- The simplest method of home composting is starting an open pile in a corner of your yard, but that can be unsightly, smelly, and attract insects and animal foragers. It may also be against the laws in your town.
- A tumbling composter like our top pick, the Yimby Tumbler Composter, makes it very simple to collect materials, speeds up the decomposition of organics by generating heat, and keeps the compost out of sight.
Compost is like gold for your garden, encouraging healthy growth, strong roots, and bountiful blooms. Plants need vitamins and nutrients for proper growth just as you do, and compost is like a multi-vitamin for greenery.
Not only is compost a great way to nourish your plants, it is also an environmentally sound way of disposing of materials that otherwise would go in the garbage. You can buy a bag of compost at the garden center, but why pay good money, then haul a heavy bag home in your car, when it's so easy to turn the scraps and rubbish you otherwise would throw away into compost at home?
Composting isn't difficult, although it does take some time and attention. The right composter makes it even easier, however. There are a lot of composters in many different forms, so we decided to sort through them and whittle the choices down to the top seven.
Here are our choices for the best compost bins:
- Best composter overall: Yimby Tumbler Composter
- Best rolling compost bin: Envirocycle Tumbler Bin
- Best kitchen composter: SCD Probiotics All Season Indoor Composter Kit
- Best compost scrap container: Erica Stainless Steel Compost Bin
- Best worm bin composter: Worm Factory 360
- Best basic closed compost bin: Soil Saver Classic Compost Bin
- Best open compost bin: Geobin Compost Bin
- How to compost: An intro to the basics
Updated on 06/26/2019 by Les Shu: Updated prices, links, and formatting.
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