Compost, Vermicompost and Compost Tea: Feeding the Soil on the Organic Farm
Language: English
Published by Chelsea Green Publishing Co, 2011
Series: Book 2 of 7 - Organic Principles and Practices Handbook Series
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What are the advantages of making one's own compost? Is there really a benefit to using compost as opposed to building soil organic matter through other means? How can the decision about compost making affect a farm's economics? Part of the NOFA Guides series, this manual will help answer these questions, and is specifically intended to address the conditions faced by organic farmers in the Northeast. Information on composting techniques, including: Principles and biology of compostingTemperature, aeration and moisture controlComposting methodsMaterials (additives and inoculants, biodynamic preparations)About costs (site preparation, equipment, labor and time)What do you do with it?Compost tea and other brewed microbial culturesCompost and the law With extended appendices including a recipe calculator, potting mix recipes, and a sample compost production budget sheet.
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- Title
- Compost, Vermicompost and Compost Tea: Feeding the Soil on the Organic Farm
- Author
- Grace Gershuny
- Publisher
- Chelsea Green Publishing Co
- Publication year
- 2011
- Condition
- Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1603583475
- ISBN 13
- 9781603583473
- Illustrator
- Langer, Jocelyn
- Series
- Book 2 of 7: Organic Principles and Practices Handbook Series
Information on composting techniques, including:
- Principles and biology of composting
- Temperature, aeration and moisture control
- Composting methods
- Materials (additives and inoculants, biodynamic preparations)
- About costs (site preparation, equipment, labor and time)
- What do you do with it?
- Compost tea and other brewed microbial cultures
- Compost and the law
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