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proof that death is just lunch for the next thing in line
means A dark, crumbly soil-like material made from decomposed organic matter—food scraps, leaves, manure—deliberately rotted to feed gardens.
from From Latin 'compositus,' meaning 'put together' or 'assembled'—the past participle of 'componere' (to compose). So compost is literally a 'composition,' the same root that gives us 'compose' and 'composite.' It reached English through Old French 'compost,' and once meant a mixture or concoction generally before it settled into its earthy, gardener's sense: a pile of things artfully put together to fall apart.
- core heat
- Active piles reach 160°F, hot enough to brew tea
- unseen labor
- Billions of microbes do the actual rotting work
- black gold
- Farmers nicknamed finished compost for its value
- carbon nitrogen
- It demands a strict browns-to-greens ratio
- ancient tech
- Romans wrote composting manuals two thousand years ago
for instance
japan's bokashi composting — fermentation method used in households across japan since 1982 to compost in small spaces