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How to Compost : Learn Organic Garden Composting Online : Choosing a Compost Bin
May 29th, 2009 | 
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What features should you look for when buying or making a compost bin? Find out and get tips on how compost bin design can help to aerate compost for your garden, in this free organic gardening video.
Expert: Gale Gassiot
Bio: Gale Gassiot makes her own organic compost or “gardener’s black gold.”
Duration : 0:1:18
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The best compost …
The best compost bin is on the open ground.
Mixture of …
Mixture of materials to put in bin, it needs air. it needs to be kept warm, it needs turning every week ideally. new materials as often as possible. Pee on it often. (I jest not) With a rotating bin it is possible to make good compost in 8 weeks.
i have tried a …
i have tried a couple of compost bins. To be honest i have gotten the best results just making a pile and leaving it, turning it every couple of weeks. Two drawbacks in my opinion of bins is air circulation and creating a barrier for insects to enter. i had a black compost bin which from what i read was a popular model. The contents never got hot. This baffled me for a long time then i decided to just make a pile in a sunny area. after a good rain it gets piping hot.
re ur size …
re ur size constraints, compost can be made in one gallon batches. also, it is newer technology to have a bin u can roll. like a garbage can. no turning plus easily it is taken to the area needed and no wheelbarrow/shovel work.
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This is great! …
This is great! Thanks
this is very cool. …
this is very cool. I have a problem with critters…they dig underneath & get in that way —
Does this have a wood bottom? And if so does that keep the skunks & raccoons out??
no energy what so …
no energy what so ever
That is a great …
That is a great compost bin.
Good info.. I find it pretty easy to compost once you are in the mindset that a lot of the fruit and vegetables you discard could easily be added to a compost box.
I created my compost bin from discarded 3×3 pallets. They worked out pretty well.
If anyone is interested, I added the steps and pictures of the process.
http://gravitygarden.com/bucketgarden/?p=552
Happy Composting!