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No Trash Day
For those wondering.... Most trash removal companies do not pick up on major holidays.
Please take note and put your cans out on the following business day.
This month:
New Year’s Day
1,000
Colorado State University, U.S. Department of Agriculture and Colorado counties cooperating. CSU Extension programs are available to all without discrimination. No endorsement of products mentioned is intended nor is criticism implied of products not mentioned.
New Friends
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Composting with Worms
ired of looking at your “friends” through a window? Now you can
+ Fertilizer
INTERIOR / EXTERIOR / CABINETS
Briggs Painting
RESIDENTIAL / COMMERCIAL LICENSED & INSURED FREE ESTIMATES
OVER 35 YEARS EXPERIENCE LOCAL REFERENCES
Cameron Briggs
303.625.3897
cameron.briggs@gmail.com
simply walk into a nook in your home and meet 1,000+ new little best friends. All the while they are usefully eating kitchen scraps while making vermicompost.
Vermicompost is worm manure or castings. It can be used in your garden beds, lawns, and even on houseplants (lightly) as fertilizer and soil conditioner. Better yet, the manufacturers are easy to manage. These little composters can be left alone for up to two weeks at time, though generally, weekly or twice weekly feeding is recommended.
It is quite easy to build a worm farm—take it from me! I chose to purchase a ve-level worm bin system and worms online. Purchase Red Composting Worms/ Red Wrigglers as they are eating machines and well regarded for making vermicompost. I bought 250 worms three years ago; they have been making fertilizer through thick and thin ever since.
Our vermicomposting friends thrive in similar temperatures as we do, 55 to 77 degrees Fahrenheit.
Meadow Creek Remodeling Construction Contractor Kitch- ens Baths Basements Cabinets
January 2021 • Castle Rock “AreaNewsletters” 28
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