100,000+ Books, Games & Puzzles in-stock 🇳🇿

Auckland Bookstore open weekends (8:30am - 5pm) for browsing and Pick Ups! 🎉

Compost

Transform Waste into New Life
By Charles Dowding
0.0 (0 reviews)
4.65 goodreads logo

Ratings/reviews counts are updated frequently.

Check link for latest rating. ( 17 ratings, 3 reviews)
Brief Description
Learn from the king of compost how to reduce waste, feed your soil, and improve your plants. Learn how to make compost gold from the master of healthy soil. Charles Dowding puts feeding the soil at the heart of his No Dig method of growing. He... Read More
Format: Hardback
$3800
OVERNIGHT NZ-WIDE DELIVERY

Found a better price? Request a price match

Book Hero Magic formatted this description to make it easier to read. While it's new and still learning, it may not be perfect - your feedback is welcome! Description

Learn from the king of compost how to reduce waste, feed your soil, and improve your plants.

Learn how to make compost gold from the master of healthy soil.

Charles Dowding puts feeding the soil at the heart of his No Dig method of growing. He explains how to use your kitchen and garden waste to make homemade compost so that your plants can truly flourish.

Discover what you can compost, how to get the perfect balance, and different ways to compost whatever your space with this beautiful, infallible guide.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780241661543

Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 05 September 2024

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: DK

Contributors:

  • Illustrated by Jonathan Gibbs

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 17.0mm

Width: 156.0mm

Height: 199.0mm

Weight: 382g

Pages: 144

Collections

Best Sellers at Book Hero Charles Dowding Home & Garden In Stock Books New Zealand's Best Selling Books Non-Fiction Penguin Books

About the Author

Charles Dowding is the leading proponent of No Dig gardening with a huge following, borne out of more than 40 years of growing, analysing, and recommending. He is revered in the gardening world - Monty Don (BBC Gardeners' World presenter) says "Charles has become the guru of no-dig gardening. He's a really good grower, organic, and has fabulous produce."

Also by Charles Dowding

View all
  • No Dig
    Work in harmony with your soil for healthy plants and bumper crops, without back-breaking effort. Join the No Dig revolution to boost your soil's vitality and grow more veg with less effort. Transform a weedy plot into a thriving vegetable garden by following simple steps achieved in a few hours and with plants in the ground from day one. The...
    By Charles Dowding
    Hardback
    $7000
    Available
    Ships in 4-6 weeks
  • Grow Together
    Learn the art of combining crops to improve growth, maximize space, and increase yields. Getting the most from a veg patch is what all gardeners want. With a little forethought and planning, an approach that places different crops together, and in closer proximity than you might imagine, means you can grow more plants in the same area while creating healthy...
    By Charles Dowding
    Hardback
    $4000
    Available
    Ships in 4-6 weeks
  • Charles Dowding's Veg Journal
    Charles Dowding's Veg Journal
    Drawing on Charles Dowding's Vegetable Course, this month-by-month journal helps you plan bumper harvests the no-dig way. Follow simple steps to: find success with more than 35 vegetables and herbs, from tomatoes to basil, carrots to coriander; start a no-dig veg plot on virgin or dug ground, improve the soil, and become an expert mulcher and weeder; learn key dates...
    By Charles Dowding
    Paperback
    $3699
    Available
    Ships in 4-6 weeks
  • The No-Dig Children's Gardening Book
    Don't like endless digging and weeding? Don't let that stop you from getting into gardening! The simple and achievable gardening projects in this book are perfect for parents and young children to do together. All are based on Charles Dowding's trademark no-dig technique, which perfectly lends itself to gardening with little ones who can't manage heavy digging and who will...
    By Charles Dowding
    Hardback
    Sold Out

