Assembling Your New Tumbling Composter
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Assembly Steps:
- Composter in box;
- Open box;
- Remove the four “L-shape” stand pieces & join the two left & right fronts and the l&r back pieces at their centers. Be sure the two open ends match each other in height.
- Find the two “V-shape” pieces and connect to the open ends on one side and then the other. Then secure each piece with the nut & bolts supplied;
- Find the horizontal “axel” bar and then the black plastic sleeve. Slide the sleeve over the bar;
- Add the two end caps and the center divider wall onto the axel;
- With the two long nut & bolts, join the axel to the stand. Place bolt down through the top and nut on the bottom of each side;
- Locate the center drilled hole at the top on each end cap and rotate to the top;
- Keep the two end caps in the top position you just rotated to, and pick up one of the side panels;
- As you stand to the right side of the unit so far, place your first side panel on the first plane to the left of the plane at the top;
- Fit the side panel in place and line-up the 4 holes. Be sure to fit the center divider into the slot on the underside of the panel, and secure with small nuts and bolts;
- While you are standing and facing the right end cap, rotate that first panel clockwise one plane bringing the next plane to the top. Repeat step 11 and add the 2nd side panel fitting it over the lip edge of the first panel;
- Repeat step 12 for side panel three;
- Repeat step 12 for side panel four;
- Repeat step 12 for side panel five;
- Repeat step 12 for side panel six;
- Repeat step 12 for side panel seven;
- Repeat step 12 for the door side panel eight. Fully remove the slide-out door and secure with the nut & bolts;
- Slide the door back into the composter;
- Congratulations your dual chamber composter is complete… happy gardening!
Composting Facts
Dig a hole in the ground and you’ll see dirt. Composted soil isn’t like dirt at all. It is in fact, one of the best nutrient-packed growing compounds you can use in your garden.
Sure if you just turn over the “dirt” in a garden bed you’ll be able to grow your flowers and vegetables, and perhaps you do that currently, but if you want the best looking flowers & plants, and the biggest tastiest veggies —just add some of your freshly made compost, and you’ll see the difference. Let the neighbors think you have a natural “green thumb” —or tell them what you do and become the neighborhood expert.
Composting is easy. Add your table scraps and yard waste ingredients, turn to stir it, and wait while it matures.
What you can add:
Table scraps:
- egg shells -just crush them a bit first
- tea bags
- coffee grounds
- vegetable food scraps
- vegetable & fruit peelings, apple cores etc.
- Bread and pizza crusts (remove the meat from pizza)
Yard waste:
- leaves (dry, and mold-free)
- grass clippings (sparingly)
- weeds from your gardens
What you can not add:
Table scraps:
The list of items mentioned here is more or less a starter guide to getting your compost going, here is a link to Marion Owens blog listing many more items. Don’t be afraid to click these links to other pages as we place them in the text, because they open up in a brand new window, and when you close that new window you’ll come right back here. TumblingComposters.com is a relatively new site & blog, and we fully intend to have many useful tips and features related to gardening on this site, and if we come across other expert writings on subjects that can help our visitors with better gardening, we’ll will also offer that link for you to read.
So please check back often and look through the categories for various gardening solutions
—happy gardening!
