CONTENTS
HOW TO USE THIS eBOOK
WHY COMPOST?
WHY MAKE COMPOST?
WHAT IS COMPOST?
WHAT IS SOIL?
NATURE’S COMPOST
BENEFITING THE ENVIRONMENT
COMPOSTING KNOW-HOW
THE COMPOSTING PROCESS
INVERTEBRATE COMPOSTERS
BACTERIA AND FUNGI DECOMPOSERS
FEEDING THE DECOMPOSERS
KEY ELEMENTS FOR COMPOSTING
BALANCING AIR AND WATER
RECIPES FOR SUCCESS
WHAT NOT TO COMPOST
USING ANIMAL MANURES
DEALING WITH WEEDS, PESTS, AND DISEASES
MAKING COMPOST
BIN BASICS
BUYING A BIN
HOMEMADE HEAPS
AN EASY BIN FOR BEGINNERS
MAKING A BIN FROM PALLETS
SITING A HEAP OR BIN
TRADITIONAL HOT COMPOSTING
COMPOSTING THE COOL WAY
COMPOSTING PROBLEM-SOLVER
THE HIGH-FIBER METHOD
TRENCH COMPOSTING
NO-BIN COMPOSTING
MAKING LEAF MOLD
COMPOSTING PRUNINGS
GRASSED UP
PLANTING GREEN MANURES
WONDERFUL WORMERIES
SETTING UP A WORMERY
BOKASHI COMPOSTING
USING A BOKASHI BIN
MAKING FERTILIZER TEAS
USING COMPOST
WHEN IS COMPOST READY?
USING COMPOST AS PLANT FOOD
WHAT IS MULCH?
USING COMPOST MULCHES
HOW TO MULCH
MAKING SEED AND POTTING MIXES
MAINTAINING A LUSH LAWN
ON THE MOVE
PLANTING UP YOUR COMPOST HEAP
COMPOST PLANTING PROJECTS
SOWING SEEDS
MAKING A MIXED FLOWERBED
CREATING A PLOT FOR CROPS
PLANTING ORNAMENTAL CONTAINERS
PLANTING A FRUIT BASKET
PLANTING A SACK OF POTATOES
GROWING BEANS IN A COMPOST TRENCH
PLANTING TREES AND SHRUBS
GROWING FOOD FOR WILDLIFE
MAKING A BOG GARDEN FOR WILDLIFE
MAKING A MODERN ROSE GARDEN
GROWING FLOWERS FOR CUTTING
REPOTTING SHRUBS
PLANTING SPRING BULBS
POTTING UP HOUSE PLANTS
GLOSSARY
RESOURCES
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
COPYRIGHT
