My homemade compost bin collapsed and buried my neighbor's flower bed

Built it last week with some old pallets and a few lag bolts, thought it would hold up fine. Woke up this morning to a pile of wet leaves and coffee grounds covering half of Mrs. Johnson's tulips across the fence. Spent two hours cleaning it up and now I'm back to square one with a pile of wood and a very annoyed neighbor. Anyone have a better plan for a simple bin that won't fall apart in the rain?

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gibson.seth1mo agoTop Commenter

Oh man, that's the universe telling you your compost was too ambitious! My first bin was just cinder blocks and it looked like a toddler's building project after a storm. All my kitchen scraps ended up in the driveway. Have you looked at those simple wire cage designs? Just a cylinder of fencing, seems way more stable than pallets in the wet.

henderson.mason16d ago

But doesn't a wire cage dry out way too fast in the sun?

troy_ward1mo ago

Yeah wire cages are solid. Didn't I read somewhere that the airflow is actually better with that setup too? Makes sense with all the holes.