by Content | Oct 1, 2013 | Previous Featured Article
College graduation, a day highlighting the accomplishments that come with academia. For me, this feeling of accomplishment was short lived, you might even say it lasted as long as my graduation cap in the air following the traditional toss of the graduation cap. Why?...
by Content | Oct 1, 2013 | Previous Animal in the Cycle
Mantis is the name of our latest Aerated Static Pile compost heap. The inspiration for it’s name came from the live mantis that was discovered in the tall weeds near the beehive at the Compost Learning Center at Picnic Point while creating this pile.
by Content | Sep 4, 2013 | Rot Stars
Earth Matter processes approximately 18,500 lbs. of food scraps each month. Those scraps don’t magically compost themselves, it takes dedicated work to encourage active decomposition. Theodore Bolton and Henry Nye are just the guys to do it. Theodore registered as a...
by Content | Sep 4, 2013 | Previous Animal in the Cycle
When Penny, our red hen, crossed the road to get her chicks to the other side on August 13, 2013, we asked, “how can the chicks all hatch at almost the same time?” We knew that a hen in her prime ovulates every 25 hours, and it takes 21 days for the egg to hatch. At...
by Content | Sep 4, 2013 | Previous Featured Article
Join Earth Matter in welcoming Tino and Mycetes, our new baby bunnies! (left) Tino is a dwarf bunny, Mycetes (My) is a lop-eared rabbit These latest compost workers are charged with eating food scraps, drinking water, pooping (into a chute to a bin under their...
