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Field Notes
What we're learning out on the windrows, what the lab keeps telling us, and how to actually use this stuff. Written by the people who make it.
Written between turns of the windrow.
Latest · September 4, 2026
We sent our compost to a DNA lab. Here's what's actually living in it.
Everyone in this business says their soil is rich, premium, alive. We wanted to know what was actually in ours, so we paid a lab to sequence it. Here's the whole result.
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September 1, 2026 · Microbe of the month
Meet Streptomyces, the bodyguard living in your soil
It's the most abundant organism in our compost, it smells like rain on dry ground, and a good share of the antibiotics in your medicine cabinet came from its relatives.
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August 27, 2026
Peat-free, and not just as a marketing word
Most potting soil on the shelf is mostly peat. Here's what peat actually costs, what we use instead, and why our bags behave differently in August.
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August 20, 2026
Inside a windrow: what 135°F actually does
Compost isn't something you mix. It's a process you finish. Here's what happens inside the pile, week by week, and why the heat is the whole point.
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August 13, 2026
How to read a soil DNA report without a biology degree
Species counts, B:F ratios, functional potential — a plain-English guide to the numbers, using our own report as the worked example.
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August 6, 2026
16 million pounds: what one composting operation keeps out of the landfill
The unglamorous side of the business. Where our raw material comes from, what it would otherwise have cost, and why 'upcycled' is the accurate word.
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