Composting bins
Composting bins are used to turn lawn waste, newspaper, cardboard, and many types of table scraps into rich, organic compost. This compost can be reused in the garden or on houseplants, returning nutrients to the ground and enhancing the soil to help plants grow healthier and produce more yield. The purpose of this composting bins website is to talk about the benefits of composting bins, explain the composting process, and help you understand how easy it can be to get started composting!
Composting is the process of turning waste into fertile, rich, organic material that can be reused to enrich and nourish the soil. By composting, you reduce the amount of garbage going to landfills, reduce pollution, increase useful soil, and save yourself money. When composting yourself, you don’t need to purchase compost – you make the richest soil a gardener could want all by yourself! Use this compost soil in your garden, on your fruit trees, shrubs or houseplants.So, less pollution, smaller landfills, saves money, what’s the catch? There is no catch. Composting is very easy, can cost you NOTHING to get started, and gives you all of the benefits listed here:
There are several types of composting, which I explain further in this site. The three main ones I will discuss are outdoor composting, outdoor bin composting, and indoor worm composting bins.
Outdoor composting
Outdoor composting is the easiest and oldest type of composting. Mother nature naturally does this type of composting, so we all know it’s effective. I have a pile in my backyard that I use to empty grass clippings, dead plants, branches, and leaves into. When possible, I take manure from a neighboring farm to throw into the mix. This pile grows over the course of the summer. I turn it a couple times using a pitchfork and I water it to keep it damp. Mainly, I just add grass clippings and plants during the summer and leaves during fall season. The pile sits all year with worms and bacteria breaking down the material. Each spring, I pull the top layer off with a rake and dig out the bottom soil. It’s very dark, rich, organic and full of worms! I use this on my garden or fruit trees with fantastic results.
Outdoor composting bins
I own a heavy duty outdoor composting bin. The bin works great. It is designed to heat up and break things down faster, killing weeds and seeds so that by the time I get the soil out, nothing unexpected is going to grow wherever I place this rich compost. I add things like newspaper, cardboard, grass clippings, branches, hair from hair cuts, and table scraps (lettuce, plant peelings, melon rinds, crushed egg shells, potato peels, etc) into my outdoor composting bin. The bin sits out in full sunlight, heats up, and breaks the material down into compost very quickly. I’m able to harvest this bin multiple times each summer, and my plants love the earthy, organic, dark soil that I get from the compost bin. I don’t smell anything during this composting process and all it requires is the material. Very good way to compost...so give composting bins a try!
Indoor worm composting bins
The outdoor composting works great through spring and summer. To compost year round, I own indoor worm composting bins, as well. These bins each hold several thousand worms. I add damp newspaper, egg shells, vegetable peelings, melon rinds, expired bread and rolls, etc. The worms start at a bottom bin, work the material turning it into worm castings, and work their way up the bins. As the bin fills, I add another one to the top and add food and bedding (shredded newspaper) to that one. I can stack the bins about 5 high. Every 2 months, the bottom bin is ready for harvest and I remove the worms from the worm castings and add the bin on top. The cycle continues. As an added benefit, the moisture drips downward and forms a pool at the bottom. This gets air to it, grows fungus and bacteria, contains worm castings, compost, and digested food particles and becomes a very rich, 100% natural fertilizer called compost tea. So, from indoor worm composting bins I get 1) worm castings (fantastic for soil and gardening!), 2) a liquid compost tea that I mix with water and use to fertilize my indoor/outdoor plants, 3) satisfaction of composting year round!Composting with composting bins is easy.
Composting with composting bins is easy. Composting bins take the work and dirtiness out of composting. My outdoor bin is on an axle, so I can turn it whenever I want. This gets extra air into the material and speeds up the composting process. Basically, I add the material, turn it every few days, and harvest the rich organic compost every month. It’s easy, takes up little space, doesn’t smell, and helps me positively impact the environment. So, welcome to this site. I hope it helps you get started with composting and gets you excited about learning how easy composting bins makes the whole process.