The Rot

After the fires.

Thoughts on your compost, safety, and patience in the face of the unimaginable in a post-urban-burning scenario.

Getting scrappy about sourcing scraps for your compost pile.

Everywhere you look, somebody is throwing *something* away that you could compost.

The absolute basics of building a pile

... plus, a free PDF for teaching kids <3

It's the best day of the year to start composting

You might be surprised at all the Thanksgiving leftovers it's actually possible for you to compst.

Composting when it feels like shit out.

A short missive about decomposition, change, and cultivating resilience with community.

What do you do about maggots in your green bin

Subtext: major municipal areas need to invest more in public education when it comes to their new organics recycling mandates.

On rats

Finally! Tackling the biggest and scariest of all compost questions.

A handful of helping microbes with Dujon and Green Glow Gardens

On aiming for a balanced soil and a good life.

AMA: about compost

Watching nematodes eat

Or, a very (very) microscopic look at how decomposition helps create new life, featuring the team at LA Compost

How to open a sustainable grocery store

Talking to the co-founder of LA Grocery & Cafe on why every grocery store should have a cafe, greening the supply chain, and eliminating food waste.

Getting hot with compost

An edition about the meaning of different temperatures in your pile