Homemade Compost Tumbler SUPER FAST COMPOST

[brettmoret]

Pretty cool! Should the door have been bigger? Thanks for sharing!

[london1817]

@brettmoret also I wish it was high enough to dump it in the wheelbarrow.

[ondrejkylian]

lame



[london1817]

@ondrejkylian LAME? you meanie!!

[bill65761]

It needs more moisture. Nice, simple, set-up, though.

[Beacon342]

great I am going to try one.

[london1817]

@trainsforyou haha..thats cool...have you seen the video "the amazing compost bin" its a cartoon/song?

[McAlli69]

Can you say weed smoker...haah..but I dug the video

[london1817]

@McAlli69 haha..haven't seen none since graduation night.....1991...wishful thinkin though!

[masm60]

Does this work in the winter? I live near Chicago and we can go 4 months without going above freezing.

[london1817]

@masm60 not too good...

[liagarden]

@masm60 Yeah--it just won't break down as fast. Seems rather small to me, for all the kitchen scraps we have.

[lineman1922]

Optimal composting temp. should be around 150 deg F. You can use a kitchen thermometer if need be...

[london1817]

@lineman1922 Thats a good idea...thanks!

[readyforshtf]

Great DIY composter!

[london1817]

@readyforshtf Thanks!!

[Abdallah2319]

Hey, great job!

I just have a question concerning temperature. You're saying It's nice and hot in there. What temperature is optimum? :D

Thanks.

[london1817]

@Abdallah2319 yes sir as hot as possible.....sometimes smoking hot! I am not sure the temp but...you wouldn't want to put your hand in it!

[Abdallah2319]

@london1817 Wow! "smoking hot"! :D Thanks for the info. You don't know how much I mean that :D

[london1817]

@Abdallah2319 Your welcome!

[christian0daspit]

alrite adam gontier

[rdko7]

You're Winning !



[Loveoftheoutdoors]

Can you use plastic barrels for compost? Or should I just stick with metal?

[london1817]

@Loveoftheoutdoors Sure! They sell a really nice one at lowes but its $200us.

[TFengineer]

Ah Toby is so cute in the background. Meooow! In almost all of your videos Toby is calling you haha. Cool video btw.

[london1817]

@TFengineer I hate to tell you this but Toby got killed by a wild animal. A couple weeks ago. I got my AK47 loaded and ready! ANY wild anything or any wild dogs come here and their going to pay! Thnaks for the nice comment though....I know you meant well..=)

[TFengineer]

@london1817

Oh no that sucks to hear! I really like cats and to hear your cat was taken down like that makes me sad, really. I'm sorry about your loss and sorry if I brought up any memories of the incident. In regards to the AK47, packin' some 7.62 rounds should scare away any (fill in the blank). Did you build the AK or is it a store bought complete gun?

[london1817]

@TFengineer Thanks for your comment! I really loved that cat! He had a really great personality. I bought my ak from a friend of mine that had about 500 of them! and all kinds of crazy stuff but got

busted and lost them all. I got mine way before all that though.

[TFengineer]

@london1817

Cool dude. Sucks to hear about your friend's situation. I've never shot an AK but my trusty AR-15 which I built (easy to do) is fun to shoot at the range. I like your videos so keep them coming when you get time. I need to get me a kitty too. I see a lot of little bunnies on my property but I don't have the heart to shoot them. They eat my fruit trees so I have a reason to but instead I put some chicken wire around the base of all my trees to keep the rabbits from gnawing on them.

[london1817]

@TFengineer Haha! Don't shhot them! well depends on how many you have running around there!

[TFengineer]

@london1817

I won't be shooting them. I can't shoot guns on my property anyway, I'm kinda in the city still. I need to send a message some how though. So far, the chicken wire around the base of the trees will do the trick I think. I wonder what they do in wet weather, like right now when it's pouring outside?

[london1817]

@TFengineer Paint ball gun gets the message loud and clear...you need a house for them to go in that

you can shut with food & water and plenty of room so no canibal stuff happens.

[TFengineer]

@london1817

That's a really good idea! I was thinking pellet gun but that can be deadly too plus you have to deal with the mess afterward. Paintball gun, great solution and not very loud either. As for the house, are you suggesting keeping them trapped?

[london1817]

@TFengineer I was talking bout the chickens...umm,..just a nice house for them to run into out of the rain.

[arkansastrash320]

Nice video and compost tumbler.I got me a 55gallon drum and i have plans to turn it into a composter.Thats a good ideal you have thanks !!!

[mrjon75]

Nice. What is the advantage of tumbling? Is tumbling necessary? I live in south Texas where heat and bugs are in no short supply, so can i just make a pile on the ground? Thanks.

[london1817]

@mrjon75 None really....A giant pile would do better in the heat.

[micol018]

Miau miau :)

[GoingOrganic1]

Nice tumbler. I would have liked to see the bear too. I'm going to watch some more of your videos.

