Compost
It's the backbone of sustainable and organic gardening
Start here
- The Compost Overview was written with input from several local gurus of composting.
More Articles on this Website
- Kitchen Composting by Liz Haegele, The Scott Arboretum
- How to Make Compost Tea by Kathy LaLiberte, founding gardener at the Gardeners Supply Company
- And what not to do? Read Ann Lovejoy's passionate rant: Green Dumping Must Stop!
- Composting with worms, called vermicomposting, is here's an overview.
- Worm Composter Round-up covers the commercial units on the market, and the DIY cheapie version, too.
- Mysteries of Invasive Worms Revealed is the answer to the inevitable worries about worm composting.
My Experiment in Worm Composting
- Business is Booming for the Worm Girl.

- Worms on the Loose
- True Confession: I gave up on vermicomposting.
Related Topics
Great Info in Print
- Compost — The Natural Way to Make Food for your Garden by Ken Thompson
- John Jeavon's
How to Grow More Vegetables
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- Brooklyn Botanic Garden's
Easy Compost
- Let it Rot!
by Campbell
- Mike McGrath's
Book of Compost
- The Rodale
Book of Composting
- *Burpee's Flower Gardening
by Ellis and Cutler
- Complete Compost Gardening Guide
by Pleasant and Martin (see review below.)
More Great Info on Line
- Ed Bruske's Composting Video, in 15 short clips, is here on MonkeySee.com.
- EPA's Guide to Composting.
- Florida's On-Line Composting Center.
- The Great Compost Tea Debate between two published experts in the field. First up is Jeff Gillman, next the counterargument by Jeff Lowenfels, and then a brief rebuttal and lots of great comments by readers.
- Master Composter programs are sprouting up all over the country, training people to teaching composting in their communities.
- Compost Bin Blog
- Compost Guide
Sources
- MANTIS® ComposT-Twin – for a continuous supply of compost. Free Activator and Guide to Composting. One-year money-back guarantee.
Photo by Daryl Mitchell via Flickr.


