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Talked to an old landscaper at the dumpster and now I rethink my whole soil approach
Was tossing bags of yard waste last Tuesday when this guy in his 70s starts pulling half-dead plants out of the pile. He says I'm throwing away free fertilizer and shows me how he chops up stuff like dandelions and grass clippings, layers them in a bucket with a little dirt, and gets rich soil in 6 weeks without buying a single bag of compost. I always thought you needed a fancy bin or some special mix. He just uses a $5 bucket and patience. Anybody else have a super simple method for turning kitchen or yard scraps into dirt that actually works?
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olivia_murphy1d ago
Watched a video last week about some old guy in Japan who's been using the same compost pile for 40 years just throwing leaves and table scraps in a hole in his yard. Makes me realize how much we overthink stuff like this. We've got all these fancy gadgets and systems for things that people figured out with a bucket and some dirt decades ago. Honestly most of the "hacks" you see online are just marketing to sell you something you don't need. The old guys at the dump know what's up.
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luna_clark381d agoMost Upvoted
@olivia_murphy I think that old guy in Japan is actually using a pretty specific method called bokashi composting, not just a straight hole in the ground. But your point still stands, nature doesn't need fancy tools to break things down.
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