Want to reduce your footprint, grow better veggies, and improve the earth?
Have you considered composting?
Hi, we’re Seth and Kirstie and we love dirt. We also love durt, this website that we created to help you create the best compost possible in your home or backyard. Whether you want to grow more veggies, improve your grass, or reduce or food waste, we can make it happen.
Join me as we jump into the world of composting and create a thriving community where you can ask questions, get help and, when you’re experienced, help others in turn.
Composting Guides
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Tools and Gear Reviews
You could start composting with just some scraps, and a pointy stick. These things will just make it easier.
Will it Compost?
Whether you want to know about grass clipping, eggshells, or dead squirrels we’ve probably tried to compost it.
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When I first married my wife I was very disappointed by her great love for tea. And we’re even not talking about Green Tea or oolong. We’re not even … Read more How to Make Anaerobic Compost Tea for Explosive Growth - Should you pee on your compost pile? The 3 Benefits of Urine
I was doing some scientific research for an article I was writing about maggots in your compost (I finished it, it’s here) when someone on the Composting Subreddit commented … Read more Should you pee on your compost pile? The 3 Benefits of Urine - Dealing with maggots in your compost: Are they good or bad?
Maggots are disgusting. They exist in the filthiest places, feast on dead and rotting flesh (mostly corpses), and carry disease and death everywhere they go. At least that’s the … Read more Dealing with maggots in your compost: Are they good or bad? - Topsoil vs. Compost: Can I use either one?
I’ve seen so many people arguing about which is better for their garden: topsoil or compost. The level of misunderstanding in this “fake argument” has gotten old. It makes … Read more Topsoil vs. Compost: Can I use either one? - Composting Grass: 4 Easy Ways to Handle Your Clippings
Did you know that grass clippings make up nearly 20% of the solid waste that collected in communities? And that’s a year round average, not just the summer months. … Read more Composting Grass: 4 Easy Ways to Handle Your Clippings