I set up these composters about two years ago and they've served me well. Here are some pictures.
We assembled a 'deck' out of scrap lumber and fixed a bunch of small, fixed casters we got at Harbor Freight for .35 each.
I cut a door in the end, screw in hinges, and a latch. I also used a hole cutter and drilled 1" holes in rows along the sides for ventilation and drainage.
We got the white bin from someone who attempted to make a standing bin. She was moving and it hadn't worked out for her, so we happily took it off of her hands and have a nice second bin. We had to modify the deck to work with the way it was cut.You can see how the bins sit on the decks. They roll quite freely and it's soooo easy to get things mixed up. I knew I couldn't do the pitchfork/pile method, but this has been great for us. These bins maintained temperatures into the hundreds all winter last year, which I thought was pretty surprising.
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It is amazing what you can do with so little and do it so cheap. This looks awesome. If everyone knew how easy it was to do something like this I think the entire world would be filled with rolling compost bins!
Now all you need are some cute little worms!
I'm working on the worm idea. I was told they'd roast in my bins, so I now have to contemplate possibilities for alternative containers.
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