tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82734002857454022672024-02-19T00:44:32.514-08:00Sunny CompostThis was the blog of SunnyCompost, a community compost site in Sunnyside, Queens, NYC. In 2020, the site changed its name to Woodside Sunnyside Composting(WSC) and is now using Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and Twitter for sharing visual content, advocacy and community efforts.
The new website is https://www.woodsidesunnysidecomposting.org/home and has lots of information about how you can join these completely volunteer-run efforts.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger57125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8273400285745402267.post-90925065237575418612021-06-14T08:57:00.003-07:002021-06-14T09:09:17.680-07:00Transformation<p>If you've somehow found yourself here at this blog, you may wonder what it's all about. It started out in 2013 as a personal blog documenting observations made while composting ("Sisterhood of the Traveling Worms") but then morphed into a visual history of Sunny Compost, a community composting site in Queens. From 2012 to 2020, a group of community members joined together to collect food scraps from neighbors and process it for use in the garden where the compost site is located or in neighborhood trees and other local spaces. </p><p>The blog documented some of those efforts which included many community workshops about composting. We took photos and videos of our efforts. It's a real tribute to the people who helped out and made the compost happen. Prior to 2012, food scraps were being collected here as well and the site wouldn't have existed without those true compost heroes.</p><p>In 2020, the site transformed again in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. You can read all about the new beginnings, name change and community advocacy taking place at <a href="https://www.woodsidesunnysidecomposting.org">https://www.woodsidesunnysidecomposting.org</a>. Learn about the Rusty Wheelbarrow Farm, find links to all social media sites, and of course, click on the volunteer link.</p><p>Can't wait to see what's next with WSC.</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8273400285745402267.post-13850361174256420892020-04-27T08:34:00.001-07:002020-04-27T08:34:53.767-07:00Composting in the age of Social Distancing<div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">
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SunnyCompost is adjusting to the age of COVID-19. As the state went into lockdown mode, we closed. Because some people continued to drop off bags of food scraps, our volunteers processed them to prevent the attraction of pests. </div>
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This week, with the <a href="https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/dsny/site/services/food-scraps-and-yard-waste-page/overview-residents-organics" target="_blank">news</a> of NYC suspending its residential compost collection until June 2021, we decided to "reopen" officially but with precautions and strict guidelines.</div>
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<li>The gates of the community composting area are closed, but the bin is out to collect food scraps on Sundays between 2 and 5. We ask that you leave no scraps at any other time.</li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial"; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Wear gloves and a mask/scarf</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> over your nose and mouth when you drop off your scraps. Protect yourself and others around you. People can carry Covid19 and not know about it!</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial"; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">When opening the bin and emptying your container or bag, <span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"> take your empty container back with you, and if disposable, discard in your home's garbage receptacle</span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">. The gate will remain closed so you won’t be able to rinse out your containers in the garden.</span></span></li>
<li>We put in place 4 tape markings on the sidewalk for people to respect the physical distancing 6 feet (or 2 meters). </li>
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We appreciate your support in helping us stay safe and continue to divert your food scraps to produce amazing compost. Together, we can do this.</div>
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Our amazing volunteers recently repaired this roto-sifter, adding legs and firming up the handle and all parts. Check out the video of the refurbished sifter in action. It's a great tricep workout for sure and quite efficient - we sifted nearly all of the contents of the black unit seen here in 30 minutes or less.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8273400285745402267.post-53020431564271935732019-12-16T12:58:00.004-08:002019-12-16T12:58:41.496-08:00The Joy of Composting<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<i> At Sunnyside Community Garden corner of 50th street and Barnett Ave.</i><br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8273400285745402267.post-43778876920826331552019-03-07T19:40:00.001-08:002019-03-07T19:40:28.992-08:00Spring Forward with SunnyCompost!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Yes, it's that time of year - time to spring forward and expand our drop-off hours to 2-4. This time of year is welcome as we realize we've made it through the winter. Our compost bins are full and we look forward to warmer temperatures, new volunteers, more workshops for the community and welcoming of all visitors.<br />
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As 2018 nears its end, SunnyCompost continues to process our community food scraps. Today was a cold day but we had 23 drop-offs!! We filled two of our tumblers with our recipe of leaves and food scraps. Our three bins are full and active. We have two large containers full of compost ready to be sifted. It's amazing and beautiful and a true reflection of community.<br />
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Today was an example of how we work - three core members were there chopping, processing, emptying tumblers, turning bins - three core members stopped by, checked in, dropped off - a new volunteer, a high school student earning community service hours came by with her parent to help out. We pitch in, help out, and keep the compost flowing.<br />
