Silver Spring Garden Club November 2021 Meeting: “Composting Myths Busted"
Our next speaker meeting of the Silver Spring Garden Club is Monday, November 15 at 7:30pm Note: This meeting is on ZOOM*. “Composting Myths Busted” This talk will cover composting topics from " Why does composting happen?" to "Does it smell?" to "Can you compost ( blank )?" Speaker: Dr. Gary Felton was born in Washington, D.C. and raised in Maryland. He earned a BS and MS in Agricultural Engineering at the University of Maryland and his PhD in Agricultural Engineering at Texas A&M. Since 1978, he has been working in non-point source pollution, focusing on nutrients, with research at Universities in Maryland, Texas, and Kentucky. He is currently Associate Professor and Extension Agricultural Engineer at the University of Maryland, and has been teaching and organizing Mid-Atlantic Better Composting School since 2004. He also teaches a Large Animal composting short course and Poultry Mortality Composting short course. Dr. Felton is also an Exten
