Rotating Compost Tumbler Diy

Composting is the ideal way to recycle food scraps and keep them out of the landfill so a simple compost container like one of these will help you reduce your carbon footprint on the planet.

Rotating compost tumbler diy.

Diy compost tumblers on a budget for your homestead. This one is made from a plastic barrel and a few 2x4s. Brown materials are things like leaves wood chippings and twigs as well as newspaper and cardboard. Then add a small amount of water to the tumbler.

Purchase or obtain a large cylindrical container with a lid that fits tight. It takes a full day to customize the drum and build the stand. There are so many home décor and furniture projects that you can make from 2x4s. You have to check out this compost wizard from the rain barrel depot.

Here is another wonderful compost bin that takes the work out of rotating your compost. It is very straightforward to operate and a perfect way to get rid of your everyday kitchen scraps. An inexpensive and less complicated way to build your own tumbling composter is by creating an on the ground tumbling composter which is simply a container outfitted to hold compost that you turn by simply rolling the container across the ground. We used rivets to speed up the compost bin tumbler assembly but screws nuts and lock washers work too.

You only have to dump scraps dead garden plants and other compostable materials every 2 3 days. Place an even mix of brown carbon rich and green nitrogen rich materials into your compost tumbler. The compost tumbler drum and stand together cost about the same as the low price models but our composter is built stronger and has more features. A diy compost tumbler will provide you with organic plant food so you won t have to use chemical fertilizer in the garden.