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Title:

Easy compost / Niall Dunne, editor.

Publisher:

Brooklyn Botanic Garden,

Copyright Date:

c2013

Description:

111 p. : color illustrations ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Compost.
Organic gardening.
Organic fertilizers.

Other Authors:

Dunne, Niall.
Hanson, Beth.
Brooklyn Botanic Garden.

Notes:

"Beth Hanson, editor, 1997 edition." Includes glossary. Includes bibliographical references (p. 104) and index.

Contents:

Introduction / Niall Dunne -- Why compost? / Grace Gershuny -- Compost and the soil food web / Benjamin Grant -- Basic ingredients and techniques / Joseph Keyser -- Compostable plastic in your bin? / Niall Dunne -- Composting in practice / Elizabeth Peters -- Establising and maintaining a system / Patricia Jasaitis -- Debunking composting myths / Joseph Keyser -- Bins and other equipment / Beth Hanson -- Build your own composter / Jon Pope -- Indoor vermicomposting / Mary Appelhof -- Worms running wild / Niall Dunne -- Worms in the classroom / Ashley Gamell -- Using compsost in the garden / Miranda Smith -- Shopping tips / Rod Tyler -- Compost tea for the home gardener / Joshua Cohen -- Two compost tea recipes / Christopher Roddick -- Composting in the city / Jennifer Blackwell -- Sheet composting in raised beds.

Series:

Brooklyn Botanic Garden guides for a greener planet ; handbook #199.

ISBN:

1889538841 (pbk.)
9781889538846 (pbk.)

Locations:

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)