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

A compost heap on the far side’d let me vault over the wall.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell