This post may contain affiliate links. Please see disclosure and privacy policy here. Making Dirt From Scratch I decided to start with compost once we decided that our version of clean eating was going to include growing or raising as much of our food as we could. From there we started looking at the financial aspects of making these changes. It can be very expensive to set up gardening beds, green houses, chicken coops, and livestock pens all at once. When my husband started talking about turning our dry lot pasture to an irrigated field I knew we would need A LOT of organic matter; manure, mulch, and compost. We can…