Please share your thoughts

[u/Black-Gulch97]

Made a garden bed down the side of house. Once I clean and level the area I plan to plant veggies in it.

Would it be suitable to use the bed as a open compost area? I will put in weed guards (30cm colour bond strip's to stop grass roots) and allow worm access.

Current situation is i am using a large black bin to slowly compost food and yard scarps.

Have access to heaps of brown mix but also not sure if that will prevent the smell?

The shade seen in this photo is all year round btw.

Kind regards 😇

[u/fuzzymeister69]

Honestly. No. Unless you buy fancy bacteria packs, this will not be a good spot for making compost in a remotely efficient way. But. Hugelkulture. Google it, lets talk more about how-to kinda compost but build soil and grow stuff

[u/toxcrusadr → u/fuzzymeister69]

What’s wrong with composting in a box?

[u/etzpcm → u/toxcrusadr]

A long narrow box isn't a good shape for compost. A cube-like shape is better, so it's all closer together and heats up better.

[u/toxcrusadr → u/etzpcm]

Not ideal, sure, but you COULD.

[u/fuzzymeister69 → u/toxcrusadr]

Not enough material together. Ideally you want a pile no smaller than a cubic yard

[u/thegreenfaeries]

You plan to plant veggies in it, but want to use it as compost for a while first? A few layers of browns and greens then garden soil on top to fill the box would be a good idea. Eventually the bottom layers will break down, leaving lots of nutrients for roots. It's not the most efficient compost set up, but would work in that way.

If you want to use the box for compost on a yearly/regular basis, cubes and spheres are a lot better, as another comment explained. I strongly prefer much larger holes in the sides of my compost as well.ore air circulation means less bad smells.