compost heap
noun
variants
or chiefly US compost pile
: a pile of plant materials that are allowed to decay to create compost
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Add a few handfuls of wood ash to your compost heap for every 6 inches of material and mix well.
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Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Sep. 2024
While most gardeners grow them as annuals, tossing them in the compost heap at the end of the growing season, coleus is a perennial plant in the warmest climates.
—Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 July 2024
For those faced with piles of dead cicadas during that period, one of the best ways to dispose of them is by throwing them in the compost heap.
—Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 10 May 2024
Well, a pond and a tennis court and a wood chipper and a compost heap.
—Lizz Schumer, Peoplemag, 12 Feb. 2024
After initially flying around the southern end of Central Park, Flaco moved up to the North Woods of the urban oasis, feasting on rodents at a compost heap and hanging out at a construction site, where photographers snapped images of him perching atop a yellow excavator.
—Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 29 Jan. 2024
Remember, too, that while some slugs will eat your plants, many live in your compost heap or in mulch layers on the soil, digesting dead plant material and playing their role in returning nutrients to the soil.
—Elizabeth Waddington, Treehugger, 24 Jan. 2023
The eggs, dairy, pickles, corned beef and, most crucially, 2,000 pounds of brisket the shop uses to make its pastrami sandwiches are all now headed to the compost heap.
—Mario Cortez, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 Mar. 2023
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Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Sep. 2024
While most gardeners grow them as annuals, tossing them in the compost heap at the end of the growing season, coleus is a perennial plant in the warmest climates.
—Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 July 2024
For those faced with piles of dead cicadas during that period, one of the best ways to dispose of them is by throwing them in the compost heap.
—Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 10 May 2024
Well, a pond and a tennis court and a wood chipper and a compost heap.
—Lizz Schumer, Peoplemag, 12 Feb. 2024
After initially flying around the southern end of Central Park, Flaco moved up to the North Woods of the urban oasis, feasting on rodents at a compost heap and hanging out at a construction site, where photographers snapped images of him perching atop a yellow excavator.
—Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 29 Jan. 2024
Remember, too, that while some slugs will eat your plants, many live in your compost heap or in mulch layers on the soil, digesting dead plant material and playing their role in returning nutrients to the soil.
—Elizabeth Waddington, Treehugger, 24 Jan. 2023
The eggs, dairy, pickles, corned beef and, most crucially, 2,000 pounds of brisket the shop uses to make its pastrami sandwiches are all now headed to the compost heap.
—Mario Cortez, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 Mar. 2023
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“Compost heap.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/compost%20heap. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.
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