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Compost Science for Gardeners: Simple Methods for Nutrient-Rich Soil
With breathtaking clarity, Compost Science for Gardeners demystifies composting practices and helps readers determine the best technique for their unique situation. This comprehensive science-based book is your key to building healthier soil and growing better plants.
Using plain language and easy-to-follow instructions, this essential resource distills and blends the latest scientific research with the author’s many decades of knowledge and experience into manageable form, debunking a host of common gardening myths along the way. Learn about:
- The role of composting in the ecological cycle
- Compostable materials to incorporate and those to avoid
- Browns and greens vs the carbon-to-nitrogen ratio
- The full range of composting methods, including cold and hot composting; composting in piles, bins, and tumblers; and pit and trench composting
- Keyhole gardening, food digesters, vermicomposting, bokashi, eco-enzyme fermentation, and more
- The relative merits and impact on the environment of each composting technique
- Using finished compost to improve soil health
Anyone can compost. Whether you are a balcony or backyard gardener, market gardener, small-scale farmer, or homesteader, or even if you are simply looking for a way to keep organic matter out of the landfill, this book will show you how to do it simply, safely, and sensibly.
About The Author
Robert Pavlis is a well-known speaker, and educator with over 40 years of gardening experience. He is the author of Building Natural Ponds, Garden Myths Book 1 & 2, and publishes the popular gardening blogs; GardenMyths.com and GardenFundamentals.com. As the owner and head gardener of Aspen Grove Gardens, a six-acre botanical garden, he grows 3,000 varieties of plants.
Book Reviews
This should be your go to manual for great soil!
— Jeff Lowenfels, author, DIY Autoflowering Cannabis
Myth-buster Robert Pavlis has done it again, writing an essential resource on the science (and art) of composting.
— Rebecca Martin, technical editor, Mother Earth News magazine
Book Details
- Publisher : New Society Publishers (January 24, 2023)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 224 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0865719764
- ISBN-13 : 978-0865719767
- Item Weight : 12.5 ounces
- Dimensions : 6 x 0.52 x 9 inches
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