HOw To THE EARTH MACHINE COMPOSTER








This is the compost bin that we got at the recent City of Houston sale I blogged about last week.  It is the EARTH MACHINE, which is also sold at many retailers.  We were able to get it via the city for a steeply discounted price and we bought two of them so we could double our fun, ha.






They came packaged like this, the top half inside the bottom half, along with a manual and some earth anchor screws.








It was pretty easy to assemble.  You line up the arrows on the top half with the bottom half and then the tabs snap into place.  All that's left is to snap the door into place and find a spot for it to go.




Once you pick the spot, there are four of these long plastic screws that they call 'earth anchors'.  The are just screwed into the ground and surprisingly, they work really well to stabilize it.






This is where we put them, one in each corner of the back side of the garden area.  They are inside the fence so that they are somewhat more animal resistant.  You can also reach over the top and unscrew the lid to add material to it without having to go in the garden.






The lid has a nice little reminder for composting, "no meat, fats, bones".
Both of them already have some grass clippings, leaves, coffee grounds, and some vegetable scraps we saved during the week in town.  I tore up a small cardboard box and tossed in there as well.  I snapped this picture and then added some more clippings on top.

Beginning compost
We are excited to start our new adventure in composting!
Any tips or advice is always appreciated.


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