Table of Contents Compost Nature’s Black Gold 4 TEAM COMPOST Meet the Players 9 Digging Deeper Inside the Pile 16 The Total Breakdown Compost Chemistry 21 Compost Compost One and All 29 The Art of Composting 34 Getting Down and Dirty How to Do it on Your Own 39 Dig in to Make a Difference 45 Glossary 46 Index 47 Show What You Know 47 Websites to Visit 47 About the Author 48
COMPOST NATURE’S BLACK GOLD Instead of throwing food scraps away you can turn them into a useful soil-like substance called compost The next time you finish a meal take a look at your plate Believe it or not that crust of bread and pile of peas that didn’t make it into your stomach have a lot of potential They aren’t just food scraps they’re ingredients for something precious With just a little effort scraps like these can be converted into a substance that people around the world value and depend on black gold Black gold is another name for finished compost a dark crumbly mixture that is rich in minerals and other nutrients It has the smell of fresh earth and holds onto moisture like a sponge Compost can be mixed with soil to improve its quality and help plants to grow 4
Really Rotten Truth About Composting
Explores the organisms involved in composting and the biological processes involved, including a breakdown of primary, secondary, and tertiary level consumers.
About This Book
By: Jodie Mangor
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Published by: Rourke Educational Media (Unlimited)
