From Garbage to Garden: Composting Workshop with Brenda Platt

Did you know you can compost your kitchen scraps and yard trimmings right in your backyard?You don't need any fancy equipment (although there are benefits to an enclosed system). Successful composting at home is all about making the beneficial microbes that live in a composting pile happy. Like us, theyneed air, water, and food.

Brenda Platt, the director of the Composting for Community Initiative at the Institute for Local Self-Reliance shared the basics and tips to getting started for the ReWild Long Island Community, and answered questions.

AReWild Long IslandMay 11, 2020education, composting

Getting Started With Bokashi

Don’t throw away good food … or even bad food. Food scraps and yard waste need to be kept out of the landfill where they can contribute up to 20% of greenhouse gas emissions. That is also great organic matter that could go back into your garden helping raise your spring flowers or spring onions!

Raju and Paul have recently started experimenting with indoor food waste recycling using the Bokashi technique. This is an indoor fermentation method for creating compostable matter without any flies, smell, rodents or fuss …

AReWild Long IslandApril 10, 2020composting

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