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meloyellow
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*PLEASE DO NOT MOVE* Does anyone here compost?
What kind of bins do you use?
do you use a container that can easily be rotated or do you just mix everything up with a tool or by hand?
How long has your compost mixture taken before it was ready?
do you keep your open exposed to air or closed?
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Re: *PLEASE DO NOT MOVE* Does anyone here compost?
What kind of bins do you use?
*We use a large tumbler-type composter we bought from Costco.
do you use a container that can easily be rotated or do you just mix everything up with a tool or by hand?
*We tumble it several times per week, but also will use a spade/rake to mix it up if we see things aren't breaking down quickly.
How long has your compost mixture taken before it was ready?
*This depends on the weather and if we have worms/bugs in the composter. Obviously in summertime the heat helps move things along more quickly and we don't use the composter in the wintertime.
do you keep your open exposed to air or closed?
*It's closed.
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lorich
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Re: *PLEASE DO NOT MOVE* Does anyone here compost?
We built a 3 bin system ourselves this year. It's not complete, but you can see it below.
We use a pitchfork to turn it weekly.
As you can see it's exposed to air - there will be removable slats on the front - still unsure if I'll include a lid. It'll help "cook" it, but if we don't it'll still work...just take longer.
It's our first year, so I'm unsure how long it'll take to make a good compost. I'm hoping to use by next Spring.
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meloyellow
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Re: *PLEASE DO NOT MOVE* Does anyone here compost?
Posted by lorich
We built a 3 bin system ourselves this year. It's not complete, but you can see it below.
We use a pitchfork to turn it weekly.
As you can see it's exposed to air - there will be removable slats on the front - still unsure if I'll include a lid. It'll help "cook" it, but if we don't it'll still work...just take longer.
It's our first year, so I'm unsure how long it'll take to make a good compost. I'm hoping to use by next Spring.
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 I'm impressed!! I love it!
For now I used this  only because we already had two of them and the garbage men refuse to take garbage if it's in those bins...so i had DH poke a bunch of holes in it and i wan't him to create a tight lock on it so i can roll it around a bit.
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evrythng4areason
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*PLEASE DO NOT MOVE* Does anyone here compost?
we got one from the town of hempstead that turns..we put stuff in it all winter long and it should be ready by next month to lay down
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meloyellow
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Re: *PLEASE DO NOT MOVE* Does anyone here compost?
Posted by evrythng4areason
we got one from the town of hempstead that turns..we put stuff in it all winter long and it should be ready by next month to lay down
I just saw today that some towns do provide composters. I'm TOH too. going to call tomorrow
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meloyellow
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Re: *PLEASE DO NOT MOVE* Does anyone here compost?
how long after adding your nitrogen / carbon mixture did you begin to notice a temperature rise?
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Erica
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Re: *PLEASE DO NOT MOVE* Does anyone here compost?
I have this one:
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lorich
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Re: *PLEASE DO NOT MOVE* Does anyone here compost?
Here's the completed bin... we decided not to do a lid on it.
The slats on the front are removable, so you can have them at different heights to make it easier for turning. We decided this was better than a door so it would still contain the contents.
It was built all from pallets and L brackets. Total cost was $9 for the L brackets. All pallets were free!
ETA: What's also great is when you remove the slats you can put them in the wall of the bin (inside the pallet). Kind of like self storage. 
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Re: *PLEASE DO NOT MOVE* Does anyone here compost?
Posted by lorich
We built a 3 bin system ourselves this year. It's not complete, but you can see it below.
We use a pitchfork to turn it weekly.
As you can see it's exposed to air - there will be removable slats on the front - still unsure if I'll include a lid. It'll help "cook" it, but if we don't it'll still work...just take longer.
It's our first year, so I'm unsure how long it'll take to make a good compost. I'm hoping to use by next Spring.
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Ours is similar to this. We have fencing in the front of it. We turn it regularly.
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Mrs213
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*PLEASE DO NOT MOVE* Does anyone here compost?
We have a 3 bin system like the one pictured above and also a compost tumbler
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