Now that's a compost bin!

[@Berkana]

Paul, consider adding crushed biochar to your compost. I have never seen such an intense improvement to the agronomic value of the compost as when I simply added crushed biochar to compost. The resulting difference in the plants was like night and day, and this is comparing already great compost with the compost made with biochar which previously seemed to already be fantastic. The presence of biochar radically improves the nutrient retention and exchange capacity of the compost, and the compost with biochar lasts longer in the soil. Theory has it that since charcoal cannot biodegrade, it adheres to and coats itself with a coating of decomposition products, and acts like permanent compost in the soil, while carrying out nutrient exchange. Other less well known phenomena explain the nutrient capture and exchange.

[@seamus33cork]

Excited to see how the heat pipes work out I bet it will be very good

[@peacefulscrimp5183]

Best composting video on KZbin 👌

[@SK-kp2tg]

Interesting concept, thank you for sharing. Have some old pallets so maybe trying this one.

[@Kanelbullah]

I'm thinking of using this and put some tubing inside to get some warm water out of it.

[@kickinghorse2405]

Excited for your update!

[@Dirtos]

my main criterium for a compost bin is cost of construction. so my bins are just some recovered wire fence set in a circle like a basket optionally lined with some ground fabric. Looking at your amazing contraption I would imagine the nails /screws in that cost as much to buy as my setup.

[@HusseinAli-yr1rj]

دخلت قناتك ولم أجد شرح لفكرتك من الأحسن آت تعمل فيديو لنرى كيف صنعتها

[@FRZ5951]

Interested to see how much heat you can get out; will you have to control the rate of heat removal to ensure the 'digestion' does not stall?

[@rocklover7437]

Cracking job ,was only thinking about this yesterday .Be even better if it produced methane for cooking as well as heating . The soil from the compost looks rich .

[@mattfarr8863]

Love it! Would this work if it were half that scale? Or does it need that volume to maintain the temperature? Asking for those of us who might not have as much continuous feedstock.

[@Greenshift_PNW]

This is incredible. I'm working on building a compost reactor for methane production as well as a compost heater similar to what you have here. I'm wondering if it would be possible to use the compost tea from the reactor as part of what goes in the heater. It should still have active bacteria and lots of nitrogen right? Have you done any experiments with anaerobic compost reactors?

[@livinb450]

Paul, thanks for your brain and passions. I have a dome question. What keeps us from making a hexagon plane to replace 6 of the triangles when building a dome that is composed on lots of triangles forming hexagons? Same for 5 triangles forming a pentagon,I know not on the very top pentagon. Can we do that? I know the dome will have a flat spot, and look less round. Any other issues?

[@VideoEngineering]

You will introduce a flat, less strong area, and It will lose the advantage of the geodesic dome.

[@helmutm3884]

aweseone, thanks for sharing! why did you use polycarbonate to cover the inside? could I use any other plastic material?

[@AutoNomades]

I guess other material, like dibbon would be better or sheet polycarbonate in place of the corrugated on will last longer. This one leave a lot of plastic crumbs everywhere as it degrades fast..

[@VideoEngineering]

Will it not introduce harmful elements into the soil? Then microplastics.

[@mkeyx82]

Thanks for the update. On a scale 1 to 5, how pleased were the chickens with the compost?

[@mkeyx82]

@@arcadepiano I'm 40, I eat about a thousand eggs yearly for 4 years now and I feel great.

[@offgridhighlandlife]

I bought plans online but I have never been sent them. Can I have the plans or a refund please .

[@figilande8]

What is the design choice behind the sloped sides? I have been thinking about an insulated compost bin myself but way smaller because i cannot feed a big bin or pile to heat it enough to kill seeds.

[@AutoNomades]

Yeah i'm asking myself the same question; It looks like it lost more heat outside and the compost blocks in place of falling when you pull it...