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This dudes laugh is hilarious 🤣😂🤣😂 not even poking fun, I just laugh everytime he does

I also recently did a test pile where I broke all of the "rules" and did not set the pile up in layers. All of the materials were run through my shredder to break everything down to very small particles and were all blended in together. That ended up being my most successful compost pile. All of my other piles I always have to watch because they continuously run at 160 to 170 degrees. This blended pile ran at 140 degrees for two solid weeks before I turned it. Then I turned it two weeks later, and then two weeks later one final turn and it was finished. By allowing the compost to sit for two weeks between turnings the pile had a high fungi population, not just bacteria as most piles are.

PS. It's easier to water with every layer... especially the browns. It helps you control the moisture levels. When you water only at the end. the water often does not reach the center, or you go over-board and water too much.

I love compost-making - a total obsession. Some lovely stuff being made in this video 😊

Love it. Composting is life. Composting using the Berkley Method to create a no-dig veggie garden, pollinator haven, and re-seeded grass has helped us transform a dead urban lot with compacted soil into a green oasis. In just over five years. With very little work.

I give every layer a good soaking as I am building the pile. With a spray attachment to spread the water out better than just a hose. And, I have sure seen the benefits to covering with a tarp! (Now I have 2 tarps; one for each of my piles!)

Saves me money and its really fun to do that and I love it. Little sweat equity is all it takes.

What a fun video! I love to see how joyful you are about gardening. 💕

Finally made my first hot compost with the help of a Geo Bin. Wasn't expecting anything but the next morning the pile had shrunk and the pile was hot. Very exciting to finally achieve that! Bought a 2nd Geo Bin and a REO thermometer because now I'm hooked......

I use 3 of those black compost bins. I made quite a few batches this year. I kind of lost track. They are a little on the small side but I seem to have better control. I had extra leaves ,so I tried straight leaf compost and it turned out wonderfully. The 2 batches are hanging out and aging until spring.

Live ur videos I watch em over and over all the whole learning something new every time I watch thank u Matt appreciate ur enthusiasm

I love the way you teach and the best thing when you laugh 😂 😂

Good job Matt - Hard work is a payoff in itself... nice looking pile your plants and earthworms will love you. Aloha

Raising the vibration on spaceship earth, I love it!! Love and light to you and your son :)))

Oh wow that was great Bro 🌠 Your energy is ace 🎉 It's the alpha and omega of all things! It requires one cubic metre of compost a year to sustain and regenerate our bodies. Which contain as many micro-organsims as you'd find in a well maintaned compost pile. That's what our bodies are really, composting systems 😊 more brown than green 😀 Lifes a little like compost too hey!? Thanks for the video 🍓🔥 Peas and love and prosperous composting 🌱💚🌍

Matt, I love how much you have upped your video production game recently! Great information, great personality, and presentation! :D

Nice warm sunny day. We're in autumn in New York. I'm trying to learn as much as I can about compost. I have a worm bin to harvest the castings. It's getting cold here.

Love this guy.

Thanks for your ambition Matt...!

hey matt! i found dr ingham a few days ago and her insight inspired me to go out to the forest park nearby collecting inoculant samples. I just grabbed a pinch of everything i could find that i thought might have high density of microbes on it. Lots of moss growing on all different surfaces, soil, tree bark with the green/algae-ish stuff on it, tree sap both wet and dried, and a few other things like various berries i found or foliage that looked interesting. Then i came home, sprinkled it over my pile, misted and mixed it in and turned my pile. fun stuff! my pile isnt great though just a small (100-150 gallons) backyard experiment; my first pile ever, not really knowing what im doing haha. No heat that i've noticed and like 60-70% of it is dirt i think haha, rest kitchen scraps and green grass/weeds. Things are breaking down though! and turning it is fun! Just hoping the inoculants have enough time to saturate the pile cuz this is also my first time trying to grow anything and everything is kind of rushed, seedlings are overcrowded and long overdue for separating and transplanting. Ordered a yard of soil coming tomorrow that i plan on filling like 200 1-gallon nursery bags for all my seedlings, and mixing a bit of my compost in each one, so my pile wont really have much time to cook i guess, oh well, best i can do for now. any tips to help things along? should i try to wait longer before dismantling my pile & mixing it in my bags? or just get it in there immediately before putting any seedlings in?

The green material retaining its properties when dried and brown is the same as what happens when we dry our herbs. We lock in (no lose) the properties. I have noticed, however, that using dried materials in a new pile works a lot better if you super wet them so they will rehydrate. Otherwise, your pile may start like an old, beat up pickup truck in the middle of winter!

After the initial ‘cook’ - you turn the pile & let it ‘cook’ one more time. What do you add / do if that pile doesn’t heat up to a cooking temperature the second time? Do I add more chicken waste & in what ratio? Thank you!

I want to see a compilation of Mat laughing.

QUESTION: I hear that legumes can be used in place of manure due to their party starting levels of nitrogen. If so, do you use the beans and peas? The plant? Both? I am growing green beans and peas (well, planting the peas asap) on a trellis near my composting area in preparation for using it in place of manure, since I do not have a good source available at this time. Also, if it works the same, it is good to know you can produce all your own ingredients for compost from seeds, with no need of animals. Of course, it will be nice to have some chickens, ducks, sheep, etc. LOL All in good time...

Just got over 1200 lbs of free grass clippings, can't believe people waste this stuff!

My least favorite thing is turning compost, but it is the best full body workout in the world. It is the reason I am fit.......how often are you turning these stacks?

