Compost – Transform waste into new life
Published by Dorling Kindersley
I want you to be creative, and avoid unnecessary work and complications. This book looks behind the many myths and misconceptions about composting. I empower you with sound understandings of how the process works. I explain quick and easy ways to produce a high quality product that’s easy to use, isn’t full of weed seeds, and brings wonderful benefits to soil and plants alike.
Related to this, I explain my no dig gardening methods, where unsieved compost is simply spread once a year on the surface of undisturbed soil. A 2.5cm (1in) cover of compost enables fine growth through the year, while making it easy to control weeds. My results at Homeacres have inspired adoption of no dig by The Royal Horticultural Society and Kew Gardens, among others.
Compost is being rediscovered. I love how gardeners grow excited when they see that simple additions of homemade compost can quickly increase the quality and quantity of growth in all types of plants. I want this book to spark your interest in composting and bring you success. So you can improve the health of soils, plants, yourself and the wider environment.
It’s a book of relatively few words and beautiful woodcuts by Jonathan Gibbs. Diagrams and tables help me explain the fundamentals of how to make decent, healthy compost. Often not perfect looking, and that is fine!
Excerpt
Judging when compost is ready to use
Compost is never finished, whatever that means, because it's always decomposing. We’ve been led to think of compost as a stable ‘product’, and people always ask how do you know when it’s ready? But most of us who make compost know that if you leave compost for another week you’ve got less, and another week you’ve got less and another week... it keeps diminishing, it’s always decomposing. Sacks of compost which you buy have often been chopped and sieved so they look very fine and ready to use, even though they may be still warm or hot with the composting process still very active and they are not a good material for plant growth at that stage. So just looking at compost does not tell you how ready it is to use, and good compost is often somewhat lumpy, with woody bits still visible.
Background to writing the book
When teaching on courses at Homeacres, I am often struck by how participants’ eyes light up when they approach the compost heaps. There is something about the composting process that touches us in a deep and meaningful way. Invisible qualities of compost bring health and flavour to plants, especially when compost is used in the no dig way, on the surface. This is radically different to the traditional approach of incorporating compost into cultivated soil. No dig increases the ways we can use compost and enables it to bring more food to soil organisms, from which more health to plants. There is much more yet to learn because it's a relatively recent approach, and I believe in ‘myth busting’ so you always learn new things.
Published by Dorling Kindersley
Available on Audible from September 2024
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Compost – Transform waste into new life
Published by Dorling Kindersley
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I want you to be creative, and avoid unnecessary work and complications. This book looks behind the many myths and misconceptions about composting. I empower you with sound understandings of how the process works. I explain quick and easy ways to produce a high quality product that’s easy to use, isn’t full of weed seeds, and brings wonderful benefits to soil and plants alike.
Related to this, I explain my no dig gardening methods, where unsieved compost is simply spread once a year on the surface of undisturbed soil. A 2.5cm (1in) cover of compost enables fine growth through the year, while making it easy to control weeds. My results at Homeacres have inspired adoption of no dig by The Royal Horticultural Society and Kew Gardens, among others.
Compost is being rediscovered. I love how gardeners grow excited when they see that simple additions of homemade compost can quickly increase the quality and quantity of growth in all types of plants. I want this book to spark your interest in composting and bring you success. So you can improve the health of soils, plants, yourself and the wider environment.
It’s a book of relatively few words and beautiful woodcuts by Jonathan Gibbs. Diagrams and tables help me explain the fundamentals of how to make decent, healthy compost. Often not perfect looking, and that is fine!
Excerpt
Judging when compost is ready to use
Compost is never finished, whatever that means, because it's always decomposing. We’ve been led to think of compost as a stable ‘product’, and people always ask how do you know when it’s ready? But most of us who make compost know that if you leave compost for another week you’ve got less, and another week you’ve got less and another week... it keeps diminishing, it’s always decomposing. Sacks of compost which you buy have often been chopped and sieved so they look very fine and ready to use, even though they may be still warm or hot with the composting process still very active and they are not a good material for plant growth at that stage. So just looking at compost does not tell you how ready it is to use, and good compost is often somewhat lumpy, with woody bits still visible.
