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The Accidental Organic Gardener

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Welcome to Part 3 of my interview with Chris McLaughlin, author of The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Composting.

In Part 1, Composting and Healthy Soil, Chris discussed why composting is the ultimate green action, because we are creating more earth, saving water, reducing the waste that goes to landfills, and reducing our use of fossil fuel.

Part 2, How to Start Your Compost Pile, showed us how easy it is to begin composting, what constitutes “green” and “brown” composting material, and the importance of carbon and nitrogen to soil and plant health. We also discussed whether testing you soil is a prerequisite, and the answer may surprise you!

In this episode, we will talk about how to compost all of those leaves in autumn, a hysterically funny rant about bunnies, bunny poop, and composting, and how Chris became an “accidental” organic gardener:

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Chris is the author of The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Composting, a Master Gardener, a garden writer, and she blogs at A Suburban Farmer.

[Music from the amazing Kara Barnard. "Blackberry Blossom" from the album, Fret Hopping in Brown County. Thanks, Kara!]

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    About Carole Sevilla Brown

    Carole Sevilla Brown is a Conservation Biologist who firmly believes that wildlife conservation begins in your own back yard. Carole is an author, educator, speaker, and passionate birder, butterfly watcher,  and naturalist who travels around the country teaching people to garden sustainably, conserve natural resources, and create welcoming habitat for wildlife so that you will attract more birds, butterflies, pollinators and other wildlife.. She gardens for wildlife in Philadelphia, zone 6b, and created the philosophy of Ecosystem Gardening. Watch for her book Ecosystem Gardening, due out soon. Carole is managing editor of  Beautiful Wildlife Garden, and also  Native Plants and Wildlife Gardens. Follow Carole on twitter, @CB4wildlife and on Google+

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