Urban Composting Made Easy – The Art and Science of Creating 'Gardener's Gold'
Composting is a vital component of growing healthy food. Magic occurs in the garden when the caretaker ceases to focus on the plants, and begins to tend to soil. If the soil is robust, the plants will be too.
Urban Composting Made Easy shows you how to partner with nature, creating the optimal mix of ingredients and conditions to make compost. This engaging and well researched how-to guide is written by a real gardener who shares the amazing benefits & real-world process of composting, plus how to in-corporate it into your own gardening practice.
Kari Spencer is an urban farmer and a Master Gardener volunteer. She enjoys a busy schedule teaching gardening, permaculture, urban farming, and homesteading classes. Kari and her husband, Lewis, operate The Micro Farm Project, a research and teaching farm that implements and experiments with urban farming techniques.
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About Kari Spencer (Phoenix, Arizona Author)
Kari Spencer is an author, instructor, and long time advocate for the art of urban farming. She co-directs the organization Grow PHX. She also is the owner/operator of The Micro Farm Project, located in Phoenix, AZ. Growing food, homestead permaculture and backyard livestock are her way of life, and teaching is her passion.
Kari is the author of City Farming: How-to Guide to Growing Food and Raising Livestock in Urban Spaces. Information about the book and tips for urban farmers can be found at CityFarmingBook.com.
Kari takes a decidedly different view of what it means to grow and eat healthy, delicious food, born of experience and extensive knowledge as a master gardener, master farmer and agriculture instructor. Her practical, cheerful tutorials and tips for urban farmers (and aspiring gardeners,) can be found at TheMicroFarmProject.com and KariSpencer.com.
