Leaves collected curbside are treated as regular household trash. Don’t waste this precious resource! Keep leaves out of our landfills and help create beautiful compost!
The garden will be accepting bagged, residential leaves* for composting on the following dates:
November 12th
November 20th
December 4th
Find out about other locations that are collecting leaves at nycleaves.org.
* Please no twigs, branches, or trash! Please use clear plastic or brown paper bags.
The following are some more long-awaited pictures of the PHCF Compost Sifter in action. Someday we’ll figure out how to create a very dynamic and Flash-y way of displaying these sorts of things on the website. ‘Till then, you’ll have to pardon the somewhat awkward layout in which I’ve presented them here.
The sifter’s construction is fairly simple. Bicycle wheels, stripped of tires, spokes, and gears, make up the the two hoops on each end. Wire mesh – chicken wire will do the trick, in a pinch – makes up the body. The whole thing rolls on a wood frame with four small castors screwed into the sides. The grooves of the wheels fit perfectly along the castors, and they spin the sifter with the least effort. Jon and James can say more about the details of the sifter’s construction. More to come soon…
