Easy Composters You Can Build by Nick Noyes

Author:Nick Noyes
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC
Published: 1995-04-12T04:00:00+00:00

It usually takes at least a couple of months to get usable compost from a barrel composter. Fully composted material will settle toward the bottom and the uncomposted top material will have to be removed to reach and use the finished stuff.

It helps to have two barrels set up. When one barrel is full, begin filling the second barrel. The first barrel should be fully composted and ready to use when the second barrel is full.

Composting Accessories

Compost “Tea Kettle”

A compost “tea kettle” is not a compost bin, but rather a system for putting your compost to great use. In fact, no one who composts for gardening should be without a system for brewing compost “tea” because tea is, quite simply, liquid gold for plants. Once you have a tea kettle set up you will find the stuff invaluable for reviving sickly plants, giving a boost to transplanted plants, or stimulating the growth of your flower plants or vegetable crops. Setting up a tea system is easy, and there are several ways to create your own efficient system.

Most compost tea brewers use a well-cleaned 55-gallon drum as the container, though other large barrels will work, too, including heavy-duty plastic trash barrels. It is a good idea to keep metal barrels off the ground, on bricks or cement blocks, to keep them from quickly rusting out. The quickest system is to simply fill the barrel about one-quarter full of compost or manure and then add water to within a foot or so of the top of the container. Stir the mixture occasionally, and in no time you will have your own rich, brown compost tea.

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