Rolling Barrel Composter made of Used Food Barrel
January 24, 2012 by: igoearth
envirosponsible.com Here's a demonstration video of our rolling composter made from a used food barrel. In an urban survival or bugging in scenario, composters like this one in the video would be worth their weight in gold. The same goes for our fecal matter. After a prolonged period of bugging in, dealing with waste would be a big issue. We'd quickly recognize the opportunity to compost our bodily wastes and use the nutrient rich, biologically inert compost in our victory gardens. By using composter, you can become more self-sufficient by being able to grow plants in an almost closed system with very little input. The carbon cycle would be observed once more.
What features should you look for when buying or making a compost bin? Find out and get tips on how compost bin design can help to aerate compost for your garden, in this free organic gardening video. Expert: Gale Gassiot Bio: Gale Gassiot makes her own organic compost or "gardener's black gold."
I think this is a good idea!
Great Video!
@BrotherMalcolmW Then I must be a strongman with my bad knees, bad back and tendonitis. I do this with a barrel over half full every day. My barely over 100# wife can turn it too.
It’s stupid enough to think you need a barrel to make compost, but to think that the barrel needs to be rolled in one direction only is.. oh please, lady you look like a fool.
isnt $39.99 a bit steep for a used barrel?
@hlsour02 You could cut out a piece of wood in a circle and mount a hinge on it and on the barrell and maybe use a slide bolt lock like is used on doors to lock it closed and thats all i can think of at the moment!
while good in therory this design sucks and doesn’t work well
sorry but it’s the truth,,,, and 50 bucks for barrels many are giving away sems steep in price
so basicly… it’s a barrel
@gillandstephen 75% is the maximum. If you’re comfortable with less weight then don’t fill it as much. The door idea doesn’t work well at all. I’ve tried a number of them. Why would turning the barrel around be difficult?
I use a barrel similar to this and even standing it up is difficult when it is 75% full never mind, “simply flip it around.” Pay the money for some hinges and a couple of clasps and put a door in the side and roll it backward and forward. Still easier than turning a vertical bin, aerates better and keeps the vermin out.
Be careful of back injuries when standing your bin, as for flipping it around, You’re joking right?
pretty anal
40 bucks for something that they got it for free, that’s how you make money from garbage
first thought is where to get some of them but for the $40 it says in the background for a sale why not go get a big circle trash can with a lid for $12?
@hlsour02 you can make lide for them or just find some on ebay… trust me… they are on there. If you wanna go cheap… layer two trash bags over the top and get a big rubber band or something you cna take on and off. the layering will keep the stuff in and the rubber band you can put on and off letting you add / remove stuff
@watuwaitn4 It’s recommended that the barrel not be filled over 75% of capacity, and that the organic matter is a 50/50 mix of brown (dead) and green (wet). If overloaded the barrel will be heavy. If the guidelines are heeded though the barrel is manageable.
I like how she says “simply flip the barrel around”, won’t the barrel be heavy? might not be so easy to flip around.
@hlsour02 Hmmm, nothing comes to mind. Anyone else?
I would recommend investing in a compost tumbler if you are really interested in composting, specifically the Envirocycle Composter, due to the fact that it is small in size, easy to turn , and affordable!
i went and bought a 240 litre wheelie bin which i drilled large holes into. every time i mow the lawn the bin gets filled to the brim with fresh clippings. I add a handful of lime, a garbage bag full of shredded paper from the office and a bucket of wood ashes from the fire now it’s winter. I let it cook for a week then i turn it with a spiral compost aerator and add cow manure tea and half a bucket of compost from an older pile then turn it again and about twice a week thereafter. FYI
Nice job today is my first day on my Organic garden! Oleeeeeeeeeeee!
@KOFsMaCK funny guy
She doesn’t sound like the sharpest tool in the shed, but she looks like she grew some pretty big organic melons under that shirt.
Like the video thanks
Its a great bin for the serious com-poster that has the space we like the smaller plastic ones they are easier to maintain and more suited to smaller lots I have reviewed alot of com-posters but I must say I like what you are doing here
This is a good design, for a bin. I had a stationary bin but it was too difficult for me to turn the heavy materials. I agree that large capacity is necessary for quick or hot composting. I love my compostumbler. It’s bigger than the other bins and tumblers out there and it’s really easy to turn – even for my Dad who’s 69. He’s made 6 batches of compost in his compostumbler since he bought one 6 months ago!
Im on my 2nd batch of compost. Just added a 3rd trash can.
If you want to make good compost Pee on the heap, Urine is a very good activator. It animal urine mixed with straw that make animal manure so good
Great video.
How could you not love her hat? LMAO!
looks like a pretty good design, could you get your husband to send blueprints or something?
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarg! I hate this new style YouTube has now. grrrrrr…very annoying when trying to read the page
Composting is an essential action in reducing our carbon footprint and its so good for the garden
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We started gardening last year and I am looking to start composting next.
After installing a 4.2kW rooftop wind turbine system that’s worth looking at if anyone is interested. I posted that to look at. So, next we are going to start composting and using that in the garden. I like the bin.