In Part 2 of the Working the Compost Pile we are adding by layers our browns (or carbon) material and our greens (nitrogen) material at a ratio of 70:30. Don't know what that means? Neither did I in the beginning but we are giving you a behind the scenes look at what that means today. So grab a cup of coffee and pull up a chair and watch as we do all the work. 00:10 This Part 2 of Working the Compost and in the Video, it's all about Bin #1 00:25 Adding my kitchen scraps to Bin 1 00:43 Today I'm working with a beginning to composting Christie and she had a lot of great questions 00:50 What to do with all that winter clean up material - Is it green or is it brown? 01:05 Why we are cutting up all that long thick stringy material instead of just throwing it into the pile 01:54 Why we are cutting up the pumpkins from the chicken coop for the compost pile 02:02 How the microbes work on the edges in the compost 02:25 Why I wouldn't put your composting material in a blender 03:08 Christie had a lot of good question about when to add water in the layers 03:45 How much water to add to the leaves we will be putting in the compost 04:33 What is the ratio of browns to green material in the compost 70% Browns to 30% Greens 05:15 I don't weigh or measure exactly the ratios I eyeball it 05:37 One of the reasons I cover the green material with a layer of leaves is because I don't like gnats or flys around my compost and so it won't smell 06:05 talking about the plant material we pulled out of the edible landscapes after they froze 06:16 The frozen material is green compost material paper or cardboard is brown compost material 06:25 Talking about putting junk mail or other papers in the compost pile 07:21 How small to cut up sticks and or vines to put into the compost and how it will aerate the pile 08:24 Here is what the stick layer looks like before we added another layer of leaves and watered the compost pile again 09:00 Questions I had when I first started composting 09:50 Time for another layer of leaves or brown material 10:10 Getting leaves from other people when I run out of brown material for compost mid-summer 11:06 Not sure why I kept saying chicken scraps instead of kitchen scraps 11:47 How long the composting process should take if doing the hot method 12:05 Bin #1 Bin #2 and Pile 3 12:32 The soil under the compost pile always has the best soil and microorganisms 13:30 This is why I say the best compost touches the ground 14:00 It's very unusual to fill up Bin #1 all in one day Usually I am just adding one layer at a time and it only takes a few minutes each time I add KITCHEN SCRAPS to the compost pile 14:49 Blooper reel ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohe60ai_88g

Here are some of the reasons I love bluebonnets in my edible landscapes. Bluebonnets are a nitrogen fixer, a Texas Icon, first bloomers of the season, self-seeders...what's not to love. 00:24 Where the seed pods are located 01:03 Where the seeds are located and how they self-seed 01:50 It's actually not against the law to pick bluebonnets - where did this myth come from 02:20 The reason I want more in my Edible landscapes 03:00 How we planted the bluebonnet seeds 03:30 What you need to know to have them self-seed in a lawn 04:00 Why bluebonnets are one of my favorite nitrogen fixers and how bluebonnets do the fertilizing for me ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uW8HBzz27tE