"Mike in Mystic" <[email protected]> wrote:
>I built one a couple years ago. Nothing to it. I used pressure-treated
>lumber and didn't treat it with anything else.
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>Use 4x4's for posts. I put strips on each face, to form a slot. Then I
>made sides in picket fashion, with horizontal slats, designed to slide down
>in the slots on the posts. This way you can lift the sides out when turning
>over, moving, etc. the compost. I used 6 posts so that there were two
>chambers.
>
>It is holding up ok, but I would suggest mounting it on some platform to
>avoid stressing the posts. Either that, or just use some post-set to hold
>the posts better. My posts are sagging a little.
>
>Mike
Same as Mike with a few mods.
I ran a 1x2 between the tops of the front posts just behind the slot
to stop the sag. I put 1" spaces between each slat for air to get in.
The sides and back are fixed only the front slats slide up which stops
sag on the sides and back. For the front with the moveable slats I
used 3" deck screws at each end and left 1" sticking out to act as a
spacer.
I only have 1 chamber but it's 30"x 30".
Everyone just calls me Bob.
Andrew,
On a recent local PBS show about gardening, they showed one of the least
costly and thoroughly effective containers for composting. A simple 4' high
by about 4' diameter bin made from chicken wire (or similar). Leaves, grass
cuttings etc. simply dumped in with no cover, no turning and no chemicals
provided black gold after one season - all without any smell according to
them.
Bob S.
Ya might wanna learn how to do something as simple as setting the correct
date on your computer before you tackle any woodworking there Futureman.
"The Good Bohemian" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> I am looking for a quick and dirty design to throw beside my house. I
> don't want to buy anymore soil or toss anymore organic crap into the
> garbage inside.
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> Any ideas of what any of you may or may not suggest? I imagine cedar
> would be the stock of choice?
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> Thanks.
> Andrew.
I made SWMBO one out of cedar fence boards about
5 years ago and there's no signs of rot yet and we live in
Oregon.
I basically made bottomless boxes ~48x48x8 that stacked
on, & interlocks with, each other. It's real easy to make
and modular so you can make it as tall or short as you want.
Turning the pile is easy too - put the top box on the ground
next to the existing heap and transfer the top of the pile into
it; move the next ring and keep transferring; etc, etc.
Art
"The Good Bohemian" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> I am looking for a quick and dirty design to throw beside my house. I
> don't want to buy anymore soil or toss anymore organic crap into the
> garbage inside.
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>
> Any ideas of what any of you may or may not suggest? I imagine cedar
> would be the stock of choice?
>
>
>
> Thanks.
> Andrew.
"The Good Bohemian" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:neex-
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> Any ideas of what any of you may or may not suggest? I imagine cedar
> would be the stock of choice?
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Cedar is expensive. Pallets are usually free.
I stood three on end and nailed them together. They are about 20 years old
now.
Mine is a simple open front design. You could put another pallet in front if
you'd like.
Ed
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The perfect job for plastic. Holds warmth and moisture well. A drum will
roll on whatever cedar v-block or simple crossbuck setup you use, and with
modest vent holes only, hold an astonishing amount of organic matter.
I'd do sawdust and kitchen stuff, blowing the grass back into the roots.
"The Good Bohemian" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> I am looking for a quick and dirty design to throw beside my house. I
> don't want to buy anymore soil or toss anymore organic crap into the
> garbage inside.
>
> Any ideas of what any of you may or may not suggest? I imagine cedar
> would be the stock of choice?
> On a recent local PBS show about gardening, they showed one of the least
> costly and thoroughly effective containers for composting. A simple 4'
high
> by about 4' diameter bin made from chicken wire (or similar). Leaves,
grass
> cuttings etc. simply dumped in with no cover, no turning and no
chemicals
> provided black gold after one season - all without any smell according
to
> them.
The trick is to make sure that you get air through the mixture. As long
as the decomposition is happening aerobically, your pile won't smell. The
rotten stink comes from when the oxygen is used up, and things happen
anaerobically.
steve
I built one a couple years ago. Nothing to it. I used pressure-treated
lumber and didn't treat it with anything else.
Use 4x4's for posts. I put strips on each face, to form a slot. Then I
made sides in picket fashion, with horizontal slats, designed to slide down
in the slots on the posts. This way you can lift the sides out when turning
over, moving, etc. the compost. I used 6 posts so that there were two
chambers.
It is holding up ok, but I would suggest mounting it on some platform to
avoid stressing the posts. Either that, or just use some post-set to hold
the posts better. My posts are sagging a little.
Mike
--
There are no stupid questions.
There are a LOT of inquisitive idiots.
"Ernie Jurick" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> "The Good Bohemian" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> > I am looking for a quick and dirty design to throw beside my house.
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> That has got to be the most unintentionally hilarious sentence I've seen
> this week. Thanks!
> -- Ernie
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I built one using 5 wooden pallets. One on the bottom to allow air up to
the compost, 4 sides made of pallets with the one in front cut to make a
small door at the bottom to shovel out the dirt/compost after it has
decomposed. I just wired the 4 top pallets to one another so that if I
wanted to empty the whole thing out, you just unwire the sides.
It works well, was free and took about an hour to put together including
picking up the pallets
Real easy.
Ian
"The Good Bohemian" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> I am looking for a quick and dirty design to throw beside my house. I
> don't want to buy anymore soil or toss anymore organic crap into the
> garbage inside.
>
>
>
> Any ideas of what any of you may or may not suggest? I imagine cedar
> would be the stock of choice?
>
>
>
> Thanks.
> Andrew.
"The Good Bohemian" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> I am looking for a quick and dirty design to throw beside my house.
That has got to be the most unintentionally hilarious sentence I've seen
this week. Thanks!
-- Ernie