​Compost bin finally finished!

Tuesday 13 th November
Having stayed away on Monday afternoon because they forecast rain showers (There were none!) I came down Tuesday morning to try and finish building the desperately needed compost bin.
The first task was to try and straighten up the end panel of the centre bin. I unscrewed the three screws that retained the misaligned front edge. Two had sheared off and I had to use pliers to extract them. I also had to brace the front panel to keep it in place while the contents pushed outward and I manoeuvred the end panel into the correct position. After some struggling I screwed it back in to place with longer screws.

Having shovelled the patch as level as I could I screwed the back and two sides together before realising I would need to set the slabs down under them and they were wider than the bin would be. I managed to wedge the four 2ft by 1ft slabs under the panels along the back before using various slabs to line the front of the bin and installed the front panel.

​The end result looks quite smart making me wish I had taken the trouble to paint the timber with preservative - but then that would have taken even longer!

​​​There was no time to put anything in the bin as by then I was late going home!