3-Bin Compost Bin Setup - Springtime View - April 2025

Our three-bin compost bin setup includes a finishing bin (on the right), a mixed bin (in the middle) and a holding/storage bin (on the left).  You can see those three in the photo below - along with the 'FEED ME' Compost bin sign hanging on the holding bin on the left.  Also note, on the right - finishing bin - the new cedar planks that I added last Fall to the bottom to help hold in the finished material:

Last Fall, I filled the two non-finishing bins with gathered leaves and other garden waste.  Over the Winter, I've been adding our kitchen scraps to the holding bin.  Also, Nat got a new coffee machine that produces A TON of grounds, so the bin is filling up with spent grounds. 

And, most recently, this early Spring, I've been putting our garden waste like turf, seed heads, etc - other than the 'chop and drop' material - in the holding bin.  You can see that piled on top of the leaves.  

I'll plan on turning these bins later this year - sometime during the Summer.