humus, hummus

Humus or humus ( hyoo muss ) means the dark organic matter in dirt or soil, from decayed vegetable or animal matter--
If you add humus to the soil, your garden will be much healthier.
Leave the compost pile until it breaks down into humus.

Hummus or hummus ( hoo muss or humm uss ) means the dip made from chick peas--
Make sure to add some lemon juice to the  hummus.
Did you get the pita bread? I am going to make hummus.

Now that you know that, you can say--
"Add the peels of the vegetables we used for the hummus to the compost pile, to make humus."

Note--"posthumous"  ( poss choo muss ) means after death, as a book published after an author has died--
His last novel was unfinished, and published as a posthumous work.
Note # 2--"humus" ( one word ) means the dark organic matter in soil--
Humus will make everything grow faster.
Not to be confused with "hum us"( two words ), meaning to make a tune from a droning, close-lipped sound, or the sound itself from a machine--
We don't know this song. Can you hum us the tune?