1 00:00:07,173 --> 00:00:10,493 Speaker 1: You're listening to the Saturday Morning with Jack team podcast 2 00:00:10,613 --> 00:00:13,333 Speaker 1: from News Talks at b Tell. 3 00:00:13,173 --> 00:00:15,533 Speaker 2: You what is the weekend for anyone who enjoys a 4 00:00:15,533 --> 00:00:18,053 Speaker 2: bit of the outdoors. So if you like counting things, 5 00:00:18,733 --> 00:00:19,973 Speaker 2: you don't want to count sheep, but you want to 6 00:00:20,013 --> 00:00:22,773 Speaker 2: count other animals. Good news the whale and dolphin count. 7 00:00:22,773 --> 00:00:24,853 Speaker 2: The official whale and dolphin count is this weekend. So 8 00:00:24,933 --> 00:00:28,053 Speaker 2: if you happen to be out on the water and 9 00:00:28,093 --> 00:00:31,853 Speaker 2: you come across some migrating whales, make sure you take 10 00:00:31,853 --> 00:00:33,573 Speaker 2: part in the Whale and Dolphin count. But of course 11 00:00:33,613 --> 00:00:36,693 Speaker 2: the annual garden Bird Survey begins this weekend as well. 12 00:00:36,693 --> 00:00:38,373 Speaker 2: It goes for about a week or so, I think 13 00:00:38,413 --> 00:00:41,373 Speaker 2: maybe nine days or so. So yeah, lots happening this 14 00:00:41,453 --> 00:00:43,973 Speaker 2: weekend on that front. Now, man in the garden root 15 00:00:44,053 --> 00:00:46,693 Speaker 2: climb past, I'm sure we'll be counting everything every which way. 16 00:00:47,133 --> 00:00:50,533 Speaker 3: Good morning soon, I certainly will. Good morning Jack. 17 00:00:50,973 --> 00:00:53,253 Speaker 4: By the way, they're also doing spoon bill counts here 18 00:00:53,293 --> 00:00:54,173 Speaker 4: in Lake Ellesmere. 19 00:00:54,213 --> 00:00:57,653 Speaker 2: Oh you go very good, just say it. Yeah, nothing, 20 00:00:57,653 --> 00:00:59,333 Speaker 2: they're not counting really, yeah. 21 00:00:59,333 --> 00:01:00,173 Speaker 3: No, that's right now. 22 00:01:01,733 --> 00:01:05,413 Speaker 4: Why don't we start counting in nigrogen and carbon for 23 00:01:05,493 --> 00:01:07,213 Speaker 4: a change, let's make some compost. 24 00:01:07,493 --> 00:01:09,253 Speaker 2: Okay, very good, Well that makes it. 25 00:01:09,333 --> 00:01:10,373 Speaker 3: Do you have a compost? Then? 26 00:01:10,853 --> 00:01:13,413 Speaker 2: I do have a compost bin, but it's mainly it's 27 00:01:13,933 --> 00:01:16,053 Speaker 2: very grass clippings heavy. I've got to be honest. 28 00:01:17,333 --> 00:01:20,133 Speaker 4: Yes, I would expect so. And then after a couple 29 00:01:20,213 --> 00:01:22,453 Speaker 4: of months it becomes quite slimy and yucky. 30 00:01:22,613 --> 00:01:24,093 Speaker 2: Yeah it does. And I just shove it out the 31 00:01:24,133 --> 00:01:26,053 Speaker 2: bottom and then go and chuck it on the garden basically, 32 00:01:26,093 --> 00:01:28,773 Speaker 2: but leaves in there as well, a bit of nitrogen, 33 00:01:28,893 --> 00:01:29,773 Speaker 2: yeah yeah. 34 00:01:29,613 --> 00:01:31,733 Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, but hang on the grass. What do you 35 00:01:31,733 --> 00:01:33,293 Speaker 4: think the grass is? 36 00:01:33,653 --> 00:01:35,333 Speaker 2: Nitrogen leaves? 37 00:01:35,573 --> 00:01:36,333 Speaker 4: Yeah, you got it. 38 00:01:36,373 --> 00:01:38,453 Speaker 3: So you're quite heavy on the nitrogen. 39 00:01:38,533 --> 00:01:40,013 Speaker 4: So what I want you to do is go and 40 00:01:40,053 --> 00:01:43,133 Speaker 4: see somebody who actually knows how to cut trees and 41 00:01:43,373 --> 00:01:49,933 Speaker 4: chip them down. Yeah, and put those chips in your 42 00:01:49,973 --> 00:01:52,613 Speaker 4: bin as well, because generally speaking, and a lot of 43 00:01:52,613 --> 00:01:55,453 Speaker 4: people don't realize that, for if you have a ratio 44 00:01:55,493 --> 00:02:00,413 Speaker 4: of carbon to nitrogen, you need thirty carbon to one nitrogen. 45 00:02:00,773 --> 00:02:03,613 Speaker 4: That is about how so two much NuGen becomes really 46 00:02:03,613 --> 00:02:04,573 Speaker 4: slippery and slimy. 47 00:02:04,653 --> 00:02:07,773 Speaker 3: Yeah right, Actually that's so that's quite an important one. 48 00:02:08,053 --> 00:02:11,173 Speaker 4: So if you're talking about compost starters, for instance, you 49 00:02:11,213 --> 00:02:13,893 Speaker 4: know you can buy compost statists. Yeah, do you think 50 00:02:13,973 --> 00:02:16,453 Speaker 4: do you think nature used to use status? 51 00:02:16,613 --> 00:02:17,653 Speaker 2: No? 52 00:02:17,653 --> 00:02:19,573 Speaker 3: No, I don't think so. 53 00:02:20,173 --> 00:02:22,653 Speaker 4: If you keep your thirty to one, if you got 54 00:02:22,653 --> 00:02:25,173 Speaker 4: twenty five to one carbon to nitrogen, you've got to 55 00:02:25,213 --> 00:02:27,453 Speaker 4: start to basically built into the whole thing. 