Gardeners have long made and used compost because of the way it improves garden soil. Home composting transforms yard debris and food scraps into a valuable soil amendment and closes the recycling loop in our own backyards (Figure 1). Today, many cities have municipal composting programs. These programs include curbside yard and food debris collection, large-scale composting at commercial facilities, and resale of the finished compost to gardeners and landscapers. Nonetheless, backyard composting remains popular in areas without municipal programs, and for gardeners who want to make and use their own compost.
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Title
Backyard composting
Creators
Craig George Cogger (Author)
Dan M. (Dan Matthew) Sullivan (Author)
Andy I. Bary (Author)
Academic Unit
Publications, WSU Extension
Series
Extension bulletin (Washington State University. Cooperative Extension); 1784E
Publisher
Washington State University Extension; Pullman, Washington
Identifiers
99900502113101842
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In copyright ; openAccess ; http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ ; http://purl.org/eprint/accessRights/OpenAccess