Background to writing the book
When teaching on courses at Homeacres, I am often struck by how participants’ eyes light up when they approach the compost heaps. There is something about the composting process that touches us in a deep and meaningful way. Invisible qualities of compost bring health and flavour to plants, especially when compost is used in the no dig way, on the surface. This is radically different to the traditional approach of incorporating compost into cultivated soil. No dig increases the ways we can use compost and enables it to bring more food to soil organisms, from which more health to plants. There is much more yet to learn because it's a relatively recent approach, and I believe in ‘myth busting’ so you always learn new things.
Published by Dorling Kindersley
Available on Audible from September 2024
I want you to be creative, and avoid unnecessary work and complications. This book looks behind the many myths and misconceptions about composting. I empower you with sound understandings of how the process works. I explain quick and easy ways to produce a high quality product that’s easy to use, isn’t full of weed seeds, and brings wonderful benefits to soil and plants alike.
Related to this, I explain my no dig gardening methods, where unsieved compost is simply spread once a year on the surface of undisturbed soil. A 2.5cm (1in) cover of compost enables fine growth through the year, while making it easy to control weeds. My results at Homeacres have inspired adoption of no dig by The Royal Horticultural Society and Kew Gardens, among others.
Compost is being rediscovered. I love how gardeners grow excited when they see that simple additions of homemade compost can quickly increase the quality and quantity of growth in all types of plants. I want this book to spark your interest in composting and bring you success. So you can improve the health of soils, plants, yourself and the wider environment.
It’s a book of relatively few words and beautiful woodcuts by Jonathan Gibbs. Diagrams and tables help me explain the fundamentals of how to make decent, healthy compost. Often not perfect looking, and that is fine!
Excerpt
Judging when compost is ready to use
Compost is never finished, whatever that means, because it's always decomposing. We’ve been led to think of compost as a stable ‘product’, and people always ask how do you know when it’s ready? But most of us who make compost know that if you leave compost for another week you’ve got less, and another week you’ve got less and another week... it keeps diminishing, it’s always decomposing. Sacks of compost which you buy have often been chopped and sieved so they look very fine and ready to use, even though they may be still warm or hot with the composting process still very active and they are not a good material for plant growth at that stage. So just looking at compost does not tell you how ready it is to use, and good compost is often somewhat lumpy, with woody bits still visible.
Background to writing the book
When teaching on courses at Homeacres, I am often struck by how participants’ eyes light up when they approach the compost heaps. There is something about the composting process that touches us in a deep and meaningful way. Invisible qualities of compost bring health and flavour to plants, especially when compost is used in the no dig way, on the surface. This is radically different to the traditional approach of incorporating compost into cultivated soil. No dig increases the ways we can use compost and enables it to bring more food to soil organisms, from which more health to plants. There is much more yet to learn because it's a relatively recent approach, and I believe in ‘myth busting’ so you always learn new things.
Published by Dorling Kindersley
Available on Audible from September 2024
Compost – Transform waste into new life
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Published by Dorling Kindersley
I want you to be creative, and avoid unnecessary work and complications. This book looks behind the many myths and misconceptions about composting. I empower you with sound understandings of how the process works. I explain quick and easy ways to produce a high quality product that’s easy to use, isn’t full of weed seeds, and brings wonderful benefits to soil and plants alike.
Related to this, I explain my no dig gardening methods, where unsieved compost is simply spread once a year on the surface of undisturbed soil. A 2.5cm (1in) cover of compost enables fine growth through the year, while making it easy to control weeds. My results at Homeacres have inspired adoption of no dig by The Royal Horticultural Society and Kew Gardens, among others.
Compost is being rediscovered. I love how gardeners grow excited when they see that simple additions of homemade compost can quickly increase the quality and quantity of growth in all types of plants. I want this book to spark your interest in composting and bring you success. So you can improve the health of soils, plants, yourself and the wider environment.
