Green Mountain Compost

Tom Beckett, New York, NY

Jen — Tue, 15 May 2012 20:46:17 +0000

“I have over 30 potted plants on a Manhattan rooftop — trees, flowers, vegetables and herbs. I’ve been using Green Mountain Compost [formerly Intervale Compost] for years. I don’t even use potting soil. I simply cut the compost with a lot of perlite, some sphagnum peat moss, some manure, maybe some green sand, blood meal, bone meal, depending on what I’m growing. I make my own compost, but not enough for the garden. Love this stuff, and so do my plants!”

We’re low on bulk compost, topsoil, and raised bed mix. Please call before you come.

Jen — Fri, 11 May 2012 18:46:30 +0000

Due to an unprecedented demand for our bulk products this spring, our supplies of bulk compost, topsoil, and raised bed mix are running low. Please call us at 802-660-4949 to check availability before heading to our facility to pick up bulk material. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Our bagged products will continue to be available near and far! Please check out our Where to Buy page to find the closest places to buy bagged compost, topsoil, potting soil, and seed starter mix. (We do not sell bagged product at our Green Mountain Compost facility).

Champlain Landworks

Jen — Thu, 10 May 2012 14:46:59 +0000

“It’s always been great compost. Now it’s even more fantastic…no clumps, and it spreads nicely in the garden and on the lawns. We have been using Green Mountain Compost [formerly Intervale Compost] whenever we install beds and trees for over 16 years now. Our shrubs and trees have flourished because of this wonderful ‘black gold’!”

Summer Hours

Dan — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 14:26:12 +0000

This Saturday marks the beginning of Summer hours at Green Mountain Compost. Beginning April 21st, we’ll be open Monday through Saturday all Summer and into the fall. This applies to both sales and drop off of materials.

To better serve you we’re also open EVERY DAY IN MAY.

Our hours of operation continue to be 8am – 4pm.

Where did Winter go?

Dan — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 16:44:17 +0000

Is Spring here? It certainly seems that way with a forecast full of record breaking temperatures in the 70′s and 80′s. It actually feels more like summer. While the warm weather may feel great for us humans, the plants and trees and critters in your backyard are bound to be confused.
While it’s still too early to plant most things in a garden (plenty of frost potential still to come), it’s a great time to get that layer of compost down on your new or existing garden and get ahead on the growing season. It’s also a great time to start seeds. Look for new 8 quart bags of Green Mountain Compost’s Seed Starter Mix at your local garden center, hardware store, or food coop.

We’ve Changed our Name!

Jen — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 15:45:25 +0000

Though our new logo and art work are still in the works, Intervale Compost Products is now officially Green Mountain Compost. Why the name change? Well, for one thing, we’re no longer in Burlington’s Intervale. Plus, our new state-of-the-art facility means that our compost is better than ever. (See http://www.intervalecompost.net/2011/07/learn-about-our-new-facility/.) A new location, higher quality products, a new name—times they are a-changin’, and it’s all good!

Backyard Compost Bin Offer

Jen — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 20:22:02 +0000

SoilSaver Compost Bin

Green Mountain Compost now sells SoilSaver backyard compost bins. These home composters aren’t going to produce mountains of compost, but they’re a handy way to get rid of food scraps, yard clippings and leaves while still yielding some rich, dark compost for your garden. Click here for more information on purchasing a SoilSaver compost bin.

And don’t forget–we’ve got plenty of FREE 4-gallon and counter-top compost buckets, great for collecting food scraps for either drop-off or home composting. Come on down, grab a bucket, and help keep compostable material out of the landfill. (And save money too!)

Learn About our New Facility!

Jen — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 17:12:43 +0000

After many months of planning and weeks of trucking compost from Burlington, we are happily settled at our new facility on Redmond Road in Williston. We opened for business on July 1st, 2011 and began taking in material on July 12th. More recently, we changed our name to Green Mountain Compost!

Casella dumping food scraps

Due to the big move, it had been several months since we’d been able to make new compost. When those first few loads of horse manure and food scraps rolled in, our head honcho compost-maker Norman Gordon was all smiles. And there’s more than that to smile about here at Green Mountain Compost. Our new state of the art facility allows us to make compost faster and more efficiently than ever, which means a smaller ecological footprint and even better products for our customers.

Brand new facility

Our new facility features a large building with rows of covered bays on an expansive concrete pad. Liquid runoff from the process is captured and reused in the process. Most of the bays have slotted floors that allow air to be blown up into the piles of compost. This “static aerated” system allows for oxygen to penetrate the piles more effectively than with our former “turned windrow” method. The result is a faster process, drier compost, and much less diesel fuel used. Yes!

After aeration, the piles are incorporated into larger piles for curing through maturity. Because this new process produces drier finished material than at our old facility, we are able to screen using a new 3/8-inch screen, which means a finer texture than with the previous 1/2-inch screen.

Aerated compost-making bay

With covered bays, a concrete pad, an aerated system and finer screening, this new facility will allow us to make compost more efficiently and more effectively. Our winning compost recipe hasn’t changed, but this new technology means higher quality finished products. We think our customers will smile on that.

We’ve Moved!

Michele — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 17:53:44 +0000

New state of the art facility

We are open and ready for business at our shiny new state-of-the-art facility on Redmond Road in Williston.

We’re sad to say goodbye to all our great Intervale neighbors, but we’re excited to be able to continue making great soil products for our loyal customers, and to expand our good soils/good food community even farther.

So come on out and see our new digs, where you can drop off food scraps and yard debris and purchase any of our quality soil products in bulk. To buy our products in 20-quart bags, Terra Fuela sunflower growing kits, or to find a retailer closer to home who sells Green Mountain Compost or Premium Top Soil by the yard, please consult our Where To Buy page.

We’re still putting the final touches on all the little details, but keep your eyes peeled for more news and happenings at the new location!

Summer hours: Monday – Saturday 8 a.m. – 4 p.m.

DROP-OFF SCHEDULE: The new facility is now accepting material for composting Monday – Saturday 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. Please visit our What is Compostable page for more information.

Have old seeds? Wondering if they’ll germinate?

Dan — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 13:29:04 +0000

If you’re like most home gardeners, you have lots of extra seeds after planting each year. If stored in a suitable dry location, many of these seeds will do fine three or more years later, sometimes even longer (archaeological excavations often turn up viable seeds hundreds of years old).

Certain varieties do better than others when saved for multiple years. Seeds in the allium or onion family don’t store as well as others, so if you have onion, chive, scallion, leek, or shallot seed kicking around for more than a couple of years, it’s a good bet that you won’t have much success getting them to germinate in large numbers.

If you want to be sure that your seeds will germinate before going through the trouble of planting them, check out these germination test instructions from the folks at High Mowing Organic Seed.

Once you’ve determined that they’re good to go, we recommend getting your seedlings started in a high quality germinating blend such as our Premium Seed Starter Mix.

Looking for a source for seeds? We’re giving away a packet of free seeds with every yard of soil or mulch this season. Check out our free seeds page for details.