This advanced composting class is ideal for home composters who have a few years of experience with backyard composting methods. For those who understand the basics, but want to ‘up their game,’ let us help you to learn more skills and tricks to make that ‘gardener’s black gold’ as quickly as possible! This class will review some of the science behind how composting ‘works’ through the soil food web, how to balance browns and greens and prepare your feedstocks, and various tips for making a hot compost heap. This class will also cover what is bokashi composting and how it can help accelerate your composting process while also aiding in deterring pests!

This class will be offered in person at the Pine Hill Community Center, with hosts Angelina Brandt, Director of Sustainability, and Tanesia White, Recycling Educator of the Ulster County Resource Recovery Agency, in collaboration with the Town of Shandaken’s Conservation Advisory Council.