How to Use compost in a Sentence

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• The ones in the stores are grown on sawdust blocks or in compost.
  — Joanne Kempinger Demski, Journal Sentinel, 13 Apr. 2023
• Use a rake to loosen the soil down 12 inches and add compost.
  — Lynn McAlpine, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Oct. 2023
• Turn your cold compost pile, the one in the corner of your backyard.
  — Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Jan. 2023
• The water is changed three times and the flowers are sent to compost.
  — Celia Shatzman, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
• The compost can be applied at any time, over or under the mulch.
  — oregonlive, 10 Sep. 2023
• In the past the advice was to fill with good compost or soil full of organics.
  — Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 3 Aug. 2023
• Building up the soil with compost and mulch is preferred and lasts longer.
  — Mary Berube, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Nov. 2022
• Waste compost from the mill enriches the soil of the surrounding groves.
  — Dominique Soguel, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Nov. 2023
• Get them in the ground while the weather is still cool, adding compost and a good layer of compost around the plant.
  — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 14 Feb. 2024
• Removal: Pull by hand, and snip vines at base of trees; dispose of the vine in your trash, not in compost.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, House Beautiful, 16 May 2023
• About 25-30 bears live in the hills surrounding the piles of compost, concrete, and garbage at the landfill.
  — The Aspen Times, The Denver Post, 16 Feb. 2024
• Adding compost to the soil can help with the soil's quality and overall health.
  — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 10 Sep. 2023
• Once baited and ready to use, hang the trap outside near a fly source like garbage or compost pile.
  — Rachel Ahrnsen, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Oct. 2023
• Toss some compost — no more than a quarter inch, on the damaged area, and then lay down some grass seed.
  — Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 25 May 2023
• In very dry and sandy soil, mix in some compost to help retain moisture.
  — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 11 Sep. 2023
• If the stuff that comes out of the gutter looks like compost, add it to your compost pile or use it to mulch garden beds.
  — Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Nov. 2023
• Kids can learn how their food waste can break down into rich compost.
  — Stacy Tornio, Treehugger, 18 Apr. 2023
• Add plenty of compost to your soil to improve drainage.
  — Andrea Beck, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Oct. 2022
• The grounds can then be turned into compost used in your giftee’s own garden or sent back to Mill free of charge.
  — Anna Haines, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
• After the first frost, remove the dead plants and spread an inch of compost or composted manure over the bed.
  — Jenny Krane, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Mar. 2023
• In the center, add a couple tablespoons of compost or soil and a few drops of water.
  — Nevin Martell, Washington Post, 11 Oct. 2023
• Then top the planting area off with your compost and soil mixture, tamp down, and water well.
  — Charlotte Germane, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Feb. 2023
• Farmers feed their cattle with the leaves, which also make a rich compost.
  — Dorothy Wickenden, The New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2022
• In Phoenix, it’s partnered with a local farm that will come and collect your grounds and use them on their fields as compost.
  — Jennifer Pattison Tuohy, The Verge, 6 Mar. 2024
• Then plant the whole towel in a container, covering the seed with a tiny bit of fine compost.
  — Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 31 Aug. 2023
• In the spring, when the ground thaws, remove the tree from the pot, cover its roots in a mixture of dirt and compost, add a light layer of mulch and water it.
  — Washington Post, 20 Nov. 2023
• The rule also applies to plants, soil, compost, yard waste and debris where the snails or their eggs may be hidden.
  — USA TODAY, 1 July 2023
• Remove any seeds, and also remove the bale strings to loosen up the flakes – the compressed bale sections – before adding to the compost pile.
  — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 1 Nov. 2023
• Our tester used their Hydroshot to clean the interior of a messy compost bin and watched as sludgy food scraps and mulch poured out.
  — Gabriel Morgan, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Nov. 2022
• As for the planet itself, think of Pluto like a cosmic compost bin.
  — Elizabeth Gulino, refinery29.com, 23 Mar. 2023

