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Awesome compost basket / bin

 
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Sweden's Sara Bäckmo also has an English version of her blog, and youtube channel. I just ran across this video of compost baskets made by her mother. Loving the idea!




Here is a link to her site in English:

https://www.sarabackmo.com/

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https://www.sarabackmo.se/

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I might call around the local vinyards to see if they have waste grapevines I could purchase in bulk. If these were as well known as the wire fence compost baskets my mom uses I could see a strong side business for many vinyards.  Right now I don't think it's more than a niche market to hobby crafters.

I guess I  probably should see if I can get anything usable out of the brush pile first. Super cool
 
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@ Cassie - great idea for using my own grape trimmings!
I can see a great use for this as primary or secondary composting of humanure the way J. Jenkins proposes.
At the moment I use old packing pallets for my everyday composting needs. Last year, the three oldest compost cubes were used to grow various squash family plants and they were very  happy plants. However, I am looking for a humanure system that will work in my extremely wet winter climate, and the basket idea with lots of fall leaves lining it, is worth considering as the secondary treatment after sitting in some sort of wheelie-bin system.

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I love the idea of weaving wood for use in a composting situation.  The benefits of wood's fungal habitat, drainage, and aeration, all while still being able to work around it easily when harvesting the compost. You could just use loppers to cut a harvesting portal in the bottom. This post also made it occur to me how one could weave a vertical central column for an aeration/drainage chimney in the middle too. It would probably function at least as well as the best no-turn compost system I know of, the Johnson-Su Bioreactor, while using no plastic. All the more reason to be glad I planted so many grapes, alders and hazelnuts. Great post!
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Wet after 6" of rain in last 3 days
Wet after 6" of rain in last 3 days
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The black perforated drainage tile pipe chimney, with another horizontal at the bottom (my mod on J-S model) could be replaced with woven branches. Gap in the bottom allows for harvest of the first finished material, which is great for compost teas.
The black perforated drainage tile pipe chimney, with another horizontal at the bottom (my mod on J-S model) could be replaced with woven branches. Gap in the bottom allows for harvest of the first finished material, which is great for compost teas.

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Now all I have to do is keep the bears out of it!
 
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kelly purdue wrote:Now all I have to do is keep the bears out of it!



Bears, opossums, and raccoons, here, lol. All the more reason not to put it too close to the house.

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This would also be a great use of kudzu! Luckily we don't have any on our property,  but we drive past a huge supply on our long drive to town.
 
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What a great idea! These would be perfect for filling with the autumn leaves to make leafmould and much better looking than the 1 ton woven plastic bags we now use for the job.
 
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I agree, Jim! I've been using old containers, like a couple of old kiddie pools - but, they get brittle, crack, and make a plast-icky mess, that I then have to pick up. Frankly, I'm tired of finding & cleaning up sharp-edged bits of blue plastic, all over our property. This basket is lovely, practical, and simple, and I'm starting, today, to collect fallen limbs and branches, to build one.

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i wonder if i could try something like this on my urban .4 acres? maybe half the size, of course. but then i wouldn't have to worry so much about hiding it from the neighbors ... it's "art"!  :D

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David Puttle wrote:i wonder if i could try something like this on my urban .4 acres? maybe half the size, of course. but then i wouldn't have to worry so much about hiding it from the neighbors ... it's "art"!  

Yes - stealth composting doubling as art! Look for different sizes or colours of vining or branching material and genuinely work at it from the "living art" perspective. There's a lady in Vancouver who does just that sort of thing and teaches workshops - I read her book - can't remember the name but if you really want it, I'll chase it down.

Yes, David, I read another of your posts - try out the PEP/PEA program here on permies. I suspect there's a bunch of stuff there that you might find useful!  

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Lovely looks like a giant birdsnest
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