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A member of a local running club dropped off food scraps and left a flyer for a fundraiser being held nearby to raise money for homeless people. We told everyone who dropped off and then stopped by ourselves to check it out. What fun to run into other composters.<br />
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SunnyCompost is grateful to all of our community members who drop off food scraps on Sundays. We appreciate our Community Garden friends who help us with putting the bin out and obtaining leaves from Sunnyside Gardens Park. Our leaf bin is filled to the brim!<br />
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Stay tuned for a sifting party invite - we need one for sure!<br />
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Today a new volunteer found this doll arm while we were sifting. It turned out to be a good tool for scooping up worms and putting them back in the compost bin.<br />
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How did it end up in the compost?<br />
The most plausible theory is that it was in a bag of leaves we received months ago. We use the leaves for our 'browns' or carbons. We receive many of our leaves from a nearby park and often find a wide range of items. So it's possible the doll arm was separated from the doll somehow and ended up in a bag of leaves. But who knows? What's clear is this doll arm is not going to break down or decompose for a very long time. It's already been in our compost bin for approximately three months and looks to be in perfect shape (for a doll arm.)<br />
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Help us identify these other items we came across today while sifting.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;">I hope you are all keeping cool in this hot and humid
weather. I wanted to reach out and thank all that have been dropping off
their food scraps. </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;">It is so wonderful to
know that people are diverting their food scraps from the land-fill and helping
to create something nutrient rich for our earth. </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;">As many of you know this
compost site is <i>completely volunteer run</i>. The summer months become a bit
of a challenge because many people go on vacation. I am reaching out to ask for
your </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;">help.</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 7.5pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: xx-small;"> </span></span><u style="color: #274e13; font-family: times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;">We need more volunteers.</u><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"> </span><span style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">If we don't get volunteers we can't continue to run the site. </span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">All we ask is for a bit of your time. The more hands we have the easier the load. </span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">So come on out. I will be there </span><b style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: x-large;">this Sunday, July 23rd at 2:00 </b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">if anyone would like me to show you how things get done.</span><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500628183260_3420" style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Hope to see you soon.</span><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500628183260_3422" style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">All the best</span><span style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Maddy</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Also here is a little reminder of what to compost. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b><span style="background-color: white;">Please remember:</span></b></span></span><br />
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<li><b style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px;">NO</span><span style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px;"> plastics or non-biodegradable materials</span></b></li>
<li id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500628183260_2343" style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px;"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500628183260_3427" style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px; font-size: xx-small;"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500628183260_3426" style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b style="background-color: white;">REMOVE stickers from fruit and vegetable peels</b></span></span></li>
<li style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b style="background-color: white;">take your containers back with you.</b></span></span></li>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b style="background-color: white;">Accepted materials include:</b></span></span><br />
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<li id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500628183260_3428" style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b style="background-color: white;"> fruit and vegetable scraps,<span style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px;"> </span></b></span></span></li>
<li id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500628183260_2342" style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px;"> </span>non-greasy food scraps (rice, pasta, bread, cereal etc.),</b></span></span></li>
<li id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500628183260_3429" style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b style="background-color: white;"> coffee grounds & filters, tea bags,</b></span></span></li>
<li id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500628183260_2341" style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px;"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500628183260_3438" style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px; font-size: xx-small;"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500628183260_3437" style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b style="background-color: white;"> egg and nut shells, pits,</b></span></span></li>
