Garden Organic Guide to Making Compost: Recycling Household and Garden Waste - Softcover

Pears, Pauline

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1844484653 ISBN 13: 9781844484652

Publisher: Search Press, 2009

Synopsis

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Learn how to keep your plants strong and healthy, how to produce beautiful fruit, vegetables and flowers, and how to keep your patio and house plants healthy. The book guides your through all the stages, from why you should compost, what you can compost, building a simple heap and containers, to how to use your compost, supplementing your compost with green manures, and how to retain water. Beautifully illustrated, with step-by-step photographs and illustrations throughout, the pages are packed with practical advice and helpful information.

About this title

About the Author

Pauline Pears lives in Leamington Spa. She is Head of Knowledge Transfer, and editor of The Organic Way magazine, at Garden Organic. She has been involved in the practice and promotion of organic growing for over 20 years, and is still a passionate organic vegetable grower. She and her husband cultivate two organic allotments, as well as growing fruit and vegetables at home. Pauline has written several other books in this series.

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* Strong recycling theme
* Strong revival of interest in gardening without chemicals following media coverage of the harmful results of using pesticides, etc
* Pauline Pears runs/oversees the organic gardening centre - HDRA

* Series title

Edition details

• Publisher: Search Press
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1844484653
• ISBN 13: 9781844484652
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 48