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