G'day Everyone, just a quick note about Plastic Forests (who make the material for my compost ring) their website is plasticforests.com.au/ (not sponsored) I just like the recycling concept and their growing list of products. I (like many others and probably you too) think reusing/recycling soft plastics (such as plastic bags) is one way to help clean up the waste and pollution on our planet caused by discarded plastics. Cheers :)
@teresahewitt94383 жыл бұрын
Is this item sold in the US?
@isabeldixon26113 жыл бұрын
Hey, just a quick heads up - not sure if you knew that Plastic Forests (who seem like they make awesome products) is using images from your videos in their product pictures? Just thought I'd make sure you were cool with them doing that, considering you're not sponsored :)
@MrStonedBuddha3 жыл бұрын
You should be sponsored if they're using your photos and video to promote their product! Looks excellent though, I've also really liked the metal versions you have in so many of your videos.
@ssgedge13 жыл бұрын
@@isabeldixon2611 that would be just awful if they did that and didn't compensate him. I am waiting for a response to see if he is cool with it before I buy anything.
@Scotty86doo3 жыл бұрын
Question about Chicken/Poultry Manure, I was told that chickens produce a "Hot" manure that isnt the best manure, but a good trick was to combine them with rabbits who have a "Cold" manure that the chickens will scratch & spread out for you and ideally you'd rotate the chicken enclosure to spread the rabbit manure around and then plant that area a season later. Do you have any tips or ideas on "Hot" & "Cold" Manure? I think its a reference to the microbes/composition of the manure. I haven't watched ALL of your videos yet but if you've covered this let me know!
@avatarofpapermagic3 жыл бұрын
Mark, as a fellow Australian I just want to say thank you. For being such a bloody top bloke, a role model for us all looking to improve our lives and gardens. Cheers
@XxBloggs3 жыл бұрын
Nyaaaaa! Bonzastrewthbeaudy!!!!!!
@wellmet74073 жыл бұрын
Well said 👍
@geekchick48593 жыл бұрын
Second that!
@3umphbywill3133 жыл бұрын
@BennyLad...@3:24, what is that cute little creature?
@avatarofpapermagic3 жыл бұрын
@@3umphbywill313 that's a possum
@ValkyrieGothic3 жыл бұрын
Chickens are one of the most underrated garden helpers ever. As long as you keep them away from small plants and seedlings.
@alcrusader10043 жыл бұрын
I let my chooks wander around in the parts of my garden with older plants and they do a bloody good job of keeping insect populations down.
@mikechansw7483 жыл бұрын
@@alcrusader1004 Easy garden hacks!
@nconati723 жыл бұрын
So true.
@melle75053 жыл бұрын
@@alcrusader1004 don’t the chickens eat or destroy the plants?
@alcrusader10043 жыл бұрын
@@melle7505 Yes, for most plants they will. There are things in my experience that chickens wont ruin. They stay right away from my garlic, chives, onions, leeks, climbing beans once they are big enough, as in the plant is big enough that the chickens cant get them. I wouldn't suggest just letting them in your garden with any old vegie, herb or flower though. Just the stuff they aren't gonna ruin
@chrismckell53533 жыл бұрын
I like the comments on this channel, people exchange ideas in a civil manner.
@Selfsufficientme3 жыл бұрын
Yes, I personally learn a lot and get heaps of tips from the comments under my videos. Cheers :)
@katewizer27363 жыл бұрын
Gardening is a task often chosen by civil- minded, peaceful folks 😃.
@KimberlyBarkdoll3 жыл бұрын
Refreshing isn't it
@Po-tp3xm3 жыл бұрын
Healthy comment section :)))
@Shog643 жыл бұрын
I wonder if I can do something similar in Croatia... the soil is very different, but chickens are chickens and kitchen scraps are kitchen scraps... hmm
@barbarawarren94433 жыл бұрын
I am so curious about where this works around the world. The great compost could increase crop yeilds and ideas are like gold.