[london1817]

@GoingOrganic1 Haha thanks! You wouldn't believe what I have to out run around here :)

[dudeilove]

Couldnt u just put it in a drum like yours and just water it every now and then and put like plastic or something on top of it ... etc etc..??? of like your tomato plants and everything out of the garden????0.......

[tylertalkstrash]

I dig the tumbler... I would have liked to see the bear, though!

Do you have that mini in your backyard too?

[london1817]

@tylertalkstrash Yeah man! skates awesome!

[kc2rjb]

Really a BEAR !

[london1817]

@kc2rjb I have seen the craziest animals around here.

You really have to keep a watchful eye around here.

[arkansastrash320]

@london1817 Wow you must live near the woods? Where are you located what state I understand if you don't want to disclose your exzact location.I am in arkansas.I would love the country but i don't think I would love being where i had to watch all the time in danger of a bear attack or anything Noway for me.

[london1817]

@arkansastrash320 Where I live.... behind our house is miles of nothing but woods...kinda nice..but sometimes

I hear stuff....one time I swore I saw the big foot & heard him scream!! nobody believed me! not even my wife. Sometimes I get kinda freaked out while riding my 4 wheeler way out there. I have had pets MANGLED with no explaination...I leave no dogs or cats out...here in North Carolina.

[arkansastrash320]

@london1817 WOW man I would be moved before the sun went down!Not that i am real firm on believeing in bigfoot.But arkansas has the foulk monster.They made a movie called ledgend of boggy creek about it.I could never get comfortable out there.Have you ever watched monster questit came on the history chanell.From what i watched bigfoots have been seen in just about every state florida arkansas oklahoma texas lousiana every where.I am sure you state was not left out.Be carefull at night man..

[london1817]

@arkansastrash320 Its not so bad..its just the bears and giant panther cats..I am constantly shooting coons and oposums off my property..one good thing giant deer fill the freezer! I seen the legend of boggy creek & part 2...it was awesome!...i have never seen monster questit but I will keep a keen eye out for it......another thing my neigbor has shot more than 40 wild dogs he claims! with rabbies.

[sethzky77]

@london1817  Do you live in some zombie infested spot or something?

[BreakfastBentoBox]

@london1817 Them were the zombie dogs. Be careful.

[SweetGeorgiaPearl]

I've watched a couple of your videos and find them SO easy to follow. Great projects to encourage my grandson to learn to think green with and to green my gardens :) Thanks so much for posting these.

[london1817]

@SweetGeorgiaPearl Thanks I really try to make easy stuff. Thanks for the sweet comment.

[envirosponsible]

Great video.

[london1817]

@envirosponsible Thanks for the comment!

[Jfarro]

Just found your guy's videos today when looking for some rainbarrel ideas. Huge thanks for taking the time to make them, posting, and sharing...this is going to be a huge help to me as I start to build out my garden and try to keep things inexpensive and yet friendly to the environment. It's much appreciated!

[london1817]

@Jfarro Hey !! you are welcome! Thanks for the coment!!!!!!

[cindyandyogi]

the stand looks like a crossbuck for cutting small logs bet it would work for that in off season

[foggelus]

looks like you made an oven for some leaves! let us see the final product!

[london1817]

@foggelus That would be a good idea for a video! Thanks for the comment.

[yookoy]

do you have a video on how to make the stand?? or some dimensions for that?

[london1817]

The stand is not what it's all cracked up to be.

I just screwed 2 ---1x4's to make an "x" then added support boards to make it strong.. I don't think I even measured any of it.............

..Just do the best you can ....Its only a compost tubler....use your imagination...It will work!!!..............thanks.

[ThanksgivingWalk]

Nice job. You make it look so simple and cheap.

It's getting increasingly harder for me to pass up "blackgold supplies" I see setting on the roadside by people's trash; most recenlty 4 large clear bags of leaves.... headed grocery shopping and didn't have the trunk room for it. If you do get grass clippings from neighbors, make sure they're not covered in chemicals you wouldn't want to compost and feed to your organic garden.

Thanks for posting.

[london1817]

I know.................that's the only problem with getting others people grass clippings. You never know. Thanks for the comment.

[565Customz]

i put a screen mesh in one side of mine, so when the dirt get fine enough to make it through the mesh, you can harvest it....no need to dig into the barrel...ever.

[london1817]

Thats a good idea cause its a problem for mine........I will try that....Thanks.

[565Customz]

@london1817 honestly..i probably wouldnt do it taht way again, cuz you eventually loose all the dirt if you turn it enough. what i want to do next time, is drill 1/4 inch holes in one end of the barrel, that way when you are compostign you can till it one way slightly and the compost wont come out, then when you need compost you can tilt it the other way and the proper sized compost will come out of the holes you drilled...the trick is to keep enough compost in to keep the process going

[lesandnate]

How did you make the stand that it sits on?

