| When starting to compost, one must ask, which | | | | Worm Tower or Garden Gourmet where it's |
| exactly is better the compost bin or the compost | | | | easy to evacuate the finished compost? You may |
| tumbler? Really, it all depends on who you ask and | | | | have to manually dump the finished compost into |
| what their current lifestyle is like. For instance, | | | | a wheel barrel, where it can get a bit chaotic and |
| does this person have the time to commit to | | | | messy. Unless you have no other commitments |
| their compost and garden? More importantly, do | | | | and plenty of time on your hand, compost bins |
| you? Whatever your answer will be may well | | | | may not be the way to go. |
| dictate whether you'll go with purchasing a | | | | A bit more expensive but perhaps worth the |
| compost bin or tumbler. Let's take a few factors | | | | extra cash, compost tumblers are ideal for those |
| into considerations to help you decide: | | | | who don't have as much time but would still love |
| Compost bins are easy to use and are just as | | | | to have the resulting rich soil for their garden. |
| easy to put together with little parts or none at | | | | What's great about having a compost tumbler is |
| all. Popular compost bins like the Garden Gourmet | | | | that there's no need to manually turn the |
| and the Expandable Worm Tower, both which can | | | | compost. The whole point of a tumbler is that |
| be found on Composters.com, require little parts | | | | you can easily rotate it via a crank or just by |
| and take no more than 20 minutes to put | | | | spinning it, therefore aerating the compost inside. |
| together. Those who use bins find it both | | | | The con about tumblers, however, is that they |
| therapeutic and satisfying to be personally turning | | | | too can get messy especially if you have to roll it |
| their compost with a pitchfork; no one ever said | | | | around the yard when the compost it not yet |
| that a little bit of the outdoors could hurt you! For | | | | ready. Additionally, you may have to purchase the |
| composting bins like the Expandable Worm | | | | compost tea collector separately, depending on |
| Tower, it's the worms that do most of the work. | | | | the model. |
| All you would have to do is take the finished | | | | When it comes down to it, it's really about |
| compost that the worms have produced (known | | | | personal preference. I've mentioned repeatedly |
| as worm castings, black gold, or even just rich | | | | that things could get messy, but that's the beauty |
| soil), distribute it around the soil of your garden, fill | | | | of composting; you're allowed to get down and |
| up the trays with more organic matter and dirt | | | | dirty! Whatever the decision you make, be sure |
| and repeat! | | | | to take your lifestyle and commitments in |
| As easy and efficient that compost bins are, they | | | | consideration to ensure a successful composting |
| can get a bit messy at times. What if you happen | | | | experience. |
| to have a compost bin unlike the Expandable | | | | |