The Rodale Book of Composting: Easy Methods for Every Gardener
by Grace Gershuny
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"Even though this book was written over 25 years ago, composting is experiencing a renaissance - and this revised edition includes all the latest in new techniques, technology, equipment. Gardeners know it's the best way to feed the soil and turn food scraps into fresh produce, but even urbanites can get on board thanks to programs like compost pickup and citywide food waste initiatives. There's no better way to reduce landfill waste (and subsequent emissions) and dependence on fossil fuels show more while nourishing the earth. The Rodale Book of Composting offers easy-to-follow instructions for making and using compost, helpful tips for apartment dwellers to suburbanites, farmers and community leaders, and ecologically sound solutions to growing waste-disposal problems."-- show lessTags
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Media Type:Book. SUBJECT: 1. Compost. 2. Organic gardening 3. Soil
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Grace Gershuny is co-author of The Soul of Soil and has written extensively on soil, compost, and food system issues. As a staff member of USDA's National Organic Program in the 1990s she helped develop the organic regulations. She lives in Barnet, Vermont and is a long time faculty member with the Institute for Social Ecology.
Common Knowledge
- Original publication date
- 1979
- First words
- Composting is, in broadest terms, the biological reduction of organic wastes to humus.
Classifications
- Genres
- Home & Garden, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 631.875 — Applied science & technology Agriculture Specific techniques; apparatus, equipment, materials Fertilizers, soil conditioners, growth regulators Vegetable manures and converted household garbage Compost
- LCC
- S661 .R62 — Agriculture Agriculture (General) Fertilizers and improvement of the soil
- BISAC
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- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 5
- ASINs
- 3
