Easy Low Input No Manure Compost Design You Can Do At Home

Farm Learning with Tim Thompson | 20 July 2025 | Back to All Videos
Turn garden scraps into powerful microbe-rich compost—on a budget.
In this video, we visit Crystal Mathelot, a native plant grower east of Perth, to see how she’s applying regenerative agriculture techniques to horticulture composting—and getting amazing early microbial results.

Learn how to build a simple, effective compost system using leftover fencing materials, no power tools, and a clever trick with a removable oxygen chimney that avoids microplastic pollution.

🔧 What You’ll Learn:
• How to build a compost system with stiff stay wire https://whitesrural.com.au/product/stiff-stay-yard-acreage-fencing/
• Why not drilling holes in your chimney is smart
• 50/50 compost layering for microbe diversity
• What Crystal’s microscope is revealing about home compost
• Future applications for land rehab and seedling development

📍 Location: East of Perth, WA
🎤 Guest: Crystal Mathelot, native plant nursery & RegenWA partner

🌿 Interested in Crystal’s work or RegenWA’s compost workshops?
👉 Visit: https://www.regenwa.com
👉 Or contact her directly via the link in the description

📺 Related Videos You Might Like:
• BRIX Testing for Soil Health
• Soil Microbes and Phosphorus Access
• Peter Andrews on Water in Landscape

This video was made possible through RegenWA’s ‘Make Your Hectare Count’ project, supported by funding through the Western Australian Government’s State NRM Program.

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00:00 Native Nursery Composting Trials
00:38 DIY Compost Bin with Fencing Offcuts
01:30 Building the Bin Frame & Mesh
02:45 No-Drill Chimney for Better Airflow
04:10 50/50 Brown to Green Layering
05:00 What the Microscope Reveals
06:00 Microbes in Home vs Farm Compost
06:45 Future Goals: Rehab & Microbial Profiling
07:30 How You Can Join a Workshop (WA)
08:00 Final Tips & Subscribe for More