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Backyard
Composting
Vermicomposting (worms!)
LEARN
MORE:
Read this New York Times article about urban composting with worms!
See
PRC discuss the backyard and vermicomposting workshops in this At Home With the Environment Segment on
KDKA’s Pittsburgh Today Live.
Interested in starting your own garden and/or meeting other gardeners in the Pittsburgh area? Join the Pittsburgh Garden Experiment here.
Backyard Composting
Composting is nature’s way
of recycling. By utilizing the natural process of decomposition, organic
materials often considered “waste,” such as grass clippings, food scraps,
autumn leaves and even paper, can be recycled back into a rich soil
conditioner. Through this transition, soil organisms, many of which are too
small to see, break down the organic material in a compost pile so that
valuable plant nutrients can be released for future generations of plants to
use. Composting helps you reduce your waste stream, it improves the health of
your gardens, and most of all its easy to do and enjoyable.
Workshop
Details:
This
workshop thoroughly covers the importance of
composting,
setting up a compost pile, proper maintenance and ways of using finished
compost. Participants will receive an Earth Machine
Compost Bin with attendance. This bin, approved across the
state as an ideal bin for urban and suburban areas, has an eighty-gallon
capacity.
PRC East
Backyard Composting Workshops
(held at PRC Office at 3606 Providence Road, Newtown Square unless otherwise indicated)
BYC Cost: $50 Single/$55 Couple (Includes
one compost unit per registration)
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Thursday, July 11, 2013
6:30 PM
PRC
3606 Providence Road, Newtown Square
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For more information or to sign up, email Diana Andrejczak by clicking her name, or call her at: (610) 353-1555 ext. 232
Worm Composting
“All the fertile areas of this
planet have at least
once passed through the bodies
of earthworms.”
-- Charles Darwin |
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Worm composting or vermicomposting ("Vermi" is Latin for "worm.") is an effective way to recycle both food and paper waste. According to the EPA, approximately 10% of the waste stream is food and over 38% of the waste stream is paper. These materials can be removed from the waste stream and used as resources, specifically food and bedding, for a worm bin. Not only is vermicomposting valuable in reducing volume in the waste stream, it also produces two highly marketable products: worms and castings. Red worms are sold as bait within the fishing industry and worm castings are for sale in many lawn and garden centers as an organic fertilizer.
Worm your way into composting with one of
nature’s most efficient recyclers, the earthworm! Worm composting is an easy
way to recycle organic kitchen waste and turn it into valuable and
nutrient-rich soil fertilizer.
Read
about worm composting in the news (featuring PRC’s
vermicomposting workshop)
Workshop
Details:
Learn
about the benefits of composting with worms. It’s easy, fun, odorless and
produces a great soil additive! Workshop participants will learn how to house,
feed, harvest and care for their own worms. Be prepared to roll-up your sleeves
and make your own worm composting bin! Each participant or couple will be
provided with a bin, instructions, and worms. You will go home with a complete,
ready to use vermiculture system!
PRC East Vermicomposting Workshops
(held at PRC Office at 3606 Providence Road, Newtown Square unless
otherwise indicated)
Cost: (Includes one compost unit per registration)
Cost: $45 Single/$50 Couple at
PRC’s Eastern Campus in Ridley Creek State Park
For more information or to sign up, email Diana Andrejczak by clicking her name, or call her at: (610) 353-1555 ext. 232
Wednesday, August 7, 2013
6:30 PM
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