Compost Tumbler Plans - Using a Compost Screen and More
Instead of buying an expensive ready-made compost tumbler—you can build your own and save up to $400! It’s easy, if you’re at all handy with some basic tools and you find decent compost tumbler plans in a gardening catalog. The entire compost tumbler unit can be made from different scrap materials. For the container part, 55 gallon drums or galvanized steel garbage cans are perfect. And discarded wooden pallets, old wood fencing or wood from a lumberyard scrap pile can be used for the supporting structures.
For optimal results, compost tumblers can include a number of other features that you can build in. Such as slots in the side where you can insert a pitchfork to loosen the compost, perforated pipes to increase the tumblers air flow and closeable doors at the bottom that allow easy access to get at the ready-to-use compost. Along with a sturdy wire-mesh compost screen fastened to the bottom, if rodents or raccoons are expected to be a problem. Use -inch screen, if you expect mice, -inch for their bigger brothers.
A dirty rotten job that you’ll love to do— composting!
If your compost plans don’t tell you what to compost? Throw in anything that rots! Or better yet— anything that grows or once grew. Grass clippings and fallen leaves are always the easiest to gather. Just use a small amount in the tumbler along with a few shovelfuls of dirt, the only activator your compost pile needs. Keep it moist and in the direct sun to start the decomposition process— and before you know it, with Mother Nature’s help, your compost turns into fertilizer. The best plant food in the world— and it’s free!
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