Learn About Composting Day
About Composting Day
When is Learn About Composting Day? This holiday is always celebrated on May 29
Learn About Composting Day is a great opportunity to “Go Green” and help the environment. You don’t have to be a gardener to participate in this holiday. Everyone can get into the act of recycling plant and vegetable matter into rich and valuable soil. If you are not a gardener, you can give compostable materials you have to a gardening friend. It makes you feel good, knowing you are doing your part to keep our environment a little bit cleaner. You may be surprised at how easy it is to compost. And, everyone can do it. Use this May 29 holiday to begin eco-friendly composting.
As you learn about composting today, you will also see the wide array of ways you can compost. You can start a simple compost pile in your backyard. Or, you can select a range of composters, from compost bins and compost barrels to compost tumblers. You can even use an indoor compost pail. More on Composters and Compost Tumblers.
What to Compost
As you learn about this process of composting, you will be surprised at all the things you can use. It is common knowledge, that you can use garden and yard vegetation, as well as kitchen (vegetable) scraps. But, you can also recycle many other things, including papers, untreated wood, and cardboard. Cardboard paper towels and toilet paper holders are great items to keep out of the waste stream.
You can use compost around your plants, to feed them, keep the weeds down, and help retain soil moisture. If you don’t have a yard, you can give it away to family and friends that do. Your reward will be flowers, vegetables, or herbs from thankful gardeners.
Did you Know? You can make Compost Tea with your compost materials to feed your indoor and outdoor plants! It will save you $$$.
Find more about Compost Materials
How to Celebrate and Participate in Learn About Composting Day
There is a wide range of activities you can do to celebrate this special day. They include:
- First and foremost, everyone should learn more about composting. See More on How to Compost.
- Today is a great day for schools to create a lesson plan on this earth-friendly process.
- Restaurants and businesses can buy composters to start a recycling program and hold staff training.
- Organizations, local governments, and gardening groups can hold seminars on composting for the general public.
- As an individual, learn more about composting. See More on How to Compost.
- Learn the different kinds of composting: Compost piles, compost tumblers, and compost bins.
- Be a recycling advocate to encourage other people, organizations, and government.
- Start a garden.
Today's Quotes
“The glory of gardening: hands in the dirt, head in the sun, heart with nature. To nurture a garden is to feed not just on the body, but the soul.” – – Alfred Austin
“Behold my friends, the spring has come. The earth has gladly received the embraces of the sun, and we shall soon see the results of their love!” – – Sitting Bull
This Day in History
Here are some things that happened on this day:
- Famous Abraham Lincoln quote: “You can fool some of the people all of the time, all of the people some of the time, but you can’t fool all of the people all of the time”. (1849)
- Albert Einstein publishes his Theory of Relativity. (1919)
- Bob Hope, comedian and actor was born on this day in 1975.
History and Origin of Learn About Composting Day
Bob Matthews from Rochester, NY, and owner of Holiday Insights created this special day in 2011. This holiday is the result of his love of gardening and a desire to do his part to help the environment.
We are strong advocates of the “Go Green” environmental movement. Why send plant matter to the waste stream when it is easy to recycle these materials into valuable, fertile soil? We believe everyone can practice composting, to leave a better world for our children.
As a Boy Scout leader, Matthews follows the Boy Scout motto “Reduce, Re-Use, Recycle”. Recycling and reusing decayed plant matter is a great way to reuse a wide range of things that otherwise would go unnecessarily into the waste stream.
Related Holidays and Articles
People who like this holiday will also enjoy celebrating:
International Plant Appreciation Day
Sneak Some Zucchini Onto Your Neighbor’s Porch Day
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