Saturdays at 11:30 am unless otherwise noted.
Compost update.
The
winter composting season is going great! The active (left) bin has been between
80-115ยบ through the winter thanks to you and Elisa, who has been tending to the
piles weekly. We have filled the left bin with veggie scraps and now are ready
to turn the bins. The contents of the center bin will be moved out to cure
for a couple of months in a pile - location TBD - and the contents of the left
bin will be moved to the center bin to continue composting while we continue
adding to the soon-to-be empty left bin.
We need your help!
1. Somewhat confused by the above? Come help us turn,
or just stop by to provide encouragement! We are waiting for a warmer day to do
this (we missed the warm weather spell!) Let us know if you're willing to give
us a hand and we'll let you know when we pick a date and time.
2. Please let us know if you regularly contribute
scraps to the pile. We're trying
to figure out how many people are contributing to the pile and how often/how
much, so we can know what our capacity has been, better calculate our need for
browns and measure our efficiency.
Tip of the
week: how to break down egg shells
Egg shells are
welcome in the compost pile, BUT they take a VERY LONG time to compost, so it
is particularly important to break them into as small pieces as possible so
they turn into compost faster. This is sometimes tricky because of the thin,
elastic membrane right under the shell. But MJ provides a practical and easy
solution:
1. Keep two stackable containers handy (e.g., yogurt
containers)
2. Place the egg shells in the top container and let
them dry (this will make the egg membrane become brittle)
3. Take the bottom container and put it on top,
pressing and rotating
4. Now you should have small eggshell pieces suitable
for the compost bin.
Thank you for
being a part of this and we hope to see you around, especially as the weather gets
warmer!