@bsod56083 жыл бұрын
Will probably work. Its rather dry i croatia, perhaps adding more leaves/water will be needed. Compost work everywhere. Its just a matter of time, and adjusting water. Try it!
@teresaroman33483 жыл бұрын
I think the idea would work, you may need to adjust or tweak it for your location, but the main idea is sound.
@Selfsufficientme3 жыл бұрын
Beautiful Croatia! I was lucky enough to spend some time there on holidays in Aug 2019 and I'm sure you can create a similar system to use chickens for compost making over there on the amazing Adriatic Sea. Cheers :)
@stefan5143 жыл бұрын
No, this obviously only works in a super specific area in Australia. And on a serious note: Did you really just ask that? Why wouldn't that work in croatia? :D
@cathykinlyside35572 жыл бұрын
A friend of mine did a similar thing and planted their fruit trees in the spot of the ring. Every time they wanted to plant another tree they would move the ring and the chickens prepared the ground for them. A great idea!
@johncedricabad10923 жыл бұрын
I wish I found this channel a lot sooner. Before the covid thing, my priorities are to find a house in a sub-urban subdivision for my family and continue with my life as an employee to buy things and pay my mortgage until I'm 70. Now I got my mortgaged house but when I came across this channel during quarantine, I realized how important and fulfilling it is to be a farmer just what my father and I used to be. Back then we had vegetables and chooks, we eat healthy. Now my own family is stuck in a corporation-supplied consumerism. All are bought, the only thing reminding me of self-sufficiency is my 4 sqm garden in front of my house. But I know it's not too late. I am now pursuing to buy even a 1 acre property to start my long forgotten passion. Thank you Mark, from the bottom of my heart!
@user-mh8xh8yy4w4 ай бұрын
Don't wait. Live your dreams. It ll be the best thing you ever do. 😊
@ortenciahill58482 жыл бұрын
Here in California USA a new law was passed for home owners to compost! Love it!
@MyCreatorSpace3 жыл бұрын
Request: On your second channel, put a 1 hour video of compost ring chicken action. Footage that you're not present for.
@Selfsufficientme3 жыл бұрын
More content on SSM2 coming soon Anthony - thanks for the feedback! I've been biting off heaps over the past 12 months and not chewing hard enough but I'm getting closer to squaring away the "admin" so I can deliver on my projects. Cheers :)
@DeanIsJesus3 жыл бұрын
Yes! 😃🤟
@barbmitchell66663 жыл бұрын
WAIT there's a second channel? OH crap I'm missing out
@steveday47973 жыл бұрын
Love the chicken hanging around at the back, probably thinking hurry up, I want a good feed
@Selfsufficientme3 жыл бұрын
That's exactly what she's thinking alright! Cheers :)
@simplifygardening3 жыл бұрын
A great way to use the chickens to compost Mark. That soil is going to be awesome as time goes on. Great video
@Selfsufficientme3 жыл бұрын
Hey Tony! Yes mate, I'm looking forward to using this soil/compost mix in the garden. Cheers :)
@18Bees3 жыл бұрын
good morning brother. for the first time ever I put up raised beds this week - 12 total raised beds. I used your method from your other video - wood stumps, branches etc, layers of dirt and old turf before finally topping off with 400mm of lovely manure soil. I learn a great deal here about providing organic foods for my family. cheers mate.
@rosalindakee69793 жыл бұрын
I have my beds up too. Waiting game now for my starts.
@yourmindvstheworld58073 жыл бұрын
There is no feeling in the world like making an entire salad out of the delicious 100% organic veggies that you have grown and nurtured from seed, and healthy, happy eggs laid by happy chickens. And no food ever tasted so good. 🥗😍🥚
@nigelstewart99823 жыл бұрын
One of things not mentioned about burying wood - is it a potential termite attractor? I don't have a lot of distance from the garden to the house. I'm probably going to do a bunch of cypress mulch to discourage them.
@Selfsufficientme3 жыл бұрын
Great to hear! Congrats on your raised beds (12 is a top effort) and all the best with your garden! Cheers :)
@Marybarfield643 жыл бұрын
This makes me want chickens. Look how helpful they are.
