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@katalinad6443 9 күн бұрын

What kind of hand winch did you use? how many pounds? so far wich one would you recommend? steel cable or stainless steel? Thank you.

@katalinad6443 9 күн бұрын

Hi! Any chance you could share the design of blade and hand cranks? is it a metal sheet flat blade? Thank you

@flutetobassmusician 15 күн бұрын

This is brilliant 😮

@JamesColeman1 18 күн бұрын

Nice work

@666bruv 18 күн бұрын

Ooh, remove the plastic and use mulch

@brianseybert192 Ай бұрын

I had my vermicompost tested as a manure and it was loaded with Calcium plus all the trace minerals, potassium and phosphorous, not a huge amount of nitrogen. I use natural bedding, a lot more nutrients than paper or cardboard. My garden looks like a jungle right now, everyone is happy. Have you ever considered growing your cash crops without commercial pesticides or fertilizers? Check out Dr Elaine Ingham, she is the Goddess of the soil food web, has a lot to do with regenerative farming. Stay Well!!!!

@richardmeyer4406 2 ай бұрын

I love your garden . The perfect looking gardens only work if you got plenty of time and money for organic fertiliser etc . Keep it simple it’s more fun

@nextgenerationbirdboy2479 2 ай бұрын

Do test all your bins

@denisaugustine4478 2 ай бұрын

When your compost is active, it likely lowers your energy consumption to heat your shop in the winter. Good idea of doing two benefits at once

@rwfoxtrot 2 ай бұрын

Interesting video! Did I hear you on the No-Till Farmer podcast talking about your vermicompost extracts? I enjoy watching and learning from people who are innovating and not afraid to do things differently so I’ll be subscribing. G’day from Brisbane Australia.

@small-timegarden 2 ай бұрын

We can see that you're in love with the entire process. Can I be honest?....I feel like for the effort put into the composting process, the anticlimax for this process is the long duration to compost. Certainly, this is a hot composting method without turning. Without the pipes, the materials can break down in that same amount of time. But, you are the first person to demonstrate the complete breakdown of all layers

@SiarlW 4 ай бұрын

Smart!

@monstaro19 4 ай бұрын

I bury all of my compost

@allthingsgrowing 4 ай бұрын

Do you happen to have plans, or design drawings for that setup? I am tired of turning compost. This is the perfect solution.

@gibbsfieldfarms 4 ай бұрын

Go to Michigan Soil Works on KZfaq. I built mine similar to theirs.

@dequavisjones4869 4 ай бұрын

I asked pioneer yesterday, can I get my grain sorghum and field corn "naked'', their reply no. We I guess I won't be buying them anymore

@gibbsfieldfarms 4 ай бұрын

I was able to get some Pioneer but I had to order it and pay for it in the fall. They do t give a discount to not treat it since it is a hassle for them.

@Faamdiggy 4 ай бұрын

Please put some mortar trays on the bottom of that machine!!!! You are literally giving yourself double the amount of work to clean that up off the floor and do w.e you do with it!

@Reutzel507 4 ай бұрын

You can freeze bottles of water and toss them into the worm bin. That will help keep your temps lower.

@Reutzel507 4 ай бұрын

My worms seems to hang out in the bottom of my bins

@gibbsfieldfarms 4 ай бұрын

I keep a good food source on the top so they tend to stay in the top foot

@Losbitiboys4441 4 ай бұрын

Thats so awesome so smart any video in how it was done

@paulreynolds4545 5 ай бұрын

@gibbsfieldfarms are you going to share an update on the non GMO field? How did the 60 inch corn test plot do.

@gibbsfieldfarms 5 ай бұрын

Hopefully soon. Been very busy. Non gmo corn looked really good but we were in a D4 drought this year, it only yielded 150 bushel. 60” corn was 125 bushel. We are hoping for more rain in 2024 so we see some better results. 👍🌱

@jacknissen6040 5 ай бұрын

how many weeks before it cooled down enough to add worms ?

@gibbsfieldfarms 5 ай бұрын

I believe it took about a month or so.

@mattholstad124 6 ай бұрын

What are you going to use to extract it?

@gibbsfieldfarms 6 ай бұрын

I have a continuous flow extractor I use.

@user-no6ty3ml8f 6 ай бұрын

❤

@evoliveoil 7 ай бұрын

Both the Johnson Su Compost and the Continuous Flow Worm Bin use red wigglers. What are the advantages or disadvantages of each?

@gibbsfieldfarms 7 ай бұрын

Johnson Su is a year long process to compost, a continuous flow worm system is a faster composting system that only takes about 3-6 months. The benefits of the Johnson Su is a more fungal dominate compost. Which is great for agriculture use since we are fungal deficient.

@evoliveoil 7 ай бұрын

I understand that red wiggles stay near the surface. If that is so, does that mean they don't process the entire Johnson Su bioreactor?

@gibbsfieldfarms 7 ай бұрын

@@evoliveoil yes, but the Johnson Su is already pretty well broken down since it it a year old.

@user-hc7vt2bc4n 7 ай бұрын

what is the flour milling equipment ? where to find it? do you like it or wish for something else.

@gibbsfieldfarms 7 ай бұрын

This is the first stuff we had milled. We do not own any milking equipment yet. I had Heartland Craft Grains milk it for me on a stone mill. They are a state inspected facility.

