Thank you

Do you mind sharing what you use? I just watched his video, I’m unable to get seaweed, or sugar cane products and I was wondering what you used. Also what did he call it crusher dirt, stone? I would appreciate it very much if you could share what you used? 🍁🍂🍁🦃💚🙃

My father used to top his garden with manure and ashes from the wood stove he had a wonderful garden

It has been handy over the last few months of trialling compost piles!

Yes unfortunately there was some missing sound so I had to take down and re-edit and upload! Glad you found it interesting!

I’m hoping to make some in the next few weeks from horse manure and straw bedding and see what comes of that. Minimal work and we have heaps of the stuff. If it works it will be fantastic.

😇@@bloomandgray ...blessings

I’m glad you enjoy these videos Caroline!! They’re definitely not the most popular videos on my channel but I’m still going to post them as i hope to attract more people who are interested in this kind of thing, and I love it anyway! I suppose re. Winter composting it’s up to you. It depends what you want to put your energy into. I have avoided putting things that contain lots of seeds into my cold compost because I don’t want all the seedlings in the compost but if you can identify your seedlings it should be easy to remove them from your beds with a hoe.

Ah ok! I’ve seen David and others mention a few times that the finished consistency is clay-like. Just quoting him! It is on a pallet so we can move it inside if it gets too cold. What materials have you put into yours with success??

@@bloomandgray Veg, flower, herb trimmings, shredded stems from roses, shrubs hedging, straw, willow ( great for fungi of all kinds including myco ) if shredded as fine as you can they break down in a couple months. Have seen you have a good pile of old manure, this can act as an inoculant to start thing going. If it hasn't been going too long, you can top it up, no recommended by David but does work. He loses some but not as much, mainly because he uses a lot of wood chips, to allow air, and they decompose slowly, one of the reasons it takes a year or so. The secret is as much diversity as you can, so it's good for everything you grow, as in KNF and Jadam. The best thing to feed a pepper is composted pepper leaves etc. David waters every day, your problem in this country is too much as it can turn solid, and stop being aerobic, we don't have 40+ degrees for 6-8 months of the year, but that speeds the composting up at that heat. Good look, but remember you don't live in New Mexico, so think Yorkshire.

Disagree- The finished compost should have a clay-like consistency...like worm castings. Yes. There is a video of that comment from Dr. Johnsin. A JSB is a big stand-up up worm bin. Don't skimp on adding composting worms. Don't expect you native earthworms to climb up into you reactor. They are called "Earth" worms for a reason. Agreed - NEVER let them freeze b/c you'll kill the worms & the pile will go hydrophobic. Below 40 degrees bed temp, worm death begins.

Well I suppose you could leave them in, but if you take them out, the holes stay open and you can re-use the pipes to make more piles!

morningchores.com/compost-calculator/ yes this is the one I’ve been using. It’s quite handy!

It doesn’t need turning. I haven’t seen any of these videos, feel free to share here!

@@bloomandgray look at the Diego footer videos or the ADHD farmer. If you search, "Johnson she bioreactor" you will instantly notice that the same youtubers are posting multiple videos on this. Thats because it fails so they are trying to add tjings and change things to force success. The interior air tubes were thought to be the innovation that would prevent you from having to turn it. Which makes absolutely no sense what so ever since the middle of a standard compost pile is what heats up and breaks down. Adding the airflow tubes is supposed to increase the speed of the breakdown and hep regulate a consistent temperature of 160ish degrees. It doesn't work, as you will soon see. The turning is absolutely required as the outside 8-12 inches will nit breakdown left unattended. In addition, this system requires both a lot more watering as well as a lot more attention to detail when layering in your materials. A simple pile that you thriw whatever in turned and watered once a week for the first two months is hugely more successful and 100% cheaper (free) to build.

I have seen Diego’s videos but as with any process you don’t always get it right first time. The reason for the air pipes is the keep the pile aerobic during the decomposition process facilitated by fungi. ‘Quick thermophillic’ composting over a couple of months with regular turning does create heat but it’s mainly a bacterial process. I’m looking for fungal compost, which requires less disturbance and a longer time period for fungal hyphae to develop. I’m sticking with the Johnson su for now as I want those fungal components in my soils! You’re right that the external doesn’t break down like the middle but when we’re talking about needing as little as 1kg per 2 acres does it really matter if the outside doesn’t break down?

@@bloomandgray umm two cover two acres, yes it absolutely does matter. I spend $3,600.00 to barely cover 1 acre of 70% flower beds and 30% vegetables. One Johnson so reactor is going to give you enough to do the indoor plants in the average person's home...

Those materials will decompose in a year whether they are turned or not, especially if worms are going in. Twigs and thick flower stems such as rose might not go, but straw and even wood chips will be ok after 12 months under those conditions.