Our House

When we moved in this spring, under the mountains of snow were slightly smaller mountains of decaying leaves. Hours and dozens of yard waste bags later - the yard was cleared. But it got us thinking - could we compost all of those leaves we get in the fall to use in the spring instead of dumping them on the city to take care of?

To build our yard waste compost bin, we simply took a 8’x4x piece of trellis and cut it in half, and about 4 feet of a post. Screw them together to make a 90 degree angle:

And ta-da! Instant bin:

It not only looks nice, but it’s fairly cheap ($12 for everything) and quick to assemble. If you have a nice fence that you don’t want to rot, don’t do it this way; put something between the fence and the bin. Our fence is in fairly poor shape and needs to be replaced anyways, so it wasn’t a big deal.

Happy composting!