Author: Madeline Fuentes, Boxerwood Educator

Our 2023 Backyard Compost Challenge has come to a close. We’re still waiting for a few data inputs, but so far the final aggregate total for pounds of food waste… Continue reading Week #11: Well Done, Compost Champions

It’s week ten, the last week of the 2023 Backyard Compost Challenge. Pretty soon we will have our final food scraps data and we will know exactly how much food… Continue reading Week #10: Two Tons

Can you believe it? Week nine of the Backyard Compost Challenge is upon us. For the blog this week we thought it may be interesting to check in with some… Continue reading Week #9: Lightweights and Heavyweights

This week on the blog we talked to Ginny, our compost data number-cruncher, to learn about Boxerwood’s other major composting endeavors. The Backyard Compost Challenge is a wonderful way to… Continue reading Week #8: School Composting Projects

It’s week seven of the Backyard Compost Challenge! Hopefully you all are feeling like compost experts by now. Since we’ve spent quite a while talking about compost, I thought this… Continue reading Week #7: Other Ways to Reduce Food Waste

In our last blog post we touched on why your food scraps are so much better for the environment when they go into a compost pile versus when they go… Continue reading Week #5: Building Soil

Last week we heard from Phyllis Fevrier about the tiny chefs in our compost pile and treating your pile like a habitat. This week we wanted to build on Phyllis’… Continue reading Week #4: Backyard v. Landfill

If you were one of the many folks who came to pick up your composting supplies on Saturday, March 11th you probably spoke with Phyllis Fevrier (photo, far left). She,… Continue reading Week #3: Create Your Compost Cafe

Thank you to all who submitted  the pre-project survey that we sent out over the weekend. The survey gives us a sense of the knowledge and experience we’re bringing to… Continue reading #2: Meet the Backyard Composting Community