{"id":235,"date":"2011-07-05T15:40:23","date_gmt":"2011-07-05T14:40:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cjcltd.co.uk\/?p=235"},"modified":"2014-12-02T10:46:01","modified_gmt":"2014-12-02T10:46:01","slug":"compost-everyday-tips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.justlawnmowers.co.uk\/blog\/compost-everyday-tips\/","title":{"rendered":"Compost: How to Make – How to Use – Everyday Tips"},"content":{"rendered":"

Compost: How to Make \u2013 How to Use \u2013 Everyday Tips (Green Guides) (Green Guides Series)\u00a0[Illustrated]\u00a0[Hardcover]<\/h2>\n

by Author, Rachelle Strauss<\/h3>\n

\"Compost:<\/p>\n

Composting is one of the easiest ways you can prevent rubbish from going to landfill, return nutrients to the soil and treat your gardens. Of course, it is only easy when you know how. This book discusses why we should compost and explains in practical terms how to make and what to do with compost. It includes types of compost bins, what you can and can\u2019t compost and composting techniques. Written by an expert in the field, this informative and accessible guide takes you step-by-step from kitchen scraps to blooming flowers.<\/p>\n

About the Author<\/h3>\n

Rachelle Strauss has been writing about environmental and green issues for a number of years. She is author of Self Sufficiency: Household Cleaning<\/em> and writes for various magazines about ecological issues. She runs a popular website; myzerowaste.com<\/a> where readers can get advice about reducing their landfill waste.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Composting is one of the easiest ways you can prevent rubbish from going to landfill, return nutrients to the soil and treat your gardens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":4828,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[171],"tags":[246,50,247,248,115],"class_list":["post-235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recommended-books","tag-author-rachelle-strauss","tag-compost","tag-green-guides","tag-rachelle-strauss","tag-soil"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.justlawnmowers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/compost-150x150.jpg","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3853,"url":"https:\/\/www.justlawnmowers.co.uk\/blog\/gardening-jobs-june\/","url_meta":{"origin":235,"position":0},"title":"Gardening Jobs For June","author":"Alex Evans","date":"3rd June 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"June has arrived very quickly and it is important to stay on track with all your gardening jobs. 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