Building A Wooden Worm Composting Bin

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Building a wooden worm composting bin.

You will want to put your bin in an indoor space as you do not want the worms to freeze in the winter or get too warm in the summer. Each bin is comprised of 2 48 inch sidewalls and 2 20 25 inch sidewalls. This particular bin has three tiers so it holds loads of soil and worms and it is really simple to build. Build a wood worm compost bin this weekend video tutorial.

Diy worm compost bins grab the 10 gallon storage bin the redwood square rod of 60 in length 9 x 15 fiberglass. Watch this first as it will give you a good sense of why and what you are building. You can make worm composting bins for home and garden use yourself using the following steps. Additionally you may want to put the bin in a basement or other out of the way space since you will be producing compost and worm tea in the composter.

10 ways to build your own diy worm farm 1. Diy vermicomposter for the home bring your kitchen waste and scraps back into the cycle of life using this. Make a worm bin for a great small space composting setup that will yield free nutrient rich compost for your garden. It is also possible to purchase worm composting bins.

Wooden worm compost. While these may all vary in small ways the plans tend to share similar features a wooden frame with wood slats chicken wire or hardware cloth. You can easily build a worm compost bin worms help to create nutrient rich soil by the way. Build three four sided bins.

Set another container under this that leaves a gap for the worms to move into after they are finished with the contents of the top layer. There are quite a few compost bin designs available in manuals and on websites. So i started building a single compartment worm bin made of bed slats to replace my fragile horizontal migration bin pictured above. You will need a power drill and a saw as well as a few other minor tools and supplies.

When the bottom bin is full the top bin is used to add food scraps and draw worms from lower bin so that harvesting the castings is easy measure mark and cut all of the lumber using the dimensions above. Start with the container and drill twenty inch holes in the bottom. Bed slats are great because they are much thicker than wooden pallet boards and for building a worm farm it is better as it would last longer. Constructed compost bins can make an attractive addition to the garden while containing composting operations.

By kelly coyne and erik knutzen july 25 2011.