As you may already know, I built a compost bin from six pallets.
I got the idea from Mike from Sustainable Me on youtube.
For now, I just have the one bin, the setup he showed had three, and I’m headed that way. As soon as I harvest the corn, I’ll put up the second part and turn the first bin into the second and start filling the first again.
The third bin is to hold the finished compost.
I recently acquired a wheelbarrow. It was in disrepair and about to fall apart. However, I got some longer bolts and some heavy-duty flat washers from car shocks. And bolted it back together.
This makes it easier to do much more work faster and should last at least for a while. After the yard work of Fall is done, I’ll take it all apart, sand and stain the wood, and fix the wheel so it doesn’t slide from side to side.
I put a hose clamp on each side to hold it in place for now, but I will cut pieces of tubing to slide over the shaft.
I’ll use my plastic welder to fix up the cracks in the tub, and it should serve us for many years to come.
I turned another old bin into this one and covered it with a layer of carboard, and now I’m topping the bin off.
This makes the third time I have had this filled to the top. I’ll mow up most of the rest of the weeds and top the bin off with that, I’ll also put some grass clipping on it as well.
What’s left over will be used to fill more containers and a raised bed or two as Hugelkultur material. Anything left over will be thrown into a pile to break done over Fall and Winter.
With all the rain we’ve been getting, everything is growing like crazy. I’ve gotten more material for composting than I have in decades.
It’s a bit overwhelming at times, but I think having more material to compost is a good problem to have. It will rot and become soil sooner or later, even if I just pile it up and forget about it. So, there is no real way to lose.
I’m hopeful that I will have enough compost that is suitable for seed starting by January. I will likely start all of my own plants and have some to sell.
Last January, I started a little over 1K plants. Many didn’t make it, but many did. I plan on selling some come Spring. How many or what kinds, I’ve not decided just yet, but with my new and improved rack for plant starting. I should be able to easily start 2K if not more.
May your ventures be met with sucess.
https://rodaleinstitute.org/blog/backyard-composting-basics-a-cheatsheet/
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