Home made compost 1941

[arpoet]

I know that from time to time we get questions on here about making compost.
This film from 1941 is on the BFI site and is one i think many new gardeners will find useful.
Making a Compost Heap (1941) - YouTube
Roger

[Newton]

Really interesting......but when does he use the compost?

[Aberdeenplotter]

When does anyone use compost?

[chris]

Impressive how the sides were so straight..

[alldigging]

At 2.05 what's the thing in the background?

[zazen999]

Impressive how the sides were so straight..

That was my first thought.

[zazen999]

At 2.05 what's the thing in the background?

I think it's a clamp?

[Bren In Pots]

At 2.05 what's the thing in the background?

I thought it was for forcing rhubarb but according to the comments its a clamp for storing vegetables.

[lottie dolly]

looked like the aliens had landed,a very good video for all the new peeps,

[Aberdeenplotter]

I think it's a clamp?

We would have called it a tattie pit. rarely see them these days.

[veggiechicken]

I liked his clothing - the image of an allotment gardener. Flat cap, waistcoat, cigarette, just like my grandad

[Bren In Pots]

I've got an old gardening book called 'the ABC of vegetable gardening' first printed in 1937 and in that you're not properly dressed unless you're wearing plus 4s

[julesapple]

Could it be a bee skep, or a rhubarb cloche?

He was putting good beans on that compost.....doesn't he know there's a war on? He does use the compost - he uses it to build a whole new compost heap.

[zazen999]

There's something just not quite right about that film. The lighting? Can't quite put my finger on it.

[veggiechicken]

It all looks so staged - just too perfect to be true