Diy 55 Gallon Drum Compost Bin

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.

Diy 55 gallon drum compost bin. Check with friends and local companies to see if they have one available. Nail 2 sets of 2x4s pieces of wood that are 1 5 3 5 or 38 89 mm in terms of height and width respectively in an x frame and nail two 2x4s across the feet at the bottom for support. They all follow the same basic design a drum on a stand. Layers of fencing with different sized openings allow.

A wooden frame holds a 55 gallon food grade drum horizontally which was acquired for about 13 from a local soda distributor. The first and simplest of mother earth news three compost tumblers uses a 55 gallon drum set on steel roller skate wheels attached to a wooden stand. Build a wooden saw buck to support the compost barrel. If you want something really cheap and super easy to build this vermicomposting bin can be made for less than 5.

Our version of a compost barrel is an adaptation of that using a plastic 55 gallon drum. You might be surprised by what you already have that would make an effective compost bin. We used rivets to speed up the compost bin tumbler assembly but screws nuts and lock washers work too. This diy compost tumbler requires cutting skills and equipment.

You just need a couple of nesting buckets and these can be any plastic buckets that you have on hand as well as lids some newspaper and your worms. How to build a 55 gallon compost drum layered vertical bin. Cheap 5 compost bin. Mother earth news staff.

It takes a full day to customize the drum and build the stand. This bin starts out much the same as the basic standing compost bin. Before working with it find out what sort of material it initially contained and clean it thoroughly and appropriately. For example a 55 gallon metal drum is the ideal size for holding a generous amount of composting materials for compost making.