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My compost bin lid snapped clean off in a windstorm last Tuesday
It was a cheap plastic thing from a big box store, maybe five years old. The hinge just gave out, and the lid went flying into my neighbor's yard. I was pretty annoyed because I use that bin for all our kitchen scraps, and I didn't want critters getting in. Instead of buying a new one, I spent the weekend building a new lid from some old fence pickets and a scrap of wire mesh I had in the garage. It's not pretty, but it's solid and lets air in. Felt good to fix something instead of tossing it. Anyone else had to MacGyver a fix for their garden setup after something broke?
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davidwright4d ago
Nice work on the DIY lid. I used to be the guy who would just order a replacement part immediately. Then my wheelbarrow tire went flat for the third time. I finally patched it with a bike tire kit and some heavy duty glue, and that was five years ago. Sometimes the janky fix outlasts the original product.
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