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Composting and Mulching


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Mycelium Running
Mycelium Running
by Paul Stamets
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More mushrooms, less pollution! Yes, you heard right: growing more mushrooms may be the best thing we can do to save the environment and mushroom expert Paul Stamets explains how in MYCELIUM RUNNING, a groundbreaking manual for saving the world through... (read more)

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Teaming with Microbes: The Organic Gardener's Guide to the Soil Food Web
Teaming with Microbes: The Organic Gardener's Guide to the Soil Food Web
by Jeff Lowenfels
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Smart gardeners know that soil is anything but an inert substance. Healthy soil is teeming with life -- not just earthworms and insects, but a staggering multitude of bacteria, fungi, and other microorganisms. When we use chemical fertilizers, we injure... (read more)

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Rodale Book of Composting (92 Edition)
Rodale Book of Composting (92 Edition)
by Rodale
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The essential guide to composting for all gardeners and enviromentally conscious people From Rodale Press: The publishers of Organic Gardening magazine Composting is fast becoming a household word. Gardeners know it is the best way to feed the soil... (read more)

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Composting for Dummies (For Dummies)
Composting for Dummies (For Dummies)
by Cathy Cromell
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Back-to-basics gardening that will benefit the earth and your wallet! Want to use ordinary waste to create an extraordinary garden? Composting lets you turn household food waste, yard clippings, and more into free compost and mulch that's chock-full of... (read more)

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Secrets To Great Soil (98 Edition)
Secrets To Great Soil (98 Edition)
by Stell
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The ultimate guide to creating fertile, productive soil anywhere. In easy-to-understand terms, Elizabeth Stell teaches readers all about the properties and value of good garden soil. She explains how to improve soil health with amendments and fertilizer... (read more)

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The Complete Compost Gardening Guide
The Complete Compost Gardening Guide
by Barbara Pleasant and Deborah L. Martin
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After obsessing over house projects, it's refreshing and lovely to go outside and play in the dirt for a while. Barbara Pleasant and Deborah L. Martin's Complete Compost Gardening Guide is the best book on composting that I've ever read. Full of color... (read more)

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Humanure Handbook: A Guide To Composting Human Manure 3RD Edition
Humanure Handbook: A Guide To Composting Human Manure 3RD Edition
by Joseph Jenkins
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There are almost seven billion defecating people on planet Earth, but few who have any clue about how to constructively handle the burgeoning mountain of human crap. The Humanure Handbook, third edition, will amuse you, educate you, and possibly offend... (read more)

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Easy Composters You Can Build
Easy Composters You Can Build
by Nick Noyes
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Since the 1973 publication of Storey's first Country Wisdom Bulletin, our commitment to preserving the arts, crafts, and skills of country life has never wavered. We now have more than 200 titles in this series of 32-page publications, and their... (read more)

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Composting (Bob's Basics)
Composting (Bob's Basics)
by Bob Flowerdew
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The best fertilizer for your organic garden is compost. It's easy to make, economically friendly, and teeming with nutrients. In this highly useful installment of his Bob's Basics series, Bob Flowerdew takes you through all the steps necessary to make a... (read more)

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Composting: An Easy Household Guide (Chelsea Green Guides)
Composting: An Easy Household Guide (Chelsea Green Guides)
by Nicky Scott
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COMPOSTING: AN EASY HOUSEHOLD GUIDETHE CHELSEA GREEN GUIDES--A NEW SERIES OF POCKET-SIZED BOOKS TO HELP SAVE THE EARTH!Did you know that up to two-thirds of most household trash can be composted? That composting reduces the need for more landfills... (read more)

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Basic Composting: All the Skills and Tools You Need to Get Started
Basic Composting: All the Skills and Tools You Need to Get Started
by Eric Ebeling
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Each technique illustrated with color photos Details on what and what not to compost Suggested uses for finished compost This lavishly illustrated guide contains everything the beginner needs to know about creating useable compost--described in clear... (read more)

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Teaming with Microbes: A Gardener's Guide to the Soil Food Web
Teaming with Microbes: A Gardener's Guide to the Soil Food Web
by Jeff Lowenfels and Wayne Lewis and Elaine Ingham
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Lowenfels and Lewis describe the activities of the organisms that make up the soil food web and explain how to foster and cultivate the life of the soil. The straightforward text is accessible to a wide audience of gardeners who want to grow healthy... (read more)

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Worms Eat My Garbage
Worms Eat My Garbage
by Mary Appelhof
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Composting is a dirty job, but if you've ever tried growing something without the aid of all that nutrient-rich organic matter, you know it's a necessary one.  Thankfully, there exists in nature a creature who actually enjoys wading through your kitchen... (read more)

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Mike McGrath's Book of Compost
Mike McGrath's Book of Compost
by Mike Mcgrath
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During his seven years as Editor-in-Chief of "Organic Gardening" magazine, Mike McGrath learned quite a bit about the nature and science of composting. And he's never stopped studying, because he wants to give the best, most up-to-date information to the... (read more)

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The Compost Specialist: The Essential Guide to Creating and Using Garden Compost, and Using Potting and Seed Composts (Specialist)
The Compost Specialist: The Essential Guide to Creating and Using Garden Compost, and Using Potting and Seed Composts (Specialist)
by David Squire
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In our ecologically aware times, composting is one smart way to minimize our carbon footprint and help the earth. This new entry in the highly successful Specialist series gives gardeners all the guidance they need to start making, storing, and using... (read more)

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Backyard Composting: Your Complete Guide to Recycling Yard Clippings
Backyard Composting: Your Complete Guide to Recycling Yard Clippings
by John W Roulac
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Over 500,000 copies of this useful book have been sold in the first nine printings. This new second edition contains new graphics, the latest information on composting and household refuse, and descriptions of the most current tools available to help... (read more)

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Easy composting
Easy composting
by Ortho
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-- Comprehensive guide to managing organic waste from the yard and kitchen. -- Transform waste into rich, dark soil amendment.... (read more)

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Let it Rot!: The Gardener's Guide to Composting
Let it Rot!: The Gardener's Guide to Composting
by Stu Campbell
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In 1975, Let it Rot helped start the composting movement and taught gardeners everywhere how to recycle waste to create soil-nourishing compost. Contains advice for starting and maintaining a composting system, building bins, and using compost. Third... (read more)

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Healthy Soils for Sustainable Gardens (Brooklyn Botanic Garden All-Region Guides)
Healthy Soils for Sustainable Gardens (Brooklyn Botanic Garden All-Region Guides)
by Brooklyn Botanic Garden
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The key to growing healthy, beautiful plants is good soil. This practical all-region guide helps you understand the unique characteristics of your garden’s soil and build its natural fertility using organic and sustainable methods. Written by soil... (read more)

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The Garden Organic Guide to Making Compost: Recycling Household and Garden Waste
The Garden Organic Guide to Making Compost: Recycling Household and Garden Waste
by Pauline Pears
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Getting to the heart of compost--the making, baking, and using of this magic material--is the objective of this invaluable handbook for the modern gardener. Featuring step-by-step photographs throughout, growers seeking nutrient-rich soil for their... (read more)

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