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An essential guide to composting for all gardeners and environmentally conscious people
This revised edition of The Rodale Book of Composting includes all the latest in new techniques, technology, and equipment. Gardeners know composting is 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 while nourishing the earth.
The Rodale Book of Composting offers easy-to-follow instructions for making and using compost; helpful tips for apartment dwellers, suburbanites, farmers, and community leaders; and ecologically sound solutions to growing waste-disposal problems.
Ebook The Rodale Book of Composting Newly Revised and Updated Simple Methods to Improve Your Soil Recycle Waste Grow Healthier Plants and Create an EarthFriendly Garden Rodale Classics Grace Gershuny Deborah L Martin 9781635651027 Books
"This is great book, but mainly for high end outside, composting with large areas of land or huge built wooden composting units, etc... for the farmer or major food or land grower. It is not really for the home apartment composter with worms trying to grow and re-use soil in a garbage can for sprouts, etc..They cover a garbage can briefly, but it was not enough to go on for someone trying to get castings and soil compost working in a can in an apartment or condow. However, the book is technical and very clear on how important it is to understand soil balance and the mechanics of this related to microbes in the soil, various bugs and how all elements of nature, water, soil, minerals, metals etc... affect our soil and like blood in our body must be balanced and kept correctly balanced or plants don't grow and get nutrition and the life cycle on the earth for all living things that eat plants etc..does not work well. The importance of composting and not using pesticides and hurting the nearby lakes and fish with them and other aspects of being a real composting farmer are discussed. I still think it is very important information for any gardener or lover of the earth to know and read. Good book."
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The Rodale Book of Composting Newly Revised and Updated Simple Methods to Improve Your Soil Recycle Waste Grow Healthier Plants and Create an EarthFriendly Garden Rodale Classics Grace Gershuny Deborah L Martin 9781635651027 Books Reviews :
The Rodale Book of Composting Newly Revised and Updated Simple Methods to Improve Your Soil Recycle Waste Grow Healthier Plants and Create an EarthFriendly Garden Rodale Classics Grace Gershuny Deborah L Martin 9781635651027 Books Reviews
- This is great book, but mainly for high end outside, composting with large areas of land or huge built wooden composting units, etc... for the farmer or major food or land grower. It is not really for the home apartment composter with worms trying to grow and re-use soil in a garbage can for sprouts, etc..They cover a garbage can briefly, but it was not enough to go on for someone trying to get castings and soil compost working in a can in an apartment or condow. However, the book is technical and very clear on how important it is to understand soil balance and the mechanics of this related to microbes in the soil, various bugs and how all elements of nature, water, soil, minerals, metals etc... affect our soil and like blood in our body must be balanced and kept correctly balanced or plants don't grow and get nutrition and the life cycle on the earth for all living things that eat plants etc..does not work well. The importance of composting and not using pesticides and hurting the nearby lakes and fish with them and other aspects of being a real composting farmer are discussed. I still think it is very important information for any gardener or lover of the earth to know and read. Good book.
- Although the bulk of the material contained in this book could be found online, it's still a worthwhile purchase. Indeed, it is a must have. The purchase price of the book will be quickly regained in the money you will save making your own compost rather than purchasing bagged compost or synthetic fertiliser.
A few of the chapters are more interesting than useful to the home gardener. For instance, one of the early chapters discusses the history of composting beginning with the ancient Akkadians. The final chapter discusses managing large scale compost operations (by large scale, I mean tens and hundreds of tons of waste) on the farm or as part of a municipal waste management strategy.
The core of the book, however, is very directly useful. A chapter is provided describing the chemistry of what goes on in composting, and what goes on as plants attempt to take nutrients from the soil. Another chapter describes the various types of life from microbes to insects and worms (including lovely line drawings) that inhabit a compost pile during the various phases of its lifecycle.
By far the most useful chapter is chapter 6, which provides a list of potential ingredients for your pile and suggestions on how to obtain them. Numerous charts are provided that indicate on balance whether an item should be considered a "green" or a "brown", and (should you desire more specifics) the actual NPK content of various ingredients. This is fully a fifth of the book.
The next most useful chapter is chapter 10, which gives suggestions for various sorts of compost bins you can buy or build. Another chapter describes tools like chippers and shredders that might be useful to you if you plan to make a fair amount of compost. Alternatives are suggested for the folks who don't need quite that much labour saving help.
I can't think of anything that is not in this book that I wish it had. Nor for that matter, can I think of anything that needs to be cut from it. It strikes the perfect balance between comprehensiveness and brevity. - It's helpful so far. Be careful not to confuse this with the original.I did and bought it by mistake. Turns out to have been a happy accident.. The editors did a great job with the update. This copy was a 1992 version(newer than expected). Glad to have the real book. Rodale Press kept up standards. If you want to go to your favorite search engine and try to figure out which of the 30 different answers to same question are accurate, have fun. Rodale Press, in my opinion, remains an accurate source of information about gardening and composting. Glad to have the book. It will be a life long reference. Book came in great shape, nearly new condition.
https//smile./dp/0878579907/ref=cm_cr_ryp_prd_ttl_sol_0 - This book truly covers it all, and does so in a way which describes methods of composting in such a way as to rival hydroponics for sheer efficiency.
As the heir of a home with a badly neglected yard, this book has given me more information than I'll ever be able to use. I'd go broke if I had to have all my yard cuttings hauled away... in addition, this book informs me that I'd be throwing away a fortune if I did. If you live in the Southwest, particularly in Los Angeles where there was a great deal of developing since the 1950s, then you are probably no stranger to poor hardpan soil, and you would do well to buy and read a copy of this book.
On the pro side, this book goes into detail about plant nutrients without resorting to addition of chemical fertilizers (we can leave that to the hydroponics crowd), instead relying on nutrient adjustment through addition of the proper compostable materials to any given batch. There are even guidelines in here for people like my neighbor, who has expressed interest in starting his own composting operation and adding a methane recovery unit.
On the con side, about the very worst I can say about this book is that there is no mention of sow bugs and armadillo bugs and the role they play in reducing large pieces of rotten wood to a good, peatlike compost; but then again, as I write this, my budget cannot accommodate the expense of a brush chipper.
On the whole, I thoroughly recommend this book. - I HIGHLY recommend The Rodale Book of Composting to any and everyone who has an interest in composting. This book can be read as an in-depth text book for those who want to seriously delve into the topic. At the same time, if you have a general interest in composting, you can skim through only the pertinent parts as well. I've referred to it a great many times, as well as referred others to it as suggested gardener reading. Super, SUPER, S U P E R book. Easy to read, but at the same time highly informing.
