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The Compost Coach

Make compost, build soil and grow a regenerative garden - wherever you live!
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In The Compost Coach by Kate Flood, you'll embark on an eco-friendly journey to transform kitchen scraps and garden waste into rich, nutritious compost. This guidebook offers practical advice and enthusiasm for composting at home, providing you with tips on starting, maintaining, and troubleshooting your compost. Ideal for beginners and seasoned gardeners, it aims to turn waste into a valuable resource for nurturing your plants.
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You might enjoy this book if you're eager to transform your garden using sustainable practices. It offers insightful guidance on turning organic waste into nutrient-rich compost, perfect for beginners and experienced gardeners alike who are keen to learn new techniques and elevate their eco-friendly gardening skills.

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Spin food waste and household carbon into garden gold, learn about how and why soil matters, and make climate activism an everyday mission, with compost coach Kate Flood.

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The Compost Coach is a colourful, comprehensive and accessible guide to creating the very best compost, also known as garden gold. Kate is on a mission to empower readers to understand the small steps they can take every day to look after the environment and live more sustainably.

The book is tailored for the home composter, including those who live in apartments and houses with or without gardens (yes, you can compost without a garden!). Kate helps readers rethink their waste management and teaches them how easy it is to divert food scraps and household carbon away from landfill.

Kate unravels the technicalities of soil science, discusses the building blocks of a robust compost system, and busts a few myths along the way. Charming illustrations, how-to photos, and Kate's warm, entertaining voice complete the package.

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Kate Flood's The Compost Coach is applauded for its practical and inspiring approach, aiming to cultivate a new generation of composters. It is particularly praised by beginners and experienced gardeners alike for its detailed and well-organised content, offering clear explanations and plenty of visual aids. This book stands out as a valuable resource not only for nurturing gardens but also for those looking to contribute to environmental sustainability.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781922616456

Publisher: Murdoch Books

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 August 2023

Country: Australia

Imprint: Murdoch Books

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 190.0mm

Height: 255.0mm

Weight: 929g

Pages: 264

About the Author

Kate Flood is happiest when she's teaching people about compost, reading about it, or elbow deep in the stuff. She's a compost nerd and sustainability educator, and she's on a mission to help others step-up their household waste management. From her home on the south coast of New South Wales, the teacher and mum of three busy dirt-babies spreads the word on 'garden gold' via Instagram, TikTok, and workshops for councils, community gardens and businesses. Kate has inspired her family, friends, and ever-growing online community to think about the small actions they can take daily to stem the climate crisis and make composting fun.

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