SPRING 2025!
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Good dirt takes time.
Thank you for your patience! In an effort to nurture & prioritize our well-being & yours, we encourage you to plan your garden ahead of time & order at least a week in advance. Please review the instructions below, fill out the order request form & schedule your appointment time (appointments need to be scheduled at least 1 day in advance).

Winter Hours:
Saturdays 9am-1pm, no appt needed
Pickup appointments:
Tue, Thu, Fri
Delivery appointments:
Tue, Fri, Sat
Make an appointment by clicking the red Order Request form button below

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Questions? email: orders (at) schmellys (dot) com
txt message only: 504-535-4769

Site Address: 8301 Olive St.
New Orleans, LA 70118

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Schmelly’s is an organics recycling company. We collect food scraps from New Orleans’ restaurants, hotels, grocery stores, juice bars and coffee shops, and then compost these scraps into an organic soil conditioner for growers to enhance their soil microbiology. Our product is composted & cured for 8-12 months to create a nutrient-dense plant food good for everything including flowers, vegetable gardens, and production farms.

Quick Links:

  1. How to Order & Soil Calculator
  2. Catalog of Products:
  3. Schmelly Services:

How to Order with Schmelly’s:

1. PLEASE NOTE: We do not have operators standing by. We are a very small company. It may take a moment to respond to your order request. You can email or text us anytime to check in on your request: orders(at)schmellys.com or 504-535-4769 (txt only).

2. Determine the cubic volume of what you need and if you can self pick-up or if you need delivery. Use our handy Soil Ordering Calculator below to determine volume & appropriate transportation of soil & mulch:

FAQ!!
SOIL CALCULATOR! Volume & Transportation Guide
Here’s a simple guide with a soil volume calculator, weight references, & tips on how to carry your soil home.

3. Check out our product and services catalog below for quantities and prices. Make a list of what you need and then double check your volume measurements.

4. Click the button below when you’re ready to order. After submitting your order request & choosing an appointment time, you will get 2 confirmation emails: one is a copy of your order request and another from Acuity for your appointment time. FYI you can easily reschedule your appointment if needed through the email link.

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Schmelly’s Prices & Products:

  • WE SELL IN BULK – Let’s eliminate plastic trash! We can fill your truck or trailer, or even your buckets & totes. We also offer recycled grain bags that can hold 1-2cu.ft. each.
  • Picking up? Please consider your transportation limits. If you are wondering how much soil your car or truck will hold, read this handy volume guide.
  • Need it bagged? FYI Bagged prices are more expensive than bulk because of labor cost. If you need it bagged but want to save money, we can let you bag it yourself and we’ll only charge the bulk price.
  • Delivery? no size limits, sometimes we can deliver multiple bulk products in one delivery.
  • Prices subject to change.
  • Acronym key: “cu.yd” means Cubic Yard, “cu.ft” means Cubic Foot. For more information on measurements, visit our volume guide.

Schmelly’s Supernatural Garden Soil

Bagged = $7 per cubic foot
BULK PRICES:
Half-truck load (0.5 cu.yd) = $55
1-4 cubic yards = $80 per cu.yd
5-10+ cubic yards = $75 per cu.yd

Our most popular product: all-purpose & potent. Use this magic blend to fill up your vegetable raised beds, plant out a container garden, or build farm rows. This soil does it all. We mix our homemade compost with a basic landscaping soil blend (composted horse manure, coffee grounds, pine bark mulch, sand). It’s perfect for vegetables, flowers, and anywhere you need a high quality soil mix. Your garden will thank you.

DYN-O-MITE! Unscreened Compost

Pictured: 4 cubic yards delivered to a farm
Pictured: 4 cu.yds delivered to a farm

Bagged = $5 per cubic foot
BULK PRICES:
Half-truck load (0.5 cu.yd) = $45
1-4 cubic yards = $65 per cu.yd
5-10+ cubic yards = $60 per cu.yd

KAPOW!! This product will make your plants blow up! Unscreened, unfiltered, 1-year old fully cured 100% compost. This is our signature product that has not been screened so we can keep the price low. PLEASE NOTE! this product has not been screened or sifted and contains composted wood chips, oyster shells, twigs, bone material, AND occasional straws, plastics & produce stickers from the food service industry where we source our compost feed stock. You will find strange treasures, but we stand by our product.

Get the biology back into your garden! From 5 gallons to 5 tons, delivered to your garden or farm. Use this to add organic matter, micro-nutrients, and biological life to your soil. We recommend 1-2″ top dressing each planting season, or 10-50% for new garden beds.

Super Basic Landscape Soil

Pictured: 2 cu.yds delivered in a driveway

Bagged = $4 per cubic foot
BULK PRICES:
Half-truck load (0.5 cu.yd) = $35
1-4 cubic yards = $50 per cu.yd
5-10+ cubic yards = $45 per cu.yd

This stuff is BASIC. It’s a landscape-grade soil that’s good for turf grass or if you are making your own soil blend & want something cheap. Made from composted horse manure, coffee grounds, pine bark mulch, & sand. It won’t grow vegetables without adding compost — if you need something with more nutrients & life, check out the Supernatural soil above.

