Composting and Fire safey Workshop

We had a great turnout for our Composting and Fire Safety workshop. Christine and Steve spoke for one hour to explain to everyone about Fire safety and Composting, and how they go along with each other.

As you clean your yards for fall and bring down dead branches, collect leaves, clean out gutter, and create fire safe zones in your yard you are protecting yourself for the upcoming Spring and Summer fire safety. With your yard wastes, you can start your compost pile, and continue to add kitchen scraps, cardboard, most sawdusts, tea bags, citrus rinds, coffee grounds and coffee filters.

DO NOT ADD: Meat, bones and fish, dairy products or grease, dog, cat or bird feces, Sawdust from plywood or treated wood, diseased plants or pernicious weeds such as bermuda grass, ivy, oxalis bulbs or burr clover.

With Fire safety, it is a year round aspect of life in California. We have very different climates.
When winter rolls around and you are getting ready to start your burn piles, here are some tips for you to follow.

1. Maximum pile size 4 foot diameter.
2. Area within 10 feet of outer edge of oile is maintained free and clear of all flammable material and vegetation.
3. Adult in attendance with shovel until fire is dead out.
4. Water supply at burning site.
5. No burning sall be undertaken unless weather conditions (particilarly wind) are such that burning can be considered safe.


Make sure that it is a permissable burn day and no permits are required to burn.

Hope this information is helpful. We had fun at the class. Hope to see you at the next one.