Composting

As of January 11th, 2010, our composting is under way. A new large trash can was bought and placed in the cafeteria. The trash can is labeled with what kitchen waste products can be composted. After the students finish eating, their teachers choose one student from their class to monitor the dumping of the lunch trays. These monitors ensure only what can be composted goes into that trash can. At the end of each week, this trash can will be dumped into our outdoor composting bin and turned. We should have good fertilizer for our spring vegetable garden by planting time. At this time only a handful of classes are participating, but I believe it will become school wide soon.

The shredded newspaper over our strawberry patch has mostly disintegrated over the holidays. One third grade class in currently collecting newspapers. They will shred and place back over the strawberries this Friday. I believe we lost a few of the plants during the extreme cold but all and all they seem to be holding up.