[Community_garden] Composting at school

[Mike McGrath]

yikes! Food waste won't compost by itself; it just turns into a stinky mess. 
You need a secure location, large amounts of brown matter and constant 
turning to prevent meat and other non-veggie food waste from turning into a 
major vermin and filth fly problem. (Or indoor worm bins.)

www.jgpress.com has some journals and publications that explain this in 
depth. And you can look under "C" here for some of my basic composting info:
http://www.gardensalive.com/article_mcgrath.asp?ai=4&bhcd2=1206731270

                                                ===Mike McG

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Liesel Carlsson" <lieselcarlsson at gmail.com>
To: <community_garden at list.communitygarden.org>
Sent: Friday, March 28, 2008 12:50 PM
Subject: [Community_garden] Composting at school


> Hi all,
> I am working with a school that has a small food garden with an on
> site compost bin. The school is renewing their efforts to sort their 
> waste,
> and would like to start dumping classroom and cafeteria scraps into the
> compost bin, for later use in the garden, of course.
>
> Separating waste in the classroom is challenging enough without having to
> create two separate compost bins: one with meat and other smelly stuff 
> that
> attracts rodents, and one with less stinky stuff.
>
> I would like to draw on the wisdom of those of you engaged in gardening at
> schools. Can we dump all the compostables in our bin, turkey sandwhich
> scraps and all?
>
> Thanks kindly,
> Liesel
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