I'm just looking for opinions, scientific fact would only be a bonus

I agree.The most effective composting method is the one that works best for you, that is easy and manageable and you will use consistently.
I wouldn't call this lazy, sounds like work to me.Personally I do lazy gardener composting. I have one of the large ventilated plastic bins and a wire grid bin. I throw everything into the plastic bin as it comes along, just being sure to layer greens and browns.
If it is dry enough to water my garden, I water the compost pile also. I don't turn it, but every couple months (except in winter) I turn it over, move all the finished or almost finished compost to the wire bin, but the rest back in the plastic bin, most recent first so everything is mixed.
So in your opinion, using compost and mixing it with whatever else for drainage would supply the most diverse nutrient list in plausible concentrates to grow anything?DoubleDogFarm wrote:I wouldn't call this lazy, sounds like work to me.The most effective composting method is the one that works best for you, that is easy and manageable and you will use consistently.![]()
I do sheet mulching, cut and drop, or cut and shred. Apply all compostables directly to the beds. I don't need the added work of hauling out the debris, piling up, turning and hauling it back.
The traditional way is to just till it in. Even less work.
Eric
Yes and yes.So in your opinion, using compost and mixing it with whatever else for drainage would supply the most diverse nutrient list in plausible concentrates to grow anything?
I have thousands of worms in my garden box, with those guys in there, do they recompost the soil on their own?
No cooked anything goes into the garden beds. I have two of these, the cooked leftovers go through. I'm only cooking for myself, so not a lot of leftovers anyway.LA47 wrote:DDF, your method sounds the easiest but how do you do it when veggy's or flowers are growing in the ground and you have a large quanity of chipped wood (or grass, etc) given to you? Do you just pile the shredded material around the growing plants? If so, how deep and how close to the plants? I can understand tilling shredded leaves, wood chips, etc. in the soil in the fall. What about the weed seeds? Do you use cooked green kitchen waste? So many questions in my mind.
Man your land looks great! So much room for vegies and fruits. One day I'll have a place like that.DoubleDogFarm wrote: Sorry about thoroughly trashing this post with pictures.![]()
Eric
No, but I have used hydrolyzed fish fertilizer and ACT. This year I will be using more comfrey tea.Kickingwing wrote:Man your land looks great! So much room for vegies and fruits. One day I'll have a place like that.DoubleDogFarm wrote: Sorry about thoroughly trashing this post with pictures.![]()
Eric
Haha! So, have you ever tried the artificial nutrients?
Ok, so, I don't really get this whole idea of tea compost. Is that an additive to the compost for it to be even more effective or is it a completely different idea?DoubleDogFarm wrote:
No, but I have used hydrolyzed fish fertilizer and ACT. This year I will be using more comfrey tea.
Eric
First, here is a 34 page stinky on ACT ( Aerated Compost Tea ) Pull up a comfy chair and a pour yourself a favorite drink. Dig in.Kickingwing wrote:Ok, so, I don't really get this whole idea of tea compost. Is that an additive to the compost for it to be even more effective or is it a completely different idea?DoubleDogFarm wrote:
No, but I have used hydrolyzed fish fertilizer and ACT. This year I will be using more comfrey tea.
Eric
I prefer projection through a black hole, oh - maybe that's time travel.toxcrusadr wrote:Asking what's the best way to compost is like asking what's the best form of transportation to get from one place to another. You'll get answers varying from jogging to supersonic aircraft and everything in between. All depends on your desired parameters.
DogFarm: Great typo in your post: "Here is a 34-page stinky on ACT..." Sure you meant 'sticky'. It's not supposed to stink.