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Composting basics : all the skills and tools you need to get started / Eric Ebeling, editor ; Carl Hursh, environmental educator and consultant ; Patti Olenick, soil scientist and consultant ; photographs by Alan Wycheck.

Summary:

You don’t need a science degree or a shed full of sophisticated equipment to make quality compost. What you need to get started is the know-how provided in this basic how-to book along a little elbow grease and the pile of organic materials you regularly throw away. Nature does the rest. Whether you live in the suburbs, country, or city, whether you have a garden or not, you can recycle household waste in an environmentally friendly way and turn it into black gold: compost. You’ll learn what and how to compost, how to make or buy bins, how to build a compost pile and make compost tea, and how to compost with worms. It’s simple and easy to do, and the best part is that you’ll be saving money and helping to save the earth as well.

Record details

ISBN: 9780811718370
ISBN: 0811718379
Physical Description: x, 130 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Edition: 2nd edition.
Publisher: Guilford, Connecticut : Stackpole Books, [2017]

Content descriptions

General Note:	First edition published 2003 is titled: Basic composting.
Formatted Contents Note:	Determining your needs -- What to compost -- Using compost -- Composting bins to buy or build -- Tools and building a compost screener -- Building the compost pile -- Compost tea -- Worm composting.