Grow beautiful fruits, vegetables, and flowers with rich soil you produce yourself! Whether you have experience with compost or have always wanted to learn more and see how you can incorporate it into your lifestyle, this book provides everything you need to know. From understanding what compost is and how to make it to using and storing it, this guide carefully explains this sustainable, low-cost way to produce rich soil in your backyard. With detailed...

Composting is no longer only in the realm of environmentalists! It's not just about reducing food waste; most composters get their hands dirty because of the benefits it brings to the soil in their garden. All the extra nutrients makes for well-fed gardens with plenty of nutrients and rich moisture. Composting has been under the radar screen until now, and seen as a boutique, West Coast thing, says Jared Blumenfeld, who oversees California as well...

What is that garbage doing next to the garden? It's not garbage. It's compost! Amazing things happen inside a compost bin. In go banana peels, grass clippings, and even an old jack-o'-lantern. Out comes compost. The compost goes into the garden to make the soil rich for new plants. Compost is good for the earth. Composting also helps us make less garbage. In this book, you can watch as one family makes compost for their garden and also learn how to...

Great compost is one of the most important secrets of successful organic gardening. In this comprehensive guide, you'll learn everything you need to know about the various methods of composting and how to adapt them to your home and garden. With full-color photographs and easy-to-follow instructions, this will be a welcome addition to every organic gardener's library. Topics covered include: •What you can and can't throw on your compost pile •How...

A Green Kid's Guide to Composting will teach students how to build a compost bin with help from an adult, what to recycle in your compost bin, and how to use compost to fertilize a garden-all without harmful chemicals! A compost research project will give students a hands on activity to get them interested in gardening. Common Core and State Standards for life cycles, soil, measuring, observing, and reporting can all be connected to A Green Kid's...

"Learn how to start and maintain a compost pile by following the story of two students who develop a plan to cut down on cafeteria waste at their school."--

A comprehensive guide to composting discusses what can be composted, how to balance a bin's contents for optimum decomposition, vermicomposting, and how and when to use compost in a garden.

Presents an introduction to composting and explains how decomposition works and how to build and use a compost tumbler.