Organic Worm Castings Fertilizer for Plants - Nutrient-Rich Compost for Gardening, Vegetables & Flowers - Perfect for Organic Soil Enrichment & Sustainable Gardening Practices
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Composting has long been the backbone of a more nature-friendly, healthy form of gardening and farming. Compost Revolution brings a true revolution of thought to this vital subject.This breakthrough content in this book was long available only as first published in German; it is now available to English-speaking world and is certain to bring a fresh spotlight on the efficacy of vermicomposting. The author brilliantly combines classic and cutting-edge research with real-world experience in gardens and horticultural applications. Farmers and growers of all scales will benefit from learning about the original “organic farmer” … the earthworm.Worm composting is a superb alternative to traditional composting methods, which generally suffer from high-energy losses. Working in harmony with the below-surface army of microorganisms, the lowly earthworm is now known to be the true hero in the underground, a soil builder par excellence, not only in nature, but also in garden- and farm-scale composting systems.This lavishly illustrated, in-depth book teaches:Alternatives to conventional compostingThe Golden Rules of compostingThe worm:mineral theoryUnderestimated importance of earthwormsThe stages of microbial warmingHow to winter wormsOver-fertilization vs. humusHumus - a substance or a system?Mixed cultures, rotation and true organic productionExpert gardener and horticulturist Helmut Schimmel is a longtime authority on the care and reproduction of earthworms and the production of valuable worm humus. His coworkers in this venture belong Eisenia fetida — earthworms which are indispensable in the humus economy. Schimmel draws from his great wealth of knowledge acquired over decades of study and practice to yield this single, definitive book on the practice, available for the first time in English.
Customer Reviews
I was expecting this to be the usual diatribe on the “correct” way to compost. Instead I found a nicely reasearched, readable and thoughtful text tied to the science but wrapped around the author’s own backyard experience over years of practice in East Germany now translated into English and a mouse click away from you and I.If you are only looking for a recipe book for composting this is not for you though all the info is there and easily engaged. This book educates regarding composting with worms, compares and contrasts with the better known hot compost method and ties it back to the science at the chemical and organic level and related it back to the higher level themes we see playing each day between modern chemical driven food production and modern biological based production that applies as much to me growing tomatoes in my backyard as to mass produced organically labeled food in the store.For me this book is in layers and can be engaged at any of the layers:- how to compost with worms- why it may or may not matter to your personal world.- science behind the concepts.- macro planet level “we can but should we?” topics.- references to sources for authors comments and some interesting tangential topics to explore such as biochar.Book is very nicely designed with readable type face, nicely placed headings and structure. Best part- I read the book in 2 sittings, brain was full and toward the end realized I wasn’t excited that I’d need to go through again to highlight the practical practical aspects of the authors message so I could get going on a project. Turned to the last section and author had already distilled it all into a couple page summary.
