"Dave, have you been hitting the gym lately?" Dave: "Nah, I've been working on my compost pile. “ 😂😂😂

I had a pile for years and with different iterations of multiple piles it got to the point it was way too big for my small property. I made a rack that has 2 compost tumblers made from barrels and all new stuff goes in the top barrel, once it goes into the second barrel nothing gets added which results in a nice finished compost, then it goes into a big trash can to be fully finished or used. This has made it to where I can get compost to finish faster and handle the problem of having multiple unfinished piles. I time the bins about once a week.

Hi so encouraging to see younger men going for the nature occupation. I’m looking forward for our younger generation. We are in Redding, California. I will suggest that you buy a couple of black belly sheep for mowing down your weeds, fertilize your land, and add to you additional income. The only thing you need to buy is mineral salt for them. Amazing thing is that they have 3 pregnancies in 2 years. We now have a large flock without us trying. God is good. Just sharing with you our experience.

You are a hardworking man. Glad to see people still do this today instead of going to the store to buy it. Everything is so expensive. Thanks for sharing.

I fell into the trap of letting the perfect be the enemy of the good. I now make some really "good" compost. I just process the yard waste from my wife's yard work company as it comes it. Green, brown, whatever. I spray it as I turn it, when I turn it. Eventually, I can sift out a lot of good stuff to use in pots if I want to, and the rest is awesome as a mulch, all thick with stuff as a lot of it still is.

As you said, many ways to compost. I go for temps to flip the pile rather than a schedule. One of the ways I use the unfinished compost is in my worm bins, worms finish it off nicely. It was a good thing you pile got drenched, a lot of people would not know what to do to get er back. Looking forward to more to come. Have a small channel if interested. Stay Well!!!

I started mine last week. Thank you so much for these videos. I am officially a fan. It was the right video at the right time

Loved the don't quit and make it work mentality.

I love ALL The Permaculture Consultant videos!

Round the outside, round the outside 😆 Very good information. Great to know what to do when things go sideways. Thank you

I don’t see my compost pile for a week at a time and it always surprises me how much the pile shrinks next time I see and flip it.

13:08 yes this is highly beneficial to people who have had problems just like these. And also to those who’ve had different problems but can see so clearly in this particular example that “all is not lost”! So encouraging! You’ve got such great knowledge coupled with such a great attitude and we just LOVE your videos. Hope that May 4th meet up was great we were sorry we couldn’t make it. Please mention the next ones as they come up. GREAT Video!

Real time knowledge…life happens…. Great series thanks.

I know about being weary about what's underneath. I used to live outside of city limits years ago and a garden snake came out. It scared me half to death and I walked backwards and stumbled onto some railroad ties we had and fell and scraped myself. It's so funny now, but it wasn't then. LOL

Thoughts on a different method? I do a series of mostly cold compost wherein I have many (8-14) piles going and I only flip them when a couple are shrinking a lot and I combine them. I have seen great results and usually have enough mostly-ready material to work with. I start them all 'hot' but they only get the first flip (outer to inner) as a pile before combining with another to make room for a new one. I know this allows me more space and time efficiency but would enjoy your thoughts on the results.

Thanks William for all the videos!!! Very informative and helpful!! We are in East Texas as well and really appreciate everything you are doing!!

I’m so glad I found you… loving the videos!

Thank you so much! I now have 4 stacks 4'x4'x4' going and two stacks had their 6th flip today. I sprung for a compost thermometer and temps have maintained 145 to 160 degrees in all 4 stacks. I had a real head start on materials since I had huge piles of Oak leaves from last Fall and fresh lawn clippings from this Spring. Everything had been run threw my Toro zero turn mower and vacuumed up and re-shredded with the Peco vacuum that is attached to the mower. Even so, it's still a heck of a lot of work flipping these piles every other day - but man what beautiful black compost. I can't wait to start top dressing hundreds of tomatoes, cucumbers, squash, potatoes, beets that are up and growing now. Will it work on sweet corn and half-runner beans? Any advice on how much and when I can get started putting it around my plants? Is it better to leave on top as a mulch cover or should I hoe and incorporate into the soil around the plant? Can't tell you how much I appreciate your help. I'm 70 years old and been gardening all my life but you have taught me a valuable lesson. Wish you were closer to Western NC and available for an onsite consult. I didn't realize you were in Texas until this last video. All best wishes and much gratitude to you.

