Plastic Drum Compost Bin

Ask for free used 55 gallon.

Plastic drum compost bin. Options include standing barrels in which you stir the compost or more complex styles with frames and rods for tumbling the material. A 55 gallon drum barrel can be converted in several ways to make a compost bin for turning food scraps and plant material into compost. Best of all the wood base with attached caster wheels makes turning your compost in this diy compost tumbler a cinch no shoveling required. They can hold anywhere from one to 125 gallons of food and garden waste.

We used rivets to speed up the compost bin tumbler assembly but screws nuts and lock washers work too. Select a plastic bin. It has a hinged door and is on. In fact a second bin can be helpful to catch the liquid that leaches out of the first bin.

A stationary wood compost bin with an open top gives you convenient access to turn the pile. An inexpensive and less complicated way to build your own tumbling composter is by creating an on the ground tumbling composter which is simply a container outfitted to hold compost that you turn by simply rolling the container across the ground. Compost container features composters come in many different designs and materials. Geobin compost bin at home depot this open composter is made of a flexible plastic material that can expand as large as 3 75 feet in diameter best with crank handle.

It really is the perfect solution when space is at a premium and especially for those weekend gardeners who only need a little bit of compost to help their vegetables or flowers. One 50 gallon drum will turn your family s food scraps into rich usable soil before the growing season is over. Others like those made of recycled plastic come with slits for air flow and doors or locking. That is until a friend of mine made one for me from a 50 gallon steel drum.

Plastic storage bins are widely available and you might already have one in your home that you re willing to repurpose into a compost bin. Make a compost bin using a plastic storage container. Mantis ct02001 compostumbler at home depot large composting tumblers can be hard to turn but this crank handle helps you turn the barrel regularly. It takes a full day to customize the drum and build the stand.

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