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Flower Bin’s Giant Pumpkin Contest Sat. Oct 12
Oct 6th
Flower Bin’s Giant Pumpkin Contest Saturday, October 12th
Flower Bin Children’s entries from 2012
Did you or your children grow a pumpkin this year?
Plan on entering it in this years contest!
Last year there were 11 adult entries ranging from 261 lbs to 1,149 lbs.
The children’s contest consisted of 14 participants ranging from 4 lbs to 136 lbs.
You or your child could be this year’s winner!
Flower Bin 1st place pumpkin 2012 – Barry Todd 1,149 lbs
Heaviest pumpkin wins! The adult winners will receive Cash Prizes!
First – $500.00
Second – $300
Third – $100
Flowerbin 1st Place Kid winners 2012 – Carter and Eliza Navulur – 136 lbs
First, Second and Third place ribbons and honorable mention ribbons for all other children
Entries must arrive before 11 AM. Inspection will proceed the weigh-in which begins at noon. (We open at 9 AM)
The contest is judged by the Great Pumpkin Commonwealth rules.
All spectators are welcome. This is a great family events with many picture oppurtunities!
Find out more at: http://www.theflowerbin.net/events.html
Boulder County hosting composting workshops, bin sale
Sep 27th
Boulder County, Colo. – The Boulder County Resource Conservation Division is offering free composting workshops in Longmont, Lafayette and Boulder, as well a Soilsaver compost bin sale in Boulder.
Soilsaver compost bin sale
- Sunday, Oct. 7, noon-3:30 p.m.
Boulder County Recycling Center, 1901 63rd St., Boulder
Bins are $50 each, tax included, cash or check only
Register online at http://fallcompostbinsale.eventbrite.com
Backyard and worm composting workshops
- Sunday, Oct. 7, 12:30-2:30 p.m.
Boulder County Recycling Center, 1901 63rd St., Boulder
Register online at http://boulderrecyclingcenterworkshop1.eventbrite.com
- Monday, Oct. 8, 6-8 p.m.
Church of the Nazarene, 300 S. Broadway, Boulder
- Thursday, Oct. 18, 5:30-7:30 p.m.
Lafayette Public Library, 775 W. Baseline Road
Register online at http://backyardcompostlafayette.eventbrite.com
- Saturday, Oct. 20, 10 a.m.-noon
Boulder County Parks & Open Space, 5201 St. Vrain Road, Longmont
Register online at http://backyardcompostlongmont.eventbrite.com
- Monday, Oct. 22, 5:30-7:30 p.m.
Boulder County Recycling Center, 1901 63rd St., Boulder
Register online at http://boulderrecyclingcenterworkshop2.eventbrite.com
Contact Jessica Johnson at jljohnson@bouldercounty.org or 720-564-2226 for more information.
In addition to utilizing the new curbside compost bins, residents are encouraged to compost food scraps and yard waste at home. Keeping organics in backyards is an effective way to reduce household carbon footprints and provide quality compost for use in gardens. Come learn how to start and maintain a highly efficient backyard compost system by learning what to feed your compost pile, appropriate bins and methods for our region, tips and troubleshooting, and much more.
When organic materials such as food waste and leaves are sent to the landfill they are buried along with the trash and they break down in a way that produces methane, a greenhouse gas that contributes to climate change. Composting does not create methane; it is a natural decomposition process that changes the food and yard waste into a beneficial soil amendment.
Boulder County Fair Parade
Aug 14th
Aaron checks out cars, cowboys dancers and marching bands at the Boulder County Fair Parade in Longmont.