<li style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b style="background-color: white;"> cut or dried flowers, houseplants and potting soil.</b></span></span></li>
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<span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500628183260_3436" style="background-color: white;"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500628183260_3435" style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b style="background-color: white;"> We do NOT accept meat, chicken, fish, greasy food scraps, fat, oil, dairy, animal waste, litter or bedding, coal or charcoal, coconuts, diseased and/or insect-infested houseplants/soil or biodegradable/<span class="yiv0260401404" style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px;">compostable</span> plastics.</b></span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8273400285745402267.post-37404322512054490562016-06-23T14:23:00.001-07:002016-06-23T14:24:54.120-07:00Perfect day at Sunny Compost<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8273400285745402267.post-51106647833356420412015-12-20T15:06:00.003-08:002015-12-26T06:29:12.761-08:00Another year of composting at Sunny Compost!<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Wow</b>, </span>2015 flew by! With our weather feeling more like springtime, it's even harder to believe we have reached the end of the calendar year.<br />
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Sunny Compost has provided our community with a local food scraps drop-off site for over three years, continuing the hard work started by Peter Richter before us.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>This year's accomplishments:</b></span><br />
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<li>Built a <a href="http://foodscrapbonanza.blogspot.com/2015/06/new-sifter-check-it-out.html" target="_blank">nifty sifter!</a> (Thanks William and Alvin!) </li>
<li>Held our 4th annual Open House/Smashing Pumpkin event </li>
<li>Hosted participants of the <a href="http://foodscrapbonanza.blogspot.com/2015/06/queens-compost-bike-tour.html" target="_blank">Queens Compost Bike Tour</a> in June</li>
<li>Held a <a href="http://foodscrapbonanza.blogspot.com/2015/09/happenings.html" target="_blank">Compost Workshop for PS 11 students </a>(Thanks Maddie!)</li>
<li>Participated in Open Bin NYC in May as part of International Compost Awareness Week </li>
<li>Started a <a href="https://twitter.com/SunnyCompost" target="_blank">Twitter </a>account - Follow us @SunnyCompost\</li>
<li>Started our <a href="http://foodscrapbonanza.blogspot.com/2015/09/happenings.html" target="_blank">Snacks & Sifting Sundays</a> on the last Sunday of each month</li>
<li>Produced more compost than ever and used it in the community space on Barnett Avenue</li>
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We are grateful to all who help us - Sunnyside Community Garden members,
Sunnyside Gardens Park, NYC Compost Project, Big Reuse, NYC Department
of Sanitation, Woodside Neighborhood Association, PS 11, and all of our
dedicated volunteers.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Reminders:</span></b><br />
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<li id="yiv3522495423yui_3_16_0_1_1418487218026_5988">Sunny Compost is open year round. Our drop-off hours are on Sundays from 2:00 - 4:00 from November through February and then 2:00 - 5:00 </li>
<li class="yiv3522495423" id="yiv3522495423yui_3_16_0_1_1418487218026_4577">If
the weather is rough or if we don't have any volunteers, you may place
your food scraps in the black bin outside the gate. As always, please
take your plastic bags or other non-compostables with you.</li>
<li id="yiv3522495423yui_3_16_0_1_1418487218026_4574">Big Reuse food scraps drop off at the Skillman Avenue Greenmarket is open year round! <span class="yiv3522495423" id="yiv3522495423yui_3_16_0_1_1418487218026_4083" style="border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: "cartogothicregular" , "arial"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a class="yiv3522495423" href="https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Skillman+Ave+at+43rd+St,Queens,NY,11104&hnear=43rd+St+%26+Skillman+Ave,+Queens,+New+York+11104&t=h&z=16" id="yiv3522495423yui_3_16_0_1_1418487218026_4082" rel="nofollow" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: #006600; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: none 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Sunnyside Greenmarket</a> </span><span class="yiv3522495423" id="yiv3522495423yui_3_16_0_1_1418487218026_5150" style="color: #333333; font-family: "cartogothicregular" , "arial"; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;"><b>Saturdays, 8 am-2 pm </b></span><span class="yiv3522495423" id="yiv3522495423yui_3_16_0_1_1418487218026_5167" style="border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: "cartogothicregular" , "arial"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">YEAR ROUND</span><br class="yiv3522495423" style="color: #333333; font-family: cartogothicregular, Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;" /><span class="yiv3522495423" id="yiv3522495423yui_3_16_0_1_1418487218026_5148" style="color: #333333; font-family: "cartogothicregular" , "arial"; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px;">Skillman Ave between 42 and 43 Street (<a href="http://www.bigreuse.org/compost/drop-sites" target="_blank">http://www.bigreuse.org/compost/drop-sites</a></span></li>
<li id="yiv3522495423yui_3_16_0_1_1418487218026_7486">We have finished compost if you need any. Makes for a unique gift! </li>
<li class="yiv3522495423" id="yiv3522495423yui_3_16_0_1_1418487218026_4577">We welcome new volunteers. Our <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AgkcimJTB3M0dGpLS0dySHRtNFRVQ1Z3OGRuMXBwQ1E#gid=0" id="yiv3522495423yui_3_16_0_1_1418487218026_5741" rel="nofollow" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #196ad4; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank">sign-up sheet</a> is online. </li>
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Thank <span style="font-size: large;"><b>you </b></span>for being a part of our community's compost program!</div>
