March Meeting well attended and lots of fun!!

Valerie Vollendorf and Tom Bell spoke on two different topics at our March meeting to over 15 members and guests. We met both Valerie and Tom at our booth at Grantoberfest back in September 2015 and were facinated by what they were doing. We are so glad they came to share their passions with us!

Valerie spoke on heirloom flowers, what they are, and why they are important to maintaining bio-diversity.

Valerie grows her own seeds here in Grantsburg and at their home in Luck. She hand harvests the seeds, cleans them, sorts them, dries them and packages them for sale on eBay and Etsy.

Here are the links to her two "shops"

https://www.etsy.com/shop/VintageMeadowsGarden?ref=hdr_shop_menu
http://stores.ebay.com/vintagemeadowsgarden

Tom spoke on Vermiculture!! That's worm to anyone who doesn't know. Tom suggested keeping a bucket of worms in bedding under the kitchen sink so you can toss your veggie waste, coffee grounds and eggshells in and create great compost all winter long! He passed around a bucket of the worm castings to show us the beautiful soil these little creatures leave behind, and it had NO ODOR!!

Tom is planning to start a business with worms so watch for his castings and worm cocoons to be available locally some day.

Here are some vermiculture links:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vermicompost
http://working-worms.com/
http://www.wormpoop.com/composting/composting.htm

Thanks so much to Valerie and Tom!!