If you’re a gardener, thinking about getting your soil in shape probably means thinking about compost. But composting can be a mysterious process. What can go into the pile? How do you balance carbon and nitrogen? And how do you do it in a city?
Compost expert Cassandra Marketos joins Host Ira Flatow to <a href="https://www.sciencefriday.com/segments/how-to-compost/?utm_source=wnyc&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=scifri?" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">break down the basics</a> of what she calls “purposeful decomposition,” and give practical tips for the backyard composter.
<a href="https://www.sciencefriday.com/articles/compost-after-reading-book-excerpt/?utm_source=wnyc&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=scifri" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Read an excerpt from Marketos’ new book, “Compost after Reading.”</a>
Guest: 
Cassandra Marketos is the author of “Compost After Reading: A Practical Manifesto for Purposeful Decomposition.”
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