Convenient composter

Step 9 Update:

So, it has been about 2 months since i have built this and it has not at all lived up to it's expectations. I was lazy in finding some good brown waste to mix in with my kitchen scraps so it started to get a little stinky (as is to be expected). Last week i finally got around to raking up some dried grass clippings to toss in there so it has been doing a little better.

The trash can doesn't roll on the stand nearly as well as i hoped it would. It is just as easy to just roll the can around the yard. Never the less this has been a good exercise and the first dedicated compost container I have built. Hopefully you all will benefit from this as a concept prototype. I think integrating the inner wire mesh into a system like this would be stellar! That way you could have one active compost while one matures and it would still be easy to collect the compost soil. Generally I would not recommend this composer to you but I do hope that you have at least gathered some good tips and ideas from my instructable.

Comments

[nicofrog]

oK ;
what you have accidentally built is a great school worm compost system,
put dirt in the outer ring(forget the rotating aspect) about a foot deep then some store bought compost with NO vermiculite or perlite, wet it down good and throw in some worms put dry leaves on top a good foot or two almost filling the can
 then throw food scraps in the middle section at will..cover with straw at first.
   You need a four board system at the top that will hold a GLASS pyrite
cooking bowl or pot lid over the center portion. the sun shining in heats and
dries the food on top in center preventing much fly action the worms eat the food at night,takes about a year to fill up with kid lunch stuff you plant strawbetrries in the outer ring and watch um grow! flowers are nice too!
    Nico   p.s. use the easel for an ease. works even better with a wooden Wine Barrel

[GDParduhn3]

I ve used screen sives in the past and they work great . . 

i think you just need an additional 2 wheels  maybe some off an old bed frame,   plastic furniture (plastic file cabinets, other easy break stuff) or chair wheels.   and add them to the bottom board where the can sits on . .. 


two on bottom,  2 on sides,   1 up top.   this will take the wieght off the can and send it around. ..


id still like to see someone do this to a dryer, , ,   like a speed composted. .  .  maybe solar powered , self turns 3-5 revolutions every hour ona sunny day.



you might add some worms to your bin, eventually they'll get to fall thru the screenning.

you could also add some protien powder to give them a growth spurt  !!

if they get to big,  start a circus.  sell tickets.   see hawaii !

[turlte8972]

the wire mesh gives me a idea on other compost bins I looked up I will try your plan with others to see what I come up with

[CCOR]

I think you meant to spell "throw" or "threw," not "through out." It was sort of confusing at first. But awesome idea with the mesh; did that part work well at separating gross stuff from usable soil?