The Compost Specialist: The Essential Guide to Creating and Using Garden Compost, and Using Potting and Seed Composts

by David Squire, Alan Bridgewater (Editor), Gill Bridgewater (Editor)

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 their own compost. It offers Information on 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. Theres no better or easier-to-follow guide for the eco-smart gardener!

Genres: Nonfiction, Gardening

80 pages, Paperback

First published March 3, 2009

About the author

David Squire studied botany and horticulture at the Hertfordshire College of Horticulture and at the Royal Horticultural Society's Garden at Wisley, England, where he gained the Wisley Diploma in Horticulture. For several years he worked as sub-editor, writer and reporter for two well-knownmagazines, before moving to book publishing with an international publishing house.

David has written more than fifty books and contributed to several major gardening part-works. His books have been sold throughout the English speaking world-Britain, North America, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand- as well as translated into several other languages.

Reviews

[Erica]

Useful, well-laid-out guide for the beginner/intermediate composter. Would have appreciated specific tips on how to compost chicken manure & bedding.

[Deena Scintilla · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a great book for anyone interesting in composting. Great graphics and easy to understand.

[Leah · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good reference guide although not at all comprehensive.

[michelle · Rating 3 out of 5]

OMG I LOVED THIS BOOK
I SWEAR,
COMPOST TRULY INTERESTS ME