Our compost bins are made from recycled pallets, available for free near any warehouse district. Our woofers lent a hand to carry the materials and build the bins under Konswan's excellent direction. We use the pallets to create a cubic meter area that is breathable but maintains the shape of the bin, important to achieve a HOT compost. After reading Joseph Jenkins fantastic and informative book, The Humanure Handbook , we decided to give it a try. In previous years we spent days hauling cow and horse manure onto our site, in order to compost it for our gardens. Sadly we deposited our own manure into a waste pit. Luckily we saw the light and created a sustainable system that keeps our gardens happy and our bathroom smelling fresh.
Building an edible jungle on the Island of Flowers in the Azores