Serving the Big Horn Basin for over 100 years
Serving the Big Horn Basin for over 100 years
WORLAND – The University of Wyoming Washakie Extension Office is hosting two activities this weekend to help community members get closer to and learn about which bugs are beneficial, detrimental and pollinate their gardens and the way worms can be used to create beneficial compost for gardens.
By TRACIE MITCHELL
Staff Writer
WORLAND – The University of Wyoming Washakie Extension Office is hosting two activities this weekend to help community members get closer to and learn about which bugs are beneficial, detrimental and pollinate their gardens and the way worms can be used to create beneficial compost for gardens.
The bug program is at the community garden Friday morning at 9 a.m. and will last about an hour or so. “It’s going to be a really fun bug program for kids and our University of Wyoming entomologist will be there. They will be catching bugs and looking at them and learning about the different bugs. It’s really kind of a kids program but everybody is welcome. We did it last year and had a lot of fun with it,” University of Wyoming Extension Educator Caitlin Youngquist said.
Saturday morning from 9 a.m. – noon interested community members can learn about the benefits of worms, composting and how to build their own compost system. The worm workshop begins in the Extension office classroom and will move to the community garden where attendees will get a chance to get their hands dirty.
“We have a woman [Erika Rogers] from Laramie to teach the worm composting workshop. She has a company called Wyoming Worm Wrangler and she sells composting worms and teaches classes. I’m looking forward to it; I think it will be a really great program,” Youngquist said. “She’s going to help us set up a worm compost system for the garden and she will talk about really small scale, like for your kitchen, worm composting as well as larger scale for a larger garden or small farm. Everyone will have a chance to take home some worms to start their own worm system,” she added.
Youngquist would also like to encourage people to come to the community garden on Thursday evenings from 6:30 – 7:30 p.m. for the family programs offered. She stated that every Thursday different programs are offered for families. Also there are a lot of herbs growing in the garden at this time. “If anyone would like to come see the community garden or come harvest some herbs, they are welcome to come up in the evening,” Youngquist said.