Boulder Vermicomposting

Fall composting workshops around Boulder

Boulder County Resource Conservation is putting on three free recycling workshops in November.  While these aren’t worm centric, I thought they might be of interest to readers.

LAFAYETTE
Compost Workshop (FREE)
Thursday, November 5, 2009, 6:30-8:30 pm
Lafayette Public Library
775 W Baseline Rd, Lafayette (located at 287 & Baseline)

LONGMONT
Compost Workshop (FREE)
Saturday, November 7, 2009, 10am -12pm
Boulder County Parks & Open Space
5201 St Vrain Rd, Longmont
For a map see: <http://www.bouldercounty.org/openspace/contact_page.htm>

BOULDER
Compost Workshop (FREE)
Saturday, November 14, 2009, 10am -12pm, for America Recycles Day
Boulder County Recycling Center
1901 63rd St., Boulder

RSVP to Jennifer Bohn (space is limited)

Feel free to RSVP to Jennifer at jbohn (at) boulder county (dot) org, or give her a call at 720 564 2242 if you have questions.

Add comment September 8th, 2009

'Boulder Worms' Newsletter Archive Available

I publish a monthly newsletter called ‘Boulder Worms’.  Feel free to subscribe–I’ll never send you spam.  I have made my previous newsletters available on this site.  I cover a wide range of topics–excerpts of interviews, article commentary, tips and tricks I’ve discovered in my worm keeping–in my newsletter.   Most of the content will be drawn from my blog, but often I’ll send the content to the newsletter list before I post to my blog.  The content will just be more folksy, timely, and delivered right to your email.

I also switched my hostname from vermicomposting.wordpress.com to bouldervermicomposting.com.  The content will remain the same, but the name more accurately reflects what I’m trying to achieve.  I really do want to create a place where people from Colorado can find answers to their vermicomposting questions.  That doesn’t mean that I won’t post the occasional article about earthworms in Minnesota, but I do want to be a local resource.

1 comment June 18th, 2009

Composting Workshop In Boulder Next Week

Boulder County Recycles is having a backyard composting workshop next weekend. Workshops are regularly announced on the website. Details:

• Cost: Free
• Where: Boulder County Recycling Center, 1901 63rd St., Boulder
• When: Nov 15, 8:30 – 10:30 am
• RSVP: Space is limited to 30 people. RSVP to jbohn@BoulderCounty.org or call 720-564-2242

Full description:

This workshop is suitable for beginners and seasoned composters wanting to brush up on their knowledge. We will look at a variety of composting methods and home uses for your finished products.

Backyard composting . . . What is it? How does it work? How do I start? Learn with hands-on learning through interactive demonstrations. Tools and techniques for successful backyard composting will be explained.

Residents are encouraged to compost in their own backyard. Keeping food scraps, yard waste and other organics out of the landfill and composting them in your own backyard is the best way to reduce your carbon footprint.

Plus, you will get beautiful compost to use for your own plants and flowers.

While not strictly related to vermiculture, composting is another useful way of turning waste into gold. They also will be selling the square compost bins, that I use as my worm bin, at a discount.

Add comment November 8th, 2008

Vermiculture Workshop in Boulder Next Week

Updated: Here’s the website announcement of this workshop.

Transition Boulder County is having a vermiculture workshop next week. From emails (I couldn’t find an announcment on the web):

• Cost: $25 (includes worms)
• Where: 4500 19th Street in the Boulder Meadows Community Room.
• When: Nov 13th, 7-9 pm.
• RSVP: Call 303-494-1521, or email alice@transitionbouldercounty.org.

Full Description:

Winter is coming and your hot compost pile will soon be slowing down. Hit the ground running by participating in this hands-on workshop, building your own worm bin from scratch. Learn the many benefits of indoor composting with worms.

At the end of the evening, you will have everything you need (including a supply of worms) to begin composting your kitchen scraps and turning them into rich, loamy amendment for your spring garden and potted plants.

Please register early, as class size is limited! Registration $25. Call 303-494-1521, or email alice@transitionbouldercounty.org.

Add comment November 8th, 2008