About A Bench

I guess I’m just lucky. (Robb described it as “obsessed,” but close enough.) I’ve spent the last few weeks carefully cruising Craigslist in search of the perfect bench to rehome and rehab into the seating and storage area of our dreams. Lo and behold this beauty, who I found just yesterday:   Isn’t she just [...]

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Compost Happens

Well, I’ve done it. I have finally gone and made us a composter. Thankfully, law school still follows the time-honored academic tradition of giving students a spring break. I’ve been off all week, sitting around the house in my slippers and watching Judge Judy like a member of Tom Brokaw’s “greatest generation.” But I finally got off my keister and finished a project I’ve been meaning to get to for a while now. Designing this composter was somewhat of a challenge. Since spring is coming up shortly, I’ll be planting vegetables, etc. soon. I didn’t want to wait months and months to have beautiful, nutrient-rich, black compost so I decided that I needed a hybrid design that combined the functionality of a pile with the effectiveness of a tumbler. What I ended up designing was an easily stirred, removable bucket that filters the compost and sits inside a larger bin that catches that compost. Thus the “Whirly-Composter” was born.

Check out the steps after the jump and DIY!

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