Compost

It's the backbone of sustainable and organic gardening

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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

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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.
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.