Compost bins made of pallets – How to
Making a three bin compost system with free materials. Making your own compost -It’s easy. Composting happens!
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Making a three bin compost system with free materials. Making your own compost -It’s easy. Composting happens!
@amusingisthedawn yeah cause when it starts to move down you move it to the next stage so when you put new stuff in the first youll have some in the last. idk if you know what i mean
jlavalla100
October 16, 2011 at 4:11 am
@vegipower I think that the previous comment was unfounded. Your video showed ALL that was needed to put this project together.
I don’t have enough pallets yet to make the ‘three bin’ system, but your vid has helped enormously with the concepts involved.
Thanks! 🙂
mikenco
October 16, 2011 at 4:32 am
@BobbySoFamous – Sorry. I guess I should have got footage of standing three pallets upright and screwing them together with the brakets I showed. Tool used: screwdriver. Hope that helps
vegipower
October 16, 2011 at 5:03 am
i only wish there was actual ‘how to’ since that’s what’s in the title. you don’t show assembling the bins at all, just showing the finished product
BobbySoFamous
October 16, 2011 at 5:52 am
Instead of letting it sit, make a Hugelkultur with it 🙂
Rhinoch8
October 16, 2011 at 6:04 am
@2DAREPUBLICAMEXICANA Treated with chemicals, yes. Most pallets in the US are only heat treated and do not contain chemicals.
mar504
October 16, 2011 at 6:17 am
Can you sit the compost on the ground or would using another pallet on the ground be better?
Is there any time of the year you should compost?
jimbuckleybarrett
October 16, 2011 at 6:40 am
@earthchild8987 Yeah that’s what I was thinking – everything I’ve ever read about composting says you need it on the ground do bacteria, worms etc can get in there. Very strange to put the steel bottoms on.
gregmcp
October 16, 2011 at 7:15 am
I have been told that treated wood is bad for the compost
2DAREPUBLICAMEXICANA
October 16, 2011 at 7:47 am
@amusingisthedawn Two to three is pretty standard to flip the more mature compost over to the next bin as it get sready to be used, and newer materials/food scraps in the first. Over three would be more work and space needed, but could work fine too.
vegipower
October 16, 2011 at 7:57 am
Is there any reason most people choose 3 bins? Just curious.
amusingisthedawn
October 16, 2011 at 8:06 am
Don’t forget the coffee grounds..Has any one in here look at the price of compost bin.it absurd the price’s when you can make one like this.for nearly nothing
mogges1
October 16, 2011 at 8:35 am
Really good video … yours is the first one I took at look at because I am wanting to repurpose pallets for a composting system as well and yours looks very nice and the video is very informative. Thanks very much!
BohemianSimplicity
October 16, 2011 at 8:44 am
Good idea but your better off having it right on the ground open bottom to allow worms and all the good bugs into your compost to speed up the process.Plus no issue of having it too wet
MrIssac82
October 16, 2011 at 9:37 am
Good idea but your better off having it right on the ground open bottom to allow worms and all the good bugs into your compost to speed up the process.Plus no issue of having it too wet
MrIssac82
October 16, 2011 at 10:02 am
Good idea but your better off having it right on the ground open bottom to allow worms and all the good bugs into your compost to speed up the process.Plus no issue of having it too wet
MrIssac82
October 16, 2011 at 10:48 am
curious, but how long does it take to break down… without the soil microbes, worms, etc being able to reach it?….
earthchild8987
October 16, 2011 at 11:32 am
@DUDCLEV – That’s a good idea! I now just crush them in my hand and toss in the kitchen bin ready to go out. With mixing the pile all the time, the peices get pretty small…..not as small a blender though 🙂
vegipower
October 16, 2011 at 12:08 pm
Try what I do with my egg shells. I save my egg shells in a small bucket outside so they can dry in the sun (drying them cuts down on any bad smells). Once I have collected about 20 egg shells, I fill my kitchen blender 1/2 with water. Then add the egg shells. They get blended up and I pour it in my compost bin
DUDCLEV
October 16, 2011 at 12:19 pm
@vegipower thanks, also could put a bucket under each spout, maybe a 5 gallon, then if it gets full dump it back on top to keep it wet or use in garden, cheers
MAGTRAIN
October 16, 2011 at 1:05 pm
@MAGTRAIN – Thats a great idea actually! I have not done anything yet to collect the “tea”, but that sounds pretty easy. Maybe put a hard gutter guard on top to keep regular rain water out and just get the concentrated stuff. Hmmmm…
vegipower
October 16, 2011 at 1:43 pm
find some old gutters from a house and u can put them under the spout on the metal pad, then have them slope to one side where you could have a hole in the ground. place a garbage can in it so you can use the “tea”. i would suggest trying to keep it covered so you dont fall in it
MAGTRAIN
October 16, 2011 at 2:38 pm
I love it man
cursetheman
October 16, 2011 at 3:21 pm
@vegipower
Being off the ground keeps roots from taking over your bins too.
Tybeenian81
October 16, 2011 at 3:25 pm
@vegipower Being off the ground keeps roots from taking over your bins too.
Tybeenian81
October 16, 2011 at 3:57 pm