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Create Your Own Compost Pile. G6957 How to Build a Compost Bin. Composting is a natural biological process where bacteria, fungi and other organisms decompose organic materials such as leaves, grass clippings, and food wastes.

G6957 How to Build a Compost Bin

The end product is called compost. While composting occurs naturally, the process can be accelerated and improved by human intervention. Selecting a compost method Holding unitContainers or bins that hold yard and garden materials until composting is complete. How to Make and Use Compost Tea. Building a Compost Bin. My own homemade compost bin is easy to assemble and disassemble and works with whatever size compost pile I have at a given time.

Building a Compost Bin

It is made of rough-sawn 1x12 hemlock boards, each 5 feet long. I cut the corners from both ends of the boards to create tabs. To keep the boards in place when they are stacked in a bin, I make the tabs into notches by screwing a foot-long 1-inch by 3-inch piece of wood across the end of each board.