Composters

The project for this afternoon is building a composter. And guess what we are using to build with.... yes, pallets. So here we go again. Taking pallets apart.

First we take the timber off one side of a large pallet. After a lot of experimenting we find that a strong piece of timber used as a lever does a reasonably good job and most of all gets the job done quickly.

The remaining nails are pulled out with a hammer and reused to nail the boards onto the other side of the pallet to fill the gaps.

5 pallets are prepared like this by Matt (HelpX) and myself to make 3 sides and 2 fronts for a large double composter.

Nearly there. To get enough timber for all the gaps one of the pallets gets stripped completely. The cross beams are later used for another job.

Two pallets stood up to full height and one on it's side at the front and it nearly looks like a composter.

Composters also need roofs so that the compost doesn't get too wet, so we prepare two pallets by overlapping.

Then we get carried away and forget to take pictures...

Matt adds the finishing touches. Job done. Another item off the todo list. Phew.