Compost pile vs. compost bin.

[DWSmith]

Don't laugh too hard but I finally put up a compost bin yesterday. Previously I just piled stuff on the ground and let it rot.

Yep, it's something so simple yet it was very satisfying to finally have it. Now I have to go around collect stuff to put into it that has blown around this winter. That's going to be a lot of work but worth it.

Another "Life is Good!" moment.

[mrbadexample]

You might as well go the whole hog and make another one next to it. That way you've got one to fill and one to use.

[DWSmith]

I know that you're right. I can picture in my mind that what I have to put into it will fill it to overflowing but if I fill it slowly maybe things will settle enough.

[quanglewangle]

Pile or bin? It depends how much you have. If you don't have a lot you need to keep the heat in so bin might be best. If you have a lot then a pile will heat up just fine.
Nerdy bit: x³ grows quicker than x² Heat is generated in the volume (cubed) and lost through the surface (squared)

[Madasafish]

I built three compost bins. two are 1x1x1meter and the other 1x0.75 x1..

I fill with grass cuttings, dead veg and flower matter and leaves. LOTS of leaves.. Unpacked about 2 cu meters- less when shredded..

And leave 2 years or so..
Just dug them all out this spring and muclhed everything I can.

About 50 wheelbarrow full loads spread over several days..Not a job to rush at.

I have just lost 2kg....somewhere...round my waist..

[mrbadexample]

I have just lost 2kg....somewhere...round my waist..

I think I've found it...

[nickdub]

Pile or bin? It depends how much you have. If you don't have a lot you need to keep the heat in so bin might be best. If you have a lot then a pile will heat up just fine.
Nerdy bit: x³ grows quicker than x² Heat is generated in the volume (cubed) and lost through the surface (squared)

Which is of course why elephants have large, floppy ears.

[DWSmith]

I fill with grass cuttings, dead veg and flower matter and leaves. LOTS of leaves.. Unpacked about 2 cu meters- less when shredded.

I love this TED Talk video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9OhxKlrWwc

[PyreneesPlot]

You might as well go the whole hog and make another one next to it. That way you've got one to fill and one to use.

And another one - filling, composting, using!

[Jimny14]

Yep I've got 3. One filling, one working one to be used/bagged up for future use then starting to fill when other is full.

[roitelet]

Yep I've got 3. One filling, one working one to be used/bagged up for future use then starting to fill when other is full.

Only 3 Jimny? I’ve got 7!!!

[Stan79]

7? I thought I was doing well with 4!

[mrbadexample]

Fair point, I should edit it to say "...go the half hog and make another one..."

[DWSmith]

Does the temporary use of my truck bed count as a compost bin? My son and I filled it up completely at the rabbitry yesterday with rabbit 'raisins' and today I have to unload it and spread it around the vegetable bed. It should help.

If that counts them at least temporarily I have a second compost bin.