Caring about Composting!
Posted by Joshua Bartosiewicz- Looking at mature compost.
- Finding worms and worm eggs in the mature compost.
- WORMS!
- Understanding the parts of a compost pile.
- Compost Master breaks down the essentials for a healthy compost pile.
- Learning about the different ingredients that make up a compost pile.
- The compost pile dance!
- Mixing up the pile more in the dance!
- Checking out the tomato and squash plants that sprouted in the compost pile.
- Showing off some tools we’ll be using to mix up the pile.
- Checking out the start of a new compost pile.
This year, every Monday Unquowa 8th graders are fortunate enough to learn and take part in the schools composting program. As of 2022, Unquowa has teamed up with Park City Composting, which is a composting organization based out of Bridgeport, CT. The school is working hand-in-hand with Tommy (the composting Master from Park City Composting) to educate our students on composting, sustainable waste practices, and gardening methods. In these weekly environmentally themed classes, students are able to have a hands-on experience in which they’ll gain an understanding on how to properly compost as well as learn about its benefits; not only is it important for people but the environment too! In our first visit, the students learned about the different materials thats make up a compost pile (food waste, woodchips, leaves, wood shavings) and they were able to check out some soil samples of mature compost from last year’s compost pile. Unquowa and the students are very eager to explore deeper into the realm of composting this year! ROT ON!
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