A 15 Minute Compost Bin Build for Endless Garden Leaf Mold & Compost: Build it Now, Celebrate Later!

The biggest barrier to saving money and having endless compost, is just waiting on building a compost bin. Use this 15 minute build for all your cold composting needs. Use it for leaves to make leaf mold and get the benefit of worm castings. Worms love leaves and tend to favor them.

A modified 'Faster' build

This is the video on the other compost pen I showed.

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[dkulikowski]

Just in case you don't know this, Gary you are an EXCELLENT teacher. Plain, simple and to the point. People love you. Hope your channel is doing excellent. You deserve it. Your time and knowledge are very much appreciated. Helping people do inexpensive ways of gardening. Thank you for sharing.

[virginian]

I follow about 12 gardening channels and this one is my favorite. Overall I learn the most basic things to do from Gary and so many are quite inexpensive and less difficult, aggravating, or stressful. I have three of these compost piles going at the same time, but I used pallets to frame out my bins. I fill them with lots of leaves, food waste from the family, a ton of coffee, garden waste, cardboard, and shredded paper that doesn't have colored ink or plastic. Good stuff! My goal is to buy as few bags of soil as possible.

[jayhillrubis]

Leaves give us most all the compost we need. Mixing with grass clippings can help and I always add some sprinkles of rotted cow manure packed with worms & microbes.
Collecting stops mud forming and is a bi-daily chore for a month or more but well worth the raking time.
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[jonathanborchardt]

I use cold compost also. If you add a shovel full of garden dirt ion each layer it will speed up the process.

[mslorischoolsocialworker]

I've made leaf bins a couple different ways and this is definitely my preferred method. I like having the "door" to easily get leaves in there.

[Curious-Michele]

I’ve been watching YouTube videos all morning and I’m still confused until I just luckily clicked on yours! I thank you 🙏

[karengladys]

Gary, I’ve been watching you for years and you are the best. I’ve been doing this cold compost for a long time, and it works wonderful! Yes, October is the best time to do with all the mulched leaves in my yard! Like you said, just get started, you won’t be sorry!

[noraalvarado]

Gary was so nice here in N.Y today that's exactly what I did. Used fence and post just like yours. I love the leaves. Fill up the bottom of my pots also in the spring with them so I don't have to use so much dirt. Can never have enough leaves.

[johnnacrist]

Last week I put up my first leaf mold compost fence! I’m excited about it. Thank you Gary!

[orangetuono]

Grew up under a canopy of 100 ft pecan trees and this is exactly how we composted all those leaves and grass clippings. Mowing and bagging helps speed up since broken up. We would drop in the center some fresh compost and veggie peels. Have to chuckle when I see the cute little compost tumblers.

[davidisaacson]

I just use a very large, oblong shaped heavy-duty plastic bag, that is zippered(bag is 12mil thick tarpoline material). It holds ~15-20 cubic foot of material. Keeps the rain out when I don't want it. I shred the leaves beforehand with a purposed leaf shredder... and turn the material 2 times/month. I throw in my excess red wigglers from my vericomposting bins, and within 6 months, have beautiful, dark, ready-to-use leaf mold+ castings. I have no idea what this bag I use was originally purposed for, but it works awesome for this purpose.

[thaddeusdombrowski]

Last year I started two piles. One in my front yard. Another in the back. I am so glad I did that. Now I have a ton of leaf mold. Fantastic.

[kimberlychristensen]

I have actually been motivated to start a compost pile. I started it yesterday. Thanks, Gary!

[paulaadkinson]

I have been composting in this manner for some years now....and I have been able to have quicker than a year. When start gathering leaves in October, November and December....I have compost available to use in my garden my May or June. I might turn it periodically during winter but it's can be ready long before a year.

[channagirijagadish]

Excellent Video and probably the easiest way to build a compost bin. Thanks for the video.

[csimmons]

Ladies, if you let a garden hose trickle a constant stream of water on the ground as you are pounding in your T-post it goes into the ground easily with much less effort.

[tanishabruns]

Thanks so much Gary. I’m in Southern MD and truly love watching your videos & series, especially since we’re in the same zone!

[aok]

I use this method. I do like to line the inside with cardboard as my summers are hot and dry and it keeps it a little wetter.

[iridescentsea]

Glad I watched to the end; I was gonna comment to ask whether it mattered if the leaves were placed in direct sunlight or in shade or somewhere in between, but you answered me first!

[TheCmanPLPro]

My compost pile just keeps getting bigger and bigger. I love the idea of using the fencing to raise up the pile. I still just turn it occasionally and wet it.