I have made many of these bays now, and agree that the height of the front pallet is quite high, so now I seek out smaller ones. There are often ones about 2/3rds the height of standard pallet and builder’s merchants always happy to give away if they have too many – otherwise they pay to remove. These are an easy height to throw compost over, I’ve even got the wheelbarrow lip onto the top of the pallet and over it all goes in one!
I have always had the slats horizontal to hold in the compost better and never needed to pack them with anything. Interesting that someone thinks vertical is better, I thought maybe compost would fall out but it probably won’t….
I’ve also screwed the pallet to the fence post to make it easy to remove but found that screws snap off quite easily so tying is probably best. The whole structure does reinforce itself as the compost builds up. However, I also just jump into the bay itself to turn so often don’t bother taking the front off anyway.
Have fun!
