After a few months of marriage I decided to build a compost bin to reduce the amount of trash we were throwing out. I got some materials, drew up a plan, and threw something together. Well, that something has done spectacularly – we’ve reduced our garbage to a half-bag a week, we no longer have a horrible odor when opening the garbage can, and best of all we get great soil for our garden. Our compost bin has worked so well that friends remarked that they wanted one. So last year I made one as a gift for a friend who was expecting her first baby. But this time I took pictures.