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SUMMARY:Learn to Compost and other sustainable gardening practices
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by Mecklenburg County Solid Waste Authority\nIns
 tructor: Carol Buie-Jackson\nCall Hosting Facility to Register $10.00.
  Participants receive a composting book and a wire compost bin.\n\nPar
 ticipants in the P.L.A.N.T. class will learn the following:\n\n* Compo
 sting - how to turn leaves, yard clippings & kitchen scraps into rich 
 compost that is a cost saving & valuable soil amendment for plants in 
 the yard and garden.\n* Home and Community Soil Stewardship - How and 
 why of soil testing, managing soils to improve fertility, decrease ero
 sion and protect the environment.\n* Toxicity Reduction - Water qualit
 y, chemical alternatives and natural methods, and proper use, storage 
 and disposal of yard chemicals.\n* Home Yard Care - Wise lawn care, ty
 pes of grasses and how to best manage them, grasscycling, and lawn alt
 ernatives including ground covers, natural areas and proper mulching t
 echniques.\n* Piedmont Naturescaping - Landscaping for sustainability 
 and easy, low-cost maintenance, (southern xeriscaping)using traditiona
 l and native plants and trees in the landscape, groundcovers and mulch
 , watersaving strategies and best irrigation practices and technologie
 s. Prevention and eradication of invasive plants in our communities to
  improve property values.\n* Habitat and Natural Gardening - natural l
 andscaping techniques that allow for beneficial insects and plants, ha
 bitat for wildlife and low maintenance beautification of the landscape
 .\n\nFor more information visit http://slowfoodcharlotte.org/events/le
 arn-to-compost-and-other
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20100227T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20100227T130000
CATEGORIES:workshop
LOCATION:Latta Nature Preserve
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CONTACT:704 875 1391
ORGANIZER:Mecklenburg County Solid Waste Authority
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ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Susanne 
 Dillingham":http://slowfoodcharlotte.org/profile/SusanneD
ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Carol Bu
 ie-Jackson":http://slowfoodcharlotte.org/profile/Buie429
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