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What you should know about
soil is every damn thing.

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What you should really know
about soil is that we're soil,

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we're carbon.

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That's kind of what this is.

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But I'm going to take
you guys through some

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of the different kinds of soil.

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And this is really
what's going to allow

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you to be able to plant
some healthy shit.

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Let's start with the bad.

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So let's start with
this compacted soil.

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And see this?

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The only thing that can
basically grow in this

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is weeds that don't take a lot.

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But you can see how
crumbly this is.

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So it has no water
retention whatsoever.

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And then we have clay.

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And with clay, actually,
this is the same stuff

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that they make clay pots out of.

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So it holds too
much water and it

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doesn't release it, which
is bad for your plants.

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See how this clumps together?

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And then we have sand,
which this is good

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if you have succulents and
things like that, where you

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want to lose a lot of
the water because you

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don't want too much water to
be held in your succulents.

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And then we have this
is really what you want.

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You want loamy soil.

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But you can see a lot of
the organic matter, how

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it's broken down in here.

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And this is what you want.

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It even has rocks,
different minerals.

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And you can see that
it holds moisture,

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but it also breaks up.

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And what this does is
it lets your roots--

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they don't have to fight so
much to get through the soil,

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so they use that energy
to get more roots rather

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than using the energy
to fight through soil,

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which you get a bigger plant.

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The bigger your roots are,
the healthier your plant is.

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So what this
basically is is kind

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of a combination
of all these soils

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because you want some of these
characteristics in the soil

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that you use to plant in.

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So basically, most
of you guys probably

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have this hard, compacted
shit in your yard.

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It has no nutrient
value whatsoever,

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and it's going to be hard
to even work in this shit.

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What I'm going to
try to get you to

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is this beautiful
stuff right here.

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So let's recap.

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This is something I'm going
to do throughout the class

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to highlight the important
shit you need to remember.

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First, just because
you have soil in

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your backyard really don't
mean you can use that shit.

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Your plants have
to thrive in it,

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so making sure your soil
has everything they need

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is really important.

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It needs to retain enough water
so the roots can get to it,

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but it also needs
enough drainage

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so they don't
become waterlogged.

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So you want a nice,
loamy soil that

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has both clay for water
retention and sand

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for drainage.

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Finally, it's
important to make sure

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that your soil has enough
nutrients for the plant

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to absorb.

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The good news is composting--
yes, composting--

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which we're about to discuss,
is a great way to do just that.

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So starting a compost pile.

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I know you asked, what the
hell is compost, first of all?

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It's the best thing you
can do for this planet

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and it's the second best thing
you can do for your garden.

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This is compost.

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This right here is
fuel to the fire,

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a view of your healthy plants.

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This is what happens
in the forest.

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And that's what we're trying
to do is replicate the forests.

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Biomimicry is what it's called.

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Way before humans came along and
started fucking everything up,

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mother nature had a great system
in place for recycling energy.

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A living thing would
come into being,

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go through its life cycle,
die, and then decompose back

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into the soil.

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After that, the
nutrients it gave

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the soil would become fuel for
other living things to thrive.

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So basically, composting is us
taking a cue from mother nature

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by collecting organic
matter, helping it decompose,

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and then mixing it into our
soil to give it nutrients.

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Another thing I
love about compost

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is this takes things
out of the waste cycle,

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and then they don't
wind up in a landfill

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because this stuff is
never going to break down

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amongst the plastic,
and the toy trains,

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and the electronics that's in
our landfill, when this can

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go right back into the soil.

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And compost can break down
from three months to a year.

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If you just pile a bunch of
leaves together and leave them,

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it'll break down.

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It's just going to
take a longer time.

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I mean, there's also
methods of compost

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where you can put your
compost in a plastic bag--

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you know, a black,
heavy plastic bag--

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and you wet it, and
you put air in it,

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and you just tie
it up and leave it.

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And that's going
to break down too.

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And that's a way you
can make leaf mulch.

