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Costco Members: Vita Keyhole 6' x 6' Composting Garden Bed

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Costco Wholesale has for its Members: Vita Keyhole 6' x 6' Composting Garden Bed (VT17118) on sale for $199.97. Shipping is free.

Thanks to Community Member babgaly for finding this deal.

Note: You need to be an active Costco Member and signed in to your account to purchase at sale price, otherwise non-members may purchase but are subject to a 5% surcharge. Item may be available in your local warehouse for a lower non-delivered price.

Features:
  • Food grade BPA and phthalate free vinyl, so you can grow food safely and with confidence
  • Compost household waste and grow fresh, organic vegetables in the same garden
  • Maintenance free: Easy to maintain and clean
  • Color: White
  • 20-year warranty against material defects
  • Recycles own box
  • Requires minimal watering
  • No soil turnover
Specifications:
  • Dimensions 72″ L x 72″ W x 22″ H (183 cm L x 183 cm W x 56 cm H)
  • Compost Basket: 23.9" L x 12.4" W x 22" H (60.7cm L x 31.5cm W x 56cm H)
  • Assembled Weight: 53 lbs (24 kg)
  • Planting Area: 30 sq ft (2.8 sq m)
  • Soil Capacity: 50 cu ft (1.9 cu yards) (1415.8 liters)
  • Compost Volume: 4 cu ft (0.11 cu m)
  • Tools Required: Hammer is required to secure posts into the ground
  • Product has no bottom floor
  • Approx. Time Commitment: 2 person, 1.5 Hours (additional time required for filling garden)

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    • Our research indicates that this deal is $87.58 less (30% savings) than the next best available price from a reputable merchant with prices starting from $287.55 at the time of this posting.
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Features:
Composter and Garden Bed in One
72" W x 72" D x 22" H


Features:
Material: Food grade BPA and phthalate free vinyl, so you can grow food safely and with confidence
Compost household waste and grow fresh, organic vegetables in the same garden
Maintenance free: Easy to maintain and clean
Color: White
20-year warranty against material defects
Recycles own box
Requires minimal watering
No soil turnover


Specifications:
Dimensions 72″ L x 72″ W x 22″ H (183 cm L x 183 cm W x 56 cm H)
Compost Basket: 23.9" L x 12.4" W x 22" H (60.7cm L x 31.5cm W x 56cm H)
Assembled Weight: 53 lbs (24 kg)
Planting Area: 30 sq ft (2.8 sq m)
Soil Capacity: 50 cu ft (1.9 cu yards) (1415.8 liters)
Compost Volume: 4 cu ft (0.11 cu m)
Tools Required: Hammer is required to secure posts into the ground
Product has no bottom floor
Approx. Time Commitment: 2 person, 1.5 Hours (additional time required for filling garden)
Number of Boxes: 1

https://www.costco.com/vita-keyho...ue&nf=true
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While this may currently be the best price, I feel like there was a time these were heavily discounted at various outlets including Costco and Sam's Club as well. I suppose we can chalk it up to inflation, but pretty pricey. Honestly, aside from the composting component, making a raised garden bed is extreme easy with some wood from HD.

Some of you all may be really good at hobbies / passions but I often go through phases with gardening being one of them so my raised beds eventually got neglected lol. So having a homemade one made it easy to break down and burn the wood.

Funny / but probably true if you have slugs problem: "The compost basket sounds like a great idea, but the truth is it's a really big problem. It stinks and attracts flies during the day, and worst of all, tons of slugs at night. If you go out with a flashlight after it is dark, especially if there is moisture in the air, slugs are already all over the white PVC walls on their way into the garden you worked so hard to get to started. To add insult to injury, the slugs also crawl into the hollow PVC posts where they sleep during the day. You can watch them pushing the post caps up and crawling out of their built in garden bedrooms after the sun goes down."
Some find it to be relaxing to do some gardening, for the issues you noted, just grow and donate the vegetables to the homeless. You get the relaxation from gardening and the satisfaction in helping out your homeless community. It's a win-win situation and turning a negative into a positive.
What? the whole point of a raised bed is to NOT cross-contam with whatever the farks going on with your dirt.

