Best Plastic Bins for Storage
jlsch
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Comments (3)Try freecycle or craigslist for a scrap metal piece. The plastic will last for awhile before cracking. I've used a sterlite brand large tote for a worm bin outside year round for at least 10 years. I have garden buckets from commercial suppliers from pickles, sour cream, mayonaise, etc. that are still water tight. The worm bin lid is a bit cracked from opening & closing. The roughneck Rubbermaid totes seem to last forever & put up with a lot of handling. None of ours have ever cracked despite rough use & some were even used as sleds when our kids were little. Remember where it is by leaving a bit of it out of the soil/mulch, so you don't shovel into it....See MoreNeed 55 gallon plastic drum for compost bin
Comments (11)Junk mail, not to change your mind about the type of compost bin you are contemplating but have you looked at the problems of having such a bin. First of all, it will be a heavy brute wont it....soil and water, water and soil, grass clippings and so on...that'll be some weight to deal with. Then it will be one bin...and as the contents percolate, and finally come to something useful, it will be mixed with the new add-ins...so that has to be separated. Where to put then the good stuff --from the bad. Then there's the problem of getting the contents turned over...that's a must if you expect good decomposing. And it has to be given water...water has weight.. Is the thing going to be rolled around in an attempt to mix the contents....then ask some brawny man to lift it... better get insurance. There will have to be an opening in the bottom to extract some cuz you wont be able to do that outta the top. Try using a spade in a garbage can in an attempt to lift something out...as in soil. Cant be done, there's no room unless the bin is put at an angle--like a cement mixer, that's one way to mix the contents and be able to lift out some of the contents. If you can instead make a bin--two's better/3's best out of old wood/chicken wire....there's directions for making one all over the net. Then you have a better way to separate and use. A 55-gallon drum might be considered for a rain-barrel--lots of soft water for plants....See Moreplastic laundry bins for composting
Comments (6)Gena - Others have commented in the past that the supposed (bad-rap) "stink" of compost piles really does not have to be a part of the compost process at all (some would even say "shouldn't be a part of it").*(see PPS below) There is no minimum size to avoid "stink." It is not size-related - it is ratio-related (enough browns mixed in w/the nitrogen; the N is usually the cause of the alleged stink). So, if your goal is to make "stealth" compost without anyone detecting it from aroma or looks, then you'll do great. I've been doing it in the back of my townhouse in a rubbermaid for almost a year, and no one has noticed. In addition to getting a good brown/green ratio, adding leaves on top usually stops any fresh aromas that might temporarily exist. I just add the leaves to kill the aromas that the raccoons might pick up on, although I don't. Also, I have no flies issue whatsoever. Sometimes if I've had the lid on a while and there's tons of N & very little brown, little tiny gnat-like things float out when I open the lid, but a brief amount of fresh air & they disburse. When the cover's off, no insects hover over it (maybe in it, I'm sure, but not over it). What are the dimensions of the baskets? Even if it's smaller than the supposed min size of 3 feet cube, it'll still work - just eventually b/c it might not be able to heat up well, etc. Truly, my rubbermaid is smaller than 3 feet cube, but it's not tiny by the time you average out the dimensions. So, if you do something in a "less than ideal" size, just know that it might be slower, that it'll work better if the pieces you put in are smaller, that it'll work better if you have access to & put in high-heat items, e.g. grass clippings, alfalfa, bloodmeal, etc., and that it'll work better the more you turn it (in my opinion) b/c it counteracts the moisture that seems to accumulate quickly in a small bin. Hope this helps, All the Best, Tree PS If it were me, I'd give it a try - flies/odor won't be a problem - getting it to reduce to compost in your timeframe - whatever that is for you personally - will be your biggest challenge. I happen to like challenges, and I like the habit of getting outside to "do" something w/it (add to it or turn it) - so I have fun with it! :) *PPS In fact, there's a recent thread about the non-issue of the odor of a pile....See MorePlastic bin as container
Comments (11)James et all, Go to your search engine and type in - growing figs in Japan. This should bring up a site called Hawaiifruit.net/Figs-Japan. Scroll down to the first set of links, and it is the second from last link, I think it's called field station. Anyway, there are several pictures there of the bins used for fig trees. Herman, weight does not seem to be an issue for the Japanese, apparently the bins remain stationary as they are already within some type of enclosure (greenhouse?)(if Mohammed won't go to the mountain, then etc., etc.). I do get the feeling that watering must be done frequently. Still, I enjoy playing with new ideas....Elder...See More
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10 years agoSterilite brand had the size and shape we needed for our basement storage framework. They have the wrap around closure fittings at each end where they snap over the handles. So far, no problems.
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