2024-08-24 Composting at Home 101 PDF WITHOUT NOTES.pdf
- 1. COMPOSTING 101 Ellen Book, UF/IFAS Extension Miami-Dade County Master Gardener Link to slide presentation: TINYURL.com/SoilBoost Welcome! We’ll begin at 2pm
- 2. Ellen Book, Branch Manager Pinecrest Branch Library booke@mdpls.org www.mdpls.org
- 14. Monday, July 8 10:00 AM
- 16. Thursdays, October 10 – December 19 10am – Noon A hands-on program for Miami-Dade County parents and babies 0 – 6 months to promote your baby’s social, emotional and language development while providing a loving and safe environment for them.
- 20. From 10:30 to 11:30 am With the Crafty Korner
- 21. The collection contains: Over 70 magazines 350,000 audiobooks 20,000 Braille Books ALL AGES MIAMI-DADE AND MONROE COUNTIES
- 22. Unable to visit the library in person due to disabilities or caregiving? Items are mailed to your home for free, including return postage.
- 31. Tuesdays & Thursdays 10am-12:30pm Sponsored by the Miami Palmetto Adult & Community Education Center 305-270-2707
- 37. 7 day check out for full music albums
- 39. TV SHOWS & MOVIES 3-DAY CHECKOUT
- 44. Hands-on environmental craft programs Green Alien Invasion Edwin Villasmil & Elba Martinez Wed., Sept 18, 2024 @ 4pm
- 46. Purrfect Match Cat Adoption Sponsored by Cat Network SATURDAY, AUGUST 24, 2024 @ 10am-1pm
- 48. First Saturdays, Jan–Nov @ 10:30am
- 49. POETRY SOIREE First Wednesdays 1pm – 3pm
- 50. HOW NOT TO GET HACKED First Wednesdays 6:30-7:30pm
- 52. Last Thursdays, @ 3:30pm
- 55. TERTULIA LITERARIA Last Tuesdays, 10am – 11:30
- 57. A GOOD BOOK HYBRID BOOKCLUB SEPT 5, 2024 @6PM
- 59. PFLAG Fourth Saturdays 11am – 1pm
- 60. Saturday,Sept 14, 2024 @ 10:30am - Noon
- 61. Sept 18, 2024 10 am – 2 pm Telephone 305-668-4571 Pinecrest Library for an appointment or email booke@mdpls.org www.GatherGoGet.com
- 63. COMPOSTING Saturday, December 28, 2024 @ 2pm On Zoom
- 65. COMPOSTING 101 Ellen Book, Master Gardener UF/IFAS Extension Miami-Dade County Master Gardener Link to slide presentation: TINYURL.com/SoilBoost
- 71. Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences - IFAS https://sfyl.ifas.ufl.edu/miami-dade/
- 73. 2023 USDA Plant Hardiness Zone
- 74. Electronic Data Info System
- 81. Kitchen food scraps. Photo: Tia Silvasy, UF/IFAS
- 82. Too much too wet too long… Anaerobic bacteria kills worms UF/IFAS
- 84. A Tumbler Bin Composter UF/IFAS
- 89. Adjustable size allows you to set it up “skinny” for low capacity or make it large enough to hold 246 gallons of materials. 36.5″ in height
- 90. HOW TO SET UP A GEOBIN
- 91. THE MOST IMPORTANT FACTOR FOR LOCATING YOUR COMPOSTER IS CONVENIENCE. What Is The Best Location For A Compost Bin In Your Yard – Sun or Shade?
