John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ goes on a field trip to Hawaiian Earth Products who make OMRI organic certified compost by diverting green waste from the landfill to their composting facility. In this episode you will also discover a FREE source of mulch on Oahu and Big Island that will enable you to save water and even make your own compost! You will also learn about the compost they produce locally and how you can even haul it in your car to save money. After watching this episode, you will learn John’s favorite source of organic compost on Oahu, Hawaii.
See how John hauls compost in his car:
Learn more about Hawaiian Earth Products at:
http://www.menehunemagichawaii.com/
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Nice dirt 'stache. Another awesome GYG vid.
How about some video of the grinder … those things are cool. I wish someone would make a small version of that for home use so I could grind up my own compost.
probley don't need the rock dust on volcanic islands
I love menehune magic!! Easy on the wallet. N its awesome. I got a cubic yard from them a few months back, enough to fill my raised garden. Gonna go get more, im just dreading the stairs I need to climb up with buckets of dirt.
Thank you, thank you, thank you! I hope you enjoyed your visit to Hawaii. Come back again soon!
yes I'm on Kauai and finally made it to the compost place. Was able to get 1 1/2 trashcans filled for 10 bucks. I also got a leaf blower/mulcher and have been putting the mulched leaves on plants.
John, I know of a high quality compost location in Orlando FL that sells 7year aged compost & azomite for $34, If your ever in that area and want to do a review I can send you the address.
I would absolutely love to have a composting facility near me.
you growing a mustache???
How many cubic yards in those super totes?
awesome! Beautiful organic compost – great that they make the mulch available to residents for free. I love the smell of compost as well! Thanks for taking us on a tour even tho you were on vaca!
very cool, i wonder what it would take to convince a town/city to do this
My town also provides a limited amount of free mulch / forest product compost every year. First come, first serve. I think its a wonderful thing!
John, your vid shows the limit of OMRI Cert., . While the compost at this company is in compliance with OMRI standards, thier source product remains questionable. Any homeowner could have sprayed thier lawn or plants with 2,d4, Diazinon, etc. The same limit applys to any commercialy produced organic fert- with 85% of the worlds cotton being GMO, what are the odds of getting organic cottonseed meal? The same applies to blood & bone meal-were the cattle raised organicly? probably not, so it remains Our responsibility to grow our food as organicly as possible. Everyone needs to understand the limitations of any certifcation program.
John! you are always such a inspiration to us! Raw Living For Life! OneLOVE!
All I can say is that brother you are making me sweet here in my bedroom from watching you sweat half to death. Lol. I see a trip to Alaska for my wife and I
COMPOST!
Here in australia where I live my sand is alkaline and black sand. The composting facility up the road is $40 per cubic meter, which is made from the towns people green waste bin picked up once a month.. It has rubbish, large sticks and it stinks. It is horrible. Have to make my own.
I meant my soil is very sandy.
Problem with pallets as compost,alot of them are treated.
John has a Hitler stash at 2:40
go to frankies nursery they have great fruits for sale. menehune compost works good i use it.
do you have any info on SST's? Sprout seed teas.,.
You forgot tha México is a volcanic country and you can abtain a large amounts of OMRI , right near the outskirts of the Federal District .
I would stay away from the ground up pallets. You never know what a pallet was used for over its lifetime, and what may have leaked on it once you grind it up. Most pallets have a deposit fee and are returned to the mfg unless it is damaged, except for one-time-use pallets, like what is used for Quikrete and some other products that pose less threat (I recommend thoroughly rinsing ANY pallets before garden use). You do have pallets that reach end-of-life cycle, but these are a bit scary as well. I repurpose pallets for a lot of things, but I like to have an idea what they were used for if there is a potential for any contamination leaching into them.
I just had a yard of compost and yard of mulch delivered from my local supplier. Not much more than a mile down the street. It's the first time I've bought from them, but the product looked (and smelled) good and it was a reasonable price. Can't wait to see the results.
How are they able to get OMRI certification if they are adding fertilizers to some of their compost mix at the same facility as the "Clean" stuff, but loading all using the same loaders?
Nice mustage you got there 😀 see 2:00 min
Are you still on Oahu? I'd love to meet up if possible!
Great video. Thanks for sharing.
I looked them up and it doesn't look like it's free. It does look cheaper tho so I might go there when I'm ready for some soil.
Because you're in Hawaii, is most of the material palm tree based? That means you've almost got coco coir. We use it around here in S.Texas and it just beats all other compost material out there. As usual your videos are wonderful.
lol awesome 🙂 the little magic dudes…. we'll leave it at that xD
I love in the island and use this compost. It is the best compost u can buy on Oahu is the shizzle! John, didn't know u were in Hawaii, I feel like I missed an op to meet u. Oh well, next time. Thanks for making dope vids!
Like the mustache..
hey john go on xtreme gardening free care package for free get one right now before there gone
We have a compost facility around 70 miles from us.. love the black compost …if you can't make your own fast enough it is a great resource and reasonably priced too..
do they still offer free mulch? can i bring a truck and load the whole bed with mulch?
Wow I live in hawaii and I didn't even know that… I usually just use miracle gro
i live in hilo… going to get this tomorrow 🙂 John, you need to get with Joe Rogan via twitter and get on his podcast. blow up your channel 🙂
Thanks again John for visiting, and for this great review! You've inspired us to kickstart our own YouTube channel! We plan on uploading content sharing our products and what we do here at Hawaiian Earth Products!
Aloha how goes it, thanks 🌞
Hey John, are you aware of how much seaweed and kelp can be harvested from the coastlines? That's come up in class today. Thanks buddy. Always learning from GYG. Thanks. Mahalo. JV
Mahalo Hawaiian earth product for the awesome compost! Mulch, and soil blends!