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How to Compost Without a Bin

Improvising while Composting
Not everyone is excited about the idea of creating and maintaining a compost bin.

Others may just not have the space to keep a bin. Don't worry, though, you can still use compost in your garden even without keeping a permanent bin.

There are a lot of great ideas that you can use to help give your garden the nutrients it needs without having to find the space and do the upkeep on a compost bin.


Trench Composting
Trench composting involves digging small holes beside your garden where you will be creating the compost.

You simply add the ingredients into the holes to create the compost. There is no large bin and the holes are right by the garden so using the compost is simple.

Additionally, if you do not need to use the compost then you can simply just leave it be and start it back up the next growing season. You can even cover up the holes with mulch or leaves so that there is no unsightly compost in progress out where everyone can see it.


Straw Bale Composting

• If you are interested in creating a compost bin, but you just don't want to have to mess with it year round or build a compost bin then try straw bale composting.
• You can use the straw bale as your bin.
• You create a bin using bales and then simply create your compost in the middle of the bales.
• One of the best things about this type of composting set up is that you can grow flowers in the straw bales by creating holes, filling them with soil and planting seeds.
• This makes a nice little flower garden that disguises the fact that it is a compost bin.

Composting in the Garden

Maybe you do not want your compost to be separate from your garden. In this case you can just keep your compost right in the garden.

If it is before the growing season then just create a compost heap right where your garden will be planted. When it comes time to till the soil you just mix all the compost you have created right in and you are done.
Other Alternatives
If none of the above ideas appeal to you then maybe you might want to try alternatives to creating actual compost. You can still get some of the benefits of compost by just sprinkle your food scraps, leaves and old yard waste over your garden or adding to the soil of potted plants.

Instead of mulch just use a mix of leaves, grass clippings and small broken twigs from your yard. This mixture will mulch your garden and also serve as a type of compost, offering nutrients to the soil.

Composting is great for your garden.

Not everyone likes the idea of learning how to build a homemade compost bin and for those people, the above ideas and tips can be a great alternative.

You can still offer your garden the best care without having to build and maintain an actual compost bin.

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