Compost, Vermicompost and Compost Tea: Feeding the Soil on the Organic Farm
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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 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 lawWith extended appendices including a recipe calculator, potting mix recipes, and a sample compost production budget sheet.
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 lawWith extended appendices including a recipe calculator, potting mix recipes, and a sample compost production budget sheet.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1603583475
ISBN13:9781603583473
Release Date:April 2011
Publisher:Chelsea Green Publishing Company
Length:104 Pages
Weight:0.44 lbs.
Dimensions:0.3" x 6.0" x 8.9"
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