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Composting from start to finish in different types of heap| Including a ground level wormery

Composting from start to finish in different types of heap| Including a ground level wormery The many ways to make compost! All are easier when you know the underlying principles, which I explain here. See the differences between larger heaps which generate and hold much heat, then smaller pallet heaps, and Dalek bins. This is early August 2023. We finish the tour with a look at my wormery, for potting compost. 00:00 Introduction 00:33 Seven-month-old compost – I spread it on top of a bed, then rake level 02:47 A look at the compost bays in my seven-bay system 03:14 What’s been added to the heaps – browns and greens 04:22 The temperature of heaps, and how you can lessen it 05:30 Adding sieved woodchip to a heap 06:01 Reason for having solid sides to the bays 06:21 Adding sieved soil to the heap 07:06 Another potential brown, the branches of a willow tree 07:27 Another heap, started on 3rd July, and the reason for having plastic on top 07:59 A look at the compost, and why and when to turn it (once only) – an idea of timings 09:30 Another heap, made over the winter, already turned once 09:56 A younger heap of half-decomposed compost, being used for the worms in the wormery 10:49 How we manage these compost bays at this time of year 11:13 A heap covered in black plastic, and a look the organisms underneath 12:30 The wormery – making compost for propagation 13:34 A look under the plastic cover, and what we use to feed the worms 15:26 A summary My other videos about making compost are in the playlist    • Compost Making   See my website for written descriptions https://charlesdowding.co.uk/compost-... You can join this channel by paying a monthly fee, to support our work with helping gardeners grow better, and to receive monthly videos made only for members:    / @charlesdowding1nodig   #compost #composting #nodig