Garden Organic Guide to Compost

Name: Garden Organic Guide to Compost
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ISBN: 9781844484652

ISBN-10: 1844484653

ISBN-13: 9781844484652

Edition: 2009

Authors: P. Pears, Charlotte Green

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Learn how to keep your plants strong and healthy, how to produce beautiful fruit, vegetables and flowers, and how to keep your patio and house plants healthy. The book guides your through all the stages, from why you should compost, what you can compost, building a simple heap and containers, to how to use your compost, supplementing your compost with green manures, and how to retain water.

Book details

List price: $15.95
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Search Press, Limited
Publication date: 10/1/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 47
Size: 8.75" wide x 11.75" long x 0.25" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English



Introduction


Why recycle organic waste?


Nine good reasons why you should recycle organic waste


What you can compost


The most common materials that will compost


What you cannot compost


Materials that will not compost, but may be recycled


Compost bins


What makes a good compost bin


Illustrations of many homemade and commercial compost bins


Waste materials and how they compost


Household, garden and farm wastes


Activators, the rate of decomposition and the effect on the growth of plants


How to make compost


The bit-by-bit heap


Trenching


Making quick compost, with step-by-step instructions


Composting in hot and cold climates


How weather affects composting


Worms that gobble waste


Worms


Starting a worm bin


Feeding your worms


Problem solving


How to use compost


How to apply compost


How much to use


Where to use it


How to make and use leaf mould


The benefits of leaf mould in the garden


Lawns and grass mowings


Mowing


Recycling as a mulch


Adding to the compost


Turning your lawn into a wild flower meadow


Hedge clippings and prunings


Composting


Using shredders


Mulching


Seed and potting composts


Homemade mixes


Compost recipes


Making your own loam


Pasteurising soil


Comfrey


All about a remarkable plant


Green manures


Details of twelve green manures


How to grow them


How they affect the soil and your crops


Other ways to recycle household waste


Make your own seed trays and pots from household waste


Use throw-aways to create useful objects


Index