How to Make a Compost Bin for Free Using Shipping Pallets

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Over the years, I've tried every type of composting system, from open piles to expensive, dual-bin, closed devices. Yet my system of choice is when I made a compost bin for free using shipping pallets. And it's what I still use today, 10-years and counting. You can make it in less than 20-minutes. All you need is a box of screws and a drill. Then, watch Joe's Organic Gardening playlist: • Organic Gardening
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@merk9569 5 месяцев назад

I have done this before and it worked great. Lots of places are happy to give them away. I even got the posts for free from a lumber supply store. They threw out any that were split on a pile. They were also happy to get rid of them.

@joegardenerTV 5 месяцев назад

Agreed. It’s a goal win-win. 🙌

@bobbellow5502 9 месяцев назад

I only do a summer garden. In the off season I compost directly on top of my garden. Since I fish year round I bury my fish remains about 16"-18" deep, fill the hole with compost, replace the soil. Awesome but just do not walk barefoot in the garden. Bones are turned over each time since I have been doing this for years! They quickly breakdown though once exposed to air.

@joegardenerTV 9 месяцев назад

I bet your soil is amazing! Such a great way to improve it and make the most of recycling those fish remains.

@TheRTM 2 года назад

A little more info please.What size screws, how many (and how far apart)?

@Sonia-hw3yx 4 месяца назад

Absolutely great idea, thank you for sharing 😊 I'm wanting to make a 3 way composting bay for making compost for my own garden instead of buying compost.

@joegardenerTV 4 месяца назад

Glad that was helpful. Homemade compost is the best! 👍

@ipeteagles 3 года назад

damn that intro was a life sentence

@AlexHallatt 4 года назад

I was hoping for something a bit more detailed than 1. get a bunch of pallets and 2. join them together. Because I did and they are falling apart! Also be good to know how you break apart pallets without the wood splintering. But I'm being picky. Good to recycle!

@awinbisa 4 года назад

he didnt break them apart, thats the good thing. Just join them together with screws as they are.

@amateurhourd.i.y.9731 3 года назад

If you’re talking about the panels that were added to the interior of the pallets, you should be able to find a decent pallet buster for around $40 to remove them.

@andy1way Год назад

Over the weeks add kicthen oil and fat. Then in cooler weather add wood ash from the woodburner...... I did. It worked. Three o'clock in the morning I was with the fire people trying to extinguish the fire! Lovely warm compost heap😳🤣

@mercedesbenzs600bash Год назад

Lesson learned,lol...

@Shananana99 Год назад

Jeesh😅

@k-lab3824 Год назад

Thanks for showing us sweet FA!

@mercedesbenzs600bash Год назад

Wowwwwwwwww talk about inexpensive,much appreciated... New Jersey...

@joegardenerTV Год назад

Yay! Glad you liked. And yes indeed - the price is right! Thanks.

@GennieceSledge 2 года назад

You had me at "less than five bucks" let's do this!

@mercedesbenzs600bash Год назад

EXACTLY

@davemackey7200 5 лет назад

close-up shots of how you joined together would have helped. Otherwise looks good.

@mpreiss7780 8 месяцев назад

You have a camera guy, filming the camera guy. makes it look professional 😳

@joegardenerTV 8 месяцев назад

Yep. We like to mix it up sometimes and throw in some BTS. 👍

@robertcullen8974 3 года назад

'corona, season after season' LOL!

@ipeteagles 3 года назад

maybe you could use that b-roll for a 4 second video collage. content>intro

@onetip3759 9 месяцев назад

I can't imagine the chemicals they treat the pallet wood is good for composting...

@joegardenerTV 9 месяцев назад

That's why it's important to know what you're working with and avoid the ones treated with Methyl Bromide (stamped MB on the wood) as I discuss. I use "Heat Treated" (stamped HT on the wood) or virgin hardwood pallets. But you correct; do not use chemically treated pallets.

@savannahyu8573 3 года назад

Hi, I need to know this for a school project: How much waste (in kg) can each bin process? thanks :)

@theoriginaltimetraveller7597 Год назад

Corona season after season ad was spooky

@JohnnyjohnJ 3 года назад

You look good.

@technoV0L 2 года назад

Hi Joe, I made a compost bin following your instructions. I've been layering brown and green, turning every couple of weeks. My problem is that it's not getting up to temp. What can I do? Thanks!

@rileyoborn5595 Год назад

Add a source of nitrogen

@YouareasheepX Год назад

Grass clippings = Nitrogen.

@merk9569 5 месяцев назад

I found that I had to have a sufficient amount of material to compost before composting actually started. It was about 4’ deep and needed to have regular watering. We had an acre yard so lots of grass clippings and leaf fall. I also put all kitchen scraps, ash and anything else that would compost. We got free horse, cow and turkey manure and cotton spoils from a cotton gin. We collected seaweed and oyster shells from the coast. When people bagged their leaves in the fall, we would ask if we could haul them off. We were dedicated organic gardeners. Who needed a gym membership? We worked on it every weekend year round!

@ufochris 3 года назад

I hate drawn out long videos of stuff that anybody should know, like how to join them together so this is good , but a better shot of the finished ones at the end would have been nice.

@Richard-yc9mw 6 лет назад

Well put with the mb and ht stamp that makes a lot of difference a lot don't know that I just watched part of a video he put galvanize at the bottom to keep the juice why

@h.1704 9 месяцев назад

🙌

@KM-uu9mc Год назад

These don’t look like regular pallets. Did you add slats?

