Anna-2/28/09-Lower East Side Ecology Center

Today I went back to LESEC Drop Off Stand at the Union Square Farmers Market.  I dropped off the food scraps my family had collected this week.  It was great to see Aurelia again.  The Drop Off Stand was very busy and five bins were already full of food scraps. We had kept ours in the freezer so they wouldn’t rot all week.  I read this was a good idea on a composting blog.  Then I purchased a composting bin and one pound of worms for $40 to bring to school Monday so our class can start our composting.  I bought oatmeal and sprinkled it on the worms so they will have enough to eat until Monday when they start munching on our LREI waste.  The worms are in my kitchen and my cats are extremely fascinated by them, even though they’re safely tucked away in the bin.  Carey Pulverman, project coordinator for the Lower East Side Ecology Center is coming Monday at 1:30 to give us a workshop.  I will bring my red wriggle worms and the bin to school on Monday.  See you there! 🙂