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When my neighbour was having a fence replaced I asked the guys if I could take the old timber. I made a row of three bins, two about 1m cubed and the centre one a little smaller.
I have a row of plastic ‘darlek’ type bins that I use to collect all my compostable material. I fill the first one then move the contents to the second once full. It moves along the row like this then into the the first large wooden bin. Once this is full I start on the second large bin. When the level in the first large bin has dropped a little I move it to the smaller one and from there onto my beds by which time it has been turned at least six times.
It sounds a little tedious explained like this, but doesn’t take very long and I find I have a usable compost much quicker than just leaving it in one container. It’s easy to add water or newspaper as necessary on turning as well.
