Useful Links
Websites
This website carries a wealth of information on all types of composting. If you’re near Leicester, you can also visit the compost demonstration site where the author is based. It’s a great opportunity to check out many different types of composter, and pick the brains of a very experienced composter.
We often get asked, ‘is it safe to compost dog poo?’. The answer is yes, but with some precautions. This article from the University of Florida explains what you need to do.
Books
How to Make and Use Compost; Nicky Scott
Composting for a New Generation; Michelle Balz –
Teaming with Microbes; Jeff Lowenfels – for learning more about the microbes in our soil, and how to support them.
Dirt: The Erosion of Civilisations; David R Montgomery – not a composting how-to, but if you want the bigger picture on soil health and why it matters, this book tells how soil exhaustion led to the collapse of civilisations, from the ancient Greeks and Romans to the present day.
https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/David-R-Montgomery/Dirt–The-Erosion-of-Civilizations/9017192
Videos
Charles Dowding is a pioneer of the ‘no dig’ method in the UK, and has quite a few videos here on composting.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCB1J6siDdmhwah7q0O2WJBg
Composting doesn’t have to be complicated. Huw Richards suggests a simple approach here to composting your garden materials.
Facebook/Insta
The lighter side of composting: @compostkate has a wealth of information, tips and tricks for composting, and a few catchy tunes too!
https://www.instagram.com/compost_kate/?hl=en
Keep Calm and Make Compost is a friendly community of compost geeks from around the world who can answer almost any compost related question.
The Compost Connection 