I mentioned in a previous post about my reading books about gardening and related subjects. In my side bar, I've listed those that I have read. The list will grow, as I am reading about three right now, in different parts of the house. (I mentioned books could be an issue, didn't I?)
Right now, I'm reading "Gardening when it counts" by Steve Solomon. A very good and thorough book. If you want a lot of semi-technical knowledge, this will be a good read.
Chapter 7 is all about Compost. I never knew there was so much to be concerned aobut. I thought you just take the "brown" and "green" layer them with some dirt and manure and water and BAM! you have compost.
That's what I've done.
But he goes on to talk about what nutrients will be brought to your soil with the compost you make. If you just use what you have available, it's okay, but to make better compost, you have to put more thought into what you put into your compost pile. Which does make sense.
If you only have marginal vegetation to add, you will be putting marginal nutrients into your pile. Kind of like the saying, "Garbage in, garbage out."
Never thought of that in regards to a compost pile.
I am not a scientific person, by any stretch. So some of the things he talks about, I really don't understand, but what I do understand is that perhaps I need to add some things to my compost pile so that I, or rather, my soil, get the most out of the making of the pile.
Do you have any thoughts to share about this?
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