Improving My Compost Pile

 With the failed try of the garage bin compost, I have gone back to my old compost pile. I brought home three pallets from the trash at work to help contain the compost pile. This afternoon, I put the three pallets together and worked on getting the compost in the compost stall. I just used some common nails and a hammer to make the backstop for my compost pile. It was a pain to get the first nails in on each side being I was working on the project by myself but, I got it together.

I managed to get the pallet back stop together and placed around the compost pile in the rain today. I will need to get out on the next day when there is no rain and work on getting the backstop setup better around the compost pile. 

When the rain stops, I will need to shift through the compost and get the good dirt out and use it in my garden beds throughout my yard. Then clean up all the leaves and other organic material in the yard and put it on the compost. I am hoping with the wood around the compost pile it will be easier to turn the compost over. It will still be a lot of work, but I need the exercise. The process will create nice black dirt for my gardens I need to get working on. 

My garden project is a year behind with me getting sick with Covid right as I was going to start working on the garden beds this summer. I am glad that I got the compost backstop done today. It should make it easier to just drop the kitchen and yard waste on the compost pile without it going all over. 

I am looking forward to seeing how the improvement of the compost pile helps with my gardening projects. Mayber next weekend I will have time to get the dirt that is ready to put in the garden out of the compost and into the garden.