Thanks William, this has been a great series to watch along with and see how the steps go. Including potential issues has been great. It would be great to see more of these series! Mauri Ora!

Thank you for covering this, William.

I’m about a week behind you on this method. So far so good.

I think the set backs helped out the what to do if questions. Very helpful

Great stuff as always bro! The kind of information I need... for when things go sideways 🙄😉

I cut some kudzu to put in my compost today. Making my problem the solution!

Hi William. I have a lazy man's compost pile in the corner of my veg garden and usually just let it sit from year to yer and take out from the bottom whatever I need, However, I got fired up after watching all your composting videos and went out to conquer the pile. Lo and behold, the nemesis of every Texan - the fire ants have taken over. I, too, have had a ton of rain over the past few weeks or so and it's a soggy, ant-filled mess. Now what?

Thank you for this series, it was very helpful! I’ve been composting food scraps in a tumbler for several years but don’t ever really finish it. What are some ways to use this? As it is, and once it is finished?

Thanks William got a lot out of this video.

I’ve been waiting until freezing temperatures are gone and it looks like we are finally warming. Going back to the first video to be sure I get this done correctly. Appreciate the information .

Bruh! Imma do the second turn today, had 150 degrees in the center prior to the first turn. If this don’t work, imma load it in my truck and bring it to you!😂

#QandA When you have made amazing compost (hundreds of videos on that subject), my question is how does one properly maintain a compost pile? I have built what I call a Micro-Coop (like a chicken coop for microbes) where I am growing microbes with mulch and compost, and we have a lot of worms working for us in there as well. It is a 4 foot square hole in the ground lined all around with two layers of cinderblock walls and a plywood lid to keep it dark and cool. I assume I can simply keep adding more compost extracts to it, and more compost to keep the level up, and I should be able to get great material for amazing compost extracts and teas.

I have a half acre lawns worth of grass clippings that I've piled into a heap on a tarp, I've planned on collecting humus from old leaves and broken down wood in the forested area adjacent to my property, I however haven't been able to turn it into an official compost pile yet due to my work schedule and I'm just wore slap out by the time I get home... I know there's lots of heat in the pile but there's also some of what looks like powdery mildew in the center. Is it still usable like that or will that possibly infect whatever leaves of say zucchini or tomato that I wind up using it for? I very much enjoy your content and your Dad's too. We're currently seeking comfrey for our coming fruit tree guilds to fill our front yard with. We found some free comfrey in a nearby town in east tennessee... thank you for helping us learn about this stuff, im tired of just having a huge front lawn and nothing to tend to or harvest in it. They really did a number on us as a culture in America, thinking that a lawn is well, honorable(?) and something to be proud of rather than actually USING that land for PRODUCTION of Yahs fruit bearing creation. If you're reading this and you have a nice big front lawn and NO GARDEN you should really consider turning that green land into something that'll feed you and others with as opposed to a weekly chore to buy gas for your mower.

Hello, I am new and I wonder if the compost tumbler bin will work equally well. Of course it will be smaller volume. Second question is, when I yanked the weeds out of my small patch, I didn’t have brown leaves so I just piled the weeds(greens) under my lemon tree. Now I have brown leaves.. can I mix the half rotten green weeds with the brown leaves and add mixture to the compost tumbler bins??

Hi, what video are you talking about how to best use compost? Thanks!

In addition to the tarp, would it be helpful to build the pile on a pallet? To keep it off the ground and out of storm water? Or would the pallet (and air flow at the base) adversely affect the temperature of the pile?

Mine shrunk and I’m in NW Oregon and didn’t cover it. The rainy season isn’t quite over. That was my fault. It was pretty hot and not anymore. The lawn needs mowed again, assuming the rain stops, and I might give it some fish emulsion fertilizer a bit and see if that kicks it up. I better cover it this time.

