The Perfect Compost Bin !

My PERFECT DIY Compost bin! This compost bin is 100% cedar for long life. The compost bin has a roof to keep out unwanted rains and prevent compost rot. The removable slats in front let me easily access my compost.

I make enough compost with this bin system to fill my beds with 1-2" of compost 2 times per year! This is how I built it.

IMPORTANT: Every time in this video when I say "one inch by one inch" I REALLY mean "two inches by two inches"..... I"m sorry. It happens a LOT!!!

Material I used:

[jameshenderson]

That looks like the best compost bin I have seen yet. Looking forward to making it. Greetings from the UK.🤪😁👍

[angelasteinmetz]

Husband made this for me and I absolutely love it! We added hooks to hand our handle in the middle of the front and one on the side to hang our thermometer. Only modification was we had about 1.5 inch over hang of roofing material. 🎉🎉🎉🎉

[thechurchinthewilderness]

I found your channel looking for advice on how to select grow lights because my seedlings were so leggy. It worked immediately, they turned right around. I'm zone 5b, so many weeks of frost still to come. Thank you for your videos. I love the simplicity, no silly music, or fake enthusiastic commercialism. Just a man in his garden passing on knowledge! Thanks again

[brandonmaguire]

Thanks for sacrificing your Masters viewing to teach us how to make this compost bin. 😀

[wilmot]

Fabulous presentation Riley! I appreciate the list of materials used and exact measurements. This is definitely on my to do list this spring 😊

[roccotarulli]

I wanted to look for something to deal with all the oak leaves I get this time of year and I thought about composting them. Your compost bins look really easy to build. Thanks.

[SunnyBermuda]

Great video! Found your channel by looking for grow lights, too. Been watching all your videos as I am getting into gardening. Thank you for the great content.

[tgunsadventures]

Great video! After watching several videos, I’ve decided to go with your design!!! I’m so excited! 😊

[lauradonohue]

this is the most helpful video ever! thank you

[meadrockbreaker]

Thank you so much for the video! Eventually going to make bins, but your instructions for the lid is exactly what ive been looking for my ducks nesting box lol

[MichaelJosephJr]

Nice job Riley. I have a very similar setup. Mine is 4 bin made with pallets. But the climate here in Chicago is making mine a bit wobbly after 4 years. I'll build a new system soon but for the front slats I will permanently attach the bottom ones. That will add stability for me and I never remove the lower two anyway.

[gdnaylor]

Thanks so much Riley, I very much appreciate your efforts! Greg

[baconlung]

Glad to hear Steve-o is taking care of the earth!

[tommyrowland]

I looked at other people's you're the best one I seen I like the best I started online I ain't through with it yet I hope turned out like yours

[WalnutStreetSampler]

I built this compost bin over the weekend!! I LOVE it, thanks for sharing the information. I modified it a little as I went, but overall it's all your design! How do I share a photo??

[bryanvillatoro]

Question: how long will it take before the wood decays? And is there a way to delay it?

[elizabethhendriks]

nice! You are a great instructor I love all the detail! I have wanted to build one of these and I found that your video is the best! I just subscribed and look forward to watching all of your videos I am a novice gardener but I want to do well this year so I am going to look to your videos for lots of tips. Loved the videos where you taught about trellises and growing zucchini vertically.I had given up on growing them because of squash bugs. I don’t use chemicals in my garden but maybe vertical growth would deter them a bit? Thank you for great videos!

[OreMan]

Nice design! 👍 I'm just curious about mice/rats and similar pests - don't they get in your compost? Wouldn't it be good to have some metal fence around the bin? Anyways, I'm doing the same design in spring myself, I think 🤔

[GK-eemw]

First off, thanks for the informative video! I'm excited to build this for my own yard.

One small issue I noticed - you said to make the roof from one 26" x 8' panel
For roof of 64" long by 40" wide, you'd need 3 pieces of 26"-wide panel (last one cut to 12" wide) and all would have to be the full 40" long, which comes out to 10 ft of panel. How did you do yours? Did you find a 10 ft piece of polycarbonate panel?

[ronniejonsson]

I like your design, but a cutting a cedar 2x4 down the middle yields 2x2s, not 1" posts? They look to be 2" square.