@compost My super fancy compost bin. Anyone can build one with spare materials or even just have a pile. The bin helps keep out small animals and my dog from the pile for me. Once every years a bear comes along and opens it like a cardboard box so I don't fuss about it being nice. What type of bin if any do other people use?
@jbussieres@compost
Thanks for sharing. I use a three stage composter made out of pallets, with lids to keep out the current very wet weather.
I also have a leaf cage (a dog crate) and a greens/weed composter made of pallets too. This means that I can vary the mix of browns/greens with kitchen & garden waste.
I also get manure from Horse Poo Mountain and hardwood ash from my brother's wood burning stove, which as well as adding nutrients, lightens up the mix quite a bit.
@jbussieres@compost i use a plastic bin which I’ve confined in my (tattered) greenhouse. I live in a city zone, but we do have to be able to mitigate bears, and I fear I can’t do that.
@jbussieres@compost. Thank you for sharing your bear aware outdoor compost system. Our outdoor system in southern Minnesota does not have to be bear aware. Our system has metal T posts and sheep wire fencing. It’s usually a two bay system. Our pallets lean on the fence to add shade. Our cover is cardboard weighted down by boards. We rotate the compost with a pitchfork working from the open, north side. #compost, #compostodon. Composting will save the world.
@Pollinators@compost Thanks for sharing! I want to upgrade to a two bay and change the access from the top to hinges that open in the front to make it easier to stir and rotate..
@jbussieres@compost. It is important to have easy access for the pitchfork and I. Our compost material volumes work for this system. #compost, #compostodon.
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