It’s a book of relatively few words and beautiful woodcuts by Jonathan Gibbs. Diagrams and tables help me explain the fundamentals of how to make decent, healthy compost. Often not perfect looking, and that is fine!
Excerpt
Judging when compost is ready to use
Compost is never finished, whatever that means, because it's always decomposing. We’ve been led to think of compost as a stable ‘product’, and people always ask how do you know when it’s ready? But most of us who make compost know that if you leave compost for another week you’ve got less, and another week you’ve got less and another week... it keeps diminishing, it’s always decomposing. Sacks of compost which you buy have often been chopped and sieved so they look very fine and ready to use, even though they may be still warm or hot with the composting process still very active and they are not a good material for plant growth at that stage. So just looking at compost does not tell you how ready it is to use, and good compost is often somewhat lumpy, with woody bits still visible.
Background to writing the book
When teaching on courses at Homeacres, I am often struck by how participants’ eyes light up when they approach the compost heaps. There is something about the composting process that touches us in a deep and meaningful way. Invisible qualities of compost bring health and flavour to plants, especially when compost is used in the no dig way, on the surface. This is radically different to the traditional approach of incorporating compost into cultivated soil. No dig increases the ways we can use compost and enables it to bring more food to soil organisms, from which more health to plants. There is much more yet to learn because it's a relatively recent approach, and I believe in ‘myth busting’ so you always learn new things.
Published by Dorling Kindersley
Available on Audible from September 2024
Compost – Transform waste into new life
I want you to be creative, and avoid unnecessary work and complications. This book looks behind the many myths and misconceptions about composting. I empower you with sound understandings of how the process works. I explain quick and easy ways to produce a high quality product that’s easy to use, isn’t full of weed seeds, and brings wonderful benefits to soil and plants alike.
Related to this, I explain my no dig gardening methods, where unsieved compost is simply spread once a year on the surface of undisturbed soil. A 2.5cm (1in) cover of compost enables fine growth through the year, while making it easy to control weeds. My results at Homeacres have inspired adoption of no dig by The Royal Horticultural Society and Kew Gardens, among others.
Compost is being rediscovered. I love how gardeners grow excited when they see that simple additions of homemade compost can quickly increase the quality and quantity of growth in all types of plants. I want this book to spark your interest in composting and bring you success. So you can improve the health of soils, plants, yourself and the wider environment.
It’s a book of relatively few words and beautiful woodcuts by Jonathan Gibbs. Diagrams and tables help me explain the fundamentals of how to make decent, healthy compost. Often not perfect looking, and that is fine!
Excerpt
Judging when compost is ready to use
Compost is never finished, whatever that means, because it's always decomposing. We’ve been led to think of compost as a stable ‘product’, and people always ask how do you know when it’s ready? But most of us who make compost know that if you leave compost for another week you’ve got less, and another week you’ve got less and another week... it keeps diminishing, it’s always decomposing. Sacks of compost which you buy have often been chopped and sieved so they look very fine and ready to use, even though they may be still warm or hot with the composting process still very active and they are not a good material for plant growth at that stage. So just looking at compost does not tell you how ready it is to use, and good compost is often somewhat lumpy, with woody bits still visible.
Background to writing the book
When teaching on courses at Homeacres, I am often struck by how participants’ eyes light up when they approach the compost heaps. There is something about the composting process that touches us in a deep and meaningful way. Invisible qualities of compost bring health and flavour to plants, especially when compost is used in the no dig way, on the surface. This is radically different to the traditional approach of incorporating compost into cultivated soil. No dig increases the ways we can use compost and enables it to bring more food to soil organisms, from which more health to plants. There is much more yet to learn because it's a relatively recent approach, and I believe in ‘myth busting’ so you always learn new things.
Published by Dorling Kindersley
Available on Audible from September 2024
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Suspendisse varius enim in eros elementum tristique. Duis cursus, mi quis viverra ornare, eros dolor interdum nulla, ut commodo diam libero vitae erat.
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Suspendisse varius enim in eros elementum tristique. Duis cursus, mi quis viverra ornare, eros dolor interdum nulla, ut commodo diam libero vitae erat.
