organic matter

Illustration of a compost bin in use with plants growing out the side and kitchen waste on top

Small pen and ink sketch with stippled texture and a watercolour top wash, cut to white

Earthworm coiled and curled up showing its saddle and segmentation clearly, cut to white

Worm against grassy background, looking like it should be under the ground rather than crawlign about on top of it

pen and ink stippled diagram of a worm with detail of the spines that help earthworms move

Earthworm coiled and curled up showing its saddle and segmentation clearly, cut to white

Flesh fly Sarcophaga crassipalpis with maggot and pupa

Blue bottle fly Calliphora vomitoria adult cut to whtie

Sweetcorn Zea mays plant

Clover root nodule diagram

Study of leaf litter showing dead decaying leaves

Lasagna garden cross section showing the layering of paper, organic matter such as compost, topsoil, and crops

Getting rid of old compost and replacing it with fresh new and organically rich compost to feed and nurture pot plants and container plants