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
"We've worked with everything from soft fruit to salad greens, clearing beds and keeping crops out of the compost heap," said Holtam.
From Salon ● Jan. 28, 2025
The boards themselves began to degrade after just 1 month in a compost heap.
From Science Magazine ● Nov. 24, 2024
Furthest down the road to commercialisation is probably Carbios, a French company using an engineered version of an enzyme originally found in a compost heap to break down PET.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2021
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
