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Probably one of the best designed compost bin out in the market. Compost bins are generally not known for creativity in styles.
A standard FarmCity compost bin - approximately 2x2x4', made of cedar (naturally weather- and rot-resistant, no added chemicals), with lots of air circulation. The front boards lift out so that you can get a shovel in easily.
Our newly reconstructed compost bin.
We cleared all of the rubbish out of it, took off the front of it and shored up the sides. We've also sunk a door to split it in two. The left is full of nicely rotted compost, the left is for fresh stuff. It's all covered in carpet to protect the valuable nutrients (and keep the frogs warm).
My hubby surprised me with a new Stainless Steel Compost Bin-it is a big improvement from my previous margarine container kitchen compost holder.....it is very, very nice.....I will look spiffy when emptying my kitchen scraps into the composter.....
We started composting and have two bins going, one for kitchen scraps and one for leaf mold. In our tropical climate, the compost is decomposing fast, and after three weeks, a rich black soil has developed in our big blue bin.
One of my photos of our compost bin appears in the book "I Garden: Urban Style" by Reggie Solomon and Michael Nolan.
You can order the book from Amazon.
Our second compost bin is getting full, so I took one of the tiers from the first bin and placed it on the second... making this one 4 tiers high.
We have stopped placing compost in the first bin, so it will finish the final step of composting before we empty it out.
[Update] This photo appears in the book "I Garden: Urban Style" by Reggie Solomon and Michael Nolan.
One of my photos of our compost bin appears in the book "I Garden: Urban Style" by Reggie Solomon and Michael Nolan.
You can order the book from Amazon.
Temps have remained quite warm. Usually between 10 and 20 Celsius, even with many days of subzero weather.
My winter composting bin early on New Years morning (during a huge snow storm). I'm a composting fanatic - what can I say?
Dad's emptied all the good stuff out of the compost bin and dumped it onto my - currently dormant - vegetable patch. Remaining in the bin (an old coal bunker) is a big pile of clay, which we need to get rid of somehow/somewhere.
This is the winter bin from behind. Snow is a great insulator if you can get enough of it. I shovel my deck just so I can pile up more on the bin!
Little sister looks on as big sister takes her turn drilling holes in the lid of a coffee can. We attached a charcoal filter under the lid with hot glue (filters found at a pet supply store for kitty litter boxes)--& voila!--we have a DIY compost container for our countertop. Project found on Pinterest. Easy peasy. Two filters (which help things from getting smelly) cost me $5.00.
We learned about composting today too. Did you know Americans throw out up to 40% of their food in landfills? That's the equivalent of 20 pounds of food per person per month. We are excited to be composting & making rich soil & doing our itty bitty part. #compost #DIY #crafty #summerschool #thinkingthursday #compostbin #composting #savethelandfills
Henrietta Hippo at Hallam Fields Junior School in Sheffield for compostable waste.
"Thank you very much for the Hippo bin! it has taken pride of place at the bottom of our steps on the school playground. We wanted this bin for fruit and vegetable waste from morning breaks and packed lunches. It is easy for the children to remember what to put in the compost bin now it is a hippo, as hippo's don't eat plastic (although she does eat cardboard boxes!). We have had an assembly to remind the children what to compost in the hippo. Gardening Club then remove the bin from the hippo and transfer the fruit waste to the compost bins, near the school vegetable patch where it is used to help grow vegetables. There was much excitement when the hippo came onto the playground and she is a cheerful addition, especially on dull, cold days!
Many thanks from all at Hallam Fields Junior School"
this spider in the lid of my compost bin has her work cut out with a nestful of eggs and spiderlings
Valentines Day Wood
I spent the day building things made of wood. Another compost bin. A bee bench. So I was cutting an old 4x4 I had and saw this and thought it was pretty cool.
Today was kind of a bulls eye day. I have the wood to prove it.
Day 45. Woody.
Here's my new Smith & Hawkins BioStack Compost Bin that I purchased from Craigs List.
Photo taken from the seller's ad.
Recycled untreated pallet wood compost bin designed by me and if you'd like to see how to make one there is a detailed film - Let's Talk Rot - Constructing A Compost Bin for 50 cents - Parlons Compostage pour 0.50 Euros , the link is: www.youtube.com/user/Organikmechanic?feature=mhum
This is the first part of a project - the second film will show how to construct a complete dry toilet system.
Vince sprinkles some shredded junk mail into the compost bin to balance the carbon to nitrogen levels in the compost bin. A healthy balance will make the bin have no smell at all, despite the rotting organic wastes. It's also a great way to turn junk mail into garden soil instead of putting it into our local landfill.
Every couple of weeks or so I turn them over, unstacking them, setting them up next to the old location, and shoveling the contents over. This keeps the oxygen in the compost bin and speeds up the decomposition. In between turns, I bury kitchen scraps in the compost for the red wiggler worms I added. Then I keep them covered with fallen leaves to cut down on flies, which usually are not a problem, but the leaves also help add carbon. The worms love the scraps, and I get some really great compost out of the deal.