How to Make a Compost Bin Instead of a Pit: 6 Great Ideas for Your Garden

The easiest way to make a compost bin with your own hands is to use a regular plastic bin: in addition to the bin itself, you will need a drill, aluminum mesh, epoxy glue or silicone sealant, and possibly a few bricks.

Prefer a wooden compost bin? Then you need wooden pallets. You don’t have to buy them: check out bulletin boards or go to a construction site – you can get pallets for free there. You’ll also need L-brackets, gate hinges, a hook, a latch and, possibly, a handle.

You can also make a compost bin in your dacha from a wire mesh: such containers are inexpensive, easy to make and ideal for collecting grass cuttings, dry leaves and garden waste. In addition, you can give the container any shape – pallets or a trash can will not give you this opportunity. You will need the mesh itself, wire cutters and pliers or wire.

The idea of ​​a “mesh” for a compost bin is one of the simplest to implement: you simply wrap the chain link into a ring and secure the ends with wire or clamps, then install the resulting “tower” in a convenient location.

The best materials for a compost bin also include large plastic containers: you will need one if you need a regular bin and two if you want to install a worm composter. In the first case, everything is very simple: just drill holes in the container and the compost bin is ready.

The second option is much more interesting: composting with worms is faster and is not accompanied by an unpleasant smell, which allows it to be used indoors. In this case, you need two containers: the first, with holes, will become a shelter for worms and waste, the second will collect the worm filtrate.

Ideal if the best compost bins for the garden come from straw bales. Firstly, it is simply beautiful, and secondly, it is very easy to make such a “pen” – just surround with bales any place that seems suitable to you. Bonus: as the straw decomposes, it can be added to the compost heap.

Want to know how to make impeccable compost? To do this, you can use bokashi, a technology that converts food waste into a soil additive with the help of special bacteria. All products do not decompose, but are fermented, which allows almost all the nutrients they contain to be preserved.

Bacteria for bokashi can be bought at any market, and special containers are also sold there. However, you can make them yourself: for this you will need two 20-liter buckets and a drill. Drill holes in the bottom of one, then place it in the other – and the bokashi tank is ready.

Now you have the instructions on how to create a compost bin. Let’s talk about how to use it properly – here are the rules you need to follow.

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