Composting with Red Worms
with Stephanie Strongin
April 15th, 2026
Are you a gardener? If you are an avid gardener or just a dabbler, you soon realize how much better your gardens grow when you have the benefits of red worms in your soil. Composting may seem like old news, but doing it with a bin full of worms probably doesn't.
Why not join Stephanie Strongin as she tells us all about Red Worms, composting and the great benefits to organic gardening while producing both a natural fertilizer and an effective pesticide. Recycling anyone? Red worms eat your kitchen scraps. They transform soil and decaying plant material into an excellent soil supplement and conditioner called vermicompost. Your food waste will disappear and your plants will flourish! Indoor composting is perfect for apartment dwellers or small homes without access to outdoor space. She will also tell you what you do not want to put in your compost bin.
Presenter: Stephanie Strongin has kept red worm compost bins at her school where she taught and at home. Her home bin has been maintained for the last 40 years.
Class Information: This is a hybrid class - held in-person in UM@M’s room SCI 102 and via Zoom. The presenter will be in person.
All facilities at the University of Maine at Machias (UM@M) are fully handicap compliant. The facilities used by Sunrise Senior College (SSC) at the college have ramps, elevators and handicap accessible bathrooms. Our offsite functions and activities have various limitations and restrictions and may not be fully handicap accessible. SSC will endeavor to identify limitations at these to you in advance.
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This class is available to all current Maine Senior College (MSCN) Members. The general public not wishing to join Sunrise Senior College at this time may attend this class for a $15.00 fee.
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Sunrise Senior College (SSC) is a membership-based organization. Our SSC members receive special benefits as current members when they register for this course. Any member of another MSCN college is also able to enjoy this course, but may occur some additional charges. If you are a member of the general public, you can take this course but will have to pay additional fees associated with being a non-member. For any attendee that is not a current member of Sunrise Senior College, any materials required for the course are your responsibility. When checking out, please carefully read and answer the questions asked associated with this specific course so that you are charged appropriately for this class. Failure to do this may result in your being cancelled from the course. We hope you enjoy this offering.