A reason why to not add water while layering? Obviously easier with couple more hands I have set up a lite spray or sprinkler while building the pile. Cheers

Yeah, compost is an ancient method but never considered a science until we saw the detrimental effects of artificial fertilizers.

I hot compost, vermicompost, and more recently bokashi. I figure I'm covering all my bases in biology

You are high on compost man 😂😂

i am worm farming...cant wait to try other methods one day.

What is the ingredients ratio ?

Matt, why not a video for the whole process - including turnings, when it matures, and whatever other issues...blessings

Hey Matt! I made my first 4x4x4 compost pile using 2:1 carbon nitrogen, no manure. I actually used young leaf mold, barley straw, grass clippings and a lot of weeds. The pile was so hot I had to turn it every day and it would still reach over 70C within 18 hours after turning. Turned six times. I saw a lot of Actinomyces in between turns which I was not wanting. If I age this compost, will it revert to fugal dominant? Or is Actinobacteria dominance a forever thing?

im exited too, not really living quite regenerativally(if i got that word right) yet, but awesome video man!

If you're on city water, should you avoid using that straight from the hose to water the compost pile? Should the water be off-gassed before using? Seems like a lot of water I would have to let sit.

After getting the results how do you apply it to the soil

I have chicken manure, sans bedding, that’s been in a covered barrel for over a year. Is that still potent enough to use? Thanks for this video, well done.

Thank you

Is it fungul dominenet or bactirial compost ? If it is bactiria than how to make it fungul ??

I water it as I'm building it or it takes way too long to finish.

Great video! I’ve been researching the Berkeley Method and this is very similar but with a manure addition. I live in the city and have some concerns using manure. Can you suggest the best option for least amount of smell?

Forgot watering layers Matt..!!

Is it any better to water the pile as you initially build it?

Thank you! :)

Thanks for the awesome video, Matt. Elaine's method seems to be very similar to the Berkeley method - are there any major differences that you know of?

My Favorite part is to turn the compost pile, touch the heat of it and smell it at the end :D

Matt - I have 4 questions: 1) why is the primary purpose of adding the manure? Is it as a source of nitrogen? 2) What can I use as an alternative to manure? I'm asking because I don't have a good source of manure and I can't be certain that the cows haven't been receiving antibiotics or hormones, so I'm skittish about using manure. 3) what are your thoughts about using uncontaminated shredded paper and/or cardboard? 4) for my green, can I use the weeds I cut from my backyard?

Hey Matt thanks for the great info , i was wondering , can you make compost without manure? I recently figured out my manure source is contaminated with aminopryalid, an herbicide.

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What kind of chippers do you recommend? I was wondering if the ones in the couple $hundred dollar range are useless for this?

Hey Matt- Just discovered you and loving your videos!! Struggling with my compost here in Northern California. I have chicken manure, whatever greenery I can find around the yard, and plenty of dead barky stuff. I thought I was off to a good start until the weather cooled off and realized my compost pile is the exact temperature of the air lol. Epic fail. I’ve been aerating it and watering it intermittently. How can I figure out what I’m doing wrong? It’s not a total loss though, I think a family of rats have moved into the middle of it arghhhhh lol

I water mine as I build it. If it's not wet enough it takes forever.

How much time did it take you to chip all your materials? What chipper do you recommend? Thanks

What do you think about getting manure from animals that have been given dewormer? I have heard this is a problem.

It would have also helped if you had included a list of tools and materials you used to do this. For example, what is filtering the chlorine and chloramine out of the water you’re putting on that? What type of compost bin do you recommend? You didn’t mention the soil thermometer in this video. Etc.

Started in Europe bro. Tired of the hate whitey comments.

Hey, i gabe a plot of land that has vines growing in it. What vegetable would work there?

I buy a bale of alfalfa which gets things hot! Never kicks otherwise.

What if I cant get pesticide free manure? Can it be done effectively with green and brown only? Or could i use vermie as the poop source?

how long do you want to keep the tarp cover on for?

Oops spoke t soon . I add water as I go. I don't like as much water as you did at the last.

Can I use vermie instead of chicken horse or cow manure? Cus I looked for months now and cant find organic crap anywhere local. I would have to start a chicken coop of my own, I already have vermie tho! Will that still make proper Elaine's Ingham compost?

After losing my garden last year from using manure in my compost, I will never again add manure to my compost or my garden.

Hi! Thanks for the great video! Do you have any suggestions of what else we can use if we don't have access to manure? Would browns and greens be enough? Or maybe dirt? Thank you!

no more, will stick to fungal dominant JS compost in future.

When i watch videos of youtubers. They mention this process as fermentation. This is quite wrong, isnt it?

Matt - one more question: what are your thoughts about using human urine instead of manure?

I suggest you try the Johnson-Su bioreactor if you want the top quality of fungally dominant compost. Look up Dr David Johnson's research site at Chico State University. Mind-blowing research results. Seriously.

as you stack the layers, what about water is it not needed bud?

I didn't see you add water.

Do you go into biocomplete steps in Yupik online class?

I wish you would have given actual specifics, like instead of saying that is the minimum size that Elaine Ingham recommends, also telling us what size that is exactly.

Just stop and take a moment to recognize that the crazy amish superstition that a pitch forks make better compost, is now scientifically justifiably accurate due to heavier oxidation with packing the pile with pitch forks vs shovels. Crazy!

Good laugh.

How old should the manure be?

hahaha

I think when you laugh randomly like the... joker....during your talk....you lose credibility like your bat sh**. Just a fyi