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!

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!

While some people worry about bad luck on Friday the 13th, there is no such thing at GCP! Today was a beautiful day for composting, dazzling sun and a hot active pile!

It’s only been a week since our last update, but there’s still plenty happening at the Greenwich Composting Project.

Even with frozen fingers and deep snow, the Greenwich Composting Project doesn’t stop. The last two weeks have brought snow, deep freezes, and plenty of composting creativity.

It’s been a few weeks since our last blog, and wow—we’ve got a lot to catch up on. Since our January 2 update, the Greenwich Composting Project has continued to heat up (literally!), with some big wins and big piles (and very happy worms - zoom in on the photo below!).

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.

We usually check in every two weeks—but there’s been so much composting excitement lately that we couldn’t wait to share! 🌱

Holy moly, guacamole, long cannoli, ravioli, google moogly, pepperoni, rigatoni, stromboli, macaroni cheese! Today we collected a mind boggling amount. Not only did we absolutely demolish our last record, but we collected nearly half a thousand pounds. To be exact, 471 beautiful pounds of kitchen scraps and dozens of pumpkins of all shapes and sizes! This absolutely massive amount of food scraps also pushes us over 16,000 pounds collected in total. Hip Hip Hurray! 

The past two weeks at the Greenwich Composting Project have been amazing!