Overview
What are the advantages of making one's own compost? Is there really a benefit to using compost as opposed to building soil organic matter through other means? How can the decision about compost making affect a farm's economics? Part of the NOFA Guides series, this manual will help answer these questions, and is specifically intended to address the conditions faced by organic farmers in the Northeast.Information on composting techniques, including:
- Principles and biology of composting
- Temperature, aeration and moisture control
- Composting methods
- Materials (additives and inoculants, biodynamic preparations)
- About costs (site preparation, equipment, labor and time)
- What do you do with it?
- Compost tea and other brewed microbial cultures
- Compost and the law
The book, Compost, Vermicompost and Compost Tea: Feeding the Soil on the Organic Farm [Bulk, Wholesale, Quantity] ISBN#9781603583473 in Paperback by Grace Gershuny may be ordered in bulk quantities. Minimum starts at 25 copies. Availability based on publisher status and quantity being ordered.
Details
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
03/25/2011
ISBN-10:
1603583475
ISBN-13:
9781603583473
Pages:
104
Publisher:
Rizzoli
