PPT-Backyard Composting How-to

advice to get started 2 College of Agriculture and Natural Resources What is compost Why start composting Pick a place Build y our pile Active hot vs passive cool How do I use it. One alternative for dealing with leaves is backyard composting This process involves primarily the microbial decomposition of organic matter Compost the end result is a dark friable partially decomposed substance similar to natural organic matter Backyard cottages are not permitted on lots in the shoreline districts within singlefamily zones Please see Tip 116A Establishing an Attached Acces sory Dwelling Unit for rules and information about ADUs What is a Backyard Cottage A backyard cottag Making compost keeps these materials out of land64257lls where they take up precious space and release methane a greenhouse gas 21 times more potent than carbon dioxide emissions in the atmosphere It bene64257ts your yard Compost improves soil stru cahenmsuedu Backyard Composting Guide H110 George W Dickerson Extension Horticulture Specialist This publication is scheduled to be updated and reissued 405 Yard waste makes up 2030 percent of the solid waste of most municipalities throughout the Uni It’s Recycling…. Naturally. What is composting?. Grass clippings. Food scraps. Leaves. Using the natural process of decay to. change organic wastes into a valuable. humus-like material called . THE COMPOSTING HANDBOOK Be eco-friendly COMPOSTING 3 Top Dressing Treatinglawnsovercentimetercompostservesveryeffectivefeedinggrounddriedspring.Bysiftingcompostrst,youcanremoveanyunattractivelargep Jason . Faucera. Clackamas SWCD Conservationist. jfaucera@conservationdistrict.org. . 503-210-6013. Nick Andrews. OSU Small Farms Horticulturist. nick.andrews@oregonstate.edu. . 503-913-9410. Definition of Composting. NATIONAL CENTER FOR CASE STUDY TEACHING IN SCIENCE. b. y. Teresa . C. . Weglarz. Department . of Biological . Sciences. University . of Wisconsin – Fox Valley. A presentation to accompany the case study: . Cary Oshins. USCC. Learning Objectives. Part 1) Understand the biology of the compost pile. Part 2) Learn the six factors used to control the composting process, the . KEY PROCESS VARIABLES. Why Biology?. Composting. How-to . advice to get started!. 2. College of. Agriculture and . Natural Resources. What is compost?. Why start composting?. Pick a place. Build . y. our pile.. Active (hot) vs. passive (cool).. Public Works Department. 1. Environmental Quality Commission. June 11, 2015. Background. Citywide 40% diversion goal by 2020. Resource Evaluation Study – 2014. Existing Mulching Operations. Pilot Food Scraps Composting Program – Implemented January 2015. advice to get started!. 2. College of. Agriculture and . Natural Resources. What is compost?. Why start composting?. Pick a place. Build . y. our pile.. Active (hot) vs. passive (cool).. How do I use it?. Overview - NH’s Current Regulations and Practices Organics and Composting Melanie Doiron Pamela Hoyt-Denison NHDES Solid Waste Management Bureau B iodegradable material from plants & animals Includes, for example: -Site at LufaFarms Urban Rooftop GreenhouseMontreal QCCatherine ChurchCompost ManagerPlant Science Assistant atLufaFarms2008 50 of world population live in urban areas2050 Projected 70of world popul