I built my own Composter...on Sunday, 8th December, 2013.

Well, I did it in the end!  I built my own composter because I found it was put together in such a way that even an idiot like me, could do it!!  So I did.

Instructions read - "easy to assemble.  Slots together. Start and finish with two half boards as illustrated" and that was that.  It's a 930mm x 930mm x 700mm square box by Grange Fencing Limited and its guaranteed for 15 years against rot, which I think is rather brilliant, don't you?

Here's some photo-shots for you -

The finished article...plus kitchen compostables!

Putting down a layer of chicken wire!!!

All ready to receive its first batch of kitchen compostables!!!

The only encountered difficulty was that of building it twice, once on the patio and again in situ at the edge of my garden plot.  He said to build it and carry it over when done...silly man and silly me, to think the constructed box could be  transported once assembled!   But, it was good to get the feel of how it was to be put together on dry land and really it only took a matter of moments to re-assemble it in situ, fit the chicken wire  in place, the cardboard and kitchen scraps and my cardboard lid, before completing the build.

Now, all I have to do is gather sufficient material, keep it nicely stirred and turned, for next year's summer growing season - or possibly the following summer -  all ready to feed my garden with good, homemade compost.

As one of my sister's always says "if a man can do it, so can I!!!!"

And I did ......hey ho, its a great life when you're prepared  to have a go, doing things for yourself!!!                                                              

Daisy x