Gone are the days of the unsightly heap in the garden corner. The tapered shape allows you to lift the crate off the compost leaving a neat heap behind. In the early stages of composting the heap can then be turned back into the crate positioned next to the original heap. Add a layer of your matured compost at the top (which also controls flies) and you can actually plant fast growing veggies on top while Mother Nature runs the show down below. The large crate capacity is close to 2 cubic metres, the equivalent of 65 nursery bags of compost (65 x R11/bag = R715), but you can select the size best suited to your garden.

The Enviropost Crate supports the principles of making compost:
1. It allows you to easily build a compost pile in sandwich-like layers to encourage the alternation of green and wet materials with dry, withered matter.
2. The size and shape of the crate is optimised to contribute to compaction, heating and insulation.
3. The vented sides ensures good aeration, which allows the growth of aerobic bacteria needed for good decomposition.

Once you've started making compost you will realise just how much plant material you have been dumping, only to buy the same material back from nurseries. It is easier than you think, and even if you don't take it that serious you will still end up with reasonably nutritious compost.

For years we have been dumping millions of tons of garden waste into landfills without blinking, but today we have to face facts: The capacity of landfills is finite and the costs of maintaining them are growing. It is estimated that home waste could be reduced by 35 percent if feasible material is composted at home.