A visit to New York’s Battery Park City reveals a composting operation 20 yards from the Ritz-Carlton, and nary a complaint.

Everybody knows I love compost. (The picture accompanying today's post is in fact my very own three-bin unit that I built, somewhat clunkily, all by myself.) Yes, friends of Lime, I'm a worm-herding dirt nerd, a certified Master Composter.

Now that spring has sprung, it's time for getting the finished compost out into our gardens and yards. So with that in mind, I offer my handy little recipe for compost tea.