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
Hatsue turned down between strawberry rows and upended her bucket on the compost heap, glanced at the moon so that its blue light caught her face, then returned to the house by a different route.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