@Selfsufficientme3 жыл бұрын
I do recommend chickens they are so smart and at times very funny! Always good workers :)
@racebiketuner3 жыл бұрын
The more I learn about gardening, the more I see chickens in my future.
@FinznFowl823 жыл бұрын
Me too!
@Pheebzzz3 жыл бұрын
Chickens are the best! Food - Friends & Fertilizer
@sharonkwee33972 жыл бұрын
I got chickens after watching Self Sufficient Me and no regrets :) wonderful little garden helpers
@DrRushGaming3 жыл бұрын
Mark is the type of guy you want as your neighbour
@ewaturska6973 жыл бұрын
Definitely!!!
@jeeves64903 жыл бұрын
Especially if it means I have a few acres to call my own as well. Lovely part of the world where Mark is.
@davidschmidt2703 жыл бұрын
Man...that would be soooo cool...for me anyways....after a while I imagine he'd be like...."ahhh not this bloody yank again" 😅😅😅😅😆😆😆
@FixItYerself3 жыл бұрын
or, your neighbor
@CloudslnMyCoffee3 жыл бұрын
I’d love to buy him a beer
@LordZoth62923 жыл бұрын
Mark, you have no idea how comforting your videos are. I wish you the best in all of your experiments and life!
@gastropod5573 жыл бұрын
You often make the comment "I know what you're thinking," but I don't believe you do know what I am thinking. When watching your videos I most often think about you standing upside down on Earth. Yeah, I know about gravity and such, but I still think about the people living far south of the equator that are, in my book, really upside down. A ridiculous thought that has stayed with me since childhood...and I am 73 years old. Oh, your videos are excellent, and you are always so positive...and oddly calm, like when a large venomous snake visited the chicken coop.
@phineusphineas3 жыл бұрын
"Gravity" is not what they say it is. It is closer to density, buoyancy, and incoherent dielectric magnetism. And Mark isn't standing upside down because the spinning globe heliocentric model of our "flat" plane is transparent nonsense...
@adronlamb93343 жыл бұрын
You're right, it is ridiculous
@shadyman63463 жыл бұрын
How can ya tell if we are upside down or he is upside down? Lol, we must both be crazy...because I wondered the same.
@thisorthat76263 жыл бұрын
@@phineusphineas LOL! We are upside down to him but it doesn't matter as we all go about our lives.
@PeterSedesse3 жыл бұрын
The only reason 'we ' are on top of the earth is because ' we' made the maps.
@barbarawarren94433 жыл бұрын
"I'm actually really 'digging' it," he says. 😆😀
@JH-63 жыл бұрын
another Mark dad joke -- HAHA
@laurabryan69383 жыл бұрын
😆
@teresawebster34983 жыл бұрын
When you get some grass clippings put some in there. The chickens will love it and it will heat and create more moisture in there. The eggs you get from those chickens will be awesome!
@Selfsufficientme3 жыл бұрын
Top tip Teresa! Thank you :)
@vintagetrishgarden3 жыл бұрын
Will you plant a fruit tree there when the ring is filled with that beautiful compost? It would be a very tempting ready made planting situation...and you could do that on repeat 😊 Great idea by the way 👍🏻
@debbiey94523 жыл бұрын
It’s rare to see animals living their best life while helping humans at the same time. Love this idea!!
@tullysandstrider25343 жыл бұрын
I wasn't trying to make life hard for you, but as an environmental teacher I would like to show my interest to my children and students. I love your videos and am an avid follower! Keep it coming!
@Selfsufficientme3 жыл бұрын
Thank you! All the best :)
@davecourington3 жыл бұрын
We do this same thing here in Florida, but we do not shy away from putting meat in there. It is the first thing that goes when he chicks dig in. They love it. I wish we could get that plastic stuff that you are using though, it looks great for a variety of things on the homestead! Thanks Mark, we love watching your videos.
@shirleyeliakis24883 жыл бұрын
Newbie gardener here. Learning so much!
