One Rule Compost

The main compost system used within the RED Gardens Project is also added to by many households in the community, with a single general rule about what type of material can be added. And the methods used to manage this large volume of material have changed quite a bit over the years, with a lot more focus on building appropriate infrastructure, and turning a lot less. But what about the rats?

[brianjacobsen]

You may be able to speed up your composting with a "seeding" technique I use. As the new compost bin/pile is growing, I occasionally add shovelfuls of mature compost, or even better, healthy garden soil, and it really speeds up the composting process! A shovelful here and there of healthy soil or compost provides jumpstarting "islands" of a balanced blend of billions of healthy microorganisms throughout your pile. The islands are similar to a sourdough starter, allowing the microorganisms to colonize the pile more rapidly.

[tecmow]

I love how honest you are with your videos. It’s refreshing to see the reporting of actual experience rather than prescriptive advice. Thanks Bruce 😁

[LegendofKhaos]

The thing I enjoy most about your videos is you provide the information I'm interested in from the first second you start recording clear up to the end. No wasting my time doing long introductions or drawn out segues into other topics. 15 minutes of you is like 2 hours of several other Youtubers. Keep up the good work.

[EstherCervantes-hkpz]

If you seen one composting video, you've seen them until you get to this one. Finally a man who dives into the pile building, literally! The explanation of the evolution, and scaling the operation up was extremely informative! Even if this is 2 yrs old it gained my subscription and thumbs up!!! I've done open piles, and stalls with pallet walls, but now the screened frames version is going to improve my operation, and allow me to scale up.

[OrtoInScatola]

Brilliant system. Kind of what I was thinking about for my small garden, but the difference is that you actually made it and shared the results, which is now pushing me to try to implement it. Thank you!

[lancedaniels]

Thanks for posting and sharing. Very nice to hear about the evolution of the composting project. Particularly good to hear about how rats are addressed.

[ChrisPBacon-yznk]

You should place a vertical pvc pipe in the middle of the pile with holes drilled in it to get air to the center. You could mount a receiver in the middle of the base to slide the pvc pipe onto then when you’re ready to turn the pile just slide it out and move it to the empty bin.

[stubbi]

I honeslty like these types of videos so much, because they really do look back on systems and what changes and has been improved over time.
And because of this I decided to up my Patreon Support.

Thank you Bruce.

[babarkhan]

Brother it is an incredible video.... I am so motivated.... An advise: in India we use jaggery syrup and calcium carbonate to speed up the decomposing.... It's like 1 kg of compost material and 10gm of jaggery we soak it overnite than pour the syrup in the decomposing material... Hope this advise becomes helpful....

[jvin]

That's a well thought out system! Check into the 'Johnson-su' bio-reactor -- no turning necessary and your gear is almost there, just a small tweak: Either use their five pipes design during filling or a single capped (so scraps don't get tossed inside it) larger center tube (or just wire ring) you ensure air is available within one foot to any area of the compost in the bin. Once the bin is full you pull the tube(s) to set in the next bin leaving behind open holes for the air to circulate.

[garrettmineo]

You are a great teacher. Too bad the media focused on celebrities and smart ass little turds rather than telling your story and lessons about how one determined person can actually make a change to help feed people and improving the environment. Bravo!

[PaleGhost]

Sweet, another video I can recommend to anyone about composting. I've been using your old one so it's nice to have a fresh one that has more experience behind it.

[JJ-enrf]

Thanks for this video! I volunteer at a community garden and I recently tackled the very large, singular compost pile that was slowly inching its way into a walking path. I revived the previously established three bin system that was neglected, but I'm looking for ways to improve even that. I love the ventilation solution in this video and also the "one rule" for composting, which I've personally used in my backyard compost systems myself. Lots of boiled chicken carcasses went into that after making stocks :D Always had lots of straw to bury it under. Thanks for this video! Love to see the hands-on approach!

[meghrajtamang]

Man you did lots and lots of hard work and multiple methods. It's great hands-on experience lessons for gardeners and farmers! Salute to your great contributions in compost making 👏

[raydowdy]

You definitely worked hard turning 7 piles. The air all around the pile is exactly what I do myself. Been thinking about using PVC with holes every foot.

[stevecarter]

Quite besides the content itself, you have possibly the clearest most articulate presentation style on YouTube. Whole sentences in a decent order spoken well! Much appreciated by this listener!

[emmettroche]

Great reuse of silage wrap for your bins, considering it usually gets burnt. Your composting system looks very neat. Great informative vid.

[isabelladavis]

Mercy I must say this looked like A HUGE AMOUNT OF WORK FOR ONE PERSON!…they are blessed to have you many thanks for sharing the ups and downs with us all…stay blessed

Fire that cat. And what a healthy rat that was. His diet must be perfect :-D

[garyblake]

It gladdens my heart to see such thought and passion going into the project.