste foliage. I make a pile of foliage, and when there is enough I wheel the machine out, and chop up the waste. It only takes a few minutes. I use to do this with a machette on a wooden block. It disposes of the branches and waste plants in a clean and quick manner. Unfortunately, one has to justify the cost, and it probably wouldn't be economical with a small yard. Anyway it is probably easier than taking garden waste products to the dump.

The amount of composted material is very minimal. All I get is about 6 cubic yards of garden ready material, which I spread on the garden in the spring. I even get my neighbors grass clippings from two properties. I leave my grass clipping where they fall.

Leaves can be a hassle in a compost pile, since they tend to stick together and eventually become like a paper book. Leaves compost just fine if chopped up with the lawnmower into small pieces by running over and over a pile.

26 October 2007 Sod Busting -composting in situ.

26 October 2007 Sod Busting 26 October 2007 Sod Busting

Ths sod was removed from around the Rose of Sharon bushes. The purpose is to improve the growing environment for the Rose of Sharon roots by removing the grass competition.

First the sod was cut using the kick type sod cutter. The sod was hand pulled apart and put through the chipper\shredder, and blown back onto the area from which it was removed. From past experience it was found that the grass roots are effectively destroyed, and no grass grows from the residue. The area was edged, lightly rototilled, raked smooth and covered with wood chip mulch.

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lulugardens

Is it normal to have a bunch of little flies hanging around the compost pile? Or is that a sign of having too much/too little of something in the compost mix? It's not particularly smelly, but I've definitely got tons of little flies...

GardenGirl72

Machines like shredders are not sustainable, and require a lot of storage for limited usage. What isn't composted is simply put into another pile or put in a redworm bin and quickly consumed.

Little flies. Yes, I have had them. The pile probably needs more heat so a turning wouldn't hurt it.

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