Harrod Horticultural (UK) - 466 Litre Earthmaker

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466 Litre Earthmaker £139.95

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The clever triple chamber design of the 466 Litre Earthmaker holds compost at different stages of maturity, garden or food waste goes in at the top and as the top chambers fill, pull-out trays can be removed monthly to spill contents below for a continuous composting cycle, which also helps the aeration process too!

• The most mature mulch/compost (20/30 litres) can be accessed through the generous door opening.
• Supplied complete with full instructions and a push-pull tool for mixing and stirring.
• Measures 120cm H x 75cm W
• Allows continuous input of kitchen and garden waste to the top chamber
• Uses gravity to do all the hard work
• Provides a continuous source of compost from the bottom chamber
• Easy to assemble and use
• Produces good quality compost faster than traditional methods
• Large 466 litre capacity
• Composts aerobically thus minimising greenhouse gas emissions
• Mature compost in held in separate compartment and accessed through door - no need to tip or lift bin
• Ready to use compost doesn't get mixed with fresh additions
• No need for digging, turning and transferring material
• Regular aerating unneccessary
• No tools or screws required for assembly
• Capable of processing 1000-1500kg of mixed kitchen and garden waste per year, providing around 20-30 litres of compost every month

This triple-chamber bin could help you take the hard work out of home composting. It's clean and easy-to-use, and is intended to rot down suitable waste around twice as fast as traditional bins.
Grow Your Own magazine, Spring 09 (Issue 9)

Works well - compost began forming quickly.
Garden News, December 2006

HOW EARTHMAKER WORKS

Earthmaker is a three chamber bin that allows a constant input of organic material in the top chamber and provides a continuous source of compost from the bottom. This novel concept makes it possible to process significantly greater quantities of kitchen and garden waste at faster rates than ordinary single chamber composters. The ingenious design features a removable floor to the top chamber that allows material to be moved from the top to the middle chamber without effort. Material is mixed and aerated in the process.

Then, every month or so, the pull-out panel in the floor of the top chamber is removed allowing the material to tumble into the middle chamber. Over the next few weeks the material in the middle chamber will gradually decompose further and begin to spill down the sloping shelf into the bottom chamber.

The top chamber can be filled with food scraps and garden waste. The mixture will heat up and compact down over a few days. Kitchen waste can continue to be added on a daily basis and garden waste whenever the lawns are mowed or the garden is weeded.

Earthmaker

After a further month, the compost in this lowest chamber should have reached a suitable maturation point to enable it to be removed and used on the garden. It will take a minimum of 12 weeks before mature compost can be removed from the Earthmaker.

After your Earthmaker has been assembled the top chamber can be filled with food scraps and garden waste. The mixture will heat up and compact down over a few days. Kitchen waste can continue to be added on a daily basis and garden waste whenever the lawns are mowed or the garden is weeded.

Then, every month or so, the pull-out panel in the floor of the top chamber is removed allowing the material to tumble into the middle chamber. After the panel has been replaced, the top chamber continues to be filled as before. Over the next few weeks the material in the middle chamber will gradually decompose further and begin to spill down the sloping shelf into the bottom chamber. Before emptying the top chamber again, it is necessary to check the middle chamber is clear and perhaps use the tool provided to push the mulch into the bottom chamber.

After a further month, the compost in this lowest chamber should have reached a suitable maturation point to enable it to be removed and used on the garden.

Earthmaker requires very little attention. Once a month the contents can be quickly moved down from chamber to chamber. It will take a minimum of 12 weeks before mature compost can be removed from the Earthmaker, depending on the season and the climate, but once established the continuous cycle process enables an Earthmaker to provide 20 - 30 litres of excellent compost every month.