The definitive guide to vermicomposting-a process using redworms to recycle food waste into nutrient-rich food for plants. Newly revised and updated, this 162 page manual provides complete illustrated instructions on setting up and maintaining small-scale worm composting systems. Topics include different bins, what kind of worms to use, sex life of a worm, preparing worm beddings, how to meet the needs of the worms, what kinds of foods to feed the worms, harvesting worms, and making potting soil from the vermicompost produced. A 63 page bibliography, 24 annotated references, a glossary,and comprehensive index make this a valuabe reference book as well as a practical manual.

Worms Eat My Garbage: How to Set up and Maintain a Worm Composting System, Second Edition

Mary Appelhof

Children's Books

Flower Press

The Worm Cafe: Mid-Scale Vermicomposting of Lunchroom Wastes describes how a teacher and her students developed a system to compost lunchroom waste with worms and save their school $6000 per year. How they performed a waste audit, garnered support from school personnel. Discusses bins, bedding, maintenance, harvesting and using castings in the school garden. Contains earthworm diagrams, bulletin board materials, quizzes, letter to parents, charts, and dozens of resources. A manual for schools, small businesses and community groups. This comprehensive how-to manual gives complete steps for: <ul>
<li>Conducting a school-wide waste audit</li> <li>Incorporating lunchroom waste-composting into a recycling program</li> <li>Determining worm bin size, location, and costs</li> <li>What to use for worm bedding</li> <li>Recognizing earthworm anatomy</li> <li>Teaching about ecosystems and foodwebs with worm bins</li> <li>Maintaining worm bins</li> <li>Managing food-waste flow at your school or business</li> <li>Harvesting worm castings</li> <li>Student success with project-based learning</li> </ul>

Worm Cafe: Mid-Scale Vermicomposting of Lunchroom Wastes

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Payne, Binet

Bourgeois, Paul

Gardening & Landscape Design

Author Michelle Eva Portman presents a wonderful adventure where a young girl and her mom convert a storage box into a house for their new pets. The box becomes a vermicomposting bin and the pets are redworms. Portman's poetic, rhyming couplets provide a grand explanation of the process of vermicomposting in a manner that the youngest reader/listener will enjoy. The story is accompanied by adorable illustrations. The book includes "How To" and "Resources" sections to encourage further exploration of vermicomposting.

Compost, By Gosh: An Adventure with Vermicomposting

Portman, Michelle Eva

Literature & Fiction

The essential 'how to' manual for everyone interested in floral art. This book will inspire you throughout the year with design ideas and provides a useful reference of many of the flowers and foliage that are available. Packed with tips, information and step by step advice, this book is an indispensable guide whatever the season, occasion or budget.

The Judith Blacklock's Encyclopedia of Flower Design

Blacklock, Judith

Crafts & Hobbies

Over 40 ideas to create simple, yet sophisticated, floral displays throughout the home. This book is the first in a series of four seasonal books, and is devoted to winter arrangements using flowers and foliage readily available during the winter months. The 'How to' section teaches the necessary techniques to achieve these impressive flower recipes.

Judith Blacklock's Flower Recipes For Winter

Over 40 ideas to create simple, yet sophisticated, floral displays throughout the home. This book is the second in a series of four seasonal books, and is devoted to spring arrangements using flowers and foliage readily available during the spring months. The 'How to' section teaches the necessary techniques to achieve these impressive flower recipes.

Judith Blacklock's Flower Recipes For Spring

Over 40 ideas to create simple, yet sophisticated, floral displays throughout the home. This book is the third in a series of four seasonal books, and is devoted to Summer arrangements using flowers and foliage readily available during the Summer months. The 'How to' section teaches the necessary techniques to achieve these impressive flower recipes.

Judith Blacklock's Flower Recipes For Summer

Over 40 ideas to create simple, yet sophisticated, floral displays throughout the home. This book is the final in the series of four seasonal books, and is devoted to Autumn arrangements using flowers and foliage readily available during the Autumn months. The 'How to' section teaches the necessary techniques to achieve these impressive flower recipes.

Judith Blacklock's Flower Recipes For Autumn

The 'how to' manual for everyone interested in pursuing flowers as a career or wanting to know how to arrange flowers for their own special occasion. In step by step guides the reader is taken from the basics of wiring techniques through to more advanced floristry design work. In simple logical stages with the aid of colour photography, line drawings and expert tips, the reader will enjoy entering the fascinating world of the professional florist.

Floristry: A Step-by-Step Guide

Young, Lesley

Church Flowers by Judith Blacklock is the essential guide to arranging flowers in Church. Printed in full color throughout, the book contains step-by-step instructions on creating perfect large-scale mechanics. The book also demonstrates how to design beautiful floral arrangements for Weddings.

Church Flowers: The Essential Guide to Arranging Flowers in Church

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