What is a Compost Maker?
A compost maker is a type of container used to make compost. It keeps rodents and bugs out of your compost, while preventing odors from escaping. Kitchen scraps, yard clippings and leaves are placed in the compost maker. The aeration, and ease of turning that the compost bin provides helps the bacteria to do its job while providing the proper carbon to nitrogen ratio. Compost makers come in various styles, including bins, tumblers, barrels and buckets. Composting bins are used for simple composting projects. This style of compost maker doesn’t have a bottom and sits directly on the ground. Many gardeners prefer to put a screen underneath the bin to prevent rodents from digging under the bin to access the scraps. The compost bin doesn’t turn the material so it takes much longer to convert the scraps and yard waste into usable soil. The process can be sped up slightly by turning the soil with a shovel. Tumblers are used by people who need to make compost quickly and in large amounts. The
Compost Makers are bins that hold your household, kitchen and garden scrap and convert it into rich natural organic fertilizer. Nowadays tumbler style compost makers are very popular. Tumblers are very easy to use what you need to do is just toss your daily throw out into the container and then close the door of the container, put your fingers in the grooves and then give the tumbler about four to five spins for equal mixing. Decomposition starts as soon as the organic material gets mixed with the compost and oxygen is introduced, speeding the process and eliminating odor. Within four to five weeks the whole organic matter will get decomposed and you will get rich and nature friendly organic fertilizer for your lawn and garden. What Items can be used for composting? Mainly organic waste can only be composted using compost maker, you can use your kitchen scraps such as eggshells, coffee grounds, tea bags and vegetable peelings. You can also use fruit peelings, melon rinds, cornhusk, and
