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composting

Vermi-composting Presentation #yyc events

Thumbnail image for Vermi-composting Presentation #yyc events June 5, 2009 by Ryan Slifka

From the website:
Compost in your home with red wiggler worms! This one-hour workshop helps take the mystery out of indoor composting. Participants learn about different bin types as well as the role that worms and microorganisms play in vermi-composting. After the presentation participants will be able to build, maintain and troubleshoot a worm bin.
The cost [...]

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Outdoor Composting Workshop #yyc events

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From the website:
Compost is a valuable soil amendment. It has a high organic matter content and helps return to the soil many properties which are lost over time and with use.
Compost is produced through the recycling of organic materials. Food scraps, leaves and yard trimmings, paper, wood, manure and the remains of agricultural crops can [...]

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Bokashi Indoor Fermentation Composting Workshop #yyc events

Thumbnail image for Bokashi Indoor Fermentation Composting Workshop #yyc events June 3, 2009 by Ryan Slifka

From the website:
Clean Calgary Association is happy to present Christine and Gerry Riddell as guest speakers on June 11 from 6:00-7:00pm.
Bokashi, a form of intensive composting, is perfect for those people who live in condos where they are unable to have a regular compost bin or for those who wish to have their compost break [...]

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Yardsharing, common security, and more: New Resilient Digest

Thumbnail image for Yardsharing, common security, and more: New Resilient Digest March 6, 2009 by Mike Soron

The New Resilient Digest contains links from around the web — new information and media on food, energy, and economics.
Find Yardsharing partners at a new online community for hyperlocavores. Yardsharing is an arrangement within communities to share skills and resources to grow local food. Quite new, but looks very promising.
TheKitchn runs through a great weekend [...]

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