Thinking like an Ecosystem

Last week's post on composting had, as my more perceptive readers will probably have noted, more than one agenda. First on the list, obviously, was the straightforward goal of getting as many people as possible to start practicing one of the simplest and most useful skills in the green wizard repertoire, and getting plant nutrients out of the waste stream and into the soil in the process. Still, there's more involved here than that sensible step.

Composting, as I mentioned in passing last wee...