Probably one of the least
understood things when it comes to gardening is being able to make compost.
Knowing a few basic techniques can help you enrich your gardening experience
and make your plants a lot happier. Brett Markham in The Mini Farming Guide to Composting: Self-Sufficiency from Your Kitchen to Your Backyard can help you achieve your goal of better gardening through the use of composting.
While not a technical manual
on composting, Markham manages to provide a basic and simple understanding of what is
required to be successful when composting. He also provides an explanation of
several ways to make a compost bin including a simple plan using a five gallon bucket
to make a small composting bin. This would even be a great project that would allow urban
dwellers with minimum amounts of space to benefit from composting as well. He also
gives very good instructions on how to make compost tea in simple and easy to
understand terms. Just don’t use one of your wife’s good pillowcases or you
could wind up in the doghouse.
Even if you are an
experienced gardener, there are numerous tips and tricks throughout his book
that can help make your gardening efforts more successful through the use of
proper composting techniques. A little compost can go a long way in making your gardening efforts a success.
As an added bonus, one lucky
reader will win a free copy of The Mini Farming Guide to Composting: Self-Sufficiency from Your Kitchen to Your Backyard. Just leave
a comment telling us of your composting experience. Feel free to include any
tips or tricks you think others may find useful. A winner will be chosen at
random on March 15th and the winner will receive their free book directly from
the publisher.