Handbook of Organic Composting

This book is a combination of the works and experiments of two leading naturalists Steve Solomon and Joseph Jenkins. Both are avid food gardeners who have immense experience in making their own composts and growing their own crops. Handbook of Organic composting also addresses two quite different groups of composters. The smaller group includes serious food gardeners like me or Steve and Jenkins, who have traditionally been interested in composting, soil building and maintaining soil organic matter. The other larger audience, does not grow food at all, or if they do it is only a few tomato plants in a flower bed. A few are apartment dwellers who may want to live with greater environmental responsibility. Topics like complex composting methods and the connections between soil fertility and plant health are positioned toward the end of the book, keeping first two thirds for the larger, or casual members of audience.