Compost Bin

We have bricks made into 3 sides and have spare bricks that can be removed off the front to allow access.
you need to keep them damp over summer as the damp helps it degrade.

we just throw everything in apart from weeds and corn cobs.

and every month use garden fork and toss it over, once its all slushy at the bottom scoop this out and use it in your garden.

If you want to be flash and have access to metal (or and old metal shower base - if doing this modify the drain so it has a hose with tap coming from it) you can make an angled bottom (not too steep) and put a spout with a tap on the end of a chute at the centre of the slope so its easier to get the really watery sludge thats the best and always just gets absorbed into the ground under your compost bin

I haven't built mine yet but have three wooden pallets to make sides and a back.  I'm thinking I will then cover it if necessary with a black sheet of plastic to retain heat.  Haven't quite decided where to put mine yet. 

You can get them from as cheap as $50ish at bunnings. I just got one, but wish I could have afforded the one that is on a stand and rotates.

 at the mice family, I shuddered at that.

Ours is also the compost that continues to give as well. I am hoping that I will grow pumpkins out of it as well as more potatoes and other things.

Blergh at the mouse family! I opened ours one day to see a rather large rat scamper out the back, and now give it a kick and wait a few secs before opening to scare the rats away!

We have the big plastic round ones from the warehouse, 2 of them (one for fresh scraps, other turned and "working"). We layer scraps and lawn clippings, and every month or so I stick the fork in and give it a quick lift to stop it going grotty.