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SUMMARY:Learn to Compost and other sustainable gardening practices
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by Mecklenburg County Solid Waste Authority\nIns
 tructor: George Massad\nCall Hosting Facility to Register $10.00. Part
 icipants receive a composting book and a wire compost bin.\n\nParticip
 ants in the P.L.A.N.T. class will learn the following:\n\n* Composting
  - how to turn leaves, yard clippings & kitchen scraps into rich compo
 st that is a cost saving & valuable soil amendment for plants in the y
 ard and garden.\n* Home and Community Soil Stewardship - How and why o
 f soil testing, managing soils to improve fertility, decrease erosion 
 and protect the environment.\n* Toxicity Reduction - Water quality, ch
 emical alternatives and natural methods, and proper use, storage and d
 isposal of yard chemicals.\n* Home Yard Care - Wise lawn care, types o
 f grasses and how to best manage them, grasscycling, and lawn alternat
 ives including ground covers, natural areas and proper mulching techni
 ques.\n* Piedmont Naturescaping - Landscaping for sustainability and e
 asy, low-cost maintenance, (southern xeriscaping)using traditional and
  native plants and trees in the landscape, groundcovers and mulch, wat
 ersaving strategies and best irrigation practices and technologies. Pr
 evention and eradication of invasive plants in our communities to impr
 ove property values.\n* Habitat and Natural Gardening - natural landsc
 aping techniques that allow for beneficial insects and plants, habitat
  for wildlife and low maintenance beautification of the landscape.\n\n
 For more information visit http://slowfoodcharlotte.org/events/learn-t
 o-compost-and-other-1
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20100313T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20100313T130000
CATEGORIES:workshop
LOCATION:St. Albans Community Garden
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CONTACT:704 432 1970
ORGANIZER:Mecklenburg County Solid Waste Authority
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ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Carol Bu
 ie-Jackson":http://slowfoodcharlotte.org/profile/Buie429
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