Compost
A Family Guide to Making Soil from Scraps
Boston, Mass. : Roost Books, [2014]
Format: Book
Edition: First U.S. edition.
Description: 48 pages : color illustrations ; 19 x 22 cm + 2 sheets of stickers.
Set your family on the path to a planet-friendly lifestyle with this fun guide to compost--what it is, how to make it, how to maintain it. Includes games, stickers, and more!
Teach your kids that composting is fun with this funky guide that takes you from the nitty-gritty of compost composition and care to Worms and Ladders, a fresh take on a traditional board game. Find out the rules for setting up your very own Worm Lovers' Society, learn all about the garden-to-plate cycle together, and get your family's feet firmly set on the road to a planet-friendly lifestyle. Includes information on both kitchen and garden composting.
Teach your kids that composting is fun with this funky guide that takes you from the nitty-gritty of compost composition and care to Worms and Ladders, a fresh take on a traditional board game. Find out the rules for setting up your very own Worm Lovers' Society, learn all about the garden-to-plate cycle together, and get your family's feet firmly set on the road to a planet-friendly lifestyle. Includes information on both kitchen and garden composting.
Contents:
What is compost? -- What is soil? -- How compost helps soil -- Worms galore! -- Compost friends -- Luscious leftovers -- A compost menu -- Hot or cold compost pile? -- How to build a compost pile -- Caring for compost -- Compost doctor -- Activators and additives -- Compost tea -- Community composting -- Heroes of compost.
ISBN:
9781611801279 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Availability | |||
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
GARDEN Soil Ras | Cooper (Forest Acres) | Nonfiction | Out (Due: 5/14/2024) |
GARDEN Soil Ras | Southeast | Nonfiction | In |
Originally published: East Sussex, UK : Leaping Hare Press, 2013.
Includes index.
Includes index.