Pallets to make a compost bin

Has anyone made a compost bin out of pallets, If so are they worth making or would it be simpler to purchase one from the council as they are resonably cheap these days. Im happy to make one but not sure how too. Thank you.

 

Veggie, if you can get pallets then use them, they are ideal.

 

MeMeMe.. well the Hub, one bin with a partition in the middle, the front are slats that i can take out, to turn the heap.. hinged lid and about 1inch space between each slat on sides.. theyv'e lasted about 12 year but need renewing, so next year gonna start all over again and build exactly the same bins

 

Hi Veggie. i used pallets for the outsides and covered the inside with chicken wire, used the planks for slats and half screwed in screws on the bottom edges to create gaps to allow air flow, they are great and cost next to nothing to build.

 

If your putting laeves and prunings in then fine, if vegtable waste then youll get rats.

Imo put your vegatble waste in a wormery or in a plastic one stood on chicken wire. everything else in the pallet bin.

 

Rubbish, as long as you don`t put cooked food in you will be alright.

 

I dont agree Pro Gard..ive been composting this way for 12 years, (half your life) and get lovely crumbly compost and no rats and Davids your spot on...

 

Thanks all, I will give this a go.. Luckly where i work they have quite a few pallets that equipment gets delievered on and they just seem to linger around the car park. Just a matter of getting them home now. Thanks for the advice.

 

Never had rats, a snake and slow worms, maybe thats why no rats !

 

If you regularly turn the compost then not a problem but unnturned compost with vegatable waste equals rats.

Around here we have a lot of wheat and maize grown and get a heavy vermin influx once the crops are cut. Compost bins are an ideal breeding grown with shelter, food and warmth.


Maybee some of you have never noticed the signs or ignore them Next door used to until it was pointed out to them.

Anyway Ill stick with my systme, good compost and no vermin.

 

me too Pro Gard.. good compost and no vermon