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Compost Products
ANNUAL COMPOST
The perfect mix for annual flower and vegetable gardens that are replanted each year.
Made of recycled food scraps, soft-wood chips, leaves and spray free hay broken down over 4-5 months and is fully cured with high microbial life present.
PERENNIAL COMPOST
The perfect holistic soil amendment for trees, shrubs, berries and other perennials. Great to add into holes at planting and for seasonal top dressing around rooted plants.
Made of a balanced mix of food waste and woody materials that are broken down over 6-18 months. This is a highly fungal product that encourages nutrient cycling between plants and soil.
WORM COMPOST
A highly nutrient and biologically dense compost with worm castings throughout.
Prized for it’s unique plant growth enzymes and hormones that set this type of compost apart from others. Because of it’s potency, application rates are about 1/20th of the typical compost. Sifted to 1/4 inch.
This product uniquely suited for biopriming seeds, making extracts and teas, adding to home-made seed start mixes, application at lighter rates to bare soils, top dressing plants and easing the transition of transplanting.
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All compost product sales are by appointment, only. Please click “schedule a delivery” or “schedule a pick up” below to secure an appointment.
Find Our Products Across the Valley
BAGGED
We sell our fine sift, pre-bagged product at local shops in the valley. You can find bags at:
- Third Street Market in Whitefish
- Nelson’s Ace Hardware in Whitefish
- Dirt Rich in Columbia Falls
FILL YOUR OWN
Our fill-your-own container stations are located throughout the valley. Bring your own container or buy a burlap sack. No single-use plastic in our distribution!
- Columbia Nursery in Columbia Falls
- Center for Native Plants in Whitefish
- Hoopers Garden Center in Creston
- Columbia Falls Sunday Market (during select dates)
WHAT CAN COMPOST DO FOR YOUR GARDEN OR FARM?
Compost is not soil and it is not dirt and not all compost is the same!
It’s a holistic soil amendment made of decomposed organic matter that provides your soil with a dose of plant available nutrients and the microscopic biota necessary to continue unlocking nutrients long after it’s been applied. It’s a long term solution to soil infertility, and pest and weed management when utilized with appropriate soil stewardship methods.
Our compost is different than other compost options. We craft ours with regenerative agriculture in mind, helping to build the soil and reintroduce important microorganisms to the soil. This results in healthier, more nutrient dense plants for harvest.
ARE WE ORGANIC?
We aren’t currently certified organic, but we follow the same guidelines that are required of business selling organic compost with one exception. We accept BPI Certified compostable plastics. BPI Certification means that foodware items are scrutinized by a 3rd party, ensuring containers will break down physically and also not leave behind chemical residue. This is the only certification standard which prohibits the use of PFAS in manufacturing.
We feel we have a duty to service our community by providing the option of composting food ware items, rather than sending them to landfill. “Compostable” plastics often have synthetic binders in them, which is why if used in compost production, it cannot be certified organic by state standards. Our mix is comprised of food waste, wood chips, leaves, spray free hay and garden cutback. We turn our piles five times to ensure a healthy and synthetics free product. We test our product annually to check for any herbicide contamination.
Unfortunately, due to rising concerns with herbicides we no longer use horse manure in our mixes.
OUR PROCESS
Dirt Rich uses a thermal composting process while following organic composting standards to ensure our piles reaching 130+ degrees fahrenheit for over 48 hours. This helps ensure no unwanted pathogens or seeds survive the composting process. Our compost is fully cured so seeds can be planted directly into it.
We use a variety of inputs and are particular in our processes to offer the highest quality compost available in the Flathead Valley. We compost BPI Certified compostable containers in our processes.
Because our operation is entirely outdoors, we cannot guarantee a 100% weed free product.