@Selfsufficientme3 жыл бұрын
Good stuff Shirley! :)
@PRDreams3 жыл бұрын
We use big truck tires. We cut around the ring on both ends and turn it inside out. They are sturdy and tall enough for the chickens to keep the stuff they turn in. It's about the same size as yours. I know, it has chemicals and what not, but they are free here and the compost the chickens make goes to a cliff we have on the side of the house where we grow deep rooting grass in order to help stop soil erosion (landslides are a thing here). For our garden compost we use a different area. We use our goat, chickens (a different set) and the compost bin. Our goat eats some of the organic hay, but some always falls on the floor. We let that hay get pretty gnarly under the goat (for about a month) and then move it to the chicken area. Before moving it to the chicken area, we spread crushed corn and other grains on the chicken area and add the gnarly hay on top, we leave it there for a good month and a half or so. They have to scratch the hay to find the feed. They poop on the hay and it breaks down even more. Then it's moved to the compost bin, along with the goat poop pellets we collected, where it "cooks" for 3 months or so. We get a good 10 gallons of compost for the garden every 6 months.
@tullysandstrider25343 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your service...both as a soldier and as an environmentalist...land and country!
@flippinawesomebella2 жыл бұрын
I love how the chickens were just hanging out waiting for you to put those scraps in.. lol
@andersenzheng3 жыл бұрын
that worm is so metal! living right in the feeding ring of chickens.
@aproksha3 жыл бұрын
yeah..i was hoping that Mark would put that worm deeper in the pile.. but i would've been living in a perfect world then :)
@trishthehomesteader98733 жыл бұрын
That ring is a great idea, Mark! It keeps the chickens from scattering it everywhere. Looks like you may be transforming your dead dirt too. Thanks for another great idea! 💜
@cchurch50373 жыл бұрын
Hey Mark - tried this with an old colorbond raised bed inside chicken run - it worked ok but went gangbusters after I put old tarp over it for a few days out of each week - earthworms galore appeared - chickens got the ones near top but couldn’t get to lower ones - after about 8 weeks it was a great addition to compost heap (started with weeds, tree pruning, scraps and some wood chips). Love your willingness to experiment !
@Pixics3 жыл бұрын
I need to try this out, I will build a compost bed in the chicken pen.
@OO_sunflower_OO3 жыл бұрын
Mark: I know what you’re thinking. Why you sweating so much. It’s a hot day and I’m looking to the sun! Me: mark, I’ve always come to you for wholesome content now please move to literally anywhere else but that tiny sun spot and keep making these awesome videos.
@ponypetedm Жыл бұрын
I have a similar size box in the chicken pen shade/greenhouse I do pile it up every couple of days adding presoaked corn and sunflower seeds in layers they love it and tear through it in a couple of hours, also in there main run I have another uncontrolled compost pile for large amounts of weeds, leaves and citrus fruits and anything else they don’t really like eating directly once the citrus fruits have finished for the season I will then start to turn it and pile it once a week so they can get to the grubs and bugs, compost will be ready by spring and I’ve cut my feed bill by half. Great video ❤
@Benlikesstuff3 жыл бұрын
When I was younger we would dump the scraps right on the ground in the chicken pen, then a couple times a week I would rake them all into a pile. Granted my chicken pen was much bigger than yours. If you keen the compost a little moist it attracts bugs for the chickens to snack on.
@Pixics3 жыл бұрын
I just dump things into my chicken pen, but never thought to rake it up. Good idea
@patricksant35332 жыл бұрын
I've recently started this lifestyle and have started to just pop the kitchen compost in the coop and then 'recycle' it onto my garden. Hoping it works just as well
@DonPandemoniac3 жыл бұрын
If I ever get to own a garden, keeping chickens would be one of the first priorities.
@eliralls66262 жыл бұрын
We are basically doing this but in our chicken run. We live on a 10th acre. we turned our carport into chicken run. I think I will have to add this idea of containing to one spot though. we actually spend very little on food but I really wanted it to build up faster but the whole run is now 5 inches or so in places. We are also going to be doing bean sprout fodder and maggot feed by the end of summer.
