On Jun 17, 2005, at 8:27 AM, BlueHippo wrote:

At one point, (before I was forced to move to an apartment and lost
most of my gardening area) we had a compost barrel. We bought it as
such, but it was a fairly simple compost. Metal drum, door in side
(that latches, that's important) that is set on a frame with pivots.
There was a handle at one end of the barrel and someone would go out
there and give it a good turn once in a while. After a couple months,
line a bag up under the door and let the soil drop out.



We have a five bin system. The outermost two are for raw material. The
next bin in on either end is for material at an intermediate stage, and
the one in the center is for the final stage. We're not obsessive about
turning. We generally turn it once a year. The bins were free--we made
them out of discarded pallets. There is a place near here that sells
ATV's and that sort of thing, and there is always a pile of pallets and
crate material outside for free.

Craig Cowing
NY
Zone 5b/6a Sunset 37

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