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Amanda Tedrow and Patrick Phelps discuss Tedrow's compost bin, which includes dirt, paper scraps, vegetables and worms. She showed the box at the UGA Extension Office’s second annual Fall Garden Workshop in Lexington on Aug. 31. (Photo/John Henry Hammond)
Amanda Tedrow and Patrick Phelps discuss Tedrow's compost bin, which includes dirt, paper scraps, vegetables and worms. She showed the box at the UGA Extension Office’s second annual Fall Garden Workshop in Lexington on Aug. 31. (Photo/John Henry Hammond)

Amanda Tedrow keeps a discreet, but fascinating, secret beneath her desk: a box of paper scraps, dirt, vegetables and, most surprisingly, worms. 

The unassuming box is a testament to her passion f…