The pit method

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1. Composting techniques
2. Why Kenyan farms compost
3. Materials for Kenyan compost
4. What not to compost
5. Factors that make compost good
6. The heap method
7. The pit method
8. Vermicomposting
9. Bin, sack and bokashi composting
10. Using compost to improve soil