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• We compost leaves in our backyard.
• Enjoy them until the blooms die off and then compost them.
  — Viveka Neveln, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Sep. 2022
• Bag and seal all the plant parts in a plastic bag and trash — do not compost or greenwaste — those plants.
  — Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Feb. 2024
• Rake and use leaves as mulch or compost them for later use in gardens. 35.
  — Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 1 Apr. 2023
• Then haul a layer of topsoil or compost to spread about an inch or two thick on top.
  — oregonlive, 3 Sep. 2022
• The dry composting method will be familiar to those with off-grid homes.
  — Jacqui Palumbo, CNN, 22 Feb. 2024
• Your plant isn’t going to recover this year, so compost it and buy a new one!
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, Country Living, 24 Oct. 2022
• As the state closes in on a deadline to require cities to divert more waste to compost, change doesn’t come cheap.
  — Gwendolyn Wu, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 Jan. 2022
• For these picks, our pros composted in their own kitchens to best replicate home use.
  — Sarah Wharton, Good Housekeeping, 17 Feb. 2023
• After the first frost, remove the dead plants and spread an inch of compost or composted manure over the bed.
  — Jenny Krane, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Mar. 2023
• Not all composting programs accept the same types of food waste.
  — Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 9 Jan. 2024
• There’s a clay liner so that water doesn’t drain away from the roots of the plants, with highly absorbent wood chips and compost above.
  — Nara Schoenberg, Chicago Tribune, 6 Oct. 2022
• Aerate your lawn and add compost two weeks before the shutdown.
  — Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2022
• The composting program will come with a learning curve.
  — Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 25 Jan. 2024
• The 46 acres near the dry Salt River house the city's public works, compost yard and recycling services.
  — Renata Cló, The Arizona Republic, 13 Apr. 2022
• The contents of the warmers can be composted after use, and the warmers are 98% biodegradable.
  — Amanda Ogle, Southern Living, 15 Dec. 2023
• Compost helps keep moisture in your soil but compost piles are hard to fit in small spaces.
  — Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2022
• Check out our guides on sustainable living and how to compost for more.
  — Grace Wu, Good Housekeeping, 11 July 2022
• Nests can be as large as a softball and found in chipmunk holes, compost piles, at the base of tall grasses or near basements.
  — Jennifer Rude Klett, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 13 Apr. 2022
• The bag is sturdy and odorless, so there’s no need to worry about any worms or compost seeping out.
  — Kylee McGuigan, Popular Mechanics, 3 May 2022
• In an era of low-waste cooking, chefs and home cooks are using more and more produce scraps destined for the trash or compost bin.
  — Asha Loupy, Bon Appétit, 29 Aug. 2022
• That’s why these acts have burst through the usual noise telling us to compost, eat less meat, conserve, shun plastic, go electric, and all the rest.
  — Curbed, 6 Dec. 2022
• They can be washed around 50 times or more and can be composted afterward.
  — Melissa Breyer, Treehugger, 29 Aug. 2023
• The group is seeking nothing short of a complete revamp of New York City’s approach to compost.
  — Rachel Nuwer, Outside Online, 10 Mar. 2022
• Does compost work like topsoil for filling in where erosion has washed too much soil away?
  — Neil Sperry, San Antonio Express-News, 4 Feb. 2022
• Max Kim, our man in Seoul, sees South Korea’s composting approach as a model for the world to follow.
  — Russ Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2023
• James Rainey does the same for composting, the most natural form of recycling.
  — Russ Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2023
• The Arboretum uses leaf mulch in all its garden beds, after the leaves have been allowed to compost for a few months.
  — Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune, 12 June 2022
• After enjoying the card, it can be reused to dry your dishes or wipe up messes and then composted at the end of its life.
  — Christina Montoya Fiedler, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Apr. 2023
• Once again, composting them and using the finished product to amend soil is the correct approach.
  — Lauren David, Washington Post, 17 Jan. 2024

Last Updated: 3 May 2024