What Happens When You Bury Kitchen Scraps in the Garden?

This video shows what happens when you bury kitchen scraps or waste like bones and meat such as fish in the vegetable garden.

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Self Sufficient Me is based on our small 3-acre property/homestead in SE Queensland Australia about 45kms north of Brisbane - the climate is subtropical (similar to Florida). I started Self Sufficient Me in 2011 as a blog website project where I document and write about backyard food growing, self-sufficiency, and urban farming in general. I love sharing my foodie and DIY adventures online so come along with me and let's get into it! Cheers, Mark :)

[municho]

Do I have a garden? No.
Am I still watching this? Yes.

[kimjones]

The old gal who lived next door was always digging holes and dumping stuff in the hole. She had the most amazing gardens. Once a big deer died in her yard at the age of 87 she dragged the big buck to the big Hooke she dug. After watching that I was always nice to her 😊

[katiep]

As a child my dad taught us to plant fish heads under his veggies…. He loved fishing. All our fish heads and guts were hand caught by him and us so it was free fertilizer for the garden and a great fish fry for the family. Nothing was wasted. We always had the best garden and at 59 I’m still practicing his method. It still works

[Hybzy]

One thing I've learnt about composting as well, is that I get better results by having two separate compost piles. Separating them into vegetables and fruits. Fruits generally have a lower pH level, so they will feed plants which require a more acidic soil. Using fruits to fertilise fruits, and vegetables to fertilise vegetables means that you are giving the soil the nutrients more required by the crop type. Egg shells are a great way to increase soil pH too, by introducing calcium into the soil.

[LARKXHIN]

I like how we went from kitchen scraps to dead birds in 30 seconds

[goodcitizen]

Me: "I'm going to bed early tonight."

3am: What happens when you bury kitchen scraps in the garden?

[Brykk]

Ive found that having 4 separate zones works for me. I have 2 raised beds in each zone and i bury scraps in 1 zone (or 2 beds) for one full season, while planting the other 3. It gives a full year for the scraps to break down and let the soil recover. My grandparents and parents have been using this method for well over 100 years and have never had a year that we havent been able to supply what we need. We almost always have had enough canned at the end of the year that we have been able to help out neighbors, friends, and family.

[larrykeyes]

Never buried a fish in my gardens, but here is a short story that lends credence to that idea.
Mom and dad often fished, and after dad returned from a solo fishing trip one weekend he had several cat fish, a bass or two, and some carp. Carp are nearl impossible to clean, but he kept the carp to help out a neighbor who had a stunted tree among those planted in along his property line - one poor ole tree looking sad compared to the others. Dad buried a whole carp at the base of the little tree, about two feet deep, and by the next year the short tree had out grown the others. There was no fertilzer or any other addition to the soil.
That's my report, some 60 years later.

[franciscobessa]

From Venezuela, I burry kitchen trash all the time in my small garden all the time and this year 2021 I have pulled out and bagged over 200 fruit trees to be planted in schools around my home town

[nilsnyman]

When he abruptly said "my grandparents..." I expected him to finish with..."are buried right over here..." Lol

[dimpsthealien]

This is probably an odd comment and you won't probably read it, but thank you for this. We are having to move away from my family home. We have buried many pets in our yard over the years. This helps knowing that their bodies have definitely returned to the Earth and I don't have to feel so sad about leaving them. I'm sure that's a strange comment, but...

[nancys.]

Love the idea of just letting things break down naturally. My father dug a pit in the ground and we put all our kitchen scraps in there (he covered it with a wood-framed screen to keep critters out). It yielded the best compost and he had a beautiful vegetable garden.

[lindadavidson]

I tell my husband to be nice to me because the neighbors are totally used to seeing me dig big holes in the garden. So far it has worked!

[gabrielfriedel]

Who else thinks it's beautiful how nature can just take care of everything?

[helentc]

I started doing this a few years back when my Dad told me, it was what his Father did with Kitchen scraps. Saves all the trouble of turning a compost, and dragging it to the garden bed when you want to use it. Just put it right in where you plant. I mix some dried leaves in with my compost when I bury it, I think it helps the break down process, the leaves break the wet scraps up a bit and allow more oxygen perhaps. This is definitely my preferred method.

[TheOccultOutsider]

'your basically growing your plants on top of a worm farm, and I think thats cool" yes dude, it is super cool you're amazing! the world benefits from you.

[juanparra]

After several years of watching videos on Youtube, I can say with total confidence that hands down this is the nicest dude in social media ever.

[racheljean]

Love aussie dudes who are so passionate about simple things like gardening, fishing, camping, etc. Bless them.

[a_suslov]

We have composting program in Boston where residents can dump there kitchen scraps and it all goes to the farmers. I think it’s pretty cool!

[pistolcrystal]

This guy would make an incredible grandfather. He's fun and yet calming