How I Make Compost and Why You Should Too - Suburban Homestead EP8

Discover why it is important and how to make your own garden compost from kitchen refuse. Turn trash to black Gold. In this episode I bring an update to my homemade composting tumbler. I also share the science behind compost, the secret to Organic Gardening. This is the eight episode of the Suburban Homestead series, that focuses on sustainable living, with practical how-tos

Created by: Siloé Oliveira

[Test-ebbj]

I am watching this in 2023 and I am soo happy that YouTube recommended your channel! I have almost caught up on all your videos and I am blown away by the story telling, videography, the different topics and everything else❣️ The research & work that goes in every single one is super impressive and super appreciated! I know that the algorithm favours the quantitative style of uploads of short clips but I do not! I have watched some of art & garden videos 2-3 times because they are a piece of art. Glad that your material stays on YouTube ( hopefully or maybe forever…) 😘🇨🇭

[jenniferspeers]

Have taken your advice and decided to rewatch and watch your older videos while you take your well deserved year end break.
Thank you Siloé for your time and dedication to us, the viewers, and for all your awesome content.

[TheHilary]

I love your videos. I’ve been watching back issues. I’m so glad you didn’t give up when UTUBE started all their ignorant algorithms. Keep up your videos. We all thoroughly enjoy them. Thank You. Hilary in Texas.

[DanielleDeFreeze]

I watched a series on Youtube called The Wartime Kitchen and Garden. There are about 8 episodes that show how people in Europe gardened and grew their food during WW2. There is a man on that show Harry Dodson. He is soooo amazing! He has another series on Youtube about old style Victorian gardens. I can't remember which episode it was, but he shows how to build the brown matter/green matter/soil compost heap like you showed here. I was surprised and happy to see you reference that method I saw Mr. Dodson tell about that has been used for many many years.

[kathypiercy]

Hello Siloe, loved the video. I use the cold slow method as I have far too many other things to do. I have 3 or 4 bins, one that I'm filling, one that I have turned, and one that is ready to go. I love my compost, it just totally amazes me how rotten vegetables and fruit turn into soil, and I can do it. So pleased to have found you even if I am quite late. Cheers and thanks

[OneYardRevolution]

Excellent video,  Siloé! I love your use of the old slides to demonstrate the different inputs into compost. Very creative as always!

[lucasnaeyaert]

so Ive watched the first 12 vids on your channel and you are great my friend> I love how artistic and articulate your videos come off. Thanks for the hard work

[cqammaz]

Also, I forgot to mention my 2 new addition to the family bun-bun and fufu they are my rabbits. I got them to fertilize my garden next spring. So I feed them a lot. and my other new adding that don't have names as they have been reproducing like crazy are my worms Red Wiggles to be exact. I feed them a lot as well. Then last but not least my bees, Italian honey bees I got them last July. They make me happy.

[Anil]

My goal this weekend was to learn how to make compost. It seems every video I've seen on the matter makes composting seem so complicated. Thank you for your fine explanation.

[AlbertaUrbanGarden]

Fantastic episode on composting ! Intend to keep my compost simple and cold. A pile in the back corner with organic material that does not attract rodents. The rest goes to my towns municipal compost.

I like to focus on the gardens mulch which is in place composting. It's simple fast and effective. I have not added any fertilizer this year to the garden and had the best results ever.

[superslyfoxx]

Thanks for keeping the explanation so simple. Loved seeing another video from you.

[ramonamacabugao]

My composts are store bought plastic tubs which are cheap, I throw all veggies n fruits scraps and whatever leaves and plants materials from my garden and small cardboards and brown papers, the tubs are only 1.5x2 feet size or slightly bigger but in less than 4 months I harvest my black gold for my plants. It’s not enough though but I plan to compost forever in the hopes to help our environment. I will invest in a commercial composter once we have a bigger yard. Since we live in a city n our yard is small I’ll only use what I can fit in here and I use my strength to mix my compost file. Nutrient for the soil, exercise for my body. Thanks for another great video.

[antonioguimaraes]

It truly is very easy to compost. I have three composting bins measuring 8 ft wide x 8 ft long x 4 feet tall. It is fun to fill the bins with the raw materials you mentioned in the video and watch the pile shrink and turn into the black gold over a period of 1-2 months. I’m lucky to be able to super charge the compost piles with chicken manure 3 times per year when I “harvest” the manure from my “Chicken Palace”. I’ve used compost exclusively for fertilizing the garden for 10 years with very productive harvests in northern Minnesota despite the short growing season. Muito obrigado. Seus vídeos são excelentes!

[joansmith]

Love your videos! Composting is an art! I keep my kitchen waste in an old tupperware cake pan lid. I keep it in the refrigerator so there's no fruit flies or gnats.  I put used paper napkins and paper towels in there as well. I empty it into the outside compost every 2-3 days. I like to compost in big plastic composting bins. I think it keeps varmints out and contains it. I put in chicken litter, kitchen scrapes (that don't go the vermicompost) and other peoples leaves. I don't pick up grass anymore due to the threat of persistent herbicide. I "chop and drop" my own yard waste. Cardboard goes to the vermicompost and to build new beds (best thing to kill bermuda grass). Now that I also use actively aerated compost tea, I don't have to buy additional compost. 

[comofazerhorta]

I love when I come across information like this regarding composting. Lots of people get scared about so many technical infos and never start it. Great job! Fantastic editing btw!

[suburbanhomesteaderwy-az]

I have a tumbler composted, which love. I can get chicken manure with small wood chips. when I use it in compost tumbler I have finished, beautiful compost in less than 6 weeks. It breaks down the fruits and green material so fast.

[loriwalker-brandon]

Thank you for your clear, simple, organized explanation. Just found your channel today and I appreciate your hard work and sharing of your knowledge with all of us!

[LolitasGarden]

Thank you, Siloé! Fantastic video! We are compulsive about using every resource, and making compost is the king of that mentality- our trash actually gets better with time.

[raybender]

Thanks, Siloe. Another great video! Keep up the great work!

[AnamayraBSharp]

Great video explaining how to compost and the different ways to compost