Compost science

Composting Processes and Stages Explained Simply

Book: Backyard Farming: Composting | Author: Kim Pezza | ISBN: 978-1-57826-587-9 | Hatherleigh Press, 2015

Composting sounds simple because it is. Stuff rots. But Chapter 7 of Pezza’s book gets into the actual science of what’s happening inside your pile, and honestly? It’s way more interesting than you’d expect. There are bacteria working in shifts, temperatures that could cook an egg, and yes, the possibility of spontaneous combustion. We’ll get to that.