Home Gardener's Compost: Making and Using Garden, Potting, and Seeding Compost (Creative Homeowner) - Softcover

Squire, David

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9781580117340: Home Gardener's Compost: Making and Using Garden, Potting, and Seeding Compost (Creative Homeowner)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1580117341 ISBN 13: 9781580117340
Publisher: Design Originals, 2015

Synopsis

Keeping garden soil in good health is an essential part of gardening, and compost is the home gardener's most effective way to maintain fertile, well aerated, and moisture-retentive soil.

This abundantly illustrated book gives gardeners all the guidance they need to start making, storing, and using their own compost. It offers information on the different types of compost and their ingredients, advice on constructing a compost bin, and detailed explanations of wormeries, green manuring, and seed and potting composts. There's no better or easier-to-follow guide for anyone wanting to make and use their own compost.

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About the Author

David Squire has worked for many years as a gardening writer and editor. He has contributed to numerous gardening magazines and is the author (or co-author) of more than 80 gardening and plant-related books. His books include four titles in the new Home Gardener's Specialist Guide series (Fox Chapel Publishing) plus The Scented Garden (Orion) which won the "Quill and Trowel Award" of the Garden Writers of America. David trained as a horticulturist at the Hertfordshire College of Agriculture and at the Royal Horticultural Society, where he was awarded the Wisley Diploma in Horticulture. He was awarded an N.K. Gould Memorial Prize for his collection of herbarium specimens of native British plants. In 2005, this collection of plants was accepted by the Booth Museum of Natural History to become library and museum exhibits. He has a passionate interest in the uses of native plants, whether for eating and survival, or for their historical roles in medicine, folklore, and customs.

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Publisher
Design Originals
Publication date
2015
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1580117341
ISBN 13 
9781580117340
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
80
Rating
  • 3.60 out of 5 stars
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9781580117630: Home Gardener's Compost: Making and using garden, potting and seeding compost (Specialist Guide)

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ISBN 10:  1580117635 ISBN 13:  9781580117630
Publisher: Creative Homeowner Press,U.S., 2015
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