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August 2023
Creating a Food Forest
Not enough room in your landscape for vegetables, berries, AND orchard fruits? Learn how to successfully grow them in the same area to save space, time, water, and other resources.
Find out more »Worm Composting – Zoom
Learn the basics of composting kitchen scraps using red wiggler worms. Topics include worm care, worm bins types, and how to harvest worms and worm castings (aka: "black gold" fertilizer), worm tea, and benefits of worm composting.
Find out more »Plant Care in a Greenhouse/ Poly Tunnel – CANCELED
Learn basic techniques for growing, irrigating, and caring for plants using greenhouses and poly tunnel systems.
Find out more »September 2023
October 2023
Gardening For Everyone
Flyer Tri-Fold GFE 2023 new intro (1)
Find out more »Slowing The Waste Stream with the “3-Rs” – Canceled (no registrants)
Learn practical ways to Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle to minimize how much solid waste enters our landfills and some of the economic and environmental issues it causes. An overview of our solid waste situation will also be discussed. The class will be in the Lewis County Transfer Station's conference room located in the main office next to the scales. This class is part of a Master Recycler Composter (MRC) Volunteer Certification series and will include a tour of the Lewis…
Find out more »Dealing with Hazardous Waste – Canceled (no registrants)
Learn about how to safely store and dispose of hazardous chemicals in the home and garden, alternatives to their use, Mr. Yuk educational resources, local programs, and state/national producer responsibility programs. This class is part of a Master Recycler Composter (MRC) Volunteer Certification series and will include a tour of the Lewis County Transfer Station at noon. This is required for MRC Volunteer Certification but OPTIONAL for all others. Please dress for the weather and call (360) 740-1216 or email …
Find out more »December 2023
Leaf Exchange
Leaf Exchange 2023 Rake up and bag your leaves so gardeners and composters can put them to good use. Bagged leaves may be dropped off on the event day. Leaves will be available for pickup each day on a first-come, first-served basis, while supplies last. WSU Lewis County Master Recycler Composter volunteers will be on hand to inspect leaves and help the event run smoothly. While this event is a free community service, volunteers will accept donations to support their…
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