Compost - Softcover

Foster, Clare

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1844034054 ISBN 13: 9781844034055

Publisher: Cassell, 2006

Synopsis

Everybody knows that to garden successfully you need compost--and environmentally-aware gardeners realize that it's the most earth-friendly way to work. But not everyone knows just how easy it is to make. That's about to change, thanks to this guide by the editor of the highly-regarded magazine Gardens Illustrated. It demystifies the whole process, and demonstrates that compost doesn't have to come in bags from the store, smell like a farm yard, or even cost a penny. All it takes are some egg shells, grass cuttings, and old banana skins, plus a little help from mold, insects and nature, to improve soil naturally, cut down on weeds without chemicals, and get more from your flowers and vegetables.

About this title

About the Author

Clare Foster is Garden Editor at Home & Garden magazine and a freelance garden journalist. She spent 10 years at Gardens Illustrated magazine, latterly as Editor, and has written three books: From Bud to Seed: Perennials and From Bud to Seed: Annuals (Conran Octopus 2001) and Compost (Cassell Illustrated 2002). After having her own allotment in West London for many years she has recently moved to the countryside to expand her vegetable plot. Author lives: Oxfordshire, England

Review

Together with the benefits that well-made compost provides, the practice of compost-making becomes as fascinating as the practice of gardening itself. -- Beth Chatto

Edition details

• Publisher: Cassell
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1844034054
• ISBN 13: 9781844034055
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 128