More from Home & Garden

View all
  • The Edible Backyard
    The Edible Backyard by Kath Irvine is an essential companion for anyone looking to transform their garden into a flourishing, organic paradise. This comprehensive guide takes you through every step needed to grow a variety of vegetables, fruits, and herbs in your own garden, ensuring a continuous supply of fresh produce all year round. Gardening expert Kath Irvine shares insights...
    By Kath Irvine
    Paperback
    $4000
    Elsewhere:
    $5000
    In Stock
    Ships Monday
  • A Thousand Feasts
    THE INSTANT #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER From award-winning writer Nigel Slater, comes a new and exquisitely written collection of notes, memoir, stories and small moments of joy. 'Nigel Slater’s prose is the rarest delicacy of all: exquisite yet effortless, filled with heart, tenderness, yearning and humour' ELIZABETH DAY For years, Nigel Slater has kept notebooks of curiosities and wonderings, penned...
    By Nigel Slater
    Paperback
    $2999
    In Stock
    Ships Monday
  • Clean Magic
    With Nancy Birtwhistle, it IS easy being green. From the Great British Bake Off winner and Sunday Times bestselling author, Clean Magic is a complete guide with practical and down-to-earth advice on how to integrate Nancy’s tried and tested household tips into your daily life.From sorting stubborn stains to Basic Magic, Pure Magic Gel and big, themed clean-ups, Nancy helps...
    By Nancy Birtwhistle
    Hardback
    $4000
    In Stock
    Ships Monday
  • Grow Your Groceries
    Plant-growing ideas and tricks from a leading gardening TikToker. Hacks on how to grow plants from your supermarket shop. Have you ever wondered if you could grow plants from the food you buy? Could you do something with those leftover apple pips? What about growing your own kiwi plant? And what if you could make more plants from the herb...
    By Simon Akeroyd
    Hardback
    $3600
    Elsewhere:
    $4500
    In Stock
    Ships Monday
  • Edible Weeds Handbook
    Discover the rich world of New Zealand's wild edible plants with this comprehensive guide. In this comprehensive companion to the best-selling A Field Guide to the Native Edible Plants of New Zealand, Andrew Crowe explores the rich culinary world of Aotearoa's non-native plants - the so-called 'weeds'. From miner's lettuce to watercress, taro to acorns, this go-to, illustrated handbook offers...
    By Andrew Crowe
    Paperback
    $2899
    Elsewhere:
    $3500
    (1)
    In Stock
    Ships Monday
  • How to Keep House While Drowning
    A gentle guide to cleaning and organising when you're overwhelmed, from a licensed therapist and TikTok sensation PRE-ORDER KC'S NEXT BOOK—WHO DESERVES YOUR LOVE Simple tools to make home care easy when life is hard. When you are neurodivergent, have undiagnosed ADHD, or are struggling with your mental or physical health, keeping on top of the laundry pile and tackling...
    By KC Davis
    Paperback
    $2700
    Elsewhere:
    $3000
    In Stock
    Ships Monday
  • The Self-Sufficiency Garden
    Year-round growing plan to yield six portions of veg per person per day plus batching and preserving recipes. Eat homegrown food all year round and save money on your weekly shop by following a simple plan for self-sufficiency. The Self-Sufficiency Garden by Huw Richards and Sam Cooper reveals the results of their two-year journey planning and trialling their own self-sufficiency...
    By Huw Richards and Sam Cooper
    Hardback
    $3800
    Elsewhere:
    $4500
    In Stock
    Ships Monday
  • The Quiet Home
    'House hushing' is a new interiors trend that's making (the right kind of) noise in these troubling times. Guardian A beautiful, authoritative guide to the concept of house hushing, The Quiet Home incorporates design principles and strategies for dialling down the visual noise in your home, and creating serene interiors that promote calm and wellbeing. It takes a pared-down, thoughtful...
    By Michelle Halford
    Hardback
    $5200
    Elsewhere:
    $6500
    In Stock
    Ships Monday
  • The Abundant Garden
    The Abundant Garden by Niva and Yotam Kay is a treasure trove of knowledge for both seasoned and novice gardeners alike. Located on the stunning Coromandel Peninsula of Aotearoa New Zealand, the authors draw from their extensive experience at Pakaraka Permaculture to bring you a comprehensive guide on creating and maintaining a productive, regenerative vegetable garden. The book delves deep...
    By Yotam Kay and Niva Kay
    Paperback
    $4299
    Elsewhere:
    $4999
    In Stock
    Ships Monday
  • The Notebook
    The Notebook was named a 'Best Book of the Year 2023' by the New Statesman, Spectator, and Waterstones. "From plans for flying machines to philosophy - the remarkable joy of jotting things down" - Guardian "Surprisingly revealing" - The Sunday Times We see notebooks everywhere we go. But where did this simple invention come from? How did they revolutionise our...
    By Roland Allen
    Paperback
    $3299
    In Stock
    Ships Monday
  • My Hygge Home
    The new beautiful book from the bestselling author of The Little Book of Hygge about how to use space, light and Danish design to transform your home Our homes should be a place of comfort, a place to feel safe when we shut the door. Somewhere to be ourselves, to unwind and create special memories. Inspired by Danish design and...
    By Meik Wiking
    Hardback
    $3600
    Elsewhere:
    $4000
    In Stock
    Ships Monday
  • How to Grow Food
    How to grow crops in any space accompanied by recipes you can flex based on yield Gardener Huw Richards and chef Sam Cooper bridge the gap between the garden and kitchen, profiling the growing and cooking of 70 crops. In this super practical companion for all kitchen gardeners, each crop has no-nonsense growing information on spacing, sowing, and harvesting accompanied...
    By Huw Richards and Sam Cooper
    Hardback
    $3799
    Elsewhere:
    $4800
    (1)
    In Stock
    Ships Monday

Why buy from us?

Book Hero is not a chain store or big box retailer. We're an independent 100% NZ-owned business on a mission to help more Kiwis rediscover a love of books and reading!

Service & Delivery

Service & Delivery

Our warehouse in Auckland holds over 100,000 books, toys, board games and puzzles in-stock so you're not waiting for your order to arrive from overseas.

Auckland Bookstore

Auckland Bookstore

We're primarily an online store, but for your convenience you can pick up your order for free from our bookstore, which is right next door to our warehouse in Hobsonville.

Our Gifting Service

Our Gifting Service

Books make wonderful thoughtful gifts and we're here to help with gift-wrapping and cards. We can even send your gift directly to your loved one.

The Latest at Book Hero

View all