Nest In Style

A Practical Guide For the Modern Garden

Wine Barrel Composter

Posted by Jayme on March 20, 2008

The guys at TerraCycle were ingenious enough to construct a Rotary Composter from wine barrels on their way to the landfills. Oak wine barrels are used to age wine then thrown away after one use. Why compost you say? Making you own compost is the best way to improve your soil and rid your garden of synthetic pesticides and fertilizers forever. >>Read More…

Dr. Joe Willis gives a demonstration on how the composter is used:


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4 Responses to “Wine Barrel Composter”

  1. Valerie Says:

    You moved! What happened? I still love your blog though! Just wanted to say Happy Easter!

  2. jaymejenkins Says:

    Hey Valerie, Happy Easter to you! I switched to WordPress because the functionality is easier for me. I am still trying to figure out how to make the site look how I want. Thanks for the visit and nice comments.

  3. Amy Says:

    Wow, I *love* this idea. One of the things I hate about the other rotary composters out there is that they are a great big hunk of ugly plastic.

  4. jaymejenkins Says:

    Thanks for the visit on my site Amy. I instantly fell in love with this composter. I have longed for a composter that wasn’t huge and…black.

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