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I am so excited!!!
crs 5/19/2012, 3:18 pm
My husband finished my compost tumbler today and you would have thought I got a new car or something. I have been out to put things in it 3 times so i could turn it. 
crs- Posts : 65
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Location : West Central MO
Re: I am so excited!!!
camprn 5/19/2012, 3:19 pm
43 years a gardener and going strong with SFG.
https://squarefoot.forumotion.com/t3574-the-end-of-july-7-weeks-until-frost
There are certain pursuits which, if not wholly poetic and true, do at least suggest a nobler and finer relation to nature than we know. The keeping of bees, for instance. ~ Henry David Thoreau
https://squarefoot.forumotion.com/t1306-other-gardening-books
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Re: I am so excited!!!
Dunkinjean 5/19/2012, 3:37 pm
That is so cool!
I have been contemplating one for a while - turn it for me too!
I am that way with my rainbarrel and garden veg's.
Who knew what would delight us!
I have been contemplating one for a while - turn it for me too!
I am that way with my rainbarrel and garden veg's.
Who knew what would delight us!
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Re: I am so excited!!!
Chopper 5/19/2012, 4:05 pm
Say no more. We understand completely. I would be crazed with excitement if I got one. LOL.
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Re: I am so excited!!!
Goosegirl 5/19/2012, 4:20 pm
Personally, a compost tumbler WOULD be more exciting to me than a new car! You're talking to the crew who get excited about how many different kinds of poo we can collect. WE ARE WITH YOU!!! CONGRATS!!! Take it for a spin, or 40!
GG
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Re: I am so excited!!!
claudiamedic 5/19/2012, 4:56 pm
This gardening thing is exciting! If you can, share the plan he used to make your tumbler! 
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Re: I am so excited!!!
plantoid 5/19/2012, 7:42 pm
crs wrote:My husband finished my compost tumbler today and you would have thought I got a new car or something. I have been out to put things in it 3 times so i could turn it.
A picture paints a thousand words .. what does it look like ? ..
regards Mr Nosey
I have a barrel , timber , steel tube and an angle grinder etc. etc.still looking for ideas for a better than youtube device.
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Re: I am so excited!!!
cheyannarach 5/19/2012, 9:12 pm
Yay, I got one about a month ago and today when I checked on it it was a hottie!
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Re: I am so excited!!!
GWN 5/19/2012, 9:20 pm
I love having a tumbler, but I have to say what I did wrong, just so you do not make the same mistake
THe first year, I only put in my kitchen cuttings etc and it got to be a terrible mush, bad smelling etc.
Until I starting putting in leaves and grass clippings and paper, it did not seem to work.
But now it seems to be fine.
THe first year, I only put in my kitchen cuttings etc and it got to be a terrible mush, bad smelling etc.
Until I starting putting in leaves and grass clippings and paper, it did not seem to work.
But now it seems to be fine.
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Re: I am so excited!!!
crs 5/19/2012, 10:18 pm
I got my idea from Rob C. He posted his pics and it seemed so easy to use. It is a 55 gallon drum that you turn on casters. The frame is on 4x4's. And it seems to work well.
GWN- I started my compost in a gray tub with holes drilled all over but I couldn't turn it very well. I use both Kitchen scraps and old leaves newspapers and the such. But when we transferred that to the tumbler it smelled awful. I am hoping because i was unable to turn it properly. ANSFG book says if you turn it every day it will not take long we are about to see. Because I have a ton of patience!
GWN- I started my compost in a gray tub with holes drilled all over but I couldn't turn it very well. I use both Kitchen scraps and old leaves newspapers and the such. But when we transferred that to the tumbler it smelled awful. I am hoping because i was unable to turn it properly. ANSFG book says if you turn it every day it will not take long we are about to see. Because I have a ton of patience!
crs- Posts : 65
Join date : 2012-05-05
Location : West Central MO
Re: I am so excited!!!
Rob C 5/21/2012, 10:54 am
crs wrote:I got my idea from Rob C. He posted his pics and it seemed so easy to use. It is a 55 gallon drum that you turn on casters. The frame is on 4x4's. And it seems to work well.
GWN- I started my compost in a gray tub with holes drilled all over but I couldn't turn it very well. I use both Kitchen scraps and old leaves newspapers and the such. But when we transferred that to the tumbler it smelled awful. I am hoping because i was unable to turn it properly. ANSFG book says if you turn it every day it will not take long we are about to see. Because I have a ton of patience!
Congrats,
and let us know how it works out. Post some pics when you get a chance.
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Age : 62
Location : Horsham, PA
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