The Matanuska Experiment Farm and the Anchorage Soil and Water Conservation District will host a public sale of low-cost composting bins Saturday, Sept. 19 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
The Soil and Water Conservation District is making available to the public, with the help of grant funds, back yard composting systems that retail for $150 for only $50. The first event of this kind in Anchorage in May was such a tremendous success it had to be repeated in July; now it will be offered to the Valley.
“If all the bins do not sell this fall, we plan to hold another sale in the spring,” said Matnauska Experiment Farm superintendent Judson Scott. “In conjunction with the spring sale, we plan to incorporate an educational composting session by SNRAS Assistant Professor Jeff Smeenk, instructor and director of Alaska Community Horticulture Program Jodie Anderson, and Ellen Vande Visse, instructor and author known as the “compost queen.”
The compost bin sale will take place at the Matanuska Experiment Farm on Trunk Road in Palmer.
No comments:
Post a Comment