The gaps between the wood slats let air circulate around the pile to keep odors at bay and ensure that wastes are breaking down.
Build your own compost bin wood. Though you can buy a compost bin made from budget friendly plastic or even chicken wire a wood bin typically made of rot resistant cedar will conceal those yard clippings and kitchen leftovers without sticking out like a sore thumb on your landscape. Removable slats front panels or doors make it easy to turn the pile and remove compost when it s ready to. You can build a compost bin from wood pallets in a few easy steps. Using a staple gun attach a stake along one of the short edges of your chicken wire.
Flatten your rectangle of chicken wire onto the ground. Wood shipping pallets are a great option for creating highly effective composting systems especially when you have a lot of organic matter to process. The whole process is described here but first take a look at the pros and cons of using pallets to make your bins. There are quite a few compost bin designs available in manuals and on websites.
Constructed compost bins can make an attractive addition to the garden while containing composting operations. 1 box of 2 inch wood screws. How to build a compost bin building a yard waste only compost bin cut out a large rectangle of chicken wire. While these may all vary in small ways the plans tend to share similar features a wooden frame with wood slats chicken wire or hardware cloth.
Best of all you can build it in just a few hours. 1 box of 2 inch wood screws. Here s how to make our favorite compost bin.