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00:42 Get composting with Costa! It doesn’t have to be expensive, it doesn’t have to be complicated… and you can do it anywhere!
Compost is great for your plants and the environment. When food scraps break down in landfill, they produce large amounts of methane (much more potent that carbon dioxide). Composting prevents most of the process… and creates nutrient rich material for your garden.

00:42 HOW TO COMPOST:

Choose a shady spot and position so the bottom of the bin is in direct contact with the soil.

Prevent pests by either sitting the bin on wire aviary mesh or bury the base 10cm deep into the soil.

1:03 Add a layer of coarse, dry material, like sticks, to encourage air circulation.

Add a layer of green material, then a layer of brown material. General rule of thumb – add two parts brown material to one part green material.

Brown material is moistened cardboard, egg containers, shredded paper (not glossy paper), straw, hay, sugarcane mulch, dry leaves etc.

1:25 Green material is garden clippings, grass clippings, vegie scraps, green leaves etc

Continue until bin is full.

After between 2 – 6 months, the compost will be ready to go!

AVOID – meat, wheat and dairy as these are more likely to attract vermin.

MYTH – you can’t compost onions, citrus and tea leaves. You can!

2:27 HOW TO CREATE COMPOST QUICKER

Once a week Aerate the pile with a compost crank or garden fork. The ABC cannot recommend or endorse commercial products or businesses – however, you can find your own compost aerator at a good garden centre or nursery, at some farmers’ markets, or you can search online for “australia buy compost aerator” from a variety of suppliers.

2:40 Every second week Add a handful of poultry manure or blood and bone, sprinkled onto a dry layer to provide a boost of nitrogen. A little rock dust will get the worms working & provide some micronutrients. Rock minerals are available as a fine dust or in pellets. They’re sold through nurseries, agricultural suppliers and online. Just look for ‘rock dust,’ ‘rock minerals’ or ‘natural mineral fertilisers.’

2:53 Once a month Add a handful of lime. This combats the acidity created by the decomposing scraps and the worms love it.

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42 Comments

  3. Andrew

    I would love if he cut a fringe down to his eyebrows so only his eyes and nose stuck out.

  7. Peter Achleitner

    "I find that a real gardener . . . is a man who cultivates the soil . . . If he came into the Garden of Eden, he would sniff the soil and say "'Good Lord, what humus'" (Karel Capek in The Gardener's Year, 1931). Happy composting, from Malaysia!

  8. JUICE PurpLe

    Thank you.. I was looking for such kind of video.. All I get is using something which I a hve to buy each of the stuff.. Thank you again.. Am ganna start right away.

  11. Ome Jitprathak

    Bravo πŸ‘ πŸ˜… ❀️ what an amazing idea πŸ™πŸ‘πŸ˜»πŸΆ
    using our waste and turn it into something useful… Wow! and back to the plants again πŸŒ±πŸŒ³πŸŒ»πŸŒΌπŸ΅οΈπŸŒΈπŸžπŸπŸ›πŸ¦‹πŸŒπŸ•·οΈ β€οΈπŸ’–β€οΈπŸ‘

    Thank you for sharing. Good on you Costa πŸ™ πŸ˜†πŸ‘β€οΈπŸ˜πŸΆπŸ˜»
    I can not wait to start my own compost….​ha…​ha….​ πŸ˜…β€‹πŸ˜‚
    Hope​ it's working πŸ€”πŸ˜¬πŸ˜†

    Stay safe and take care. Cheers πŸ™πŸ˜‡πŸΆπŸ˜»β€οΈπŸ’•πŸ’πŸŒ±πŸŒ²πŸŒ³πŸ€

  12. steven alley

    hello (sorry if this is a dumb question),
    but our compost bin is in the full sun…what's the problem with this?
    thanks!

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  22. malcolmsplace

    A great video. Can I add spikey rose clipping and bougainvillia with spikes to my compost if I mulch them first? Regards Mal

  23. Just Me

    Love to strike a Match up this Dwarfs Beard to have him look more professional as a modern HUMAN. 🀣

  28. el pas.

    In my opiniΓ³n kindergardens need to have composting sites and teachers throughout the educaciΓ³n system have to educate all of them to think about their consumes habita and the ways to be more sustainable and cool, by composting food scraps, the easy way to keep cities clean and the communities that dwal with garbage, safer, healthier and happier – it's a director hazard to people who work the trash needing to touch toilet paper and rotting food whole collecting the non-decomposable items, like plΓ‘stico.

  33. zezo ss

    should i add water??? should i keep it away from sunlight since summer tempreture is high here???

  37. Kel Radford

    Hey Costa. I know this vid is a couple of years old, but can you tell me, what is your opinion of those tumble composters. Are they worth it for a beginner gardener? If Ely need help.

  38. Michael K

    Thank you. Been looking at lots of you tube videos on compost for beginner this is the best one yet

  39. Catpony 1

    Hey GA, what’s your opinion on tumbler composters? I’m sure they are not as good; but a lot of people would appreciate a video on them please. I got one from my council. Thanks

  40. Oztralian Grown

    You'll never hit between 41 and 122 Β°C (106 and 252 Β°F) which is the required to achieve thermophilic reactions with those pathetic plastic bins.
    Stop wasting your money and time and think a little

  41. Sacred Ember

    Thank You! This compost recipe was really good! All my kids loved it when I gave it to them for lunch!

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