>>673149No books as such, but I can give you some advice based on my experience
1. Establish the pile with a bucket of some ready made compost for reasonably foolproof results and very low rate of infection.
2. Grass clippings and used brewing malt are magic compost starters, the malt is typically sterile after brewing boil and can hot rod an existing pile in a matter of 24-48 hours
3. Aerobic compost is better than anaerobic and carries less chance of housing pathogenic bacteria [citation needed] so having a compost pile that can get air underneath and on all sides and is turned daily for the first couple of weeks will ensure a high success rate.
4. Bacteria needs water to survive, so keep your pile moist and keep a cover of sorts over it to stop sunlight drying it out too much. If you have a pile that's off the ground and can get air and drainage it's very hard to overwater it as it'll drain off any excess water by itself.
Something like pic related except with mesh bottoms that sit off the ground so that the piles have air and drainage.
Vermicompost and green mulching are some other approaches that you can try too.
Type "compost filetype:pdf" into google and you should get some good basic guides that'll see you through.
