Newest compost bin.

  It’s still a work in progress to be sure but I want an area where all of my compost can be kept together. 

  I got the idea from the sustainable me channel on youtube. I lined the bottom with several layers of cardboard, then some woody material that was lying around waiting to be used.

I put what I cleaned out of the fridge dead center, covered with another piece of cardboard and some dirt to make sure there’s enough microorganisms to give the compost a boost.

Yard waste and kitchen scraps throughout the year will finish it off.

  I put a layer of plastic on the inside and then a layer of weed blocker cloth. The outside is painted to slow deterioration. Or so I hope. My pallets are already pretty rough. There will be three bins like this when it’s all said and done.

  There will be one more pallet added to each side for length. It will get a cover to keep heat and moisture in.

There will also be doors on the ends to keep critter out. I compost things that most don’t recommend composting. Meat, for example. The only thing I have not and will not mess with is cat waste.

We don’t waste much meat here, but I don’t generally throw it away if it spoils. The way I see it is that if a human body can be composted, a part of a forgotten roast or a pork chop here and there isn’t going to hurt anything.

I’m not recommending or suggesting you do the same thing, only stating what I do and have been doing for years without issues.

May your ventures be met with success.