56 00:02:27,773 --> 00:02:29,093 Speaker 3: And I love that sort of stuff. 57 00:02:29,573 --> 00:02:31,773 Speaker 4: Here's another one I've just I've actually been doing all 58 00:02:31,773 --> 00:02:34,053 Speaker 4: the myths. You can now get it. They're the greatest 59 00:02:34,133 --> 00:02:38,533 Speaker 4: myths for gardeners. Crushed shells. If you've got problems with 60 00:02:38,573 --> 00:02:41,213 Speaker 4: slugs and snails, you put crushed shells down, because that's 61 00:02:41,253 --> 00:02:44,733 Speaker 4: of course a very sharp material on which which the 62 00:02:45,533 --> 00:02:48,253 Speaker 4: on which the shells that what do you call it? 63 00:02:48,333 --> 00:02:52,453 Speaker 3: The oh, my goodness, shells, eggs, shells. You got that 64 00:02:52,533 --> 00:02:53,173 Speaker 3: sort of stuff. 65 00:02:53,293 --> 00:02:56,133 Speaker 4: So what you then get is you everybody says slugs 66 00:02:56,133 --> 00:02:58,413 Speaker 4: and snails can't stop go over that because it's too 67 00:02:58,453 --> 00:03:02,813 Speaker 4: sharp for them. Sorry, doesn't work, because these slugs and 68 00:03:02,853 --> 00:03:05,893 Speaker 4: snails will not go on the surface directly. They actually 69 00:03:05,933 --> 00:03:08,973 Speaker 4: go on the lime that they produce. Huh, So they're 70 00:03:09,053 --> 00:03:12,013 Speaker 4: never in touch with those shells. So forget about that. 71 00:03:12,453 --> 00:03:14,653 Speaker 4: And if you then put that same stuff, for instance, 72 00:03:14,693 --> 00:03:17,933 Speaker 4: these crushed shells into your compost bin. It takes a 73 00:03:18,093 --> 00:03:20,533 Speaker 4: lot of time for that to become a little bit 74 00:03:20,893 --> 00:03:25,373 Speaker 4: of of fertilizer, and be quite honest, a lot of years. 75 00:03:25,533 --> 00:03:29,253 Speaker 4: That is absolutely the time it takes to literally get 76 00:03:29,293 --> 00:03:33,013 Speaker 4: those fertilizers into the system. And on the other hand, 77 00:03:33,093 --> 00:03:35,653 Speaker 4: you don't really get much calcium and things like that 78 00:03:35,693 --> 00:03:37,973 Speaker 4: from those shells, so you might as well not bother 79 00:03:38,053 --> 00:03:42,133 Speaker 4: too much. Just chuck it in and forget about it. Yeah, hey, 80 00:03:42,253 --> 00:03:45,573 Speaker 4: speeding up composting. A lot of people say you need aeration. 81 00:03:45,773 --> 00:03:48,973 Speaker 4: That's right, and we need to turn the heap, you know, 82 00:03:49,013 --> 00:03:51,533 Speaker 4: with a fork or a spade, So every now and 83 00:03:51,573 --> 00:03:53,573 Speaker 4: then you turn it off. To be quite honest, check, 84 00:03:53,853 --> 00:03:56,453 Speaker 4: I've just done my back in. Oh no, I fell 85 00:03:56,493 --> 00:03:59,613 Speaker 4: off the second story of and ofn what do you 86 00:03:59,613 --> 00:04:03,853 Speaker 4: call it? The double bed you know, bed double bed 87 00:04:04,293 --> 00:04:04,773 Speaker 4: bug bed? 88 00:04:04,893 --> 00:04:05,053 Speaker 2: Yeah? 89 00:04:05,133 --> 00:04:08,733 Speaker 4: Yes, and yeah, so I can't really dig much at 90 00:04:08,733 --> 00:04:10,933 Speaker 4: the moment, And besides I don't have time to dig. 91 00:04:11,613 --> 00:04:15,013 Speaker 4: And what does nature do? Nature chucks things down and 92 00:04:15,133 --> 00:04:20,693 Speaker 4: basically it will mix itself, right, especially the creatures that 93 00:04:20,773 --> 00:04:24,053 Speaker 4: live under the compost, can I say, rats and mice 94 00:04:24,133 --> 00:04:25,533 Speaker 4: that make tunnels, et cetera. 95 00:04:25,573 --> 00:04:26,613 Speaker 3: Et cetera, et cetera. 96 00:04:26,693 --> 00:04:30,573 Speaker 4: Yeah, they're doing a really good job. There are there's 97 00:04:30,813 --> 00:04:33,573 Speaker 4: the point. Yeah, you got it. So there's so many 98 00:04:33,653 --> 00:04:36,213 Speaker 4: of these different things. Have a look on the website 99 00:04:36,893 --> 00:04:39,493 Speaker 4: that they be put together for you, and you'll find 100 00:04:39,533 --> 00:04:41,693 Speaker 4: all the things about can you put cooked food in 101 00:04:41,733 --> 00:04:44,013 Speaker 4: the compost bed? Can you put pool in the compost bed, 102 00:04:44,293 --> 00:04:47,693 Speaker 4: dead animals, left over meat? Of course you can, because 103 00:04:47,733 --> 00:04:52,053 Speaker 4: everything that once lived can be composted. Very good. 104 00:04:52,293 --> 00:04:54,693 Speaker 2: Okay, thank you. 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