Any recommendations for an inexpensive compost bin to use as a door prize for a gardening program?

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My library is sponsoring a Master Gardener program in July on composting. We would like to offer a small but inexpensive compost bin as an incentive/door prize for our audience.   May I have some recommendations? We don't want to spend over $50.

Marduk · Accepted Answer

I have a 3 bin of this and very good.   

http://www.gardeners.com/Single-Bin-Wire-Composter/40-279,default,pd.html?start=2&q=composting

Nice and simple, long lasting. Can be added to.

Kacky · Answer

Anything inexpensive is going to be kind of ugly to give as a prize. How about a nice square bin with a cover and a few starter worms, or a good book on composting instead?

houseplant doctor · Answer

You can build one out of wood and chicken wire.  Otherwise check out prices on line, at your local stores that sell composters.  I just bury the vegetable material in the ground around my perennials and let it compost naturally.  
I did have a certain area where I buried the material, and after a few years, I used it in my gardens.  But it usually goes out faster than it becomes viable soil here in New England so now I just bury the material near the berry bushes and other plants.

Any recommendations for an inexpensive compost bin to use as a door prize for a gardening program?

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