I started and it got too wet.. very rainy in NY. Sooo this is perfect for me.composting Reality

Was helpful, also it will still feed bacteria inthe soil you add it to .😊

Dumb question. Is it OK to take hot water and use it on your compost pile to heat it up?

I've seen people use a dilute yeast solution on their plants, would a little bit of that work in a compost pile? It goes beyond your two ingredients, just curious.

Thank you, I’m working on mine and it’s looking beautiful it broke down so well, now I started on another batch last week, so that would be three that’s almost finish I’m working with chicken manure, leaves from my veggie garden cardboard and also grass, just waiting on the reply about the pig manure if it is safe for vegetables, love your videos

William, I had started a new pile and it was invaded by the devil's ants!! Also realized that I did not have enough nitrogen in the pile. So....here we go again.😂 P.S. we had 3.85" rain last night....

Completely unrelated question???? When you are headed to the pile you walk by a fence with some black fence posts. Have those been burned to preserve them?

Thx William! 😊

My wood chips has a upside down mushroom all over it. My pile is 12' L x 6'w x 5'deep. Are those mushrooms bad? I don't want to use it in my garden beds, if a bad fungi. Thank you for your help.

Really helpful.

#Question. Back in garden start up enthusiasm I was watching a KZfaqr who advocated tumbler compost bins. I’m a senior citizen, small yard, these fit my location and energy level. I have two. I’m in Texas zone 8. My compostable materials are kitchen and garden waste and a lot of leaves. There are large elm, white oak and live oak in the yard. How do I make the best use of these composters?

My wife and son keep adding to the compost pile they have going. When the internal temp falls to the lowest part of the green section of the thermometer, we usually flip it. Do you keep adding to your pile at all or just add your veggie scraps to a new pile? We compost all kitchen scraps. The compost pile is in the same area we keep chickens so I find them in the compost pile scratching a lot.

#PermacultureQ&A - I'd like to plant 1 or more rows of walnut, hickories, pecans along the north edge of a field in Zone 6 MO. How close to the fenceline should I plant? I'm thinking of leaving enough room to mow between the trees and the fence so 4-5' but is this enough space?

What the urine and what kind of urine (human, animal etc)?

The rainfall made me wonder, did you put the pile uphill from the garden? If so while the downpour on the pile isn't the best for that pile itself, it would probably wash a lot of the microbes into the garden where you want them anyways.

#PERMACULTUREQ&A. What are thoughts on adding pvc pipe with holes for better air flow to the 18 day compost?

#QandA Hi, i'm hoping you can help me with something, i have a Geoff Lawton style worm composting bathtub farm running for about a year now. Can i substitute the store bought horse manure by chicken manure in the worm bin, if i use the deep litter method on my coop and run?... or do i have to age it first?( i don't have the coop yet...😅) Thank you so much

I'm wondering what the rain has to do with it if its covered with a tarp?

#Question. I have a small metal pond with green algae. Can I used the algae in my compost?

I had weeds take over my last pile. It's finished compost. Should I heat that back up or sift em out?

Would a few blobs of last year hen poop heat up the centre of the wet pile?

You mentioned comfrey. Are you able to get those established in your area? I’m in Dallas Texas and tried but failed. Any tips?

What do you mean with the phrase ambient temperature?

My leaves are mixed with pine needles so will that work?

Can I make compost all year round or is summer best

At first I wondered how get got one of the animals to urinate in the bottle. Then it dawned on me 🤣🤣🤣

What's the benefit to adding urine?

I had an opossum taking a nap in one of my compost piles. 😑

You made the mistake and thankfully I felt your pain so.....I will not do as you have done and my back feels better already and Thanks!💩 Let the poop times roll let the poop times rolleroll......LET THE POOOOWP TIIIMMMES ROLLLLLLLLE!!!!

Your name is Billy. Ill NEVER call you "William" (Ill still watch every video)

It cracks me up you people are watching this. 🤣🤣

the soil may be a good way for us to engage ourselves with our reality.. because within it... there is only in and out...