Compost School

Compost School Compost School is Edmonton's place to learn how to compost at home and build healthy soil. Check out a dozen methods (that work great) for Edmonton.

Compost school is a self-directed interpretive site all about how to compost at home, how to uncompost, and how to build healthy soil. Test different compost bins and compost turners. Try the tools. Learn how to troubleshoot when issues come along. Composting is FUN and EASY. Make it successful for you and for your soil!

Do you have extra fruit or veggies? Home Harvest is a program that collects and redistributes excess food from backyard ...
09/01/2026

Do you have extra fruit or veggies? Home Harvest is a program that collects and redistributes excess food from backyard gardens and fruit trees, ensuring that fresh local produce doesn’t go to waste. Learn more about the program here.

Home Harvest rescues and redirects excess food from backyard gardens and fruit trees, ensuring that fresh local produce doesn’t go to waste. Donate Your Harvest The program first launched in Calgary…

Show us your bin Saturday! It's time to brag about how amazing your composting setup is. Post a picture of your compost ...
08/29/2026

Show us your bin Saturday! It's time to brag about how amazing your composting setup is. Post a picture of your compost bin, pile, etc. in the comments.

Apple harvest season is approaching! 🍎 Here are some ideas to help you use your extra apples and prevent waste. 🍏
08/28/2026

Apple harvest season is approaching! 🍎 Here are some ideas to help you use your extra apples and prevent waste. 🍏

Here are five new recipes to cook with apples to use up a bumper harvest, which don’t all require a dollop of cream on top.

Here are a few easy steps to maintain your compost pile: 🟢 Add greens: Anything from a plant🟤 Add browns: Dry, dead mate...
08/26/2026

Here are a few easy steps to maintain your compost pile:

🟢 Add greens: Anything from a plant
🟤 Add browns: Dry, dead materials (leaves, onion skins, paper, cardboard)
🌬️ Turn it weekly: helps the material break down faster
💧 Keep it moist: like a wrung out sponge

Learn the basics of composting with tips on getting started, how to maintain your composter and what types of materials you can compost.

Join the Home Composting Team for three fun-filled Saturdays at the OFRE Apple Cider Celebrations! Bring your harvested ...
08/24/2026

Join the Home Composting Team for three fun-filled Saturdays at the OFRE Apple Cider Celebrations! Bring your harvested apples and transform them into delicious cider, right on the spot. Admission is FREE! Check their website for full details.

Celebrate fall with family-friendly cider pressing, orchard blessings, and food skills for kids. Three weekends of apples, community, and hands-on harvest fun in Edmonton.

Running low on dry leaves for your compost pile? Consider adding some of these other browns instead: 1) Paper towels &...
08/22/2026

Running low on dry leaves for your compost pile? Consider adding some of these other browns instead:

1) Paper towels & napkins
2) Cardboard tubes
3) Egg cartons & pizza boxes

You can even get egg cartons and cardboard tubes for FREE at the Reuse Centre. Pick some up today!

The Reuse Centre collects everyday items not accepted for donation elsewhere.

Join us there on the 29th! 🍎
08/21/2026

Join us there on the 29th! 🍎

Back to school is just around the corner. 🍎 Start a compost jar for crusts, cores, peels and other lunchbox leftovers - ...
08/20/2026

Back to school is just around the corner. 🍎 Start a compost jar for crusts, cores, peels and other lunchbox leftovers - a simple way to get the kids involved in composting!

Check out this great composting set up at the West Ritchie Community Garden. It’s a great reminder that composting doesn...
08/18/2026

Check out this great composting set up at the West Ritchie Community Garden. It’s a great reminder that composting doesn’t have to be complicated, a little effort goes a long way.

https://www.facebook.com/WelcometoRitchie

Please, don't store elm wood!
08/18/2026

Please, don't store elm wood!

Cleaning up your yard? Don't save cut elm branches for backyard fire pits 🪓

Storing elm wood outdoors is against City bylaws and invites bark beetles that spread Dutch elm disease.

Take it to the Edmonton Waste Management Centre for free disposal.

Learn more edmonton.ca/DutchElm

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