Back Porch Compost Tumbler

I used to buy compost. It was really expensive. Then I started a great big compost pile out near my garden. It was unruly, hard to take care of and I couldn't keep the Bermuda grass out of it. 

Then I got a back porch compost tumbler and I've never looked back. 

I absolutely love it. 

It's compact, but holds a LOT of compostable material. 

It's neat, and clean.

I don't have to worry about the grass growing in it.

I can have it right next to my garden ~ or right on my porch. I still haven't decided which I like better. Having it on the porch is easy to get the kitchen scraps in it. Having it in the garden is easy to get the compost on the garden! Right now I have it on the porch, because consistently using it has been a problem. 

It's fairly easy to turn.

It makes compost pretty fast ~ less than 30 days. Within 15 if I use some activator. 

I truly love it because now I don't have to buy compost. My garden looks great, and my veggies are growing even better and giving even more fruit. 

My goal this year is to can enough to last through the winter, and I think the back porch compost tumbler has really helped increase my fruit production. 

It's also allowed me to eliminate man made fertilizer, making it a very organic garden!

We throw in all of our fruit and vegetable waste. So all the apple cores, any peels, ends of veggies you cut off, watermelon rinds, canteloupe rinds, it all goes right in. 

I keep a compost bowl on the counter where we throw all the kitchen scraps, and then I just take it out to the composter. 

We also add egg shells, coffee grinds, paper towels, you can add paper scraps. Grass clippings and leaves are always welcome. Anything you would put in your compost pile you can add to your back porch compost tumbler. 

I recently added some fish guts to my garden ~ I "planted" them under some tomato plants as I put them in the ground. Seeing how hot the composter gets I might try them in there next time. Then I don't have to worry about raccoons digging them and my tomatoes out of the garden. 

You want to try to make a good combination of green and brown things to get an even mix of ingredients in your compost.