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<span class="yiv6901946739" id="yiv6901946739yui_3_16_0_1_1447275413126_12071" style="font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;">invites you to its <span style="color: #e69138;"><b class="yiv6901946739" id="yiv6901946739yui_3_16_0_1_1447275413126_12073">4th Annual</b> </span>Open House </span><span class="yiv6901946739" id="yiv6901946739yui_3_16_0_1_1447275413126_12075" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div>
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<span class="yiv6901946739" id="yiv6901946739yui_3_16_0_1_1447275413126_12087" style="font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;">from 1:00 p.m. until 4:00 p.m. </span><span class="yiv6901946739" id="yiv6901946739yui_3_16_0_1_1447275413126_12089" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div>
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<span class="yiv6901946739" id="yiv6901946739yui_3_16_0_1_1447275413126_12099" style="font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.5pt;">Help SunnyCompost celebrate Autumn. Bring your:</span><span class="yiv6901946739" id="yiv6901946739yui_3_16_0_1_1447275413126_12101" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;"><b class="yiv6901946739" id="yiv6901946739yui_3_16_0_1_1447275413126_12119"><i class="yiv6901946739" id="yiv6901946739yui_3_16_0_1_1447275413126_12121"><span class="yiv6901946739" id="yiv6901946739yui_3_16_0_1_1447275413126_12123" style="font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.5pt;">food scraps, </span></i></b><span class="yiv6901946739" id="yiv6901946739yui_3_16_0_1_1447275413126_12125" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span></span></div>
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<b class="yiv6901946739" id="yiv6901946739yui_3_16_0_1_1447275413126_12155"><i class="yiv6901946739" id="yiv6901946739yui_3_16_0_1_1447275413126_12157"><span class="yiv6901946739" id="yiv6901946739yui_3_16_0_1_1447275413126_12159" style="font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.5pt;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"> pumpkins! </span></span></i></b><span class="yiv6901946739" id="yiv6901946739yui_3_16_0_1_1447275413126_12161" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div>
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<span class="yiv6901946739" id="yiv6901946739yui_3_16_0_1_1447275413126_12179" style="color: #cc0000; font-family: "symbol"; font-size: 10pt;">·<span class="yiv6901946739" id="yiv6901946739yui_3_16_0_1_1447275413126_12181" style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal;"> <b> </b></span></span><b style="color: #cc0000;"><span class="yiv6901946739" id="yiv6901946739yui_3_16_0_1_1447275413126_12183" style="font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Tour the composting site located at beautiful Sunnyside Community Garden at 50th Street and Barnett Avenue in Sunnyside. </span></b><br />
<b style="color: #cc0000;"><span class="yiv6901946739" id="yiv6901946739yui_3_16_0_1_1447275413126_12191" style="font-family: "symbol"; font-size: 10pt;">·<span class="yiv6901946739" id="yiv6901946739yui_3_16_0_1_1447275413126_12193" style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><span class="yiv6901946739" id="yiv6901946739yui_3_16_0_1_1447275413126_12195" style="font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Join us and meet your neighbors and fellow composters. </span></b><br />
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<b style="color: #cc0000;"><span class="yiv6901946739" id="yiv6901946739yui_3_16_0_1_1447275413126_12219" style="font-family: "symbol"; font-size: 10pt;">·<span class="yiv6901946739" id="yiv6901946739yui_3_16_0_1_1447275413126_12221" style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><span class="yiv6901946739" id="yiv6901946739yui_3_16_0_1_1447275413126_12223" style="font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.5pt;">Hands on activities - chopping, sifting, and much much more!</span></b><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8273400285745402267.post-64991290242094661692015-10-25T08:02:00.001-07:002015-10-25T08:02:40.411-07:00November 1st: New Winter Drop-off Hours: 2:00 to 4:00<div id="yiv2293251483yui_3_16_0_1_1444439993141_27851">
Hello Compost Friends!</div>
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Beginning<b id="yiv2293251483yui_3_16_0_1_1444439993141_40366"> Sunday, November 1st, </b>our drop-off hours will be between <b id="yiv2293251483yui_3_16_0_1_1444439993141_39579">2:00 p.m. and 4:00</b> p.m. through the end of February.</div>
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Visit <a href="http://www.sunnycompost.org/home" id="yiv2293251483yui_3_16_0_1_1444439993141_36844" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.sunnycompost.org/home</a> for more details of our food scrap drop-off program.</div>
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Thank you for being part of our Compost Community. </div>
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Thank you to our amazing volunteers who give their time freely, especially:</div>
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<li id="yiv2293251483yui_3_16_0_1_1444439993141_39687"> Soja, Ken, and Deena for helping out on our workday as we prepare for the winter.</li>
<li id="yiv2293251483yui_3_16_0_1_1444439993141_39687">Walter for sawing up a huge fallen branch.</li>
<li id="yiv2293251483yui_3_16_0_1_1444439993141_39687">New volunteers Elizabeth, Benjamin, and Eileen. We couldn't do this without you! </li>
<li id="yiv2293251483yui_3_16_0_1_1444439993141_39687">Maddy for providing her annual workshop for students at PS1.</li>
<li id="yiv2293251483yui_3_16_0_1_1444439993141_39687">Kanka, Teresa, Lora, Sharon, Maddy, and Deena for consistent chopping & sifting throughout the year</li>
<li id="yiv2293251483yui_3_16_0_1_1444439993141_39687">Hope who made our signage and who has since moved on.</li>
<li id="yiv2293251483yui_3_16_0_1_1444439993141_39687">Soja for putting our bin out each week and keeping a watchful eye during the week.</li>
<li id="yiv2293251483yui_3_16_0_1_1444439993141_39687">Gardeners who help us out, donate food scraps and moral support!</li>
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extra special thanks to one of our founding volunteers, Alvin, who has
moved on. You added so much to our group, Alvin, from t-shirt design to
building bins to helping our site stay beautiful (and so much more.)