@jawjagrrl3 жыл бұрын
So happy to see this! I didn't make a ring, but have handled my kitchen scraps the same way for 5 years now. My husband thought I was wasting my time because I didn't "cook" it and turn, etc. All my garden weeds and spent plants go there too. We had to move the pile last year to a different spot that had more sunlight.... oh my! Veggie volunteers of every description. I guess I would need to cook it to kill off the weed seeds to add to our garden beds, but even if it just enriches the area where it is, it's far better than organic produce going to a landfill!
@Fifmut3 жыл бұрын
I have basically been doing the same thing for about a year now. I was tired of just dumping kitchen scraps on the ground for my chickens because it looked ugly and anything they didn't eat was left there drying instead of composting. So I made a box inside my chicken pen and that's where I dump the leftovers now. I haven't dug in yet to see what it looks like, but I imagine it's composting nicely.
@danfarkas53753 жыл бұрын
I'll likely never get chickens for my yard, yet here I am.
@SimpleTek3 жыл бұрын
I'm a huge fan of composting but we also use it for heating
@1zero8dragon3 жыл бұрын
Mark your so funny. “When you said your in the sun on a hot day”. The video looks like your in the only non shaded area.
@rhonamocke65273 жыл бұрын
I really want to know why people click unlike button, as this guy is so fantastic. Are they scared to show their faces or at least say why they don't like it.
@bigweirdchick3 жыл бұрын
I live in an area with black bears and I haven't had a single one ever get in my compost bin. But I have had a wild pig and lots of turtles get into it through.
@deborahparks71143 жыл бұрын
Hey Mark from Tennessee, USA. Perfect timing! I love this concept! My teens & I just finished rebuilding our garden fence yesterday to keep the chickens out of it & the compost. We felt guilty because they really enjoy the compost & they work it for me. We're going to tweak your ring with old boards...square...rectangle shapes. I stopped breathing when I heard you say rice then meats, but I know my flock will eat it which will save on the feed bill. Thanks for this great idea!
@woodzman9913 жыл бұрын
Chickens and turkeys are the best turners I’ve ever found, Mark was the guy who got us into in composting originally.
@Pixics3 жыл бұрын
You know what, I just built a raised garden bed and threw chicken scraps in there and noticed my chicken pecking there. I didn't realize the chicken was helping me compost.
@Gert1693 жыл бұрын
sir as an american i love learning from you ONE cause youre a bit hippy dippy like myself and two its awesome to hear about the other struggles you have compared to my own yard
@anavelaeshomestead Жыл бұрын
Found your channel some time ago, I love revisiting some of the older videos, now that I've bought an acre property to farm self sufficiently. I found a large metal ring laying around the backyard yesterday. It now has a purpose. LOL Chickens are high on the list, once we get fencing and containment sorted for them.
@Layby2k3 жыл бұрын
He's a big composting thumbs up for ya Mark. Thanks for the video.
@Raj-yy7xx2 жыл бұрын
Really cool compost ring! Idea> maybe a water drinking point on the edge of the ring pointing in. So the birds naturally go into the ring, have a drink, snack, scratch and poop. So you don't have to shovel it?
@UAGalya Жыл бұрын
Loving this videos!!! You showed life style of small towns and villages in western Ukraine where I grew up before moving to USA …. 30 years later and I have nostalgia for a first time in my lifetime… You remind me my late father (electrical engineer) and fishermen by hobby , gardener by nature…
@turningcursive22553 жыл бұрын
Love the idea that this is also enrichment for the chickens - gives them something else to do! This is a cool idea. Thanks!
@barbarawarren94433 жыл бұрын
He's got very happy chickens creating healthy compost.
@10hanga3 жыл бұрын
The chickens I find are not really into netflix 😜😜
@770bitachon3 жыл бұрын
Chickens with a purpose.
