Real Compost is Four Months Away @ Soiled Farm!
Learn how to cultivate beneficial microbes for your landscape, orchards and gardens! Get hands-on experience sourcing materials that you have around you and creating compost that works. Location: Near SE 122nd/Stark (details to be emailed to registrants 24 hours before class). Thermophilic and S.P.I.C.E. methods will be examined on different days. Appropriate for all ages, Under 18 must be accompanied by adult supervision. $50/adults, children/youth under 18 are free. Limit 15. After the class, we are co-conspirators for creating rich compost! No one turned away for lack of funds, sliding scale.
Saturday, October 24 10-11:30 a.m. (thermophilic method)
Saturday, November 14 10-11:30 a.m. (SPICE method)
Email cheryl.lohrmann[at]gmail.com to rsvp. Venmo @cheryl-lohrmann
Learn how to identify soil microbes by watching them live-casted from a microscope camera and whether a sample has all the microbes your crops, orchards, landscapes, need! Bring your soil samples in a sandwich baggy if you want to check out your compost, vermicompost, or garden soil's microbial diversity! Bonus: Find out your microbial personality; are you more like a bacteria, fungi, protozoa, or nematode? $50/person and $25 for youth under age 12. Limit 15. No one turned away for lack of funds, sliding scale.
Time TBA. Email cheryl.lohrmann[at]gmail.com if you are interested!