SUNNY COMPOST’S OPEN HOUSE!

SUNNY COMPOST’S OPEN HOUSE!
From  1pm - 5pm 

Join us for some compost fun, 

snacks and 

a workshop at 2:00pm 

                         At Sunnyside Community Garden corner of 50th street and Barnett Ave.

Spring Forward with SunnyCompost!

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.

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December 2018

 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.

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.

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.

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!

Stay tuned for a sifting party invite - we need one for sure!

New hours for Fall & Winter Begin on November 4th

Beginning on Sunday, November 4, 2018, drop-off hours for SunnyCompost are from 

2 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Lucky

Bats in the Compost

Compost of the Dolls

 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.

How did it end up in the compost?
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.)

Help us identify these other items we came across today while sifting.