Composting class this weekend

These are a bit outside our coverage area, but there are two composting workshops taking place within the next few weeks. From Orange County Solid Waste:

"This Saturday, September 19 from 10 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. at the Community Center Learning Garden on Estes Drive in Chapel Hill, Orange County Solid Waste Management in cooperation with the Town of Chapel Hill Parks and Recreation Department will be providing a compost demonstration, featuring outdoor composting using homemade and manufactured recycling containers and indoor composting with worms. Attendees will learn composting fundamentals, chemistry, biology/ecosystems, benefits and long term maintenance. No registration is necessary, and participation is free. Contact Muriel Williman at (919) 968-2788 or email
mwilliman@co.orange.nc.us for more info on Saturday's workshop.

Make your own worm bin at the Scrap Exchange Make and Take indoor composting (aka worm bin) workshop on Wednesday, Oct. 7 from 6 to 8 p.m.
Cost is $40 (includes supplies), at The Scrap Exchange, 548 Foster St., Durham, NC 27701
Make your own tidy and efficient indoor composting bin specially designed for composting in apartments or tight spaces. This informative workshop includes supplies to construct your own bin, instruction from seasoned composting experts Bianca Howard (City of Raleigh Solid Waste
Management) and Muriel Williman (Orange County Solid Waste Management), and of course, worms!
Composting creates humus, the organic component of healthy soil and a natural fertilizer, from your kitchen vegetable and fruit scraps. Learn all you need to know to recycle your food waste, care for your worms, harvest the compost and feed your plants. Want pets but can't afford a
puppy? Worms don't bite, bark, or need to be walked, you can have thousands at a time, and they eat your garbage. What could be better? Worm bins also make great gifts, so make and take two bins for only $12 more!
To register for the 'Make and Take' wormbin workshop, email: events@scrapexchange.org or call the Scrap Exchange at (919) 682-2751."

OK, I'm not so sure about worms as "pets," but to each their own.