How to Make a Compost Bin,

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How to Make a Compost Bin, Simple to follow instructions for making and maintaining a compost bin for anyone to follow.

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Enough 4 or 5' high wire to enclose the size bin you wish to make. Examples: chicken wire, old fencing, any type of wire as long as it has holes to allow air circulation, but not so large that the holes allow the compost materials to fall out.
5 wooden stakes or poles long enough to drive into the ground and still reach the top of the wire.
Plastic ties or similar items to secure the wood stakes to the wire.

Find a location in your yard that is relatively flat. It should also be a spot that is dry with some shade.
Step Two: build a simple compost bin.
Start by placing the wire in a square, standing up, so that the ends meet. Then place a stake directly across from the point where the two ends meet and use a hammer or mallet to drive it into the ground close to the wire. Attach the stake to the wire fencing using a twist tie.
Repeat this process in the four corners of the square to form a 'bin made out of wire'. In the spot where the two ends meet, do not drive a stake into the bottom, This spot will serve as an entry point when you need to get in and out of the bin for removing compost etc. Instead you can use s shoelace or ties to tie the two ends together.
Composting is all about layering, mixing and watering what goes into the bin. The first layer added should be organic material, the brown and the green. This is a 6-8 inch layer ideally.
The second layer, which many people do not use, can be starter material (manure..) or a commercial starter. Then the top layer is a one to two inch layer of of soil (fresh not treated).
I add to my pile, stir, and then add water to moisten every one to two weeks.

What not to compost.