How much soil do I need? (& will it fit in my Prius?)

How much soil do I need? (& will it fit in my Prius?)

Posted on Apr 12, 2020 in Growing Help

1. Measure your garden bed: 2. Calculate the volume of your bed: 3. Will my soil fit in my vehicle? Vehicle volume guide: Basic weights & volumes guide: 4. Growing Resources https://www.gardeners.com/how-to/soil-calculator/7558.html Check out this article if you: — have questions about how to build a garden bed— want to learn about potting mixes & […]

Schmelly’s featured on WWNO’s Out To Lunch

Schmelly’s featured on WWNO’s Out To Lunch

Posted on May 24, 2018 in News

Schmelly’s Dirt Farm & Local Cooling Farm were guests on WWNO’s Out To Lunch with Peter Ricchiuti, a lovely weekly radio program in New Orleans where guests are fed lunch at Commander’s Palace and asked questions between fork-fulls of delicious food. My kind of interview. “It would take an Armageddon-like catastrophe to turn us all […]

Compost N.O.W. & Schmelly’s featured in BioCycle magazine

Compost N.O.W. & Schmelly’s featured in BioCycle magazine

Posted on Sep 7, 2017 in Uncategorized

Schmelly’s and Compost N.O.W. were featured in the September 2017 issue of BioCycle magazine for our residential food scrap collection program hosted at 5 public libraries around the city. We hope to expand to 7 libraries by early next year. find the writeup at: http://www.biocycle.net/2017/09/07/composting-roundup-77/