@nicholas_obert 7 ай бұрын

To save you back, you could place a couple trays under the flow-through composter so that, when you crank the bar, the compost falls onto the trays and you don't have to shovel it, especially in that awkward position. You can then lift and move around all the compost in only one move.

@peter.knupffer 8 ай бұрын

👍🏼

@peter.knupffer 8 ай бұрын

Great video! Thanks!

@joshuakirby3531 8 ай бұрын

What are you burning down the over crop with? Could you not harvest or mow the wheat then drill the corn?

@gibbsfieldfarms 8 ай бұрын

I didn’t want to cut and harvest the wheat cover crop mix because I am trying to build organic matter and use the dead flat cover as weed control in my corn. I burned down the cover crop with glyphosate and 24d. We are lowering our application rates every year and trying to go away from it.

@MrMichaelStangl 8 ай бұрын

Rather than the hand pump sprayer, think of using RYOBI 40V Lithium-Ion Cordless 4 Gallon Backpack Sprayer , great job, thanks for sharing!

@eulerizeit 8 ай бұрын

Heck of a copilot

@gibbsfieldfarms 8 ай бұрын

Thanks! The kids love to help and ride with.

@user-vn9yp4ox8u 8 ай бұрын

היי אנחנו קבוצה מישראל שצופים בערוץ שלך. אבל לא כולם מבינים אנגלית ונשמח מאוד אם תוסיף תרגום בעברית כדי שנבין אותך טוב יותר. תודה מראש😊

@user-fr1dg3wj4h 8 ай бұрын

Great video. How did you make the cutting Bar?

@gibbsfieldfarms 8 ай бұрын

It’s just a flat piece of steel with a cable on each end, it slides in between 2 other pieces of steel. Super simple. I built it similar to the Michigan Soil Works worm bin.

@tbpatrick1 9 ай бұрын

Why don't ya put a tarp under it when harvesting? Then you can just pull the tarp out with the castings on it.

@gibbsfieldfarms 9 ай бұрын

Great idea! I will try that.

@myfunlovinglife 9 ай бұрын

I thought the same thing, put a bin under there to capture it

@justinmorrow2932 9 ай бұрын

Looks great, how do you mange the leachate?

@gibbsfieldfarms 9 ай бұрын

I mist it heavy with water every day. Never too much. I have not had any leachate drip out the bottom yet. That is a sign of over watering

@thatsHayden 9 ай бұрын

Been thinking about making one myself. We've got plenty of those seed bags at home too. How long do they last before breaking down?

@gibbsfieldfarms 9 ай бұрын

I was told 2 years. I’ve had compost in those bags for 1.5 years and the bags were fine yet.

@BlueMountainWormsInc. 9 ай бұрын

Great system Great info!

@jackshafto9123 9 ай бұрын

Thanks for the videos. I like watching them.

@organicentourage 9 ай бұрын

I think you're doing great! Thanks for sharing the details of what you did and showing us the results.

@organicentourage 9 ай бұрын

The use of seed bags is a good one. We tried using geotextile fabric but found it to be too breathable resulting in the outside getting too dry. Did you cover the totes and water? BTW, I so appreciate your videos as it's really hard to find detailed farm scale compost information for guys that don't have mega-bucks to hire consultants. Thank you😀

@gibbsfieldfarms 9 ай бұрын

We do not cover them, but we do water them daily or every other day. It’s easy to make them on a large scale very cheap. We just try to use what we have laying around.

@daveswords2112 9 ай бұрын

Just found your channel mate. Fabulous content love it.

@gibbsfieldfarms 9 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@eulerizeit 9 ай бұрын

What experiments have you done that have gone into production?

@gibbsfieldfarms 9 ай бұрын

60” wide corn has been adopted on small scale across the United States and also in other countries. Works good for grazing cattle after harvest if managed properly. Non gmo corn has also been widely grown and used for specialty markets as well.

@eulerizeit 9 ай бұрын

@@gibbsfieldfarms I work in software engineering and one of the complexities is designing experiments that make sense on a larger scale and can reasonably be leveraged when successful.

@paulreynolds4545 5 ай бұрын

@gibbsfieldfarms are you going to share an update on the non GMO field? How did the 60 inch corn test plot do.

@jimlewis1992 9 ай бұрын

What temperature is your compost getting to in the thermophylic stage?

@gibbsfieldfarms 9 ай бұрын

It usually gets up to 140. It has never gotten over 160.

@jimlewis1992 9 ай бұрын

@@gibbsfieldfarms I made 10 J/Ss this summer and I had some get to around 145 and others that only got to around 110. I didn't use any manure or alfalfa so that is probably why. I think I didn't have them packed enough and the material was not broken down enough and there was too much air getting in. I hope the lower temperature ones work out ok if I'm going to babysit them all winter haha. I'm keeping them in an insulated reefer trailer, can fit two on each side with enough room between to walk through. Hope I can keep it above 32f in -30 temperatures. I found you from your live talk with Young Red Angus. Keep up the videos I look forward to them.

@jimlewis1992 9 ай бұрын

@@gibbsfieldfarms Are you grinding the alfalfa and other materials up before putting it in the TMR mixer? I'm looking either a vertical TMR mixer or a bale grinder. I was using my skid steer to sort of roll the material and mix it. Trying to think of what would be a better investment.

@user-fp7uh9jx8n 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for the great video! For space savings you can stack this at least three high. We do this when they are full of 2,200Lb liquid raw materials daily in our chemical plant.