The City of San Diego provides a convenient list of recommended locations to purchase worms. If you are starting a Wriggly Wranch Worm Bin, you will need about 1 lb. of worms. The type of worms you need are “red wigglers” or “red worms” (eisenia foetida). If you have any questions about getting started call the [...]
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“Rotline” Question of the Week: Where can I buy worms in San Diego?
Posted in "Rotline" Question of the Week, tagged compost, Composting, gardening, red wigglers, red worms, san diego, soil amendments, Solana Center, vermicompost, vermicomposting, where to buy worms, worms on August 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Don’t miss Art in the Garden this Saturday
Posted in Composting Workshops and Events, tagged Art in the Garden, City Farmers Nursery, City of San Diego, compost, Composting, free events, san diego, Solana Center, vermicomposting, worms on May 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
City Farmers Nursery in San Diego hosts its 4th Annual Art in the Garden event this Saturday, May 16th. The nursery will feature over 35 artists, crafters, vendors, and musicians. The Solana Center and City of San Diego will be hosting an informational compost booth with Master Composters available all day to answer questions.
Art in [...]
Happy Earth Day!
Posted in General, tagged beach clean up, compost, Composting, Earth Day, El Cajon, Encinitas, Encinitas Street Fair, events, garden festival, garden walk, gardening, Point Loma, san diego, Solana Center, vermicomposting, worms on April 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
There are a number of fun activities happening this weekend in the San Diego area!
Creek to Bay Beach Clean Up
Saturday, April 25, 9 – 12 p.m.
Moonlight Beach, Encinitas
Encinitas Garden Festival
Saturday, April 25th, 10 – 4 p.m.
Cardiff Elementary School, Cardiff
* Gardening with Compost Talk: 2:30 – 3 p.m.
Point Loma Garden Walk
Saturday, April 25th, 9 – [...]
Gardening with Class
Posted in General, tagged Composting, Composting for kids!, Gardening with Class, Master Composters, nutrition, san diego, school gardens, Solana Center, vermicomposting on April 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The TENTH Annual San Diego Regional School Garden and Nutrition Conference, “Gardening with Class”, will take place on Saturday, April 18, 2009 at the Del Mar Fairgrounds. The conference is geared toward teachers and administrators who have or would like to start a school garden program. Workshops will cover a [...]
Free Composting Workshop this Saturday
Posted in Composting Workshops and Events, tagged City of San Diego, community gardens, compost, Composting, free workshops, san diego, Solana Center, TLC Community Giving Garden, vermicomposting, worms on February 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Join us for a free composting workshop this Saturday, 2/28, at the TLC Community Giving Garden in San Diego. The workshop will cover the basics of backyard composting as well as vermicomposting. Turn your food scraps and yard trimmings into rich compost!
TLC Community Giving Garden
11240 Clairemont Mesa Blvd
10 – 12 p.m.
Click here to pre-register!
Offered [...]
Become a Master Composter!
Posted in Master Composters, tagged compost, Master Composter Course, san diego, Solana Center, sustainability, vermicomposting, volunteer on February 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Master Composter Course
Wednesdays, March 18 – April 15, 6:00 – 8:30 p.m.
City of San Diego, Environmental Services Building, Kearny Mesa
Learn the art and science of composting and become trained to teach others in your community. Master Composters are a diverse group who share a common love for the environment [...]
Vermicomposting at Tierrasanta Elementary School
Posted in Composting for kids!, tagged compost, Composting in the Classroom, san diego, school composting, Tierrasanta Elementary School, vermicomposting, worms on December 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Tierrasanta Elementary School received their very first large worm bin this month. The San Diego school will be starting a Vermicomposting Program at the beginning of the new year. The large worm bin, constructed by the Solana Center, will be used to compost food scraps and provide worm castings to boost new raised garden [...]
The truth about compost, San Diego landfills and greenhouse gases
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged ADC, alternate daily cover, california air board, compost, green waste, greenery, greenhouse gas, landfill, methane, miramar, san diego, sycamore on October 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Ever wonder about what happens to all those food scraps, lawn clippings and other organic materials that you don’t compost at home and end up in the landfill? When a resident or business doesn’t compost or put their organics in the “green waste” bin, the organics are buried in the landfill and create methane, a [...]
Free Composting Workshop in San Diego this Saturday
Posted in General, tagged compost, free workshops, grasscycling, mulch, san diego, Tijuana River Valley Community Garden, vermicomposting on September 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Saturday, October 4th
10 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Tijuana River Valley Community Garden, San Diego
Corner of Hollister Street and Sunset Avenue
Learn how to compost yard debris and food scraps, create a rich soil amendment for your garden, and help save the environment.
Pre-register now!
Castes of thousands
Posted in General, tagged castes, compost, county of san diego, ramona, san diego, worm farm, worms on September 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I was recently forwarded an excellent article from a little over year ago about the worm farmers throughout the County of San Diego. Turn your manure into money! Start a worm farm!
Take the Master Composter course, you never know where it may take you!
Castes of thousands – Ramonans find worms leave value behind
http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2007/07/16/news/top_stories/71507194659.txt
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