@WanderingCircus3 жыл бұрын
Excellent audio of chickens and ducks. My cat spent the second half of the video on his hind legs, batting at the screen every time Mark moved.
@kennethlatimer46073 жыл бұрын
Who the hell gives a thumbs down to a composting segment. Wackos. Mark, another 3 months until the heat comes to south Florida. Planting and harvesting now. Keep up the great content!
@queenSummerKeli3 жыл бұрын
So great!! I got to use my 1st made at home compost in my new veg bed. Only us gardeners can u stand how happy I am! Thanks Mark you're the best!!!
@darkglass30113 жыл бұрын
I still remember your fish-head tomato plant experiment. Love your channel.
@MagnaEssence2 жыл бұрын
😅At first when i read the title i thought "wow what are those crazy cartels up to these days?!" (thinking it was some illegal underground chicken-meat compost-making ring) But then i saw the thumbnail and realized it wasn't so bad, i am just imaginative...i am glad people are normal. i had a good laugh at that.
@deewormsvermicomposting3 жыл бұрын
the material is like day and night compared to what is outside the ring :)
@yourmindvstheworld58073 жыл бұрын
Dee, everything I learned about raised bed gardening and chicken raising, I learned from Self Sufficient Me. And the amazing results speak for themselves! 🥗😄👍🐓
@dragosd89923 жыл бұрын
For all those wondering if it works in other places around the globe, I’m doing it in France and it works perfectly
@bencowles21053 жыл бұрын
Hope you are enjoying your summer. Its winter in my area. The only gardening I do now is in low tunnels and high tunnels.
@DarkwaterUndead3 жыл бұрын
I use this concept in my gardens in Alaska, works great.
@Kittysews3 жыл бұрын
We have a hybrid between this and a 3 bay system, the chickens have access to bay 1 with the fresh scraps, then I turn it into the other bays when I fill it up, it works so well for us as we only have 4 chickens so they scratch it up but not enough but it stops the large amounts of grass clippings from matting up and is working really well for us
@Selfsufficientme3 жыл бұрын
Good stuff! A hybrid like that would be even better. Cheers :)
@hipdogdsv2 жыл бұрын
My chooks get meat and seafood put in the compost too. They LOVE shrimp tails. They will even eat chicken. It's all protein to them, they don't care. Same as slurping up a broken egg. Grains, greens, protein. I'm amazed at how alike our soils are. We have loamy, sandy soil here in the rolling piney woods of SW AR. It's hot and humid here too. We cook alive in summer. Temps in 90 - 100 plus and doesn't cool much at night. I make my own nutrient rich soil using the same methods you do. I love it.
@tommyrose13453 жыл бұрын
thanks for update. love the creative ways you use scraps to make soil. work with the earth.
@jeanettewilkinson63623 жыл бұрын
Great Mark,I’ve been waiting for a follow up with that ring 👍🤣
@teebob213 жыл бұрын
Absolutely beautiful. Mate, please keep on keeping on
@bennywalsh20383 жыл бұрын
From an Irishman in Georgia, USA, thanks for the awesome videos Mark. I'm about to get into chickens and growing my own. Researching the bejaysus outta everything. Are you still a fan of your invention, no waste feed bucket from years ago?
@wrathige30373 жыл бұрын
Love your videos. I live in Canada so we obviously can't grow all year round outdoors so I'm just waiting for spring to be able to use all the info I've gotten from you. I could listen to your voice all day just talking about your garden. Keep up the good work :)
@dirtisbetterthandiamonds3 жыл бұрын
Commiserating in Florida, where it's the middle of winter and 82*! Nice job on the bin 👍
@teresahewitt94383 жыл бұрын
Shared in NC. While I'm wear my "self sufficient tee".
@twinarrowssurvival.2.0653 жыл бұрын
NC here too
@Selfsufficientme3 жыл бұрын
Thank you!!! All the best Teresa, cheers :)
@teresahewitt94383 жыл бұрын
It's my pleasure. I'm learning alot
@MyTNMtnHome7 ай бұрын
Lovely Cumpust :) Not been online much through the cold. Happy to hear your reassuring and encouraging voice again.
