Black Water Rising is hosting a free workshop on home and community composting led by Jonathan Williams on Thursday, January 22nd at the Dorchester Public Library. Composting food scraps reduces methane pollution, builds soil and saves tax dollars on landfill costs. There’s no high-tech about it; anyone can do their part to slow down climate change in their backyard, church or park.
Two years ago Jonathan and members of Talbot Green Hands (TGH) rebuilt an abandoned wood and wire set of compost bins at the Presbyterian Church of Easton’s community garden and it has been replenishing the beds there since. Black Water Rising (BWR), a fast-growing environmental group in Cambridge, also needed a composter for their community garden on Locust street so this fall they teamed up with TGH to build another one.
Jonathan, who has compost training from the Institute for Local Self Reliance and the 131 School of Composting, will explain the basics of how vegetable matter can be turned into a ‘black-gold’ for homesteaders and community groups. He will guide the curious through the practical steps needed to set up and manage a compost pile so that it produces a soil supplement but not varmints or odors. You can also learn about an ancient wood preserving treatment process BWR used on their compost frame.
For more information please visit: blackwaterrising.org
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