Forest City Tumbling Composter
It’s all coming together. The Tumbling Composter I ordered online will arrive this week. My counter-top food scrap bin is almost full. There’s a bucket in the garage collecting spent flowers and the leaves on the Chinese Pistache are starting to turn! I’ll have all the ingredients for my first batch of compost.
I looked at several varieties before settling on this model. My criterion was simple: It had to be portable, affordable and resistant to rodents. It’s constructed from recycled materials, also a plus, and the compact size is perfect for my small vegetable garden.
Why Compost?
- Composting reduces the amount of waste you send to the landfill
- Composting turns your waste into a useful product—and it does so without requiring additional resources.
- Using compost in your garden reduces the need for water and fertilizers and helps eliminate the need for pesticides.
- Composting provides you with a valuable experiential lesson in the cycles of nature and the folly of our throwaway culture that is likely to lead to other waste-saving measures as time goes by. (Source: Sheryl Eisenberg, Natural Resources Defense Council NRDC)
Additional Resources
How does compost reduce the need for pesticides?
Here you go: “Compost enriches soils
Compost has the ability to help regenerate poor soils. The composting process encourages the production of beneficial micro-organisms (mainly bacteria and fungi) which in turn break down organic matter to create humus. Humus—a rich nutrient-filled material—increases the nutrient content in soils and helps soils retain moisture. Compost has also been shown to suppress plant diseases and pests, reduce or eliminate the need for chemical fertilizers, and promote higher yields of agricultural crops.” from US EPA
That’s fantasic – thanks for passing on the info!
You’re welcome!
I like that it turns on a that stand, so much easier to mix. I found it hard to spade our old one when it got full. It seemed to take forever to make compost (free from the county). The placement of the access door looks handy too. That’s so important to me, it has to be easy to use.
I agree! I’ve turned compost before when it was in large piles and it can be a bit of work. I just don’t have the space for that anyway, so I hope this tumbler delivers as promised. I’ll let you know.
Hope those rascally racoons don’t know how to open it! You’re really looking after the planet well.
Oh what a nice thing to say.
Raccoons are clever, that’s for sure. They’ve been back a few more times, upending the lawn and the baby tears. One of the neighbors saw one out front within a few feet of Mouse the Cat. That made me nervous. Cats are smart. I’m glad two of our kitties are inside at night. I wish we could get Slinky back indoors.
Be careful little Slinky, hopefully your masked visiters aren’t the bullying type.