Alvin and William made our awesome new sifter. Your contributions are
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Join us! Our website has a <a class="yiv2293251483edited-link-editor" href="http://www.sunnycompost.org/volunteer" id="yiv2293251483yui_3_16_0_1_1444439993141_40598" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">sign-up page</a> to volunteer. </div>
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Thanks and see you in the garden. </div>
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A part of the Master Composter course I took back in 2012, I tabled at the Sunnyside CSA to gauge interest in my idea of conducting worm bin workshops. Then I met Angela. She told me how much she missed being able to divert her food scraps from the landfill by bringing them to the Sunnyside Community Garden. The 24/7 drop-off had ended around March and she really missed it. We talked for awhile and a few other CSA members mentioned their desire to reinvigorate the drop-off program over at the community garden.<br />
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Angela's passion made an impression on me. So as the summer went on, my idea to conduct worm bin workshops continued but soon I was working with Queens compost gurus at NYC Compost Project at Queens Botanical Garden and Build It Green! Compost to organize a community meeting about reinvigorating the Sunnyside community garden drop-off compost program.<br />
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Three years later and dropping off food scraps at SunnyCompost is a routine Sunday activity for many of our neighbors. Angela was a regular composter, usually making her way down 50th Street after 4:00. We'd see her and greet her at the gate to help her carry her bags of scraps. We loved Angela because she believed in and appreciated us. When she wasn't able to bring over her scraps herself, Angela had her own crew ready to bring them over. She would tell them not to be late to drop-off because we're volunteers and she appreciated our giving of our time and didn't want us to have to work too late.<br />
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Angela cared about us, bringing us delicious baked goods for our Open House events. On the last Sunday in August, Angela enjoyed our 'Snacks and Sifting' event by visiting with neighbors and newcomers. I sat with her for awhile as she relayed her recipe for homemade hummus. Angela told a favorite story about her cat that was prescribed Paxil and one about her excellent ability to spell. Personally, she gave me advice that day to pass on to my mother about how physical therapy can be helpful.<br />
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SunnyCompost exists because of Angela's impassioned plea to rejuvenate the drop-off program. There are so many stories and memories to share. We love her and will miss her dearly. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8273400285745402267.post-70730316174373305722015-09-04T12:45:00.000-07:002015-09-04T13:02:59.080-07:00HappeningsLife is never dull at Sunny Compost!<br />
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Back in June, Maddie gave a workshop to students from PS 11. This is the third year in a row she's provided these hands on "in-the-garden" workshops. Many thanks to Jeremy from the NYC Compost Project hosted by Queens Botanical Garden for helping out!<br />
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We also had a Snacks & Sifting Sunday in August where some of our compost heroes put our beautiful sifter to use.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8273400285745402267.post-9952830219672584572015-09-04T11:16:00.000-07:002015-09-04T11:16:16.148-07:00Recap of Queens Bike Compost TourOne of our compost comrades, Sashti from <a href="https://www.facebook.com/462halseycommunitygardencompostcrew" target="_blank">462 Halsey Community Garden</a>, wrote a beautiful recap of the Queens Compost Bike Tour. Check it out <a href="https://verdantcities.wordpress.com/2015/08/18/queens-compost-bike-tour-recap/" target="_blank">here</a>. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0