Lawn and Garden

The Rotating Compost Bin: Composting Made Easy!

Updated: August 23, 2018 Eric Clark

Proper soil aeration is a key element to successfully creating nutrient-rich compost. This is typically achieved by mixing organic materials inside your environmentally-friendly home composter in a careful way. For smaller bins, mixing using a typical hand shovel is hassle-free, but when it comes to larger batches or loads, hand shoveling can be time-consuming, tiring, and dirty. To mitigate this shoveling requirement, manufacturers have implemented the rotating compost bin to help gardeners create great compost without too much effort! These units are typically barrels on a stand, above ground. To use, you simply grab the compost bin’s handles, give it a few spins and you’re done. It’s like the Price is Right Wheel… but for compost!

You can save the shoveling for when you’re adding your compost to your fruits, vegetables, and flowers.

Garden Gourmet Composter Review

Updated: October 15, 2018 Eric Clark

Composting bins are a great solution for many gardeners who want to be able to create a sizable amount of compost in a small area, and who don’t want to fuss with building dedicated compost piles with wood boards, timbers, and nails. The Garden Gourmet Composter is an excellent option for those looking for a simple, convenient, ground-based compost system, and many gardeners will find it to be quite useful. Made from 100% recycled materials and designed with ultra-simple assembly, the Garden Gourmet can hold up to 82 Gallons of Compost. Throw your compost materials in the top, stir it around a bit, and after some time, fresh compost will be available at the bottom opening.

It’s a clever system, and we look at the Garden Gourmet in detail below.

Working With The Dual Chamber Compost Tumbler

Updated: August 13, 2018 Eric Clark

Dual-Chamber Compost Tumbler vs. Single Chamber

Jora JK270 Dual Batch Compost Tumbler — Jora JK270 Dual-Batch Compost Tumbler

When it comes to composting household food and yard waste, tumbling compost barrels can be an outstanding, convenient solution for many homeowners. These systems are typically raised up off the ground for easy access, are sealed and rodent-proof, and are often more efficient in terms of time than traditional ground-based composting methods. There are two common types of tumbling composter: the single batch compost tumbler, and the dual batch compost tumbler.

The dual batch composter has a few significant advantages over single batch tumblers, and we look closely at those advantages in this article.

We’ll start with a short examination of the single-batch compost bin design and then look at the advantages that come with using a double composter design.

Rodent Proof Composter Reviews and Information

Updated: August 10, 2018 Eric Clark

Best Rodent-Proof Composter

Compost bins are a great way to sustainably reduce waste as well as provide nutrient-rich material for your garden. Without the right compost bin though, your efforts could go to waste as rodents and pests find their way in, eating your food scraps, making a mess and leaving your bin ineffective. There are several rodent proof composter units available on the market that provide a solution. The best rodent proof compost bin is the Jora JK270 compost bin.

Jora Composter JK 270 - Outdoor Dual Chamber Compost Tumbler - 70 Gallon - Galvanized Steel Construction

$569.00

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It is a dual-chamber tumbling compost bin with a large 106-gallon capacity and is entirely sealed against rodent and bug intrusion. The Jora is extremely well built and works great.

It is, however, quite pricey, so you may want to consider a few other options if you don’t want to spend an arm and a leg.

For a more information on the Jora JK270’s, see below. For our review of the Jora JK270 compost tumbler for a complete picture.

Bokashi Composting, Bokashi Bucket Review

Updated: January 30, 2019 Eric Clark

Best Bokashi Composting Kit

The Bokashi Composting system is a great way to produce home compost. By combining an airtight bucket and a Bokashi fermenting mix, you can produce a bacteria-rich compost tea, and create compost out of your biodegradable kitchen wastes and leftovers. There are a lot of Bokashi buckets and kits on the market; however based on our thorough research we have concluded that the Bokashi Living 2 Bin Starter Kit is the top choice for many looking to get started with Bokashi composting.

This Bokashi Compost Kit has everything you need to get started, and includes excellent instructions.