Pretty compost bin

Just finished replacing a compost bin for friends who garden mightily in the city. My clients were tired of tree roots growing up thru the bottom of the old bin, so we made this one sit atop stone and fabric with a bottom of composite decking. Since they wanted this to last and didn't have the budget for cedar, they went with pressure-treated. HD here now sells Weathershield, a micronized copper quaternary, that is said to be safer than past lumber treatments like CCA and ACQ. The lids…

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Compost bin you can build yourself in one day.When you want to see your garden yield a bountiful harvest of vegetables, fruits, or flowers, you will likely think of using fertilizer. Fertilizer is a material, either organic or inorganic, that is added to soil to supply vital nutrients that promote…

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I talked a while back about The Plan. Number one on my list of things to do this season was deal wtih the compost. I've been dallying in that regard. Part of the issue is that I couldn't decide what sort of a bin I would like. The only other compost bin I've used was a round plastic bin approximately 4 feet tall. It looked much like a garbage bin with a locking lid on the top and a small door at the bottom. It didn't take up much space and the black plastic soaked up the sunshine and heated…

One of the most popular projects of the past few years has been the pallet compost bin. There has been a boom in the community interest in repurposing abandoned pallets for furniture and landscaping. This, in conjunction with a surge of interest in creating sustainable gardens through processes like composting, has led the pallet compost bin being touted as a composting solution that combines these trends in environmental sustainability. Basically, the project involves using one pallet for…

Next, more food scraps. We definitely make a lot of food waste, but I feel so much better knowing that we actually put it to good use! Then we added more coffee grinds on top of the food scraps. I like to do this as it helps to keep the food smell down and pretty much masks it. We just really loved working with all this delicious and wonderful smelling coffee grinds. Make sure to also get some from your local cafe for your compost bin as well!