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But also if you want
to make a compost pile,

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you can build it on top of the
ground and you just layer it.

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And you don't have
to even enclose it.

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There's a way that you can build
a compost pile that's round,

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and you can just stack
your stuff and real neatly,

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and you can then watch the
pile as it breaks down.

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It would do this, and
then it turns into this,

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and then you don't have
to take it anywhere.

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So that's on-site
composting, where

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you're not making a
compost somewhere,

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and then you're bringing it.

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And this is what I do
on my Parkway Garden.

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I have piles of compost being
made all over the place.

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There are a couple of
ways that you should

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maintain your compost pile.

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First of all, you
don't let it dry out

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completely because if it's dry,
it's not going to break down.

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You want air to circulate
through your compost.

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So you want to turn it where
the dry stuff, all of a sudden,

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is on the bottom and the things
that are broken down already,

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they're on the top.

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And sometimes, it's
a three-step process.

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Like you want to start your
compost, and it heats up,

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and it breaks down, and then you
just turn it into another bin,

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and then that breaks
down, and then

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you turn it into another bin.

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And you leave it
there and you let

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it break down to when it gets to
the point where it's like this.

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Compost is really
not that difficult.

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I know it seems challenging.

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Yeah, it takes a little
time and thought.

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But if you have the
right containers,

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it can be quick and fast
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have to do anything.

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It happens naturally.

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It's going to happen fast
if you do it a certain way

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and it's going to happen
slower, but guess what?

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It's going to happen,
so just do it.

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OK, let's recap.

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You can make compost in a
bunch of different ways.

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The easiest is to create
a pile in your yard

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and start throwing stuff on it.

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Another way is to put
compostable materials

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into a big bag that
will also decompose.

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I like to use coffee bags.

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And for all you
fancy folks, you can

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buy specially-made containers
that help speed up the process.

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Whatever method you choose,
it's important to keep it wet--

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not sopping wet, but moist.

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And mix it up every now and
then, so air can get to it.

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And that helps it
break down faster.

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Once it all breaks down, mix
the compost into your soil

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and turn that dry,
compacted shit

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into a healthy, nutritious soil
that your plants will love.

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And if you're looking
for even more info,

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check out our workbook.

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So I'm going to go
over some things

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that you should have in your
compost and some things you

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definitely shouldn't
put in your compost.

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First of all, let's start
with organic matter.

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If it's organic, I believe
it can go into the compost.

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And I don't mean organic
in the sense of the way it

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was growing per se.

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I mean if it came from nature,
it can go into your compost

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because think about the forest.

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You know, when Bambi dies
or some shit right there

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in the forest, no one buries it.

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It decomposes right
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And actually, it helps the soil.

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So and then the leaves
fall and a tree falls down

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or a lightning bolt hits it
and it falls to the ground.

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All these nutrients
and enzymes in the soil

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is going to break this down.

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So you're at home and you
want to put it in your garden.

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All your food scraps.

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Coffee-- definitely,
go get coffee grounds.

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Because think of
all these coffee

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places around just
the United States

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and they throw all
their coffee away.

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They throw all their
coffee grounds away,

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so they don't break down
and go back into the soil.

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Coffee grounds is a very,
very healthy amendment

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for your soil, so use
your coffee grounds.

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Don't throw them in the trash.

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Hair, sawdust, egg shells.

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And I actually, that's sawdust.

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And this is really
good for a mulch

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also on top of your plants.

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Maybe you can plant it like an
inch and a half, two inches.

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And it helps retain the
moisture, definitely

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in your potted plants.

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But also, here is a
bowl of food scraps.

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And we have banana peels,
egg shells, onions.

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And so here's the thing about
onions, since we have them

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here.

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A lot of times, you
will cut an onion

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from the side that
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And sometimes, you
can still see them.

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And sometimes, you will see
the little green pop up.

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Put that in the
ground because what

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that's going to give you
is a couple of more onions.

