The essential guide to composting for all gardeners and environmentally conscious people. Composting is fast becoming a household word. Gardeners know it is the best way to feed the soil, while others look to composting as a way to dispose of grass clippings, autumn leaves, and tree trimmings. The Rodale Book of Composting edited by Grace Gershuny and Deborah L. Martin offers: * Easy-to-follow instructions for making and using compost * Helpful tips...

A rhyming text explains from A to Z, which common items around the house can be turned into the dark, crumbly stuff we call "compost stew". The collage illustrations are made from some of those items to help make the point. There's a note at the end of the text listing things that are not suitable for adding to the compost bin. .

There are almost seven billion defecating people on planet Earth, but few who have any clue about how to constructively handle the burgeoning mountain of human crap. The Humanure Handbook, third edition, will amuse you, educate you, and possibly offend you, but it will certainly pertain to you--unless, of course, your bowels never move.