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This spring, I started using a mini-bin that I built of scrap lumber. My homemade compost bin is 18 inches wide by 36 inches long, and it has a removable metal screen on top to deter mice and flies.

Let’s take it a step further and make a compost bin for our gardens. We made one for under $40, along with some free supplies.

Compost cooks best in piles that are at least 4 feet tall, wide and deep. I made mine a side-by-side, double-bin system that's 6 feet wide, 4 feet deep and 4 feet tall with a divider in the middle.

There's more than one way to make compost. Tumblers speed up the process, but any pile -- contained or not -- will rot sooner or later, assuming it doesn't blow away first.

In particular, some Grand Rapids city commissioners on Tuesday, Aug. 27, questioned whether residents who compost should be required to purchase a commercially-manufactured bin.

Enrich your garden this summer with some of your very own homemade compost. Done right, a compost pile won’t stink or attract animals, and can produce soil in a couple of months. What you’ll ...

Mix these carbon and nitrogen ingredients well in your compost bin in a ratio of three parts carbon, or brown ingredients, to one-part nitrogen, the green materials. You can add a little soil to ...

Compost bins can be used to divert food scraps into nutrients and food for gardens. For more information call the Community & Economic Development Department at 614-583-5070 or visit uaoh.net.