Best Garden Composters for Sale

Here at the Garden Composter site we have looked at a wide variety of garden compost bins.   With small or urban gardens in mind we thought we would bring you our favorites; the Best Garden Composters for Sale today.  Because amazon offer such a wide range of home compost systems at low prices, and with reliability and service in mind we suggest you buy from them.  Click the images or highlighted text to go directly to the amazon sales page for each of our favorites...

Envirocycle Spinning Composter

The Envirocycle Composter has to be our preferred compost tumbler for smaller yards.  The reasons are varied.  

• They look good.  There is nothing worse than an ugly piece of practical garden equipment spoiling a smaller yard.
• Solidly built, with a decent guarantee means you're not buying anything cheap or easy to break.
• Made at least in part from recycled materials
• Sturdy.  Because they have a low center of gravity and sit low to the floor there is far less chance of knocking these over than with the more expensive compost tumblers sitting on long metal legs.
• It doubles as a compost tea maker.  Not only does this give you a way of catching all that useful compost water (a great plant food), it also means you do not get any unsightly run-off around the base of your garden composter.
• Reasonably priced and quick to do their job of making compost.

For more information and a full Envirocycle Compost Tumbler Review click to view our previous article about this amazing piece of home composting equipment.

Earthmaker Aerobic Composter

The Earthmaker Aerobic Composter is a vertical compost bin.  It creates a continuous cycle of home composting.  This system is a little more expensive, but has distinct advantages for those with limited space for multiple compost bins...

• A continuous cycle vertical composting system means you always have room to add more material to the top of the bin.
• Once established (which will take around two months or so), you will have a continuous supply of fresh, well rotted compost to add to the garden.
• Simple to use - no turning spinning or digging which makes it perfect for those in less than robust health.
• Large 120 gallon capacity means the Earthmaker Composter is able to cope with the organic waste of even the largest families.
• Simple snap together assembly.
• Reasonable pricing when you consider that you really will only ever need one garden composter.

For a more detailed Earthmaker Composter review click to view our earlier post.

Worm Factory 360 WF360B Worm Composter

The Worm Factory 360 is another superb choice for those wanting to create great compost at home, without taking up too much space in the yard.  Simple to use, quick and very efficient worm farms offer a portable alternative to the large garden composter...

• Quick and simple to set up.  Pop your worms in and you're ready to start home composting.
• Very small and portable, the Worm Factory 360 will deal with a lot of organic waste but won't take up too much room.
• Suitable for urban situations without a garden at all.  Worm farms can be sited indoors or on patios and balconies.
• Collects compost tea so you have a ready supply of organic liquid feed.
• Includes a fact sheet built into the lid so no-one should forget what can and cannot go into the compost bin.
• A simple way to recycle kitchen food scraps without attracting flies.
• Not for everyone though.  We know that as useful as worms are for the gardener, some folks simply do not want them too close to the house!

The worm factory is an easy to use way of recycling food waste at home without taking up too much valuable space.  The resultant worm castings are said by some to be the finest fertilizer known.  If you want to read the full Worm Factory 360 Review click to refer to our earlier article.

Soilsaver Compost Bin

The reason that we still love the SoilSaver Garden Composter is simple.  This is a no-nonsense, no-frills, basic garden composter.  What that means is that it will probably outlive you and keep on producing great garden compost forever...

• 25 year guarantee - need we say more?  There just isn't really anything to go wrong with this one, so long as you remember the golden rule and put it somewhere flat.
• Cheap.  For under $80 you get a decent sized compost bin that is well-made and simple to put together.
• Made at least in part from recycled materials.
• Dark, well sealed means quick compost (not as quick as the Envirocycle though admittedly) and something that is easy to disguise in a small garden.
• Really easy to keep vermin proof.
• Well ventilated so your garden waste and kitchen scraps will break down aerobically without you turning it unless you really need your organic compost quickly.
• Cheap enough to buy two!

That last point is the one negative point for the SoilSaver Compost Bin, in some situations.  Once it is full you will need to leave it a few months to do its work of digesting all your organic waste.  During this time you need another garden composter.  If you have space that's fine just buy two.  But, if space is really tight we'd suggest you buy the Earthmaker instead as that continuously offers somewhere to place your peelings.  Click to read our full SoilSaver Composter Review.

Best Garden Composters for Sale

So, there you go, our preferred garden composters for sale today.  None are likely to cause you any problems as long as you assemble them correctly and site them suitably.  They all work quickly to provide organic garden compost out of your yard waste and kitchen scraps.  They look tidy and unobtrusive in even the smallest gardens and are all priced economically.

They are all great for incentivising the whole family to recycle more and use less.  No more sending kitchen scraps to land-fill and no more new compost to buy - perfect!

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