Chatham Extension Gardener Series

"Vermicomposting (earthworm composting) turns many types of kitchen food scraps into nutritious soil amendments or growth media for plants. When vermicompost is added to soil, it boosts the nutrients available to plants and enhances soil structure and drainage." - Rhonda Sherman

Join Matt Jones Extension Horticulture Agent - N.C. Cooperative Extension, and Shannon Culpepper, Recycling and Education Specialist - Chatham County Solid Waste and Recycling, for a webinar and workshop on how to compost food waste using worms.

This workshop includes two components

Online webinar 10/13/22 5:30-6:30 pm

This free, recorded webinar will review the principles and practices of vermicomposting. You'll learn what kind of worms you need, how to prepare bedding, what kinds of food waste worms will feed on, how to maintain the worm bin, and how to extract an use vermicompost (worm waste) to improve garden soils.

Hands-on Worm Bin Building Workshop 10/20/22 5:30-7:00

The optional, additional hands-on workshop will give you the supplies to build your own worm bin. We will provide worms, bins, bedding, and other materials and show you how to build your bin. This workshop costs $50 to cover supply costs. The registration deadline for the workshop is Oct. 9th.

Register via Eventbrite for the webinar and/or workshop.

QUESTIONS? Contact N.C. Cooperative Extension, Chatham County Center by calling 919-542-8202 or email matt_jones@ncsu.edu

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