Making a compost

[MindyT]

The sculpture is funny.

Is it better to have a metal bin or plastic bin for composting?

 

[RedNeckCowBoy007]

As a general rule, I try not to let anyone despise me (Titus 2:15), but if I had a neighbor giving me crap about hanging out clothes to dry, I think I'd say that I'd use the clothes dryer if they'd be willing to pay the difference in my electric bill.
While there are some things that are just downright annoying (my grandfather-in-law put up what amounts to a baseball field fence between his house and their neighbors'), if it's your property and there's not town ordnance against it, if you want a compost pile, put one in. It doesn't have to be obvious or ugly. Home Depot sells plastic compost bins that just look like a black barrel type deal. You can't fit much compost in them, but they work well and (as a landscaper), I've seen a few sit in the corner or a flower bed or something.

 

[ChanellG]

That's a good point, @RedNeckCowBoy007. I'd bet there are a lot of attractive ways to hide compost bins with creative landscaping. I have my compost in two Rubbermaid storage tubs, and I could use a third one just so that I can rotate how I fill them to have compost ready at different times of the year.

I'm in the city so the tubs work best for me. The "pile" isn't so big that I can't turn it by hand - in fact I use a small cultivator and a trowel depending on if I'm just stirring things up or adding new stuff to the bin.