@mercedesbenzs600bash Год назад

They are regular pallets,just build it...

@ipeteagles 3 года назад

i didn't know about HT & MB. ty!!! your setup looks like it's effective. how have the boards held up against wood rot at the base?

@A-rl4or Год назад

He didn’t answer but I know from experience that the non treated pallets only last a few years before they rot but it’s still just a couple bucks to build them every 2-3 years

@cmaccarter93 4 года назад

Yay, Corona!

@shantaymadison5581 4 года назад

I think you can learn more about it on woodprix.

@glensmuglin8912 4 года назад

Thanks

@shantelleadeline6053 4 года назад

Pure awesomeness!

@truthiseverything9511 3 года назад

1:19

@BRYAN-be5bt 3 года назад

En español por favor

@achilleze 4 года назад

drilling through the pallets is super difficult. Even with an impact driver.

@RostonSadie 6 лет назад

How do you control pests like rats from nesting?

@joegardenerTV 6 лет назад

It has a lot to do with the ingredients you put into your compost pile. Definitely keep meat, cheese, and dairy out. Pests like rats are especially attracted to high protien ingredients. So if you just focus on plant-based food scrps and yard debris, along with paper products, you should be in great shape in avoidling visits by unwanted pests.

@chrissih4046 8 месяцев назад

No step-by step instructions???

@joegardenerTV 7 месяцев назад

I’m walking you through as I build it from start to finish. It’s very straightforward and a simple process.

@greatbriton1697 4 года назад

its not pronounced Post but a soft O so its compost as in lost

@joegardenerTV 4 года назад

It is pronounced com-post (as in post) here in the states. But I've always loved hearing it pronounced the way you describe above. But it's not wrong, either way.

@marymcandrew7667 4 года назад

Yeah that's a British thing I've noticed. We (USA & UK) pronounce so many words that are the same, totally different from each other!

@beebob1279 3 года назад

Not much here. What about the different kinds of pallets? U.S. pallets are pretty safe. but international pallets could have been chemically treated for pests which is a poisonous chemical. Other international pallets could be heat treated or kiln dried to kill pests which is fine. My big issue with open composting is that they tend to draw the animals from the neighborhood. My neighbor just dumps her stuff in a pile in the shade of her trees. Egg shells, clam shells, etc. get dragged all over our yard because of the raccoons and possums. Fortunately I haven't seen rats yet and it's been a few years.

@mercedesbenzs600bash Год назад

Yeah thats always a possibility...

@HoaNguyen-kt2km 4 года назад

Yikes that sponsorship tho...

@cravensboughner2425 3 года назад

Just google Stodoys and make some dust.

@johnherman8861 5 лет назад

In an urban environment don't you have to worry about attracting mice and rats??

@joegardenerTV 5 лет назад

John Herman if you put food scraps into the pile maybe so. But if that's an issue use a closed bin system.

@Nobody-11B 5 лет назад

Food scraps usually mean only uncooked veggies and the like. No meat, dairy or cooked food. It's worked for me and I live in a developed area, some smell is to be expected buy rats and peats haven't been an issue.

@debiulrey-crosby4520 3 года назад

@@Nobody-11B you can use cooked vegetables and foods as long as there isn't a lot of fatty substance with it.So left over cooked broccoli, beans, carrots, baked potatoes, etc. can be added as long as there isn't a ton of fat (butters, cheese, etc) on them. And a small amount of fat won't be a problem. If the compost is done correctly with brown & green materials and as it begins heating up, you won't have an issue with critters. I live in the country with moles, mice, raccoons, skunks, etc. and have no problems whatsoever. My compost pile is completely open too - literally just one big pile. Love that so many are composting now. 😀

@mercedesbenzs600bash Год назад

@@debiulrey-crosby4520thats great to know because I have raccoons,possums and skunks... New Jersey...

@chrisp4170 3 года назад

Shock horror! Get people to give you stuff and it’s free. Not terribly helpful if you can’t find someone to give you stuff though…

@SwampDweller67 2 года назад

You're a jackass. If you do even a little bit of research and/or make a little effort, you can generally find free pallets. The problem for people like you is that key word "effort".

@chrisp4170 2 года назад

@@SwampDweller67 I can put in the necessary effort tomorrow, but how do you deal with things, being stupid?

@SwampDweller67 2 года назад

@@chrisp4170 Let me know how that turns out for you. As for calling me stupid, you're the one who can't find a pallet or two...genius.

@chrisp4170 2 года назад

@@SwampDweller67 You bring no insight to your subject by telling people to find pallets. Your video pretends to be helpful, but it isn’t. You are simply clickbating people, wasting our time.

@SwampDweller67 2 года назад

@@chrisp4170 (1) YOU posted a sarcastic comment crying about the need to acquire free pallets. (2) It isn't my video, numbnuts. (3) Wasting "our" time? You're the one bitching, so if it's such a waste of time why are you responding? Dbag.

@LovelyRitas Месяц назад

Can the pallet side with the most boards be put on the outside? ( the opposite of what you did )

@joegardenerTV 29 дней назад

Sure. But I added extra boards for the inside to help contain the inputs.

@LovelyRitas 29 дней назад

@@joegardenerTV I finished one yesterday. I put chicken wire on the ground and halfway up the inside. I left room on both sides so that i can expand. Thanks for sharing info. 👍🏽