£20 for a tiny bag of poo?! What really goes into luxury compost
There is a growing market for artisanal compost made with love, dung and integrity. But can it ever really be worth it?
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There is a growing market for artisanal compost made with love, dung and integrity. But can it ever really be worth it?
Twenty years ago, when I lived in north London, I spotted a sign outside a garden centre in Islington with the words “New in: designer compost” emblazoned over it. What on earth did it mean? Was the compost sourced from the private bathrooms of Giorgio Armani and Donatella Versace?
Where there’s muck, there’s brass, the saying goes. In the trendy quarters of Los Angeles and London, however, there is now money to be made from manure as desi
‘Compost has become a staple of cocktail-party conversations.’ You can get manure from eucalyptus-eating goats and even a blend from Princess Diana’s childhood home
As spring approaches we are picking armfuls of camellias, hellebores, blossom and early narcissus to bring into the house. We are also thinking ahead for what w