Rotating Compost Bin
If you’re looking to turn your garbage into gardener’s gold and do it in a hurry, then you should try a compost tumbler. If you have a compost bin then you know how great it is to add compost to your flower beds and vegetable garden. But making compost takes time and it’s usually in short supply. A compost tumbler is a great time saver when making compost.
Some gardeners believe that compost is better than fertilizer because it doesn’t just feed your plants, it also improves your soil. Improving your soil keeps your plants healthier so they grow stronger and more capable of fighting off diseases or beating droughts. Compost is decomposed organic matter and is high in nutrients that plants love. Bacteria and other micro organisms help break down that decomposing organic matter and their short life cycles become part of the process itself. When they reproduce their offspring continue the process while the parents bodies break down and add to the organic matter. It’s nature’s way of recycling.
Creating compost will usually take a couple of months. If you get the ratio of browns to greens right, turn the pile to keep it aerated and don’t let it dry out you’ll be rewarded with fresh earthy compost. The more you tend your compost pile, the quicker your garden waste will become compost. Neglect the pile and it will still become compost but it’ll take a lot longer. For an example of this examine the rich soil in a forest. As leaves and tree litter fall to the ground, there isn’t anyone there making sure it’s the same wetness as a wrung out sponge. But by the time the next season rolls around, a lot of those leaves have begun decomposing and in the process, they’re feeding the trees and the cycle continues without any help from man.
A compost tumbler is a great way to have finished compost ready to use when you need it. A compost pile doesn’t too much decomposing during the winter. So at the beginning of spring when you’re ready to start the gardening season is unfortunately when you have the least compost on hand. With a compost tumbler, you can get your compost ready sooner.
Compost tumblers are usually sealed up nicely so that you can spin them without the contents going all over the place. The only holes in a tumbler are so that some air can get in. This is also a great feature if you’re worried about pests. You won’t have to worry about rodents with a nice sealed compost bin that’s up off the ground.
So if you’re worried that your neighbors might not like the looks of your compost pile, then why not look into getting a compost tumbler. They’re great at making compost quickly and they’ll also make a great looking addition to any yard. You really can’t be the compost that comes from a compost tumbler.