@2fortheloveofgod3 жыл бұрын
You probably know: you mentioned tea bags; best to avoid teabag strings and small staples which can cause problems in their digestion. Really enjoy your info! Keep up the great work💜✝️🛐
@abyssal_phoenix3 жыл бұрын
I love it that the little cute wild birds understand what I’m doing in the garden. When I plant or sow stuff they watch me do it, to then check the area out when I’m gone, and they poop only in that area. It is like they understand that the plants give them food as well, since it attracts insects. This way I dont have to fertilize as much since the top gets covered with poop. These birds eat seeds and insects only, so quite nutritious poop as well
@chemicalcorrosion3 жыл бұрын
Awesome video. Thanks
@davinamichaeli36403 жыл бұрын
I woke up delighted about a new video from SSM!!!! Thank you !!!!!
@isabellaabruzzi96113 жыл бұрын
G'day Mark, so happy to see an update. Great job!
@jamesp84593 жыл бұрын
Oh good a new video! I was beginning to fear that the kangaroos might have carried you off Mark! Good to see that you're still vertical and breathing. It looks like you made a productive composting pile, especially given that it was so broken down after such a short period of time. I can "dig" that.
@tullysandstrider25343 жыл бұрын
Mark that the best environmental video I have witnessed ever. I would really like to know if you are amenable to an experiment? If so, turn over the compost at the maximum depth of the curtain each time you add scraps. Then after 4 weeks, before you add more scraps, take a 1liter sample after a soil turnover. Take this sample and saturate it in water for 48hrs and then heat a portion (strained) of it for 30min at 94C. Allow it to cool to 24C and then take a pH reading. This will give you a soil pH needed for what you are growing. Love the videos! From Texas!
@BuzzyBeezTV3 жыл бұрын
Mark I have finally figured out who you remind me of.......good old Aussie Icon Peter Russell Clark!!! Thanks for the video mate!!
@KateEileen3 жыл бұрын
I feed my chickens kitchen scraps but it never occurred to me to put them in a confined area so I could easily gather the compost. Definitely trying this! It looks like the sides are too high for ducks, but ducks are great in the garden too. They love cleaning up bugs and last years leftovers!
@shpuply3 жыл бұрын
I was waiting on this! Thanks for sharing Mark! Never let inputs leave your property if you don't have to! ;)
@antondidak3 жыл бұрын
Love the content Mark. I do not have the space to tackle the project you do but I really enjoy watching you self-sufficient projects.
@lindalukasik13323 жыл бұрын
This is brilliant!! Not only will it make great compost but it will entertain the chickens. We love to have our chickens (12) roam around the yard all day, eating what looks good to them and having a good time. They usually made three trips around our property in a day, saying "hi" as they passed by. But since we live within a large wooded area (200 acres) our chickens were one by one falling prey to coyotes etc. So we had to fence them in. Although we made it as big as we could, it still is somewhat boring. (I'm considering a swing and/or vegetable tether ball!) This ring would be great in so many ways! Thanks, Mark! Love your videos. Greetings from southern Ohio.
@catnipaddict883 жыл бұрын
Love it!! Your videos are helping me gather ideas to take back to my home country, Cuba. There is so much food insecurity and lack of access to information, amongst all the systemic issues with the government. When I go back, I plan on helping them learn to be a little more self sustainable.
@ImtheDawna3 жыл бұрын
Thank you! I've been doing this in a half of a five gallon bucket, but omitted stuff chickens won't eat. Now I will just do all my scraps!
@samunderwood43733 жыл бұрын
Could be a good way of starting a small raised garden bed if you had the time to wait.
