How to Build a Compost Pile For Dummies
Kitchen scraps and yard waste make great garden fertilizer after they decompose into organic matter. Building a compost pile is as easy as layering the right materials, watering, and stirring. This video shows you how to cook up your own compost pile.
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@MickScarborough It’s not just the one person who wrote that book. There are thousands upon thousands of people around the world that have been composting their waste for years with the guidance of Joe’s book and I’ve yet to hear of a single problem from anyone. There has been a ton of science proving the effectiveness of hot composting, and aging, at killing pathogens. The fact that so many people could be doing it and never get sick from it is proof enough of it’s safety.
brianmo180
February 4, 2012 at 4:03 pm
@brianmo180 If only 1 person is writing about it, its far from a proven safe science.
MickScarborough
February 4, 2012 at 4:15 pm
U can Cum into it.
Tarantuloco
February 4, 2012 at 4:58 pm
@DimplesDeep1 you have to water the pile and turn it over every 2 weeks
agentjunieb
February 4, 2012 at 5:00 pm
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bioregenphotonics
February 4, 2012 at 5:08 pm
HOW DO I MAINTAIN HE COMPOST IN THE WINTER TIME OR IS THIS SOMETHING I ONLY DO DURING THE REST OF THE SEASONS?
Thanks for sharing.
DimplesDeep1
February 4, 2012 at 5:30 pm
@Tobey7049 Everything 1too3fore says is true. I read Joe Jenkins book a few years ago and have been composting my shit ever since. ZERO PROBLEMS.
brianmo180
February 4, 2012 at 5:52 pm
@cdiaz1998 If there is salmonella in your stool, your already in big trouble. lol
brianmo180
February 4, 2012 at 6:26 pm
@KelferMookie You sure can. Google “The Humanure Handbook” by Joseph Jenkins
brianmo180
February 4, 2012 at 7:16 pm
@Allen2045 Chromated Copper-Arsenic is the chemical. Sounds like something you would want getting absorbed into your food doesn’t it? lol
brianmo180
February 4, 2012 at 7:23 pm
Lets see. I don’t bother adding dirt. I don’t bother turning it. I don’t bother covering it with a tarp, as those microbes need moisture from rain water. Also, I put every ‘not to be composted’ item in my compost pile, and that includes my own human waste. Search ‘humanure’. A year after the final deposit I have a high quality compost not even money can buy, with no problems encountered in its making. I’d bet the guy that made this video has never composted a day in his life.
brianmo180
February 4, 2012 at 7:36 pm
Turning a compost pile is a waste of time you loose nitrogen & organic matter & you loose any heat you had.
fluffatronix
February 4, 2012 at 8:01 pm
@wiseguy1202 Yes, it should be ready in a year or 2 &, yes
fluffatronix
February 4, 2012 at 8:28 pm
you can pee into it to add nitrogen.
a10fjet
February 4, 2012 at 8:45 pm
Forgot to mention, the welded wire galvanized fencing is self supporting; no need for those ugly and bothersome poles and sticks holding flimsy chicken wire type materials up. Also lasts nearly forever, if you don’t run over it with the tractor.
rustydog1236
February 4, 2012 at 9:35 pm
The best material is galvanized welded wire fencing, 5 ft. tall. Reel off enough to make a circle 6 feet across, clip leaving 4-5 wires long to ‘lock’ the fence together. Fill. Don’t be so worried about what/how you put in your pile as the dude in the video. When full, wait awhile, keeping it moist, disconnect the ‘tabs’, pull off the fencing, set next to the pile and fork back into the fencing.
Make as many as you need / hav room for!
rustydog1236
February 4, 2012 at 10:28 pm
intresting… our compost heap was entirely made of grass cuttings, hedge cuttings and then we used 2 tip in the used cat litter with waste. We then used it for pumpkins and flowers. My Busy Lizzies grew 3 and a half ft tall!!!! so cat waste cant b that bad 4 it surely?
ravengurlxx
February 4, 2012 at 11:19 pm
is it ok to put weeds that were burned already? and how long would it be ready to use?is it ok to put it on a sunny area?
wiseguy1202
February 5, 2012 at 12:06 am
@who885 the reaon why should not add weeds to your compost is that they can grow into your compost and you dont want live weeds if youre going to use the soil
cmswingle
February 5, 2012 at 12:30 am
@KelferMookie no, not if you want to use the soil. i think only horse and cow poop is ok bc of whats in it.
cmswingle
February 5, 2012 at 1:14 am
is it ok to add weeds I pulled out from my garden to the pile?. im new to this. 🙂
massivetubez
February 5, 2012 at 2:10 am
piss in it!
fkelly84
February 5, 2012 at 3:09 am
Kitchen scraps can be composted by soaking first in ammonia! Better, just dig them in where growing plants can uptake the thousands of worms’ castings as they digest the scraps! Works like a charm!
claudius2u
February 5, 2012 at 3:54 am
i have a home made mix that dose not use shade it braks down slow but it works well
younoob82
February 5, 2012 at 4:19 am
@Allen2045 You’re right. Pressure treated lumber usually contains poisonous chemicals that would be absorbed by any vegetables you grow in the compost.
masm60
February 5, 2012 at 4:29 am