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Everything you ever wanted to know about composting and organic gardening...Selection of our online resources for all your composting needs. If you don't find what you're looking for please call us at 250-386-9676 or email us at office@compost.bc.ca.

Composting Fact Sheet Series (PDF)

• 1: Backyard Composting
• 2: Vermicomposting
• 3: Digesters
• 4: Hot Composting
• 5: Trench Composting
• 6: Urban leaves
• 7: Mulching
• 8: Compost Ecology

Organic Gardening Fact Sheet Series (PDF)

• 1: Building Healthy Lawn and Garden
• 2: Maintaining Healthy Lawn and Gardens
• 3: Healthy Food Garden

Build Your Own Composter(PDF)

• 3-Bin Composter Building Plans
• 1-Bin Composter Building Plans

On-Line Composting Basics Tutorial

• Why Compost
• Using Compost
• Getting Started
• The Science of Composting
• The Compost Bin at Work
• Composting Troubleshooting
• Worm Composting
• Worm Composting Troubleshooting