Scott Smith captures the wonder of what happens below our feet, and at a faster pace in a compost pile, without straying into the fanciful or magical thinking that infuses too much of the compost literature.
— Keith Reid, author of Improving Your Soil: A Practical Guide to Soil Management for the Serious Home Gardener
Smith’s wonderful writing skills and equally sharp powers of observation make this book a must for a ‘winter day by the roaring fire’ read. You will be completely entertained and end up fully educated.
— Jeff Lowenfels, co-author, Teaming with Microbes: The Organic Gardener’s Guide to the Soil Food Web
There can never be enough books about the vital subjects of compost and soil. We need everyone to think about the vital role soils play and composting in all its forms is so important to build good soil health.
— Nicky Scott, author of How to Make and Use Compost
“Sherry …. I’m totally loving reading the compost book. I adore that it’s written like a story. I am very attuned to his attitude about gardening and about keeping a really good compost pile. And I’ve already learned several valuable tricks. They’re like teachings.”
A Kirkus Reviews Best Indie Book of 2024!
About the Author
On Compost chronicles the cultivation of a suburban backyard as a way to highlight the larger story of how to live more sustainably and with ecological purpose—and lots of freshly made living soil. The tale the author found himself telling is also about raising a son, befriending a whole neighborhood, and engaging with the larger world upon which his humble compost heap is just a speck. Scott Smith lives in Westport, Connecticut.
