Benefits of a Rotating Barrel Composter

A rotating barrel composter can dramatically accelerate the speed at which you turn your yard and food waste into usable high-quality compost. There are several reasons for this.

Aeration

The first reason that a rotating barrel composter works so effectively is that it is very easy to properly aerate your compost.

In the past, with the traditional compost pile, people would have to do this with a pitchfork, which would lead to people rarely doing this, or not doing this effectively.

But when everything is in an easy to rotate composter, this can be done on a regular basis and the whole high pile is properly aerated.

Particle Breakdown

The second reason why a rotating barrel composter work so well is that the rotating process physically breaks down the particles into smaller pieces.

The smaller the pieces you put into your composter, the quicker they will be degraded. Thus anything that breaks down these pieces into smaller pieces, will speed up the process.

Labor Savings

If you're still not convinced that a rotating barrel composter would work for you, just think of how much labor it will save you. No longer will you have to put up with the backbreaking work of using a pitchfork to turn your compost pile over.

Also you no longer have to put up with the smell of it either.  Because all you have to do is rotate the barrel and walk away. You don't have to stand there for hours shoveling your compost into a new pile.