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
“He would sleep at the compost heap, wake up, hop over a few trees to a favorite perch and then hunt for rats,” Lei said.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 3, 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
“Tha’ was...tha’ was...beau’iful!” howled Hagrid, and he collapsed onto the compost heap, crying harder than ever.
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
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