How do I make a homemade compost bin?

How do you make a compost bin?

• Answer:

  You can make a compost bin from almost anything: cinder blocks, lumber, rubber garbage cans ...; to me the question is: "How large or small do you want it to be?" If you live in an area where you get a lot of rain, then you should keep it covered; also, by covering it, you will keep out the night-time critters. As an example: you could make it 2 feet wide by 2 feet long by 3 feet high with 3 or 4 sides. It may be placed under cover out of the weather or fitted with some type of a lid. The most important things about composting are: Put only vegetables, peelings from the kitchen, cut-up newspapers, leaves, grass, coffee grounds, egg shells [no fish or whole eggs]; and keep the contents as wet as a sponge. Turn it over at least once a week. A: You could make a compost bin out of a rubber garbage can. The only problem is turning the material over: the smaller the container, the harder it is to turn the compost over - that is the hardest part of composting (besides keeping the material wet as it is breaking down). A: The simplest compost bin is a cylinder of fencing, held together by pieces of wire at the top, middle, and bottom. You'll need 15-16' of fence for a 3-3 1/2 ft diameter compost bin. Use either 3' or 4' fence, depending on how much material you have to compost. 1 x 2" or 1 x 1" welded wire will keep rodents out. Wire cylinder compost bins contain the materials, and keep them from sprawling. They also build compost heat, because the materials above hold in heat generated below. And turning the pile is a lot easier than 3-bin designs. Just undo the wire ties, move the cylinder to the side, and fork the materials from the old pile to the new pile. But you don't even have to make a bin to have good compost. You can just make a pile and get the same results. Hope this will help you wikihow.com/Build-a-Compost-Bin A: A compost bin can easily be made by taking an old barrel and placing it in an accessible part of your yard. Fill the barrel with your scraps and give several weeks to decompose. A: In order to make the compost bin you must follow several simple steps. You must get metal, scrap or bought, then put it together, basically like a recycle bin. You can make a compost bin out of a variety of things, be creative! We have a surplus of old garbage cans around my house, so I am using one with has a snapping lid.