Making A Compost Bin From A Plastic Barrel

It takes a full day to customize the drum and build the stand.

Making a compost bin from a plastic barrel. Created from yard and kitchen waste the rich black compost is inexpensive to make and is good for the. Because this bin is so small it will fit just about anywhere. Making compost in 30 days using pallet wood bins duration. Measure the diameter of your barrel probably about 24 inches and cut two matching triangles from 1 inch plywood.

The compost tumbler drum and stand together cost about the same as the low price models but our composter is built stronger and has more features. You have a small garden or perhaps a variety of pots and you want to make your own compost but you simply don t have the room in your yard for a compost bin. Make a compost bin using a plastic storage container. We used rivets to speed up the compost bin tumbler assembly but screws nuts and lock washers work too.

The frame of your compost bin will securely hold the barrel and allow you to rotate it regularly. Heck maybe you don t even have a yard. Plastic storage bins are available just about everywhere. Bill is a writer with his own garden and he has a wealth of useful tips about composting.

If you re using a plastic barrel the weight of the compost inside your tumbling composter can break the plastic so before inserting the pipe through the holes secure two slabs of wood to the barrel to distribute the weight of the compost. Our version of a compost barrel is an adaptation of that using a plastic 55 gallon drum. Each side of the triangle should have sides 10 inches longer than the barrel diameter. When it comes to enriching your soil compost works well.

You need to have air circulating around your compost to help it decompose faster.