composter

[modeste]

Since getting recycling wheely bins, I have an old plastic dustbin.

Does anybody know how I can turn this into a composter.

Thanks in advance

[Ethel]

Cut the bottom out. If you can you could cut a little 'door' at the bottom for easy access to your compost.

You would have to devise a cover for the trap.

I use my old bin to grow potatoes.

[shylock73]

If you have a Greenhouse why not fix a 1/2in hose pipe with small funnels from the gutters to collect rainwater and run them to the bin to save water. It`s a job for a DIY person but well worth the effort and your plants will thank-you for it. I put a small piece of mesh in the funnels to stop any muck going down the hoses, and I block off one end of each gutter to stop rainwater running off one end.