Cold rain and warm compost

Handsworth's rain swept, the garden's damp, flowers downcast, fish not feeding, and down the soggy end of our garden lies our compost bin - working and warm. We argue about including orange skins. "The worms don't like the acid in citrus fruits" "Let's just see how it goes." Το λεξικό δεν βρήκε καμία λέξη - so I wonder what is the Greek word for 'compost'. Is it λίπασμα? Looking for it led me to a nice funny Greenpeace clip:

Then I got advice from teacherdude (a blog inspired by shrewd unsentimental philhellenism) that the word λίπασμα will do, though it covers all fertilizer, and a warning that 'komposta' - κομπόστα - means something rather different, the fruit preserves guests are served with coffee (see blog November 2007)

* * * Email from a friend about a paper on political skills that Kim and I wrote in the 1980s:

Noticed that your model is featured in People Alchemy this week - 'Owl, Fox, Donkey, Sheep: Political Skills for Managers' Management Education & Development, Vol 18 (1)