Frugal Friday – community events
One of the free/donation events I found was for Vermicomposting. Or as I think it should be called, squirmycomposting. The Victory Garden Initiative hosted the class last week and I thought it was a lot of fun. This is another project that’s been on my to-do list, so this seemed like the perfect time to start.
Photo courtesy the Victory Garden Initiative
Matt Ray from the Fernwood Montessori School shared a lot good advice and tips about keeping our red wigglers happy and producing lots of worm castings for us. The class ended with us each making up our own bins. I bought a 10 gallon bin from Menards for $4 with tax. Holes were drilled in the bottom for drainage and it was filled with a layer of wet shredded paper. That was covered with 3 quarts of soil. The owner of the store Future Green, where we met, even donated his worms and gave us each a handful from his own bin.
The handout for this class was emailed out, I’m sure there’d be no problem with forwarding it to anyone who’s interested. Just comment or email me 
You find some good things to do where you are. We are starting to have more community things going on here that are garden & craft related. I’d like to see your class handout. It would be a good thing to share with the new organic gardening group starting here. When I turn the compost pile over every spring I find hundreds of worms. It will be interesting to read about your growing farm. I like projects like these that don’t cost a lot of money but have great benefit !
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March 5th, 2010 at 8:47 am
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I would love to see the handout!
I’ve been composting since I moved into this house about 6 years ago, but I have never tried vermicomposting. There is a couple at our farmer’s market that really pushes this and will sit and explain the whole process to you if you give them the time. They’re really knowledgeable and I always enjoy stopping by their stand.
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viggie Reply:
March 5th, 2010 at 8:49 am
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thank you, thank you for the handout!
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