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| The Rodale Book of Composting: Easy Methods for Every Gardener | 
 enlarge | Authors: Grace Gershuny, Deborah L. Martin
Category: Book
List Price: $14.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 871622
Format: Bargain Price
Media: Paperback
Edition: Revised
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 278
ASIN: B000GYI1W4
Publication Date: January 15, 1992
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The essential guide to composting for all gardeners and enviromentally conscious peopleComposting is fast becoming a household word. Gardeners know it is the best way to feed the soil, while others look to composting as a way to dispose of grass clippings, autumn leaves, and tree trimmings. The Rodale Book of Composting offers:* Easy-to-follow instructions for making and using compost* Helpful tips for apartment dwellers, suburbanites, farmers and community leaders* Ecologically sound solutions to growing waste disposal problems
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 Not the most interesting read. January 21, 2008
I was looking for a basic "how to" book on composting, while still interesting enough to hold my attention. Sadly, this wasn't it. The black and white pages read like a school book. And the information is pretty vague. I am new to gardening/composting, so this book could simply be too advanced for me.
Not for the small-scale, backyard compost operation August 22, 2006
12 out of 14 found this review helpful
If all you plan to do is improve your garden using kitchen scraps and some yard waste, this book is not for you. It is very technical, and best-suited to those with lots of space and time on their hands to manage large composting projects. Don't let this be your first book on the subject, since it will probably (wrongly) convince you that you need a Masters in Agriculture or Ecology to do accomplish what will naturally happen if you get any of a number of inexpensive composting bins, toss in some banana peels, coffee grinds and dead leaves, mix in some dirt and let the microbes get to work.
 It really is the Bible of composting June 11, 2006
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
This is the most thumbed-through book on composting I have. Easily 90% of anything you would want to know about composting is inside this book. A small amount of the material may not be useful to the typical gardener, but it is interesting none the less. An excellent guide for the beginner and a good reference for the advanced composter.
Awesome book for any serious gardener September 23, 2005
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
As a serious gardener I appreciate well written books that I can own and have in my book shelf for yearly reading. And Rodale is a well respected publisher of gardening books.The subtitle says it all 'Easy methods for every gardener'.
This means even apartment dwellers with a porch or patio can have a small compost setup. The book covers numerous ways to construct a composter as well as the many types of organic or natural materials one can compost. Even cardboard in moderation, as well as the traditional eggshells, coffee grounds, banana peels, vegetable and fruit scraps.
The book also discusses year round composting and how and why composting works and the positive environmental impact of everyone have some type of a compost set up. This is one of those books every serious gardener should have or at least buy, read and donate to ones public library.
The Rodale Book of Composting:Easy Methods for Every Gardener July 28, 2005
6 out of 9 found this review helpful
What a great book! Easy to read, lots of information and even gives you idea's on building your compost bins. If you are a gardener and are planning on composting you really should buy this book.
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