Xavier's Premium Living Compost
$50 · ~5 lbs
Small-batch, thermophilically finished, biologically complete compost. Named for the pile it came from.
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Compost is a living system,
not a material.
Every pile is built to a recipe, turned on a schedule, held at temperature, and checked under a microscope before it goes anywhere. That is the difference between compost that adds biology and compost that just adds bulk.
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From our piles to your beds.
Gift Package: Premium Living Compost
$65 · ~5 lbs, gift wrapped
The same living compost, packaged as a gift for the gardener in your life.
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Pre-Order Inoculation Grade Compost
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Reserve compost from an upcoming pile. Inoculation grade — built for biology, not bulk.
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Bulk Compost Inquiries
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Larger volumes for market gardens, restoration projects, and community builds.
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Thermophilic, on purpose.
A hot pile is built to a carbon-to-nitrogen ratio, not thrown together. Ours are assembled in layered quarter-rounds from measured greens, browns, and high-nitrogen material — then turned on schedule and monitored by temperature until the thermophilic phase is genuinely complete.
Getting hot enough matters: it is what handles weed seed and pathogens. Coming back down properly matters just as much — that is when the fungi, protozoa, and nematodes move back in. Compost pulled too early is just chopped material.
Getting it to you
Pickup or delivery.
Pickup in Olympia is always free. For anything you would rather not fit in your car, we deliver.
Local delivery
$50
Olympia, Tumwater, Lacey, Nisqually
Compost delivered to your door in the local area.
Greater Puget Sound delivery
$250
outside the local area
Delivery beyond Olympia, Tumwater, Lacey, and Nisqually.
Service area: Olympia, Tumwater, Lacey, Nisqually, and the greater Puget Sound. Not sure whether you are inside it? Call (360) 259-3637 and ask.
Not sure what your soil needs yet?
Test before you amend. A health check tells you whether you need biology, structure, organic matter, or nothing at all — which saves buying the wrong thing.