Compost, Vermicompost and Compost Tea: Feeding the Soil on the Organic Farm (Organic Principles and Practices Handbook, #3)

by Grace Gershuny

Jocelyn Langer (Illustrator)

Part of the NOFA Guides series.

Information on composting techniques, including:

Principles and biology of compostingTemperature, aeration and moisture controlComposting methodsMaterials (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 culturesCompost and the law

With extended appendices including a recipe calculator, potting mix recipes, and a sample compost production budget sheet.

• ISBN10: 1603583483
• ISBN13: 9781603583480
• Publish Date: 15 April 2011
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Chelsea Green Publishing Company
• Edition: Revised and Updated ed.
• Format: eBook
• Pages: 104
• Language: English