If you have a garden or plan on having one, this is an awesome way to make it even better!
By vastly improving the quality of your soil, compost adds needed food and nutrients for the plants in your garden.
Using compost you make yourself is a cost effective way to help your garden grow well and ensures it is organic.
Also, using food scraps is environmentally friendly, decreasing the size of our landfills.
The hard part of enjoying your own compost is having a pile that needs to be turned regularly to keep it all decomposing properly. This is hard work and the smell can sometimes be unpleasant as well.
Building your own Garden Compost Tumbling Bin will provide you with an easy way to make all the compost you need for your garden!
Start one now so you will be ready for spring planting. And because compost takes time to breakdown so it is ready, begin a second bin so when one is full you can have another going for your on-going kitchen scraps (non-meat, of course!), yard waste and even this year’s gardening debris as the plants begin to die off. Viva il vostro giardino!!
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If you need a little more assistance check out the video below for an in-depth step-by-step tutorial on how everything is put together.
Step 1: Materials
- One 55 Gal. Barrel
- Saw
- Tape Measure
- Sharpie
- Pen/Pencil
- Drill Gun
- Sanding Belt
Step 2: Putting It Together
- Take 2 2x4s measure and make a mark half way down both of them . Then center them and bolt ( you can use nails but bolts work better).
- Repeat for other side.
- You should have two giant X’s
- It doesn’t matter which way they go,so pick one side as the bottom measure up 3 inches from each foot for the bottom braces.
- Now attach your other 2 boards with nails or screw them together.
- Your frame is now done and you can start to work on the barrel.
Step 3: Post Hole
- Drill a hole and put a bolt through the end to keep it from sliding off the frame. you’ll also need to trim the post to length.
Step 4: The Lid
- This is the most difficult part of the whole project so take your time to cut , drill and line everything up.
- I use 4 latches because the heat from the compost can warp the lid and the plastic is somewhat flexible anyway.
- Start by marking the door out. I used a carpenter pencil as it is a little hard to mark on the plastic.
- Then drill 4 1/4″ holes in the corners.
- Cut out door with a jig saw. I made mine big enough for my shovel, just use good judgement and don’t make it too big or small.
- First drill and bolt the hinge to the barrels.
- Now drill and bolt the lid on. Drill two holes and bolt them together first just on case they don’t line up. The drill bit will try to slip on the plastic so start your drill slowly.
- Make a handle out of what works, a simple finger hole would work.
- Now drill and attach the bolt side of the latch first then slide the bolt open and use it to line up bolt receiver. Close each bolt when you go to install the next one so they stay lined up. Take your time and it will be ok.
Share your experiences with us, we would love to see what modifications you may have made.
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