Nettle Curbside Compost

06/11/2026

You won’t want to miss this wonderful performance by Micky Torpedo! Come see us at our Nettle table while you’re there.

🌟 Join us for a FREE family-friendly live music performance! 🎶

Celebrate the release of Birdsongs, Vol 3 - Sounds Of The Great Salt Lake with Micky Torpedo and Sinnissippi Audubon!

🗓️ When: Sunday, June 14, 2026, at 3 PM
📍 Where: Sinnissippi Music Shell, 2010 Arlington Ave, Rockford, IL

Enjoy music, local brews from Pig Minds Brewing Co., and meet an owl from Atwood Center!

This album sheds light on the ecological crisis facing the Great Salt Lake and its bird species.

Come for the music, stay for the cause! 🌿

06/11/2026

Thanks to Logan at RockBuzz Rockford for coming out to the farm and learning about what we’re doing to make compost easy and accessible for everyone —-including Kate’s husband who never liked having a kitchen compost bin before because of the smell and fruit flies…and guess what? We use bins that get his approval for being smell free and bug free. The snap tight lids with no holes keep the bugs and smell OUT of your kitchen!

06/08/2026

Lily is one of our flagship members and perennial cheerleaders and Kate and Jessie have taken classes from her and are obsessed! She has so many nature patterns—it’s really a match made in heaven! (And great art therapy!)

06/07/2026

In celebration and allyship of Pride Month, Nettle is honored to donate 50% of new membership fees the entire month of June to the Liam Foundation.
JOIN TODAY! www.nettlecompost.com

06/06/2026

What an incredible day celebrating the beautiful and colorful spectrum of humanity! We were joined with our good buds from sharing our message that NATURE IS Q***R!🌈
Historically, human designated nature spaces have not been safe places for q***r folx. In fact, nature spaces have been legislated as heteronormative spaces since the 1800s in the US. The lasting impact is that many of our q***r kin don’t see themselves in nature, or imagine they don’t belong—when THIS COULDNT BE FURTHER FROM THE TRUTH BECAUSE NATURE IS INHERENTLY Q***R and doesn’t exist along a binary that many people like to imagine humans do. (They’re wrong, obvi). We want to help people reclaim nature as theirs—(and have lofty goals to make this a reality) for now—we show up as colorful allies, list ourselves in the rainbow guide, let folks know nettle and troggs hollow are safe spaces. (Also, if you join Nettle in June we donate half of your member fees to .liam.foundation).

06/05/2026

In this week’s edition of things that aren’t compostable: netted produce packages you find for onions, potatoes and avocados—these are plastic and not compostable! We’re happy to take the contents inside the package but not the package itself!

06/04/2026

06/03/2026

We are thrilled to announce our latest swap spot as the cool, new houseplant shop - - in downtown Rockford! Sign up today - and remember, 50% of new membership proceeds go to the Liam Foundation!

Folia's hours are Wednesday, Thursday, Friday 11-6, and Saturday, Sunday noon to 5. Their address is 327 W. Jefferson Street.

Sign up for a drop off membership with Folia today at https://www.nettlecompost.com/dropoff

Make sure to check them out!