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Alas I mustered up the courage to start my compost pile!
in Green Living
For some reason it was intimidating to me, but finally the bin is built and the pile is ready. Essentially it is a pile on the ground, but we ended up building a 3-wall structure around it to make it look a little cleaner. We used old pepsi pallets. And by "we" I mean I told DH what I wanted and he built it - whole thing done in just an hour or so though. Very easy!
Pics in blog.
ETA: Now the pics really are in my blog 
I forgot I scheduled it to post tomorrow...
Re: Alas I mustered up the courage to start my compost pile!
Looks good! With composting, I think the build-up to doing it is the worst part.
Oooh, I love that Florida link. I have a blog post saved and ready to go on starting compost and I think I'll add that one (ETA-And give your blog a shout out!) Funnily enough, I have that same ehow article (or one that is really similar), linked too.
Have fun! I'm excited for you.
What a great idea. Pre-made bins are so expensive and made out of plastic.
This might be a dumb question, but how do you know whether or not the pallets are treated. I wouldn't want to use the compost on my veggie garden if it has chemicals leached from the wood.
The pallets I have are stamped with HT which means they were heat treated. A process frequently used for shipping to lighten the wood (by removing moisture) and thus reduce shipping costs. No chemicals are used in this process - and I confirmed with our friend that they were not chemically treated.
I did find this description online though:
As a rule, treated wood commonly sold to the public is pine. The treatment recipe turns the wood a bit more green than normal(CCA) and a lot mopre green(ACQ) than normal. The other treatments actually look like the wood has been painted green.
If the wood has aged to a gray color on the exterior, making a fresh cut to expose the interior will show the color. Yellow/white means no treatment.
PT wood is treated so the effects of time/insects/water do not have as much effect---the wood lasts much longer than untreated wood.
There are two basic kinds of pallets---heavy duty and one use. One use pallets are often made of pine. They are used for shipping appliances and small machinery. The wood is thin and can be torn apart easily. Heavy duty pallets are built for repeated use and sometimes have to be cut apart, as the glue/fasteners make tearing them apart very difficult. These types are usually made of white oak. I have never seen white oak treated with the same stuff that is used for pine.
HTH!
And recycled!
$20 on craigslist, and our dog can't eat it like he would a wood bin.
"A big chew toy?!? Just for me?!? Why thank you!"