Composting at Home: Two Easy Methods
Enviromom.com founders show two easy how-to composting methods and discuss environmental benefits of keeping food waste out of landfills. Learn more at www.enviromom.com
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You have misinforrmation here about the burying food scraps. Every gardner info advises open air and to miz with green and brown grass or leaf cuttings and to TOSS a lot bcs the pile gets hot. All you’re doing by burying food scraps is creating a toxic dump!
turbomango
September 29, 2011 at 9:51 am
Carbon Dioxide and Methane are not toxic lady. I’m all for compsoting and healthy cleaner ways, but swallowing hook line and sinker perpetuated lies and fake science by money hungry communist facists, are not my idea of self-respect and integrity. Why don’t you bother to search for the over 1,200 unpayed, uncorrupted scientists who have proven the global warming/global climate change is nothing but a scam to kill our country’s sovereignty by getting you to approve a GLOBAL TAX for the BANKSTERS.
turbomango
September 29, 2011 at 10:18 am
Carbon dioxide and methane are NOT toxic. Global warming is a Gigantic scam.
walenski2404
September 29, 2011 at 11:16 am
burying food scraps creates anaerobic conditions and therefore you will end up with a dark, almost black compost that is loaded with pathogens. do not follow this method, or use this kind of compost in your vegetable garden unless you goal is to poison someone.
gojuryukarateka
September 29, 2011 at 11:26 am
Would a diaper genie work to hold scrap food inside
BigTW707
September 29, 2011 at 12:04 pm
CO2 is not bad for the environment. Without it plants won’t grow. Don’t believe the lies. The globalists want you to feel bad about consuming Earth’s resources while they remain the biggest consumers on the planet.
newgtguy
September 29, 2011 at 12:09 pm
WOOOWWW AMAZING. CONGRATS YOU TWO YOURE AMAZING!
NoeBernardin
September 29, 2011 at 12:31 pm
rhe second idea is exactly the same as landfill? methane is produced in landfill as not enough oxygen gets to the microbes to allow them to aerobicly respirate. the second method is a small scale landfill: dump it in a hole and cover it. no oxygen will get to it, and methane will be produced. methane is not a toxin, it is a greenhouse gas
andygd8
September 29, 2011 at 1:04 pm
Thanx much! i just bought a Earth Machine and now I know I need to add some of those leaves!
doguiefresh7890
September 29, 2011 at 1:48 pm
Thanks for the educational video : ) It’s lovely that your kids are part of it : )
monicacordoba
September 29, 2011 at 2:05 pm
@lionglourds I think the 2nd persons interest is mainly in keeping the organic waste from going into the landfill rather than using the matured compost for her garden (which she mentions in the video that she has a small yard).
Alina674
September 29, 2011 at 2:23 pm
Please inform me about the 2nd method of composting. What happened after you bury the kitchen scraps. do you go back & dig the compost out to be used for planting?
lionglourds
September 29, 2011 at 3:18 pm
idiots stop getting you education from the stupid TV. the comment about methane being toxic to the environment is unbelievable ignorant and foolish.
uf3y
September 29, 2011 at 3:43 pm
sweet
sikeyourfuckingmind
September 29, 2011 at 4:27 pm
@Yomalex3 Vermicomposting might be a good option to try… check out redwormcomposting . com to get ideas for that. As for composting, I prefer the Envirocycle compost tumbler. They’re both around the same price on Amazon, I think.
crazyaboutcompost
September 29, 2011 at 4:44 pm
@crazyaboutcompost Well, I dug a hole and buried the scraps but I didnt’t know that worms can’t live in sandy dirt (I live in Florida) so I ended up with a nice little ant hill instead : / where can I get an earth machine and how much do they typically go for?
Yomalex3
September 29, 2011 at 5:04 pm
@Yomalex3 The Earth Machine in the first example will definitely make quicker work of the material, as it’s above ground and absorbs heat while allowing for oxygen. I’d say within 2-3 months you would start having a nice consistent yield. Digging a hole is also good, although it certainly takes longer. Regardless, you’re doing the right thing and it’s fun.
Tangerines are totally fine to compost, as is all citrus. Pure myth.
crazyaboutcompost
September 29, 2011 at 5:46 pm
@Jefferdaughter there are “plastic” bags that are compostable, they are usually made of corn or potato starch or something alike and they look just like regular waste bags
DeanMalenko
September 29, 2011 at 6:36 pm
@Jefferdaughter Maybe she reuses them?
Yomalex3
September 29, 2011 at 7:33 pm
@theafrodude22 It’s just dirt.
Yomalex3
September 29, 2011 at 8:20 pm
How long does it take to make the first batch of compost with each method? I have been saving banana peels and plantain too. Are tangerines good to mix in? Someone told me not to because citrus may mess up the ph balance of the compost.
Yomalex3
September 29, 2011 at 8:25 pm
whore
WAXTHEFUR
September 29, 2011 at 8:49 pm
doing a great job but it looks a bit wet needs more dry stuff get more leaves. save them in the fall and mix in a bit through out the year.
theafrodude22
September 29, 2011 at 9:41 pm
1:45 ewww she touched it
theafrodude22
September 29, 2011 at 10:36 pm
its nice
1998gagana
September 29, 2011 at 10:55 pm