[london1817]

Its nothing complicated!! I just made an "x" for both sides. Then just kinda put the bottoms on 2x4's. the rest are braces for the weight. If I can do it......you can do it......Rick.

[awesomepants24]

MORE THAN JUST LEAVES AND GRASS!!! egg shells, coffe grinds, banana peels, LIKE THAT!! THAT WAS A FREAKIN STUPID TUMBLER THING

[london1817]

Your nice! Haha.

[hernanx3]

"All I need to do is run faster than you." ROFLMAO

Know about 'Bear Grenades'? Friend worked on power lines, Alaska. Men carried cans of sardines. Bear comes too close pop the can and throw it like a frisbee over bear's head & the bear would go right to it. Gives you enough time to get in a car or? If you ever have to kill one? 12ga mag SLUG in the shoulder shatters the bones and takes out the heart. Drops like a rock. Don't aim for the head just pisses them off and your dead.

[jessekarate08]

all true

[hernanx3]

Book: soilandhealthdotorg/indexdotht­ml cl Agriculture Library then cl Take me to the library scroll down to: Fukuoka, M. The Natural Way of Farming: The Theory and Practice of Green Philosophy. cl on it and voila you have it. Free cause it is out of print. His "The One Straw Revolution" is back in print as of the anniversary of his death. Enjoy!

[8055boss8055]

@hernanx3 thanks for posting that I hope it is ligit. I just got done reading the first book of the one straw revolution and Fukuoka seems to have it all figured out

[hernanx3]

oops my bad didn't see the supports at the bottom. But, a tractor composter like the chicken coup. Hooah! lol Put a door in the end put a screen inside and add a crank. take it down a row spin it, go a little further spin it. Might have to tilt it up a bit. :) Now you are really SPREADING IT! LOL Hmmm ideas are endless. Told you about a free book but the GooPolice didn't post it.

[hernanx3]

dig a trench under the one you got for now or better yet add extend the legs?

[hernanx3]

A couple 2x4's screwed to the insided will help to tumble the compost instead of it sliding if need be....

[london1817]

That is a very good idea! I will use that on my next one i build. This one has a problem...The compost is hard to get out....I think I need to make it higher for a wheel barrel to go under to get it ....like dump it in. What do you think?

[shanewald]

just found your page and have watched all the vids. just starting to green i guess your videos will be a big help to me

thanks for taking the time

[london1817]

You are welcome! I have a bunch more I need to post. Thansk for the nice comment! Please subscribe to my channel!

[thirsting4truth]

soooo....can i put table scraps in there too? where'd you get the drum? just found your vids...very cool stuff! thanks and hope you don't mind questions!

[london1817]

You can put any green table scraps or broke down egg shells, coffee grounds stuff like that.....No meat ,no trash.

[pusswhakker]

Use some JB weld on the sharp hole.

[london1817]

Haha! I use it on eveything else why did'nt I think of that! I patched a lawn mower tire with that stuff once! Later....

[reasoning777]

Hi Brill vid m8! I will get to making one of those for my 1st project! Keep up the good work eh, gona hit the subscribe tab and try an keep up with your vid's. On this vid you caught me unawares sort of, with the humongous bear warning at 0:25 haha, I thought wow, the chance to see a bear just like that!! Thanks for the vid's very much appreciated eh.

Reasoning777 - Steve

[london1817]

Hey, Yeah out here in the woods sometimes you have to be ready to run for your life!! I have seen giant black panthers & other crazy animals. Thanks for your comment & good luck with the project!!!! Rick.

[Tsavah]

Nice first job. I have been kicking around the idea of using a thick plastic barrel of the same size this year. If I keep it out of the sun it should last a lot longer then the old steel barrel. It gets a bit too hot in the summer where I am and I will paint it black also.

[london1817]

If it is not in the sun It will take alot longer to make compost. Thanks for the comment. Rick.

[thederector5]

high five here!!! you are 5 star green revolution general.... MORE POWER!!!

[london1817]

That was the nicest thing I have ever been told!!! Thanks for being you!!!!!!!! & thanks for your comment...Rick.

[thederector5]

you are REAL SUPER HERO!!! saving our one planet!!! YOUR great INVENTIONS is for our future futures!!!! thanks!! your the man!!!

[arizonachristian]

love all your videos.. YES even the cat ones.. Way to funny...

[london1817]

Wow that was nice!! I caught hell for some of those old videos. Thanks for your comment...Rick.

[godsend420]

are you planning to add a handle? two 90 degree elbow fittings and some pipe should do the trick

[ShawnCFarm]

Not to bad, I'm thinking that you should have made the door bigger to make unloading easyer

[london1817]

if I made it a little higher off the ground also....I would have been able to get a wheelbarrel under it.

[sabaths1fan]

Thats pretty damn awesome if ya ask me.

[london1817]

Thanks for your comment!

 Rick.