May 1987 Issue [Article] Cultivating virtue. Compost and its moral imperatives Download PDF Adjust Share by Michael Pollan, Subscribe or log in to continue reading. Tags 20th century Compost Environmental ethics Gardening Horticultural literature Humus Philosophy of nature United States More from Michael Pollan Flowers of Evil Last season was a strange one in my garden, notable not only for the unseasonably cool and wet weather — the talk of gardeners all over New England — but… What sweetness was Opium, Made Easy One gardener’s encounter with the war on drugs Adjust Share