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About this event
Learn about home composting methods such as daleks, green cones, tumblers, bokashi, hot heaps and biochar at SSB's new home compost demonstration site. ‘Dr Compost’ Nicky Scott and Sustainable South Hams Compost Mentor Mel Harvey will guide us through different methods of home composting and the pros and cons of each.
We’ll take a specific look at what to do with woody offcuts and learn about the power of biochar. Bring a sample of your own home compost and Nicky will make suggestions for how to improve it.
This event is free for Sustainable South Brent's Community Compost volunteers. For all other attendees, the ticket price is £20.
Further complementary places can be offered to anyone considering hosting a home composting demo site. If you are interested in this option please email info@sussh.org.
The event runs over 5 hours as there is so much to learn! Please bring your own notepads, cameras and ideally, a pop-up chair. There will be ample supplies of hot drinks but please bring your own lunch and snacks. Although there is some shelter, the event will be held outside so please dress accordingly. And there is a lovely compost loo on site!
About Nicky
Nicky Scott has been around compost for most of his life from a Saturday job whilst still at school to coordinating the Devon Community Composting Network, employed by Devon Local Authorities. He’s been Chair of the Community Composting Network, is the founder of Proper Job in Chagford and a regular contributor to compost forums around the world.
Nicky has written many books about composting, spoken at conferences here and abroad and runs innumerable compost workshops. Currently he is revising the third edition of ‘How to make and use Compost’ for Bloomsbury publications. Nicky has most recently worked with Sustainable South Hams to produce the booklet Composting in the South Hams
The event is being run by Sustainable South Hams in collaboration with Sustainable South Brent and is made possible by the support of South Hams District Council.