Compost Bin Plans Make Easy Guides

The compost bin plans can be found in gardeners supply catalogues, gardening magazines or online, in a wide variety. Common and simple ones to build consist of a wooden box which basically surrounds your compost pile. Several bin plans that follow give a sampling of how one can get started with composting immediately. Planning for a space in your yard will take into consideration certain factors.

The first would be, how far do you want to walk to put your yard and kitchen scraps into the bin? If you make a bin with a cover, you will have a better ability to keep the bin nearer to the house. How much compost will you need for your garden in one season? This is the question you want to determine the answer to prior to deciding which plan to use.

Easy Variety In Plans

The pallet plan for a compost bin is one very simple way to assemble a compost bin that will encase your piling of compost material. The retail companies that use the wooden pallets for moving freight often have pallets to discard that they let go of for free since the pallets don’t last forever. The ones for your compost bin do not have to be in pristine shape.

The size of your compost piles does not have to be as large as the square that the four wooden pallets will end up making. You can simply tie the four corners of the pallets with rope, wire or chain. For a pretty effect, tie the compost bin with large twine nautical rope. If you use five pallets, making the fifth one the floor of your compost bin, you will increase the air flow to the bin, helping to cook your compost more rapidly.

As a soil conditioner, the compost that is made by your compost piles will save you money and give your plants nutrients. It encourages organic gardening, making soil testing less necessary as you have taken measures to add nutrients to your vegetable gardens.

Why Build a Compost Bin?

Compost bins or a simple compost pile can supply great "food" for your vegetable garden

There are many choices for compost bins. You can build your own or buy commercial bins. If your needs are modest, a compost pile might be all you need. Compost bins tend to keep your compost materials out of sight more than a compost pile, but either one can work.

When choosing compost bins, you'll find there are many sizes and shapes of ready-made bins. Some of them are even modular so as you add compost pile them on top of each other to make them bigger. 

You can build compost bins or containment for your compost pile out of common materials. Compost bins can be built out of common lumber, but if you choose this option it's best to use treated wood so it will be less likely to rot. If you decide to use a compost pile, a simple wooden box around it is really enough to keep it contained. Just make sure you can get at it with a shovel fairly easily so you can turn it every so often.

When building your compost bins, make sure there is adequate airflow. Ideally, you want to build it with gaps between the boards to allow air to get at the whole compost pile.

You can also buy activators that you add to your compost bin to help break down the compost pile quicker. To find some sources for bins, a compost screen or more information about how to compost, take a look at our garden accessories page.

Compost Bin Plans Make Easy Guides