@Selfsufficientme3 жыл бұрын
True! Never thought of that but the mix would make a great garden bed. Cheers :)
@staceydoran68213 жыл бұрын
Hi from Maryland USA... I totally geek out on all things compost!!! Chickens are going to love me even more now 🌱
@saltyspirateden2 жыл бұрын
I have similar rings from old used conveyor belt tossed away by a company I worked for back in the early 90s. turns kitchen scraps and waste food into eggs and earth, its a wonderful thing
@michaelmewha87893 жыл бұрын
Hi Mark. Mick from south East Victoria, love your videos mate. I have a very healthy vegie garden thanks to you and your compost tumbler review inspired me to spend a little bit of extra coin and I purchased a Swedish made joraform compost tumbler-highly reccomend. quick tip: im currently 33 when I was 5 years old I lost 2 fingers (my pointer and the tip of my middle finger) to the sharp edge of a peice of corrigated iron like the edge running down the posts in your "chillies in raised garden bed" vidio. if you have children in the garden I recommend covering these edges. I would love it if you could make a vidio to raise awareness of Such a dangerous yet often unthought-of or un noticed thing. A slip or trip and running there hands down it can have severe consequences, Speaking from experience, If your vidio could prevent this from happening to someone else's children or even themselves I would be a happy man. Loosing fingers really is a life changer. Cheers.
@amathonn2 жыл бұрын
I recently came upon a large supply of pigeon manure - free from a large-scale homing pigeon business - and decided to compost it rather than just spreading it and composting the green manure grown on it. Like most small farms, such a job can get put off in favor of other pressing issues. When I finally got around to creating my compost bins I discovered a lot of manure was missing -- crows had feasted on it because it had a high percentage of undigested corn!
@fredazcarate4818 Жыл бұрын
That is amazing use of scraps, dry soil, twigs, leafs , and duck and chicken poop mate. Kudos! Continue on farming.👊👍
@Gun_Molester3 жыл бұрын
Thx Mark...I like gardening ...its relaxing and watching your vids over current events is helping to keep me sane LOL... so thanks again and cheers from "Up Over"
@Selfsufficientme3 жыл бұрын
Thank you Steve! Yes, I think we all need some respite from the events over the past 18 months. Cheers :)
@ailfawka62783 жыл бұрын
Good to see I'm not the only one. I used an unused square raised garden bed frame and its about the same height and it keeps it all in there just like yours. Makes a really nice dirt.
@petermaguire62803 жыл бұрын
Have you thought of mowing over with a catcher. I did that in Canberra with oak leaves. It cut them and they composted well
@Selfsufficientme3 жыл бұрын
That's a good idea! I'll give it a go - thanks! Cheers :)
@ivoivanov44673 жыл бұрын
heii, I'm subscribed but i haven't seen a video in months, good I just remembered and manually searched the channel
@lisakukla4593 жыл бұрын
I appreciate when a grown man isn't afraid to use the word "yucky." 😁👍
@kerriefaichney49013 жыл бұрын
Fantastic Mark you have convinced me l will be setting this up in my chicken run its a win win situation lovely compost and gives my girls something to do.....thankyou again🙏
@wegotthis27343 жыл бұрын
Great job Mark. The kitchen comes full circle.
@giacomo88753 жыл бұрын
You are the Bob Ross of farming.
@TSymington2 жыл бұрын
... hello Mark ... I love your videos! ... I'm thinking this compost ring would be a great addition to the garden for smaller raised beds... when it"s ready to plant just add another ring for the chickens to shuffle and eat through ... besides eating food scraps the chickens can clean out any unwanted bugs from the garden as well ... !
@TheTrock1213 жыл бұрын
I do use my original compost frame to feed the kitchen waste to the chickens, but to actually make compost I had to come up w/ a new system. In the Spring I put down about 4" of wood chips in the Chicken Run. The chickens dig through it all year and mix it w/ the soil. In the Fall, I layer the half composted material w/ grass clippings and a few dozen Halloween Pumpkins making excellent compost by the following Spring.
@mariacampbell5813 жыл бұрын
There's a red chicken standing in the background going, "when is this guy gonna be done?" Chickens are chickens everywhere
@kclewis83603 жыл бұрын
I love that idea. I find plastic swimming pools that people throw away and I was planting in them, but I like your idea about using it as a chicken compost better