Compost city Practical composting know-how for small-space living
Book - 2015
Packed with research, expert testimonies, and a healthy dose of humor, 'Compost City' gives us essential strategies on composting in small, shared, diversely crowded spaces.
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Boston, Massachusetts :
Roost Books
2015.
[Place of publication not identified] : [2015] - Language
- English
- Main Author
- Edition
- First edition
- Physical Description
- x, 209 pages : illustations ; 20 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN
- 9781611802207
- Preface: ... in which compost transforms you into a fantastically popular superbeing
- 1. Composting: Yes You Can!: ...because you will be wowed by compost's benefits and will overcome your compost fears
- 2. What Is Composting?: ...or, how intimidating, sciencey things become ludicrously accessible and interesting
- To Air or Not to Air (Aerobic vs. Anaerobic Decomposition)
- Water, Water Everywhere!
- Compost Rainbow: Green + Brown = Black Gold
- Where to Score Browns and Greens
- Spotlight; Caffeinated Compost
- Meet the Organisms in Your Compost
- Putting It All Together: Cooking Up Compost
- 3. The Very Basic Concepts Behind Making Compost: ...Surprise, it's not that much work!
- How to Choose Your Composting System
- Basic Maintenance for Any Compost System
- The DIY Composting Setup
- Spotlight: The Making of Master Composters
- 4. Outdoor Composting: Aboveground Systems: ... open-air bins, enclosed bins, and tumblers wow you
- Batch and Continuous Composting
- DIY: Wire-Mesh Holding Unit
- Feeling Hot, Hot, Hot!: Creating a Thermophilic Open-Air Pile
- DIY: Open-Air Pallet Compost Bin
- DIY: Open-Air Cinder Block Bins and Garden Beds
- DIY: Enclosed Compost Bin
- DIY: Compost Tumbler
- 5. Outdoor Composting: Underground Systems: ... Can you dig this? Trenches, sheet composting, and digesters
- Trench Composting
- Sheet Composting (Lasagna Gardening)
- Digesters
- DIY: Digester
- 6. The Wormderful World of Indoor Vermiculture: ...embrace the wordplay and get yourself some worms
- Getting to Know the Red Wriggler
- Spotlight: Where There's a Will, There's a Worm
- Using Your Vermicompost
- DIY: Aerated Worm-Compost Tea
- Vermicomposting Systems
- DIY: Simple Worm Bin
- The Flow-Through System
- DIY: Flow-Through Worm Bin
- General Troubleshooting for Worm Systems
- 7. Bokashi Fermentation: ... a pickle you want to get into
- DIY: Getting Started with Bokashi
- Burying Bokashi (Finally, Fermentation!)
- Spotlight: Buried Treasure
- DIY: Bokashi Bucket with Drainage
- DIY: Innoculated Bokashi Flakes
- 8. Urban Farmyard: ... so many compostable animal poops in the concrete jungle!
- Safety First
- Get the Scoop on Poop
- Spotlight: Creature Comforts
- Spotlight: Zoo Doo
- How to Compost Animal Manure
- 9. Get organized! Community composting: ... there's no need to go solo
- Join a Movement
- Start a Movement
- Spotlight: How Does Your Garden Grow?
- Spotlight: If You Build It, They Will Come
- Spotlight: Compost's Class Act
- Spotlight: Get Schooled
- Pulling It All Together: The Zen of Community Composting
- Spotlight: Community Soul Cycle
- 10. Join The Green Party: Eco-Taining... more fun than hiring a clown
- It's My Party and I'll Compost if I Want To
- Spotlight: Faith in Compost
- Spotlight: Coming to an Event or Corner Near You...
- Children and Compost Activities
- DIY: Build and Decorate a Tiny Worm House
- Spotlight: Tykes and Bikes
- DIY: Plant Seeds in Soil and Compost
- DIY: Kid-Friendly Snacks That Celebrate Soil
- Resources
- Acknowledgments
- Index
- About the Author