compost heap
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"Everything you'd need to start exploring fungi and computing could be as small as a compost heap and some homemade electronics, or as big as a culturing factory with pre-made templates," said LaRocco.
From Science Daily • Oct. 26, 2025
The boards themselves began to degrade after just 1 month in a compost heap.
From Science Magazine • Nov. 24, 2024
"The Craterium minutum slime mould was found on decaying vegetation, at the edge of a compost heap in my garden, captured following a hard frost," said Webb.
From BBC • Feb. 1, 2024
These 'forever chemicals' are responsible for preventing containers from becoming soggy from contact with moist and hot foods, but are linked to health problems, and have no place in a compost heap.
From Salon • Sep. 25, 2022
She padded toward him with a bucket full of kitchen scraps, her sandals squeaking, moving toward the compost heap, and on her return trip she’d passed between the rows of raspberries.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
