SATURDAY 11.9 GARDEN CLEANUP

 END OF SEASON Garden Cleanup

We are going to prepare the garden for the winter 

- put furniture away

- sun sails need to come down

- a little sweeping, and...voila'.

 

COME JOIN US IN THE GARDEN

ON SATURDAY NOVEMBER 9

AT 11:00AM 

Bring gloves, warm clothes and if you don't want to work, but support our effort, show it with coffee and cookies :)

 

COMPOST IS CLOSED - both bins

Hi composters,

Both compost bins are CLOSED.

They need tumbling.

Please coordinate with Claudia (A4), Katrina (B5), Melvin (F4) or Stephen (F3) if you need help. The black one is very heavy and you can hurt your back doing it by yourself.

Thank you

COMPOST: Black tumbler open

BLACK TUMBLER IS OPEN FOR:

- fruit & vegetable scraps

- coffee grounds & tea bags

- green plants

- garden trimmings

- fresh leaves & flowers

- grass clippings

- bread & grains - egg shells

- nutshells

- corncobs

- food-soiled paper towels & napkins

- shredded newspaper

- fall leaves, twigs & woody pruning

- dry plant material

- straw & hay

- pine needles

- potting soil
 
Please CHOP water melon rinds, broccoli or flower stalks and ADD PAPER (shredded docs, newspaper, brown shopping bags, egg cartons and similar). Also, when possible, give the bin a tumble after adding fresh scraps. 


Green tumbler is closed. Please do not add any fresh scraps; paper and tumbling are welcome.

Thank you

Green tumbler open

Hi all,

The green tumbler is open for fresh kitchen scraps. 

Please help by adding shredded paper: newspaper, brown bags or egg cartons to your kitchen scraps. Also, give it a spin after adding fresh scraps.

Thank you

Re: compost tumbling

Date 06-18-19          Completed Melvin

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Compost status

To all composters in the building,

We talked with some compost expert about our compost having a hard time ripening. An issue can be the sun hitting the bins and causing too much condensation and keeping it too moist for too long (some bacteria won't become active in excess dampness).
As a result we decided to move the bins across from their original location, where there is more shade.

Our bins are not ready to receive new kitchen scraps, but they are happy to be tumbled as often as you can. So, please do it. 

Another way to help with the compost is to shred newspaper, brown bags and egg cartons into a bag and leave it by the door with the letter A on it, across from the garbage bins.

Thank you very much for your cooperation.
The dirt gang

Mature Compost For All

Our mature compost is now in the 'meters' storage area (the one that corners Ave H and E18th st.

You'll see two containers: a smaller one with a gray lid and a bigger one with a yellow top. 

This compost can be used for:

- our backyard beds
- new annuals to be re-potted

- your home plants

Please feel free to help yourself starting by using the compost in the small container first.

In the meantime please remember to tumble the outdoor compost bins (a large black one and a small green one) and do not add any fresh kitchen scraps or garden clippings to them. 

Thank you  -  Enjoy it!

Getting ready for grilling

Our backyard is grill ready!



I found this article that might interest all "grillers"...

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GARDEN CLEAN UP - UPDATE

On May 4th and May 11th, some elves got downstairs to the back yard. They cleaned, gleaned and put furniture out.

There's still something to do: along the E18th wall of the building there is a bunch of brush that needs to be removed: ie, collected and thrown in a plastic bag. (If you have some more earth friendly option, please speak up!) It won't take long, but it's better done with two/three people.

Soon we'll have some annual flowers to be planted. We'll keep you posted.

If you wan to become active in your backyard garden, please ask/coordinate with like minded people through this blog, or knock at their doors, or print a sign....

COMPOST IS CLOSED

COMPOST
CLOSED/FERME'/GESCHLOSSEN/CERRADO/GESLOTEN/סגור/مغلق/ЗАЧИНЕНО/

Compost is CLOSED.
Adding fresh kitchen scraps (I just removed fresh banana peels - congratulations on buying Fair Trade - potato, apple and carrots pieces) makes creating finished compost impossible.

Thank you for NOT ADDING fresh scraps to either bins.
What you CAN DO is tumbling both every now and then and if you want to do more, please shred newspaper in a large paper bag (such as Trader Joe's or Whole Foods) and leave it by the door with the sign Storage A just by the garbage bins in the basement.

Thanks,
Claudia

If you have questions or comments, add them here or ask Claudia A4, Katrina B5 or Stephen F3.

Don't know what to do with your kitchen scraps when bins are closed?
- The Sunday Cortelyou Rd Green Market accepts them;
- The Saturday Grand Army Plaza Green Market accepts them;
- Check with Brooklyn College: I was told they accept them
- Freeze them until one of our garden bins is open.

BLACK compost bin CLOSED - GREEN compost bin OPEN

Hi everybody,

Please note that the BLACK compost bin is now CLOSED -
The little GREEN one is OPEN.

Please use that for your kitchen scraps. Please remember to add newspaper scraps, torn carton egg containers, brown paper bags and similar paper to your collected scrap.

Thank you

Re: compost tumbling

Date 01-09-2019          Completed Claudia and Katrina   Black bin open to fresh kitchen scraps

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