"K" wrote in message
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Farm1 writes

I hate the side by side bins and have now abandoned them and use them
just to collect stuff to be composted. I hate 'em because they take
too much work. Build it, then turn it and keep turning it is for the
muscularly inclined (which isn't a woman recovering from cancer [or
anyone over the age of 40 with any sense :-)]).

I have the side by side and find they work fine without turning. I fill
two of them, then when I need compost, I take stuff off one of the heaps
and put it into the third empty one until I get down to usable compost.
When I've used that compost, I fill the base with stuff of the older of
the other two till I reach usable compost, and so on. That's the only
turning the stuff gets. Basically, I work with big bins (4ft x 4ft x4ft?)
and a slow cycle - 6 months to 1 year between filling and using.


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Kay

6-12 months is about what I achieve per cycle, sometimes even as quick as 3
months mid summer. I get very tempted by the adverts for the rotating
tumbler thingies which claim to make useable compost in a few weeks.
Anyone had any joy with these contraptions or are they more suited to
tropical climates?