It sounds like you're all talking about a kinda large-scale operation here, so I'm not sure how useful this will be...but I just built a worm-bin for the place I work, and have one at home as well...and I find that they work faster and better for my composting needs than a conventional composting bin. I crafted my latest bin out of untreated cedar siding leftover from a construction project.
However, I suppose that for larger volume applications such as lawn trimmings, I'd second the pallet idea. Good luck, Luke --- Paul S Cantrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Pallets are particularly useful. Usually you can > pick up 3 for free and > either have an open side or I had some leftover > window screen, which allows > air flow. > > Also, if you have room you can get 5 pallets and > make a double bin...using a > UU shape. > > On 12/9/06, Tom Irwin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hello Robert, > > > > I use wood posts stacked like a log cabin. It´s > open on one side. I don´t > > use treated wood anywhere. So avoid that poison. > If the wood rots in time I > > replace it. > > > > Tom Irwin > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > From: *robert and benita rabello > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>* > > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: *[Biofuel] The Death of a Compost Bin* > > Date: *Fri, 08 Dec 2006 17:01:49 -0800* > > > > Although I don't do all of my composting in a bin, > nearly all of our > > household table scraps and the entire collection > of waste from our bunny > > cage went into a black plastic compost bin. > Please note the past tense verb > > . . . > > > > About a week or so ago, we had a blast of arctic > air sweep through this > > area. Temperatures plummeted and with the outflow > winds howling out of the > > east, windchills of -20 C lasted for two or three > days. (I know that some > > of you further east will probably laugh at this, > but for those of us who > > live near the ocean, -20 is pretty cold!) The > moisture in my compost bin > > expanded as it froze, literally warping or > shattering the plastic bin. > > > > The whole thing actually fell over this morning. > I went out to clean up > > the mess and found the top third of the contents > completely preserved and > > uncomposted (big surprise, it's been cold, > right?), the middle third > > consisted of a singular mass of partially > composted, frozen material, while > > the bottom third remained warm enough to keep on > decomposing. > > > > But the composter is toast. I'll have to > construct another one because > > I'm NOT going to use plastic again . . . What do > the rest of you use for > > compost bin construction material? > > > > robert luis rabello > > "The Edge of Justice" > > "The Long Journey" > > New Adventure for Your Mind > > http://www.newadventure.ca > > > > Ranger Supercharger Project > Pagehttp://www.members.shaw.ca/rabello/ > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > > >Biofuel mailing list > > >Biofuel@sustainablelists.org > > > >http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org > > > > > >Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > > >http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > > > > >Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list > archives (50,000 > > messages): > > > >http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! MSN > Messenger<http://g.msn.com/8HMBEN/2728??PS=47575>Download > today it's FREE! > > _______________________________________________ > > Biofuel mailing list > > Biofuel@sustainablelists.org > > > http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org > > > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > > > Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list > archives (50,000 > > messages): > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Thanks, > PC > > He's the kind of a guy who lights up a room just by > flicking a switch > > It's a small world, but I wouldn't want to paint it. > - Steven Wright > > We are confronted with insurmountable opportunities. > - Walt Kelly > > _______________________________________________ > Biofuel mailing list > Biofuel@sustainablelists.org > http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list > archives (50,000 messages): > http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Music Unlimited Access over 1 million songs. http://music.yahoo.com/unlimited _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
