Growing Green / Sustain Your Brain
Noncredit Workshop
The Art of Compost Tea
Event ID: P10225
Info: Jun 28 • Sun • 3:00-4:30pm • 1 mtg • Olomana Gardens, Waimanalo (go mauka on Kumuhau from Kalanianaole Hwy, then right onto Waikupanaha, continuing to 41-1140: park inside gate or on road) • $20 • Long sleeve shirt, pants, shoes, and nontoxic insect repellant recommended
With: Olomana Gardens
The most recent, and wildly popular, idea in composting is compost tea, made by steeping compost in water. Compost tea increases nutrients, helps suppress diseases, and speeds the breakdown of toxins in your garden. Some argue that compost teas also increase the flavor and nutritional quality of vegetables. Learn about making teas from worm compost.
Glenn Martinez, Elizabeth “Liz” Mandeville Martinez, and the staff of Olomana Gardens are dedicated to serving the local community through their old-style Hawaiian tropical garden that is a model for modern, sustainable agriculture. Their diverse population of farm animals includes two horses, a hundred plus birds (chickens, ducks, turkeys, geese), goats, a rabbit, and thousands of composting worms, which turn organic waste and manures into natural fertilizer. They have natural, spring-fed aquaculture ponds, which are home to koi, tilapia, bullfrogs, and turtles. They grow organic fruit and vegetables and offer for sale natural chicken and duck eggs, selected exotic chicken pets, composting and tiller worms, worm compost, selected organic plants and produce, and organic pallet gardens for delivery. School tours featuring agricultural activities are a regular feature.
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Co-sponsored with Olomana Gardens.
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