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Concrete aeration bunkers keep the compost cool and microbes active as it breaks down over 30 days.
Computer systems are used to manage temperature and record data for quality assurance.
Aeration Blowers push or pull air from the piles, to treat for odors and keep the piles at proper temperatures to eradicate germs.
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Garden Compost Makes Everything Green Again: Dark, Rich, And Full Of Life
Compost Testing
Garden Blendz Compost is tested every 2 months for product nutrients, stability, sanitation, and safety under health department permit requirements and the US Composting Council’ s national Seal of Testing Assurance or STA Program. This assures that the tests are done properly and that the results are made available to any customer that requests them. Call 360-770-8564 and we will fax or email the most current test results to you.
How is Green Blendz Made?
Feedstocks come fresh from local gardens and landscapes to our composting site east of Stanwood on Highway 532. We grind, mix and water the feedstocks to initiate rapid decomposition and preserve the nutrients for the bacteria to thrive on. We make batches of 600 cubic yards and place them into concrete bays with air channels in the floor. Temperature probes are placed in the pile, sending signals to a computer which tell the aeration blowers to change speeds or reverse the airflow thus controlling temperatures and oxygen within the piles. Temperatures exceed 140 degrees Fahrenheit for weeks, killing weeds and pathogens, and rapidly breaking down the original materials. After 2 or three weeks the pile is turned into another bay to stabilize with air control. They are placed in to a curing pile for another month and then are ready to be screened for your use.
What is Compost Worth?
Following are just a few advantages of using compost:
- Decreases runoff and erosion
- Improves plant establishment, health and vigor
- Conserves water by reducing irrigation requirements
- Reduces the need for fertilizers and pesticides.
- Supplies organic matter and beneficial microbes
- Binds and degrades specific pollutants
- Can be used to filter and improve water quality
- Closes the recycling loop and creates local green jobs
Deliveries and cost for our products
Lenz Enterprises has a fleet of trucks to deliver from 10 to 100 cubic yards per load. Heavy products like rock and soil yield no more than 30 tons of product per load. We normally deliver throughout Snohomish, Island, and Skagit counties, but can also deliver our products anywhere in the state of Washington. Each of our products have base prices at our production yard, but delivery costs vary by location, so please call us at 360-629-2933 for delivered prices.
Examples of these prices including delivery are available here.
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In curing compost piles, easing and maintaining oxygen
levels above 7% keeps them from smelling badly.
The Transfer station receives food waste, manure, grass
and brush for mixing and grinding, in preparation for the
Aeration Bunkers.
Finished compost is screened to meet your needs, either
fine or coarse.
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