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01-14-2023 at 06:29 AM.
01-14-2023 at 06:29 AM.
Quick Price Comparison and links for additional reviews:

Amazon - $299.45
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https://www.homedepot.com/p/Class.../316420308
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01-17-2023 at 08:43 AM.
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looks too small for me.. and how is this a composter? every bed is a composter then

*missed the sepearate compartment. still not for me.. i compost separately but this might be fun for others.
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01-17-2023 at 09:51 AM.
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Quote from ShrewdDime9454 :
looks too small for me.. and how is this a composter? every bed is a composter then
not a huge garden, no... but this is pretty sizeable for most people, Essentially two 3 x 6 beds
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Quote from ShrewdDime9454 :
looks too small for me.. and how is this a composter? every bed is a composter then

Did you not bother to look at the product? A quick look at the pics show a compartment specifically for putting compost in.
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Quote from ShrewdDime9454 :
looks too small for me.. and how is this a composter? every bed is a composter then
there seems to be a small, separated section where you can put compost
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01-17-2023 at 10:03 AM.
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Newbie gardener looking for a good Compost bin deal. Please share.
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As we are on slickdeals, financially such Garden beds do not makes sense to grow vegetables in north-east backyard. Additionally, it may not be healthy or organic, as garden beds are generally in backyard, where lawn fertilizer and weed killers will be sprayed, which will leech into vegetables.
What? the whole point of a raised bed is to NOT cross-contam with whatever the farks going on with your dirt.
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Quote from dingdong123 :
As we are on slickdeals, financially such Garden beds do not makes sense to grow vegetables in north-east backyard. Additionally, it may not be healthy or organic, as garden beds are generally in backyard, where lawn fertilizer and weed killers will be sprayed, which will leech into vegetables.

Some find it to be relaxing to do some gardening, for the issues you noted, just grow and donate the vegetables to the homeless. You get the relaxation from gardening and the satisfaction in helping out your homeless community. It's a win-win situation and turning a negative into a positive.
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While this may currently be the best price, I feel like there was a time these were heavily discounted at various outlets including Costco and Sam's Club as well. I suppose we can chalk it up to inflation, but pretty pricey. Honestly, aside from the composting component, making a raised garden bed is extreme easy with some wood from HD.

Some of you all may be really good at hobbies / passions but I often go through phases with gardening being one of them so my raised beds eventually got neglected lol. So having a homemade one made it easy to break down and burn the wood.

Funny / but probably true if you have slugs problem: "The compost basket sounds like a great idea, but the truth is it's a really big problem. It stinks and attracts flies during the day, and worst of all, tons of slugs at night. If you go out with a flashlight after it is dark, especially if there is moisture in the air, slugs are already all over the white PVC walls on their way into the garden you worked so hard to get to started. To add insult to injury, the slugs also crawl into the hollow PVC posts where they sleep during the day. You can watch them pushing the post caps up and crawling out of their built in garden bedrooms after the sun goes down."
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Quote from ShrewdDime9454 :
looks too small for me.. and how is this a composter? every bed is a composter then

Click into Costco link and it will show that the center area where it has the lattice divider is the compost area. Based on the description, the lattice divider can be removed so you can easily move the compost to the surrounding soil.
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Quote from RockPasta :
What? the whole point of a raised bed is to NOT cross-contam with whatever the farks going on with your dirt.
This is my biggest problem. The 10 beds we have are all on top of thick plastic. Weeds and gophers. I really want to gut everything and connect it to soil but gophers are brutal here so i'd have to have some major metal framework low. too much work arg.
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Quote from Smart04 :
Newbie gardener looking for a good Compost bin deal. Please share.
If you don't want to pay for a tumbler type of composter you should just get a large trash bin with fairly flat lid and use that. Add stuff, flip. Add stuff, flip.

i have a huge pile myself
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