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Composting and Mulching: A Guide to Managing Organic Yard Wastes

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References

¹Reclamation of Municipal Refuse by Composting. 1953. University of California, Berkeley, Tech. Bull. No. 9, Series 37, Sanitary Engineering Research Project.

²Michel, F.C., D. Graeber, L.J. Forney, and C.A. Reddy. 1996. "The fate of lawn care pesticides during composting." Biocycle, 37(3) March, 64-66.

³Van Der Puy, D., Characteristics of Herbicides Used in Agronomic Crops. 1985. North Dakota Cooperative Extension Service Bulletin #W-871.

⁴Rodale, J.I. The Complete Guide to Composting. 1971. Rodale Books, Inc. Emmaus, PA, 9th printing.

⁵Biochemical and Microbiological Aspects of Composting. 1974. Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin 754.

⁶Appelhof, M. 1997. Worms Eat My Garbage: How to Set Up and Maintain a Worm Composting System (2nd Edition). 176 pp.

⁷Schumacher, Nancy, M. DuBois, M. Martindale, C.E. Clapp and J.A.E. Molina. Composition of Yard Waste Composts Produced at Twin Cities Metropolitan Area Centralized Composting Sites. Research report submitted to the Legislative Commission for Minnesota Resources, 1987, Attachment D. The State Office Building, St. Paul, MN.

⁸Allen, P. and D. White. 1990. Lawn Clipping Management. University of Minnesota Extension . AG-FO-3915.

Web References

Composting Council of Canada:
http://www.compost.org/

Cornell University Compost Page:
www.cfe.cornell.edu/compost/Composting_homepage.html
especially "The Science and Engineering of Composting" section.

Louisiana State University:
www.agctr.lsu.edu/wwwac/compost/index.html

Texas A & M: search: compost
www-horticulture.tamu.edu:8080/search.html

University of Florida:
compost.ifas.ufl.edu/Default.htm

University of Minnesota: search: compost
www.extension.umn.edu/

US Composting Council:
CompostingCouncil.org/ search: Composting Q & A

About the Authors

Carl Rosen, Extension Soil Scientist, Department of Soil, Water, and Climate

Thomas R. Halbach, Extension Waste Management Specialist

Robert Mugaas, Extension Educator, Hennepin County, University of Minnesota Extension Service

Production Editor: Phyllis Unger, Communication and Educational Technology Services, University of Minnesota Extension Service

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