The fall through spring temperatures in Little Rock are lower than they are here in San Diego, which are still lower than Jarred has in South Florida. One month cooking time during this period seems a bit optimistic for Austin's location.
Below is my 80-gallon tumbler purchased from a supplier in Oregon, with the wheelbarrow shown for size comparison. There is a white vent protruding from the bottom which is connected to perforated 2 inch vertical pipe. The plastic mesh they supplied to cover the vent hole is too flimsy -- I replaced it with stainless 1/8 inch duct mesh.
Anything that doesn't fit in the barrel goes into the big pile shown below the composter. On the far left of that picture there is a bit of silver tarp that is covering a 13.5 horsepower chipper-shredder, used to transition large material from "the big pile" into the composter. This pile takes about 5 months to produce about 8 inches of compost at the bottom.
Below that is a picture of a rotating drum type composter that some of my relatives and colleagues have. As I mentioned earlier, a few of these people have made their own using surplus portable cement mixers.
