By:  Bob Ridley, Compost Captain

A lot accomplished at the Saturday, April 21st Earth Day Celebration.  Wendy and I got there first.  I finished off the straining of the old bin (lots of compost available) and then we started a new bin.  Rhonda arrived and started chopping greens.  She was assisted by Mary who was there as part of the work day.  We also had the services of two students from Ribet Academy, Bobby and Harry.  So we transferred the oldest bin (it’s not quite ready yet) and then transferred and added to the two newer bins.

That leaves for next week the possibility that the oldest bin might be ready to strain. As far as I know Melanie and I might be there alone.  If that is the case we will postpone straining the old bin until the following Saturday when we will have more folks.  Thanks to the chopping ladies we have a huge supply of green stuff that is ready to use.  In addition, there is an ENORMOUS pile of greens waiting to be chopped – many of them are small and thin and might be used without chopping.  And, thanks to our two students and Rosamond we have several barrels of mulch in the composting area thus eliminating the necessity of trekking over to the mulch pile every time we need to add brown stuff.  What we are very low on is stable sweepings so we might have to make a run next Saturday.

Thanks to everyone for your help and hope you can make it next Saturday, and, most important HAPPY BIRTHDAY WENDY.