RECYCLE YOUR GARDEN

The essential guide to composting

by TIM MARSHALL

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Used softcover book in excellent condition, 112 pages, published by ABC Books in 2003. Measures 25 x 19cm.

Have you ever wondered how to turn a pile of kitchen scraps into a thriving treasury of rich fertiliser? This book holds all the answers. Composting is easy, rewarding and profitable; your garden will benefit and so will the the environment. This book tells you what you need to know about recycling in your own backyard.

Recycle Your Garden not only explores how composting works and outlines the multiple benefits for your garden, but it also shows how to build a foolproof heap and maintain it well.

In explaining how composting works, Tim Marshall also covers many other subjects: how to source a wide range of suitable materials apart from kitchen and green waste; and how compost will improve your soil. A comprehensive listing of all compostible materials - from ash to algae, human hair to shredded newspaper - shows how the materials for composting can go much further than kitchen and green waste. Other features include sections on biodynamic composting methods, compost methods for different climates and how to maintain a thriving worm colony. There are also many suggestions about ways of using the rich, crumbly organic matter your compost will produce.

As landfill and waste disposal are increasingly on the global agenda, more and more people are turning to ways of recycling in their own backyards. Composting is an easy, rewarding and profitable activity - Recycle Your Garden: the essential guide to composting shows you how.

Chapters include:

• How to build a compost heap
• Anaerobic composting
• Compost ingredients
• Solving compost problems
• Tools
• A guide to mulching
• Composting with worms
• Composts for specific purposes

About the author

For 25 years Tim Marshall has been at the forefront of the Australian organic industry, as an innovative grower, inspector, trainer and writer. Tim, who is based in South Australia, is a regular contributor to Gardening Australia Magazine

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