Wooden Compost Bin

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• Topbird Posts: 8,355

  October 2022

  I think it would probably help to prolong the life if the base isn't permanently in contact with damp soil although the sides will in permanent contact with damp composting material. 
  
  If you have bricks lying around it's probably worth trying - but I wouldn't buy them in specially.
  
  BTW I do all my composting on concrete slabs properly laid on 6" hard core etc. Much easier to clean up after turning, removing the compost etc and it's still full of the worms and other bugs that help the composting process. They're obviously not getting in from below and I think worm eggs etc must be in the soil attached to the roots of composting plants etc
  
  IMO it's a bit of a myth that compost bins need to sit directly on soil.

  Heaven is ... sitting in the garden with a G&T and a cat while watching the sun go down
  

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