How to Make and Use Compost – The Ultimate Guide

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How to Make and Use Compost – The Ultimate Guide Author: Format: Paperback First Published: Published By: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Pages: 200 Illustrations and other contents: 8pp colour plates ISBN: 9781900322591 Category: Tag:

Composting is easy, fun, saves you money and helps you to grow lovely plants. Whether you live in a flat with a balcony or have a family and garden that generate large amounts of food and green waste, this books shows you how to compost everything that can be composted – at home, work or school, and in spaces big or small. It covers:

– creating the right mix for successful garden compost
– how to compost your food waste safely
– the full range of composting systems, from plastic ‘daleks’ to large-scale units, including prices and suppliers
– composting with a wormery
– making liquid feeds and your own seed and potting compost
– composting in schools, with advice on getting a school scheme started.

How to Make and Use Compost features a comprehensive A-Z guide, which includes what you can and can’t compost, concepts and techniques, and common problems and solutions.

Paperback. 199 pages.

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Weight0.45 kg
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`Clearly written and cross-referenced, this book obviously draws from a wide range of composting experience. I would certainly recommend it.’ * Sue Stickland, gardening writer, author of Back Garden Seed Saving. * "Nicky Scott's book tells you everything you need to know about compost systems, wormeries and the incredible value of compost; in short everything a good gardener will love to know more about." * Bristol Evening Post / Western Daily Press *

Author Biography

Nicky Scott is the coordinator of the Devon Community Composting Network; he helps set up community composting groups and advises schools and businesses on composting kitchen waste. He was involved in the development of the `Scotty’s Hot Box’ and the `Ridan’ composter, both now widely used for composting food waste. Nicky is the author of Composting for All and Composting: an easy household guide.