Compost

At New Life Farm, compost is a vital component of our process whereby we return valuable nutrients to our soil to improve fertility in order to to grow the most nutritionally dense food possible! 

All of our organic farm waste is initially processed through our on farm chicken run where the chickens scratch, shred and poop in a deep litter system. Once every 12 months or so the chicken run is emptied into our compost areas for composting. 

Currently we are using the SPICC method of composting which is 'Static Pile Inoculated Covered Compost’ or a ‘no turn compost’ where instead of turning the compost (aerating the compost), the compost pile is inoculated with specialised microbes that we prepare ourselves on the farm, and then covered and left to decompose without the need of turning. It is sometimes also referred to as Fermentative Composting. Check out this fact sheet on SPICC here.

We are proud to share that we’ve built up our compost reserves over the years and we now use 100% of our own compost on the garden and orchards.

We occasionally have 20kg bags of compost available for sale, depending on availability. If you are interested in purchasing compost please contact us here.