Team back together!

Happy Easter and Passover! Pass over that potato to compost! Noah fell down the hill. April fools! Today we collected 118.6 pounds of kitchen scraps. This brings us just over 1 million pounds. April fools! However, we are nearing the 20,000 pound landmark. Today was a terrible day composting. April fools! Today was actually a beautiful day composting. Spring has finally sprung. The weather is warm, the air is fresh and the flowers are blooming. This is great for compost as the warmer weather speeds up the composting process. Looking forward to summer!!

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Things are heating up!

Although there is still a lot of snow on the ground, there are clues that Spring is just around the corner!  Not only has the air temperature warmed up, but we have noted that activity in our compost pile is picking up!  Despite our active pile being full to the brim last week, today there was a good foot of space for additional scraps.  Not only that, but the pile was a very toasty 126 degrees!

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A quick update!

A very quick update as we did not have our full composting ritual this week as we were all away.  Thank you to those of you who dropped off early  - we collected 83lbs of kitchen scraps.  Amazingly, despite neglecting our piles over the weekend and throughout the snow storm, our active pile is still hovering around 100 degrees!  The bin is now completely full, it will be interesting to see how much break down will happen before our next pick up at the end of the week!

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Merry Christmas, Happy Hannukah, and Happy New Year

Happy Holidays Composters! Today was quite a frigid day composting. While not many people were around due to the holidays, we still managed to collect a solid 161.2 pounds of scraps. The snowfall last night made for quite a difficult but fun trip up the hill, with Mariam taking several slips and falls sending her tumbling down the hill. Her pants were ruined and I regret to say they did not survive the journey. Despite the cold weather, the piles are still very warm and cooking that compost into the beautiful black gold we love.

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