Finally got a chance this week to build my new chicken run compost setup.
It's 14 feet long by 7 feet wide by about 45 inches tall. Should hold about 13.6 cubic yards of material when full.
It's made from almost entirely reclaimed materials - lumber, pallets, fence posts, even the rope holding it together are all reclaimed. Only purchases of new materials were two boxes of screws and 8 zip ties.
Hopefully this will hold the compost mostly together while the chickens scratch and turn it. The composter already has two wheel barrow loads of food waste in it and a few of what will likely eventually be hundreds of barrels of leaves by the end of "leaf season".
More pics and info on my blog.
It's 14 feet long by 7 feet wide by about 45 inches tall. Should hold about 13.6 cubic yards of material when full.
It's made from almost entirely reclaimed materials - lumber, pallets, fence posts, even the rope holding it together are all reclaimed. Only purchases of new materials were two boxes of screws and 8 zip ties.
Hopefully this will hold the compost mostly together while the chickens scratch and turn it. The composter already has two wheel barrow loads of food waste in it and a few of what will likely eventually be hundreds of barrels of leaves by the end of "leaf season".
More pics and info on my blog.