Planting for the Future
Beginning in July, our community compost program will be up and running. Our goal is to recycle the kitchen and yard waste from Island households and businesses, up to the holding capacity of our structure, diverting the waste from being dumped and carted off-island. All while producing black soil to enrich our gardens and orchards.
We will begin to accept compost materials at a new three-bin collection site located at Gathering Ground. Stay tuned for more information in the spring. While we need a tractor to adequately manage a compost program of some size, we will keep the bins small for the first year which will allow it to … Continue reading Community Compost
JOIN THE ART AND NATURE CENTER AND GATHERING GROUND Thursday, June 29 10 AM at Gathering Ground on Airport Rd FOR A PRESENTATION ON LASAGNA GARDENING Join Russell Rolffs for a demonstration on lasagna gardening. Learn how to prepare a new patch of land for next year's garden by layering different types of everyday (and … Continue reading What is Lasagna Gardening? [demo]
Russell enjoyed helping students at the island school with their composting projects.
