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Ellen

September 24, 2026

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  1. COMPOSTING 101 Ellen Book, UF/IFAS Extension Miami-Dade County Link to

    slide presentation: TINYURL.com/compost092026 Master Gardener
  2. FREE: 25 pages per person per day Color or B&W

    https://mdpls.org/mobile-printing
  3. Unable to visit the library in person due to disabilities

    or caregiving? Items are mailed to your home for free, including return postage.
  4. Plastic to Purpose - Learn How to Make Plarn to

    Earn Community Service Hours Saturdays @ 2-4pm
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  6. Composting at Home 101 Repeats on Zoom Saturday, November 28,

    2026 / 2:00pm - 3:30pm or in person with Gerryann Barros December 5, 2026 / Noon – 1:00pm Golden Glades Library Voucher giveaway post-lecture
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  8. ~BOOK CLUBS~ 2ND Saturdays from 10:30am - Noon 1st Wednesdays

    @ 2:30 3rd Saturdays from 10:30am - Noon 2ND Saturdays from 10:30am - Noon
  9. A Good Book Book Club in person & on Zoom

    first Thursdays @ 6pm Author Talk October 1, 2026
  10. Children’s Book Author Visit Marta Magellan, Wildlife Adventures Free copy

    to the first 25 children + a musical trio will perform Halloween songs Saturday, October 10, 2026 @ 10:30am
  11. Photographer Hugh Hudson on the principles on capturing fast moving

    action. Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2026 at 6pm HYBRID PROGRAM
  12. ~IN PERSON & ON ZOOM~ 2nd and 4th Mondays 12

    noon– 1pm starting October 26, 2026
  13. The last day to register to vote at the November

    3rd election is on Monday, October 5, 2026 4 6
  14. COMPOSTING 101 Ellen Book, UF/IFAS Extension Miami-Dade County Link to

    slide presentation: TINYURL.com/compost092026 Master Gardener
  15. Adjustable size allows you to set it up “skinny” for

    low capacity or make it large enough to hold 246 gallons of materials. 36.5″ in height
  16. TYPES OF COMPOSTING Sheet Composting Top-dressing on the soil surface

    like a garden lasagna right onto a future growing space. Trench Composting - composting directly in the soil Cold Bin Composting Fill your compost bin halfway with browns and bury kitchen scraps Bokashi Bucket anaerobic bacteria (grass-like inoculated bran, rice, dried leaves sprinkled over scraps). 10 days to ferment & “pickle” waste, forming an acidic organic matter that must be dug into the soil or added to a compost pile.
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  21. BROWNs = carBon CarBon = Energy GREENs = nitroGen NitroGen

    = Protein From: https://small-farm-permaculture-andsustainable-living.com/how-build-compost-pile/
  22. Browns for composting are carbon-rich, dry materials that add structure

    and aeration and serve as the energy food for microbes in the pile.
  23. Citrus green/nitrogen cut in half or quarter before composting mix

    with browns & add a 6-inch layer of browns on top
  24. Can I compost this? Material Can I Compost? Banana skins

    Yes Bird cage "waste" Yes Bone meal Yes Bread Yes Cereal Yes Comment Citrus (e.g., oranges, grapefruit, Yes lemons, tangerines) Green/nitrogen - must cut in half or quarter before composting; mix with browns & add 6-inch layer of browns on top Coffee grounds (with paper filter) Yes Green/nitrogen Corn cobs Yes Cornmeal Yes Cottonseed meal Yes Crop waste Yes Egg shells Yes Adds calcium
  25. I “The secret world beneath our feet is mind-blowing –

    and the key to our planet’s future : Don’t dismiss soil: its unknowable wonders could ensure the survival of our species” by George Monbiot in The Guardian, 5/7/2022
  26. AS PILE TEMPERATURES  &  TIME IS NEEDED FOR

    VARIOUS MICROORGANISMS TO COLONIZE
  27. GUESS WHERE THIS COMPOST WAS MADE? Left: (1 year old)

    Last year’s material all garden stuff, grass & leaves, kitchen: banana peels veg. trimmings from the pile’s top. Middle: (2 years old) bottom of this year’s pile put into bags Right: (3 years old) Finished product from the bags to be used in the garden & greenhouse this year
  28. Five “Pests” in a Compost Pile Ants, spiders & centipedes:

    compost is too dry Slugs & flies: compost is too wet
  29. http://clipart-library.com/ Vermi-Composting Definitions • Vermiculture – Work farming process of

    culturing worms to decompose organic food waste, turning it into nutrient rich material • Casting – Worm waste, digested food • Omnivores – Animals that eat plants and animals • Hermaphrodites – Animals with male and female sex organs.
  30. Red Wigglers Contains UF/IFAS • 5Xs the available nitrogen •

    7Xs the available potash • 50% more calcium than 6” of good topsoil • Water soluble nutrient immediately available for plant intake. Will not burn root system unlike fresh raw manures
  31. Fill out the evaluation to access the Composter voucher Fill

    out the questions & click the orange button
  32. Fill out the evaluation to access the Composter voucher Fill

    out the questions & click the orange button
  33. The weblink to the evaluation & voucher Will be shown

    at the conclusion of the 9/26/26 lecture This evaluation will be accessible until Monday, 09/28/2026 at 8:00AM GeoBin pickup starts Wednesday, 09/30/2026
  34. Evaluation & Voucher Vasquez,Laura A [email protected] Link to slide presentation:

    TINYURL.com/compost092026 Urban Horticulture Agent and Master Gardener Coordinator The Miami-Dade voucher will be accepted for three months while supplies last.