COUNTYWIDE SOLID WASTE

RESOURCE CENTER

 

Composting Books:

The Worm Book - The complete guide to gardening and composting with worm.

The most comprehensive resource book on worm growing and worm composting on the market, The Worm Book is also a sprightly and affectionate look at everyone's vertebrates. With the minimum of fuss, these humble heroes will turn your garbage into the finest, richest compost imaginable.

By: Loren Nancarrow and Janet Hogan Taylor

The Rodale Book of Composting - Easy Methods for Every Gardener

Improve your soil, recycle kitchen and yard wastes, grow healthier plants, create an earth-safe garden.

Editors: Deborah L. Martin and Grace Gershuny

Let It Rot! - The Gardener's Guide to Composting. "3rd Edition"

This is the classic guide to turning household waste into gardener's gold!  Since 1975, Let It Rot! has helped countless gardeners recycle waste materials like household garbage, grass clippings, ands ash to create useful, soil-nourishing compost.

By: Stu Campbell

Mulch It! - A practical guide to using mulch in the garden and landscape.

Learn how to and when to mulch and find out which material is right for a specific purpose.  From landscaping to vegetable gardening to flower gardening to planting trees and shrubs, mulch can help you increase your property value and create a beautiful, professional-looking landscape.

By: Stu Campbell

Composting - The Hands-On Gardener.

Amending the soil with homemade compost both renews the ground and recycles Nature's resources.

An Illustrated Primer for understanding, creating, and using compost in the garden.

By: Liz Ball

 

Click here for information on brochures that are available through the

Countywide Solid Waste Program Office.

 

Our office also has recycling videos available for check-out.

Click below to get a glimpse of our videos:

Video Library

 

You may visit our office for books, brochures or videos at:

Countywide Solid Waste Programs

140 19th Street NW

East Wenatchee, WA 98802

509-886-0899