Sweet Almighty Screened Compost

screened compost in a bucket

BAGGED PRICE:
1 cubic foot bag = $25

Our premium screened compost is made to order, sifted through a 1/2″ screen for a gorgeous crumb cake texture. Ideal for making a potting mix and wherever you need pure, refined compost. NOTE: this product may take 1-2 weeks for us to screen & bag during busy seasons.

Mulch: Basic Brown, Fancy Red, Pine Bark

Basic Brown
pine straw
dyed red mulch
pine bark mulch

MULCHES (in stock):
Basic Brown: $3/cu.ft.; or $25/cu.yd (discount for 10+ cu.yds)
Round Pine Straw bale: $22/each; 5 or more: $20/each (60-70 sq.ft. coverage, 2-3″ depth)
Square Pine Straw bale: $12/each; 5 or more: $10/each (30 sq.ft coverage, 2-3″ depth)
Crushed Pine Straw bag: $12/each; 5 or more: $10/each (30 sq.ft coverage, 2-3″ depth)
SPECIAL ORDER (not on site):
Red-dyed Hardwood mulch: $60/cu.yd (discount for 5+ cu.yds)
Chocolate Brown-dyed Hardwood mulch: $60/cu.yd (discount for 5+ cu.yds)
Pine Bark mulch: $70/cu.yd (discount for 5+ cu.yds)

Dress up your garden & keep out the weeds. The Basic Brown is our local basic mulch that comes from chipped tree branches in New Orleans, mostly live oak hardwood & other trees; contains wood chips, twigs, shredded leaves, and pine needles. Best bang for your buck.

Pine straw produced by a local NOLA company that bales pine straw in Southern Alabama.

Red & Chocolate Brown mulch is produced locally from hardwood mulch. Pine bark mulch is imported from Mississippi. We don’t have these in stock, but we can special order & deliver. Discounts for 5+ cu.yds

Logs

Pictured: an herb garden bed built with small logs
Pictured: an herb garden bed built with small logs

Choose your logs from our site or get them delivered
Basic Logs: Free! (please schedule a pickup appointment)
Larger orders of logs (10+) will be subject to a loading fee.

Create a garden bed using logs cut by arborists in New Orleans. You can also bury these logs inside your garden soil to absorb water and help nurture the soil microbes (look up “hugelkultur” for more info). We have a variety of sizes, shapes, and kinds to choose from. Save money on lumber and reuse a natural local material.

Rain Garden Mix, Bagasse, Sand & Custom Blends

shredded sugarcane bagasse
rain garden soil

River Sand: $20/cu.yd (deliver up to 4cu.yd per trip)
Rain Garden Blend (2:1 sand & compost): $50 $30/cu.yd
Sugarcane Bagasse, Rice Hulls, Coffee Chaff, & Custom Mixes: contact us!

Contact us with your custom soil needs. We can blend any recipe for rain gardens, potting mixes & custom landscape projects. We source all products from the local region.

Pickup or Delivery?

— Product Pick-Up —
We only sell in bulk! Bring a truck, trailer, or containers + we now have recycled grain bags we can fill with 1-2cu.ft each (they weigh 25-50lbs each when full). If you are wondering how much soil your car or truck will hold, please read our volume guide before you make your order.

3 cu.yds curbside
20 cu.yds delivered to a farm

— Dump Truck Delivery —
Dumped in a pile in your driveway, curbside, or accessible yard. Wheelbarrow service: limited availability.
$65 = Small delivery: 0.5-3 cu.yds. (Distance up to 10mi. West Bank deliveries are Large price.)
$95 = Large delivery: 4-10 cu.yds soil, 4-20 cu.yds mulch
$150-200 = distance 20+ miles, Northshore, etc

Delivery limits: We deliver from Hollygrove to locations in Greater New Orleans. Delivery outside of the Greater New Orleans area is available by special request for a higher delivery rate based on distance.

Yard Clippings & Material Drop-off or Pick-Up

We accept any clean yard clippings, plant material, leaves. NO leaves from the curb or street, NO diseased plants, NO branches larger than 4″ in diameter.
NO DUMPING AT OUR SITE without an appointment (the city will fine you)

Drop-off service:
$15 per cubic yard per drop-off (size of a small pickup truck). If you are a landscaper or need to drop off regularly, email us for a subscription price: orders(at)schmellys(dot)com
Click here to make a drop-off appointment

Home Pick-up service:
30-gal Brown Bag pick-up: up to 20 bags = $50 (each additional bag = $3/bag)
Roll-off Dumpster Service:
10 cu.yard roll-off dumpster = $325
15 cu.yard roll-off dumpster = $375
Click here to make a home pickup appointment

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