Compost This!

Whether you have tried using a compost bin before or not, you may not have tried a  compost tumbler.  The basic idea of compost tumblers is that they allow you to take your household food scraps and turn them into fertilizer.

The difference between compost piles and compost tumblers:

When most people think of composting, they think of compost piles.  Well, there are a lot of things that make compost tumblers better than compost piles.  The biggest things that make compost tumblers better are looks and smell.

Compost piles look and smell awful in your yard.  Sealed compost tumblers, on the other hand, come in all sizes, shapes and colors.  So, compost tumblers do the job, while also serving as yard decorations.  At the same time, compost tumblers are sealed, as mentioned before, so they don’t smell nearly as bad as compost piles.

Compost bins as opposed to compost tumblers:

Unlike compost bins, compost tumblers are active composters.  By flipping compost tumblers over every once in a while, you can aerate your compost much more and keep it moving.

Now, you could have a compost pile and either not move it at all, which would not be efficient at all, or move it with a shovel, which would take a lot of extra energy.  Why bother, though, when you can use compost tumblers and get better results with just one flip of the compost tumblers every two or three days?

So, compost tumblers make compost faster and more efficiently than plain compost bins.  Compost tumblers take much less effort, too!

Compost tumblers and animal control:

Another major plus for owners of compost tumblers is that they can keep wild animals out of their compost!  As we all know, animals like raccoons and skunks absolutely love to dig through trash, including compost piles.  Considering all the rabies scares around, as well as th noise and general mess that such animals can make, it’s worth investing in sealed compost tumblers, just to keep them out.

Of course, sealed compost tumblers can also keep dogs, cats and even kids from messing up your compost.  So, when you think about it, compost tumblers are a great investment.

Compost tumblers and conservation efforts:

Compost tumblers can help you to conserve time, space and money.

Compost tumblers conserve time because you don’t have to take your scraps to the dump, put them out for collection or leave to get plant fertilizer at the store.

Compost tumblers can also save space.  That’s because, if you use a compost tumbler, you won’t need to throw away nearly as much trash or yard waste.  Imagine not having to put out nearly as many trash bins.  Not only does that make it convenient for you, but also less expensive, if you pay by the bag to have trash removed.  Not to mention the fact that compost tumblers can help to save the environment because less trash will be brought to dumps.

As far as saving money, as mentioned above, compost tumblers can keep you from having to buy fertilizer or pay to have as much trash removed.  Compost tumblers can also save you money in the long term because the compost made from them can grow much higher quality vegetables than some of the traditional pesticides and fertilizers can help you to produce.  That means that compost tumblers can keep you from having to buy expensive vegetables at the grocery store.

So, when you think about it, you really can’t go wrong with compost tumblers.  Give them a try!  You’ll be glad that you did!