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mamadoula
02-20-2007, 10:08 PM
Make one or buy one?
I would love links to instructions or sites for purchase.
Thanks :)

2guysand1gal4me
02-21-2007, 12:48 AM
We just started doing ours, I need to build one myself:)
Here is a site I just looked up, it had some ideas
Building Bins and Boxes for Yard Waste Compost (http://www.montana.edu/wwwpb/pubs/mt9204.html)

DEandF
02-21-2007, 10:34 AM
nak I can't find the site I usually post, but ours is something like this one-- Stacking bins (http://www.organicgardening.org.uk/factsheets/gg24.php) Dh built it out of left over fence boards, cut in half, so it's 3' x 3'.

Oh look, I have a picture, on this thread-- Tell Me about your compost pile (http://www.amitymama.com/vb/amity-mama-market/292200-tell-me-about-your-compost-pile.html). It's four pieces high, super easy...

joyfuljourneys
02-25-2007, 06:32 PM
I had a plastic one that is supposed to speed up the composting process, but I never really had good luck with it. Last summer I switched to 4 wooden pallets held together by wire and screws. Already I am liking the way the composting process is working better. I am eager for spring, to see what I really have...

Radha
02-25-2007, 06:43 PM
Make it, very easy.

Take a plastic garbage can (or 2, as we have) drill holes throughout, bottom and sides. Put the top on. Voila, easy compost bin!

Oh man, we used that stuff last late summer, and boy does it make things GROW!

mamadoula
02-25-2007, 10:24 PM
Take a plastic garbage can (or 2, as we have) drill holes throughout, bottom and sides. Put the top on. Voila, easy compost bin!
We'll probably make this kind for now and work on a wooden one for later. Thanks for all the info mamas!