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compost

Organic material decomposed by bacteria under controlled conditions to make a nutrient-rich natural fertilizer for use in gardening or farming. A well-made compost heap reaches a high temperature during the composting process, killing most weed seeds that might be present.

As the decomposers feed, they raise the temperature in the centre of the compost as high as 66°C/150°F.
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The better part of the man is soon plowed into the soil for compost.
Walden & on the Duty of Civil Disobedience by Thoreau, Henry David View in context
He had the best place in the garden--warm, sunny, and sheltered; his holes were prepared with the tenderest care; he was given the most dainty mixture of compost, clay, and manure; he was watered assiduously all through the drought when more willing flowers got nothing; and he refused to do anything but look black and shrivel.
Elizabeth and her German Garden by Von Arnim, Elizabeth View in context
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