Compost is free to make, and, with guidance, simple to perfect. Why not learn from the best? Charles Dowding is an English horticulturalist and author who has pioneered modern no dig and organic soil management in the UK since 1983
Compost is at the heart of Dowding’s transformative No Dig system of growing. Feeding the soil community with a mulch of compost is the surest way to ensure nutrients are available for your plants to flourish. In trials, Dowding has found there is no more nourishing compost than homemade.
In his new book, Dowding shares his years of experience to demystify and simplify the making of compost. By making your own compost, not only are you recycling your garden and kitchen waste, but feeding your soil and increasing its carbon-storing capacity to help reduce greenhouse gases.
“Experience has told me that when it comes to improving soil to produce healthy growth, it’s compost that provides the answers we need…. In this book I use my understandings from decades of compost making to strip away the myths and misconceptions surrounding composting… and I aim to empower people with a sound knowledge of how the process works. I want this book to spark people’s interest in compost and show them how to successfully make it so they can improve the health of their soil, their plants, the wider environment and themselves,” explains Dowding.
Showcasing many tips and hacks, ‘Compost’ is beautifully illustrated throughout, with woodcut drawings by Jonathan Gibbs.
Compost: Transform waste into new life (DK) will be released on the 5th of September 2024.