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OK, I'm going to be the one to pick holes in it:
- don't stamp on the stuff, a heap needs air pockets (for aerobic decomposition)
- chopping the stuff up a bit will make it rot quicker
- don't use chemical ammonia to "speed it up", use wee
- adding a bit of soil is a good idea, because it should contain beneficial bacteria, fungi, worms etc
- he's watered his heap, but then left it uncovered, so the moisture is just going to evaporate
- no real need to add lime, the compost will go "sour" only if it's too compact and too "green"
- wow that looked like hard work. If you just chop the green stuff with secateurs, drop it on the soil surface (of your beds), the worms pull it down for you within a few weeks
- well no, it won't "become manure". It's compost, not poo.
A good point about manure though: "anyone with a compost heap has no need for farmyard manure"
Funny clip, thanks for sharing.
- don't stamp on the stuff, a heap needs air pockets (for aerobic decomposition)
- chopping the stuff up a bit will make it rot quicker
- don't use chemical ammonia to "speed it up", use wee
- adding a bit of soil is a good idea, because it should contain beneficial bacteria, fungi, worms etc
- he's watered his heap, but then left it uncovered, so the moisture is just going to evaporate
- no real need to add lime, the compost will go "sour" only if it's too compact and too "green"
- wow that looked like hard work. If you just chop the green stuff with secateurs, drop it on the soil surface (of your beds), the worms pull it down for you within a few weeks
- well no, it won't "become manure". It's compost, not poo.
A good point about manure though: "anyone with a compost heap has no need for farmyard manure"
Funny clip, thanks for sharing.
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