compost
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- noun
- /ˈkɒmpoʊst/
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composta
- Look at this rotten parsnip I found in the compost heap.
- a compost bin
- finished compost
- soils with compost
How is the little baby compost heap Desperate doing?
- How is the little baby compost heap Desperate doing?
- We all need to know California compost law, everything you need to know.
- So you can add in good compost back in, like the land and sea.
- This morning I went to throw away the compost.
- So some of that may go back and go to chickens or animals or compost.
- They are in an area that does not receive governmental support and they need clean water and they need compost toilets.
- It smells like a wet, slimy compost pile on a warm, nasty day.
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We're mixing it with our compost or soil and planting it.
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The facility produces about 1,100 cy/year of compost, most of which is used by residents.
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I like to put a nice layer of compost on the top of the soil.
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Um, you can just put that over there in the compost bin.
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We are all part of the same compost heap.
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The farm now has no problem marketing all of the compost and manure at its garden center.
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It is growing in pure compost, not in a pot.
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Some research has shown that organic acids increase in the compost pile until about 42 days.
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According to Robert Sears, who oversees the compost operation, the initial management of the process was lax.
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Adding compost to your garden will improve the soil's fertility.
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Etymology
Compost comes from Latin parts com- 'together' and ponere 'to put', the same root as compose. So compost is literally things 'put together' — a mix of rotting plants and manure used to make the soil richer.