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EPLPicks: Composting at Home

Are you curious about composting at home? Want to learn how to turn household food scraps into a valuable resource for your garden, grass and potted plants? Here are some resources to get you started!

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  • Compost

    How to Make and Use Organic Compost to Transform Your Garden

    Foster, Clare
    Learn the magic of using compost to transform your garden with this guide!
    Book, 2014London : Mitchell Beazley, 2014. — 631.875 FOS
  • Simply titled but packed full of tips and information to get started.
    Book, 2007New York : DK, 2007. — 631.875 THO
  • Looking for a basic, no fuss guide to composting? This is a great book to start with.
    Book, 2013Brooklyn, N.Y. : Brooklyn Botanic Garden, [2013] — 631.875 EAS
  • The Complete Compost Gardening Guide

    Banner Batches, Grow Heaps, Comforter Compost, and Other Amazing Techniques for Saving Time and Money, and Producing the Most Flavorful, Nutritious Vegetables Ever

    Pleasant, Barbara
    Even the most obscure question about composting, using compost, and even compost recipes can be found in this book.
    eBook, 2008North Adams, MA : Storey Pub., [2008] — Internet Access
  • Composting

    How to Plan, Build, and Maintain Your Own Compost System for a Healthy and Vibrant Garden

    Pezza, Kim
    Want to build you own compost system? Check out this guide.
    eBook, 2019Hatherleigh Press, 2019
  • It's undeniable - Canada is pretty far North. Does that impact how you compost? What happens in the winter? Check out this title for information.
    Book, 2010Edmonton : Lone Pine, [2010] — 631.875 LEW
  • Compost, Vermicompost and Compost Tea

    Feeding the Soil on the Organic Farm

    Gershuny, Grace
    Don't worry, compost tea isn't to drink! Unless you're a garden, that is!
    eBook, 2011Rizzoli, 2011
  • Perfect Compost

    a Masterclass With Peter Proctor

    Become a master composter with this video with compost expert Peter Proctor.
    Streaming Video, 2012[United States] : Green Planet Films : Made available through hoopla, 2012. — Internet Access
  • Composting for a New Generation

    Latest Techniques for the Bin and Beyond

    Balz, Michelle
    There are new compost technologies your grandparents couldn't have imagined! And new things to think about with so many people living in apartments.
    Book, 2018Minneapolis, MN : Cool Springs Press, 2018. — 631.875 BAL
  • A straight-forward guide to composting that will cover all the basics.
    Book, 2010Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, [2010] — 631.875 CRO
  • Bokashi Composting

    Scraps to Soil in Weeks

    Footer, Adam
    Bokashi composting is an alternative method that uses anaerobic bacteria that work hard in the absence of oxygen. Bokashi composting does not require turning or ratio monitoring, and makes use of kitchen scraps that may be banned from the normal…
    Book, 2014Gabriola Island, B.C. : New Society Publishers, [2014] — 631.875 FOO
  • Composting Basics

    All the Skills and Tools You Need to Get Started

    Ebeling, EricHursch, CarlOlenick, Patti
    A no-nonsense guide to getting started with all supplies and tools clearly laid out.
    eBook, 2023Stackpole Books, 2023
  • Worms Eat My Garbage

    How to Set Up and Maintain a Worm Composting System : Compost Food Waste, Produce Fertilizer for Houseplants and Garden, and Educate Your Kids and Family

    Appelhof, Mary,
    Worms! Worms are a great way to compost. Find out how with this title.
    eBook, 2017[Place of publication not identified] : Storey Publishing, LLC, [2017] — Internet Access
  • The Rodale Book of Composting

    Easy Methods for Every Gardener

    A great resource for experienced and new composters alike with so many great resources and tips very well organized and easy to reference.
    Book, 1992Emmaus, Pa. : Rodale Press, [1992] — 631.875 ROD 1992
  • No-Waste Composting

    Small-Space Waste Recycling, Indoors and Out

    Balz, Michelle
    Getting started composting takes some supplies - this book will help you get started with items you may already own. Start composting and reduce waste all at once!
    eBook, 2021Cool Springs Press, 2021
  • How to Mulch

    Save Water, Feed the Soil, and Suppress Weeds

    Campbell, Stu
    Mulching might feel like a mystery, but even the most beginner gardener can use this technique to save water, improve their soil and reduce weeds! Find out how with this book.
    Book, 2015North Adams, MA : Storey Publishing, [2015] — 635.04 CAM