Building A Wooden Worm Composting Bin
Each bin is comprised of 2 48 inch sidewalls and 2 20 25 inch sidewalls.
Building a wooden worm composting bin. Start with the container and drill twenty inch holes in the bottom. Build a wood worm compost bin this weekend video tutorial. So i started building a single compartment worm bin made of bed slats to replace my fragile horizontal migration bin pictured above. You can make worm composting bins for home and garden use yourself using the following steps.
By kelly coyne and erik knutzen july 25 2011. It is also possible to purchase worm composting bins. Bed slats are great because they are much thicker than wooden pallet boards and for building a worm farm it is better as it would last longer. Build three four sided bins.
10 ways to build your own diy worm farm 1. Set another container under this that leaves a gap for the worms to move into after they are finished with the contents of the top layer. Wooden worm compost. Make sure that you use untreated wood.
You will want to put your bin in an indoor space as you do not want the worms to freeze in the winter or get too warm in the summer. You can make a wooden worm farm using simple plywood. There are quite a few compost bin designs available in manuals and on websites. Watch this first as it will give you a good sense of why and what you are building.
Diy vermicomposter for the home bring your kitchen waste and scraps back into the cycle of life using this. While these may all vary in small ways the plans tend to share similar features a wooden frame with wood slats chicken wire or hardware cloth. Constructed compost bins can make an attractive addition to the garden while containing composting operations. You will need a power drill and a saw as well as a few other minor tools and supplies.
Additionally you may want to put the bin in a basement or other out of the way space since you will be producing compost and worm tea in the composter. This particular bin has three tiers so it holds loads of soil and worms and it is really simple to build. Redwood however is probably your best choice of wood for a worm bin as it will take much longer to break down compared to other woods. Make a worm bin for a great small space composting setup that will yield free nutrient rich compost for your garden.
You can easily build a worm compost bin worms help to create nutrient rich soil by the way.