Compost Tumblers

Hi, I am seriously considering getting myself a compost tumbler, probably the 340litre one shown on this site, (though I hope to find cheaper)

http://www.henchman.co.uk/catalogue/product/Compact_ComposTumbler

I have a 220' garden which is mainly lawn, and 9 chickens that generate quite a lot of poo for me.

I have just started to use a bokashi bucket in the kitchen, and intend to add the contents to my compost tumbler which I hope would speed up the process of breaking down the chicken poo for me.. (but I dont know if it will)

I would be very grateful if you have opinions, on these tumblers, as though I'm not a lazy person, but one thing I can not do is rotate my compost in the compost bin.

Thanks

 

Tumblers seem a good idea keep promising to get one myself, they reckon you can produce compost within weeks, sounds good to me.I wouldn't put too much of the chicken poo in the mix in one go it's very strong,Chicken manure, which is sticky, wet, and odorous, is hard to compost. It is best made into a liquid compost by mixing it into ten parts water and letting it ferment in a barrel (stir regularly for 6-8 weeks)use it as a liquid feed.

 

thanks for that

 

Some of my customers have them, they do compost quickly.

They do, like sucessfull composting in general depend on a good mix of waste ie not just grass or woody shreddings.

 

Just to let you know, I did purchase a tumbler. My first batch I made up of Grass clippings, chicken poo, kitchen waste from the bokashi bin, and the quite dorment contents of my static compost bin.. And within 6 weeks, I have very useable compost. .. my only draw back is its very moist, just not pretty and grumbly, but some cardboard will sort that out I think.

So I'm very happy, the results were better than expected as I have had to put this where its in shade for most of the day.