DIY Compost Bin

[kevinkimers]

Found this article talking about how to make your own compost bin. The method is simple, easy, and inexpensive to make.

DIY Compost Bin Plans

 

[zigs]

That looks good

 

[dave david]

nice and fancy, and probably works fine, but my chicken wire one does the job as well, I am sure. And it was all scrap materials to build, just 4 fence poles and a few feet of wire fence around the poles and good to go.

 

[kevinkimers]

I am looking into building one that hides it visually as well as reduces the smell. I don't usually do compost because I can't stand the smell of them while they are composting.

 

[Pat]

I don't like the smell either so I save as much of the kitchen greens as I can grind it up and make a tea out of it and poor it around the yard and on my rose bush to help it grow.

 

[kevinkimers]

I have been keeping coffee grinds. They don't smell bad and I hear they work for fertilizer.

 

[Durgan]

http://www.durgan.org/URL/?AEVBL 17 September 2011 Composting.
All my spent vegetation is chopped into small pieces in the chipper/shredder. The spent vegetation should be slightly green (corn stalks in this case) to facilitate chopping, and it composts quicker, which takes about a year. There is only about a month left of good weather, so I am removing vegetation a bit at a time.

The little bit of kitchen waste is simply placed in the garbage. Don't complicate a simple process.

 

[kevinkimers]

Cute doggie! I agree, simple is better. Do you add worms to your compost or just leave it?