[teflon]

I'm going knock up a couple of these at the weekend (hopefully)&once they're built they'll need filling.So whats the best thing to line the inside with? I thought maybe some thick polythene or similar fabric or would that hold to much moisture?

[Eatyourgreens]

Most people use chicken wire to stop stuff falling through the gaps in the pallets but still let in air. I live in a windy area so I am lining the back wall of mine with cardboard but other than that nothing.


Bob

[peterjf]

chicken wire , great adive , nothing better and it lasts for years

[Robin Redbreast]

do people use a base of any kind or just on top of soil?

[Janeymiddlewife]

On top of soil directly so all the little creatures, worms, microbes can gain access and any excess moisture can drain out

[paintedlady]

I shovel a bit of manure on the bottom (preferably with a few brandling worms to help things along) and then just fill it up as normal.

[teflon]

Thanks to everyone.

[Eatyourgreens]

I started my current one a couple of weeks ago, been putting on tea bags, veg peelings, grass cuttings, some plant material from the garden and seaweed (Live by beach), I went out this evening to chuck on some more kitchen stuff and I stuck the fork in to make sure the grass cuttings were well mixed and I was surprised how much heat was being generated in a heap just 18 to 24 inches high.


Bob

[wellingtons]

I put my pallet compost bins directly onto the soil and I don't usually bother to line them with anything.  I've been composting this way for about four years and don't have a problem with anything escaping.

It's a great way to make compost bins.

[Sadgit]

I put my pallet compost bins directly onto the soil and I don't usually bother to line them with anything.  I've been composting this way for about four years and don't have a problem with anything escaping.

It's a great way to make compost bins.

Same here wellies.. but has been 3 years for me. I dug mine out recently and realised my amateur ways when I had 1st filled it.... I had stuck loads of soil in there what a nightmare to dig that out!!!

[diggerjoe]

I lined mine after a revamp with some old weed fabric that had been covering a couple of mounds I have now dug over, it was  bit tatty but still stapled on well. I chicken wired the front and made a double thickness weed fabric top wrapped round chicken wire as a lid weighed down with a couple bricks to stop stuff blowing about as its a very windy site. This time I built it properly and layered green and brown and not used it as a dumping ground for anything i didnt know what to do with!