With a little time and elbow grease, you can start a workshop to build a composter from recycled pallets. This will save you money and you will be able to compost various wastes from the garden and the house for plant nutrition.
Use pallets to make your own compost bin to store dead leaves, grass clippings and all other organic waste. Quick, pick a spot and let’s start creating a home compost storage space!
What materials are needed to create a pallet composter?
Start by collecting 4 pallets to cover 4 sides. Bring a pair of gloves to avoid splinters, screws and a screwdriver, hinges to hold the cover and door on the front, 4 brackets to hold the angles. Also prepare a roll of chicken wire, a stapler, wire cutters, and a jigsaw if needed.
Choose the location of the composter carefully
It is ideal to place it at the bottom of the garden, on a route that is easily accessible. seasonseasoncome rain or snow, put your trash away every day. If you want to mask it, choose a hidden corner. The location on a flat, partially shaded terrain is ideal.
After collecting the materials and choosing a place, start installing the elements.
- place 3 pallets on one of the longest slices in a U shape;
- adjust pallet placement;
- fix them with brackets that you screw into the corners. So you screw 4 of them onto the 2 angles that form this U, one at the bottom and one at the top;
- place a piece of mesh at the bottom to prevent rodentsrodents do not come to settle there, but so as to let the earthworms pass through that will work there. massmass ;
- come and place 4E a pallet on the front that will serve as a door;
- place hinges on one of the corners so that you can open it, one at the top and one at the bottom;
- in the other corner, install a hook system at the top to open the door and collect the matured compost;
- then attach chicken wire on all inside sides to preserve wastewaste which could escape between the boards.
- to finish, come and lay the whole pallet or just a boarded piece (cut with a jigsaw) to make the cover. Connect 2 hinges on the same side to open and close it easily. Optionally attach a chain to attach the cover. You can also choose not to close the composter.
If you have a large garden with a lot of waste, compost squares can be multiplied side by side and replenished throughout the year.
Did you know ?
Most pallets are treated against fungal and insect attack. Favor pallets with HT logo, heat treatment (Heat treatment), which are heated so that no treatment product is used.
Another idea if you want a more discreet composter. Tear the boards off the pallet and use them to create a cube. Hang the boards with nails. Once in place, fasten the mesh all the way around. Here is a mesh composter without a lid that allows you to store all bio-waste such as food waste or biodegradablebiodegradable gardens.