- 92. Sheet Composting Top-dressing on the soil surface like a garden lasagna right onto a future growing space. Trench Composting - composting directly in the soil Cold Bin Composting Fill your compost bin halfway with browns and bury kitchen scraps Bokashi Bucket anaerobic bacteria (grass-like inoculated bran, rice, dried leaves sprinkled over scraps). 10 days to ferment & “pickle” waste, forming an acidic organic matter that must be dug into the soil or added to a compost pile. TYPES OF COMPOSTING
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- 96. GREENs = nitroGen BROWNs = carBon NitroGen = Protein CarBon = Energy From: https://small-farm-permaculture-and- sustainable-living.com/how-build-compost-pile/
- 97. THE RECIPE
- 100. Can I compost this? Material Can I Compost? Comment Banana skins Yes Bird cage "waste" Yes Bone meal Yes Bread Yes Cereal Yes Citrus (e.g., oranges, grapefruit, lemons, tangerines) Yes Green/nitrogen - must cut in half or quarter before composting; mix with browns & add 6-inch layer of browns on top Coffee grounds (with paper filter) Yes Green/nitrogen Corn cobs Yes Cornmeal Yes Cottonseed meal Yes Crop waste Yes Egg shells Yes Adds calcium
- 101. Citrus green/nitrogen cut in half or quarter before composting mix with browns & add a 6-inch layer of browns on top
- 102. http://www.riverparkfarm.com/RiverparkFarm/BlogImages/8_6_13%20compost%20pyramid.jpg
- 105. Attribution to: KidsGardening: A Kids’ Guide to Messing Around in the Dirt by Kevin Raftery
- 111. “The secret world beneath our feet is mind-blowing – and the key to our planet’s future : Don’t dismiss soil: its unknowable wonders could ensure the survival of our species” by George Monbiot in The Guardian, 5/7/2022 I
- 117. AS PILE TEMPERATURES & TIME IS NEEDED FOR VARIOUS MICROORGANISMS TO COLONIZE
- 118. Left: (1 year old) Last year’s material all garden stuff, grass & leaves, kitchen: banana peels veg. trimmings from the pile’s top. Middle: (2 years old) bottom of this year’s pile put into bags Right: (3 years old) Finished product from the bags to be used in the garden & greenhouse this year GUESS WHERE THIS COMPOST WAS MADE?
- 119. File:Ice cubes openphoto.jpg https://ukpr.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/iceberg.jpg Smaller surface areas decompose faster
- 121. Attribution to: KidsGardening: A Kids’ Guide to Messing Around in the Dirt by Kevin Raftery
- 123. The free GeoBin
- 126. Check for moisture when turning the compost. The consistency should feel like a wrung-out sponge. UF/IFAS
- 128. Unfinished compost may stress plants, causing yellowing or stalling growth
- 129. Compost maturity test with radishes
- 130. Heat cooks most weeds. For hot composting turn when pile temperature drops below 100°F or if the pile is more than 150°F
- 131. How to Turn a Backyard Compost Pile (youtube.com)
- 132. HEALTHY VEGGIES AND PLANTS START WITH HEALTHY SOIL! UF/IFAS Leon County Extension
- 133. Five “Pests” in a Compost Pile Ants, spiders & centipedes: compost is too dry Slugs & flies: compost is too wet
- 136. NOW LET’S TALK ABOUT… Image result for yellow tails worms vermiculture
- 137. Vermi-Composting Definitions • Vermiculture – Work farming process of culturing worms to decompose organic food waste, turning it into nutrient rich material • Casting – Worm waste, digested food • Omnivores – Animals that eat plants and animals • Hermaphrodites – Animals with male and female sex organs. http://clipart-library.com/
- 138. Red Wigglers
- 139. Contains • 5Xs the available nitrogen • 7Xs the available potash • 50% more calcium than 6” of good topsoil • Water soluble nutrient immediately available for plant intake. Will not burn root system unlike fresh raw manures Red Wigglers UF/IFAS
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- 143. KITCHEN SCRAP COLLECTION FOR FERTILE EARTH WORM FARM
- 146. LANDFILL SITES
- 148. The voucher is valid for six months and redeemable while supplies last Link to Voucher displayed at the end of the lecture Evaluation & Voucher
- 149. In a few months a will be emailed to you
- 150. Evaluation & Voucher The Miami-Dade voucher will be accepted for six months while supplies last The link to the evaluation that leads to the voucher will be up until Monday at 8:00am. Vasquez,Laura A lavasquez@ufl.edu Urban Horticulture Agent and Master Gardener Coordinator Link to slide presentation: TINYURL.com/SoilBoost