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And if nothing else, it
will give you onion seeds.

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So don't throw it away.

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Same thing with garlic.

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We've been trained that once
garlic, the green starts coming

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out of it, throw it away.

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It's no good.

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And that's exactly
what you want.

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That means that
garlic is healthy.

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So that whole clove, you want
to just put it in the ground

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and that one clove
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a whole other garlic bulb.

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But if it's organic
matter, you want it

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in your compost, period.

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Now, I'm going to tell you guys
some things that you shouldn't

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put in your compost.

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Greasy food-- you don't
want grease in your compost.

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You don't want no cat shit
in your compost, dog shit.

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That shit ain't cool.

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And lint from a dryer.

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People tell you it breaks
down, but it never does.

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And you don't know what kind
of synthetics are in it,

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so you don't want
that in your food.

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So it's real simple.

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If you don't want it in you,
don't put it in your compost,

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you know?

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There's a ton of stuff you can
take out of the waste stream

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and use to create
awesome compost.

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Common household things
include hair, coffee grounds,

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egg shells, and vegetable
scraps like peels and rinds.

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You can even throw
in that moldy orange

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you've got sitting in the
back of your refrigerator

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that's now turned green.

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However, avoid greasy
foods, inorganic materials

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like lint and
paper products that

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have been chemically treated,
such as magazines and milk

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cartons.

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It's also best to avoid
putting in meat products

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because they can stink up the
place and attract animals,

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but you can compost meat
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and we're about to get
into that right now.

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There's something you definitely
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and that's these fellas--

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worms-- because they will
help break everything down

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and they will also what they
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but they also break down your
food waste for your compost.

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So you can literally
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and they're going to even break
the food scraps down faster.

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What I do also, I forage for
vermiculture-- for worms.

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A lot of times, I'll
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and I'll just bury
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It's going to break down.

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The worms are going
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All the enzymes and
everything that's

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in the soil, that's going to
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going to help your soil too.

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So just dig a hole and just
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in the hole.

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This is a way that
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into rich, nutritious compost--

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worm compost.

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But you can also make worm tea
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you don't drink it.

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It's for the plants, so don't
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made from--

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it's actually worm shit.

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They call it, you
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but basically, it's
worm shit because they

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break the food down, and
then they poop it out

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and this is what happens.

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But it's some of the most
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you can do for your
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I do believe that you
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If you're planting
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if you're planting
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and you're not doing
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you should definitely
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What the testing
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you is if your soil is toxic
because a lot of times,

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these housing developments,
they were built on toxic sites.

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And a lot of people
don't know that or you

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might have had an
oil well over there

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and you have all
these things that

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are in the soil that
is not healthy for you

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nor your plants.

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And it might not
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from a nuclear disaster, or
the manufacturing plant that

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spilled all of their waste.

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It might just be the paint
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that is literally making
the soil totally unhealthy.

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If you do test your soil and
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there's still a lot of hope
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that you can plant that
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And what that does, it pulls
all the toxins out of the soil.

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For instance in Fukushima
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there is millions of
sunflowers planted

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all over the city that's
been pulling radiation

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out of the soil, and then they
just dispose of the plants.

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So you can do that
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They've done it all
over Detroit too

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because a lot of the soil
in Detroit was toxic.

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But now, they have thriving,
healthy gardens there too.

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So if you want to
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in your own garden, there are
a number of plants you can use.

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Along with sunflowers,
my favorites

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are Indian mustard, Indian
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and poplar trees.

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All of these are great
for pulling bad shit out

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of your soil for you.

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That said, if you do
find your soil is toxic,

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but don't have the time
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you might just want to
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and then you can buy
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You know exactly
what's in there.

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It saves time.

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You go to the store.

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Your back doesn't
hurt because I know

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you're going to be
using your shovel wrong.

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And you can cut to
the chase, and you

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can plant your
plants the same day,

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and then go have whatever
your preferred drink is.