DIY Backyard Compost “Station”
by
Kristy Lingebach
(IC: blogger)
For any stellar garden, you need to produce some compost.
Compost is like top soil. It is decayed, organic materiel to be used as fertilizer. It’s an amazing supplement to potting which for most gardeners is a huge cost for growing their own food.
Compost is like top soil. It is decayed, organic materiel to be used as fertilizer. It’s an amazing supplement to potting which for most gardeners is a huge cost for growing their own food.
To build this 3 Bin compost “station” I was able to utilize a work table in our backyard shed. I need to fix the floor in there, so that made the table not useable in it’s current position. It was just an added bonus to our house by using it as the base for our compost station. Another beauty of using the table is being able to use the tabletop as a potting station – functional space. The majority of the wood was from our back deck. Last year we tore up the back deck we purchased the house with and put in a larger, more sound Green Back Deck. We’ve had the old wood in piles on the side of the house for a year now. Now, some of that wood is part of the compost station.
To divide it into three sections, I initially created 2 dividing segments. The front and back boards are 41″ tall. I then nailed 5 pieces 18.75 inches long in between them. Those two segments fit right into the base of the table, dividing it into 3 22″ wide sections.
I then nailed boards onto the sides and back to create the space. I used 6 boards tall to cover the sides so there was less distance between the boards. I want to harbor a warm enclosed space to raise the temperature of the organic material decomposing inside of the containers.
To see more about my compost "station" and why I chose to make it the way I did. Also, a few tips for composting. Check out the blog post, linked below.
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Published January 19th, 2015 9:44 PM
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Douglas Hunt on Jan 20, 2015What a great set-up for composting.
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Kristy Lingebach on Jan 20, 2015@Douglas Hunt Thank you!
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