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Summarize Composting Benefits and Future Plans

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WHOLLY CRAP!!! WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO WITH ALL THIS POO!!!!

What happens here

With the large manure pile successfully divided into two smaller, aerated rows, the farmer confirms that the day's goal has been met. He reiterates that this method will significantly speed up the composting process compared to a single, tall pile. He mentions that the piles will be turned several times throughout the year and monitored with a long composting thermometer to ensure temperatures reach around 180 degrees Fahrenheit, which kills weed seeds and grass seeds. He contrasts this large-scale composting with smaller, worm-based composting, noting that the high heat and nitrogen content of the large piles prevent worms from surviving.

Goal: The farmer concludes the composting task, highlighting how splitting the pile into rows will speed up decomposition and discusses methods for monitoring the composting process.

Tools and materials

  • Composting Thermometer

What they say

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alright guys so we got done we met our goal today what we wanted to do was take that big old manure pile and make it into two manure piles okay so this will help it to compost a little bit faster now you can do this at home on a smaller scale just throwing out your kitchen scraps and stuff and we've got a little composter out there that we use worms to compost with we're going to get a little bit better setup with that and we'll do that in a future vlog I'll show you how all that works out we can't do worms in this because it just gets too hot okay so it would kill the worms it's a little bit too high of a nitrogen content for worms to survive so we'll let this keep composting throughout the winter we'll go ahead and turn it again in about a month maybe a month and a half and I've got a big long composting thermometer and I'll stick it in there once it gets nice and hot it'll probably get up to about a 180 degrees kill all those weed seeds kill all those grass seeds and then we'll turn it again once it starts to cool back down and that's how the compost works so guys thanks a lot for joining me here on the farm I appreciate you come on back and see me just thought I'd do a little talking about compost now you might wonder did that stink no it didn't stink there was no like manure smell or anything like that except when I get really close to the bottom it was really really wet which tells me it needed to be turned so you want your compost pile to be moist but not soggy soppy wet anyhow thanks for joining me guys come on back and see me on the farm click that like button click the subscribe if you're not already subscribed and click that little bill it'll notify you when I post a new video we'll come back we'll play in some poop again alright whoa [Music]

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