Spring Soil Season is Upon Us!

Laughing Buddha Nursery was open for about a year and half when Hurricane Katrina hit.

That threw Grant into the bulk garden soil/compost business. He could probably write an entire book about this adventure, but he says he’ll save the juicy details for his memoir that he would call “Operation Kid Co.”

The important thing is that we continue to reroute organic material away from the landfill and turn it into a product that creates jobs and offers our customers a horticultural solution.

How much organic matter do we recycle at Local Cooling Farms? Currently, it’s about 1.5 million pounds annually. If we have our way we’ll be at 3 million this year or next.

Much of that amount is being applied to the farm land to rebuild the soil, but you can also be a part as well by applying it to your farm, garden or homestead.

Currently for Southshore of New Orleans Metro area you can pickup or receive home delivery of our cubic yard bags of Raised Bed Mix through our dealer Delta Sod. Reach them at 504-733-0471 or https://www.deltasod.com.

You can also get a modified mix with Glass Half Full’s recycled sand — in cubic yard super sacks or burlap cubic foot bags. Reach out to Glass Half Full to order 504-356-3435 or https://glasshalffullnola.org.

For the Northshore, you can pickup directly from the farm in Bogalusa. Farm hours are Tuesday-Saturday 7:30am-3pm. We recommend you still contact us in advance at 504-234-3564 to ensure we have the soil ready for you and we aren’t on the either side of the acreage moving cattle or something when you arrive!

Mid-Point Feed & Seed in Covington has also become a dealer of our Raised Bed Mix in cubic yard super sacks and we’ll receive their first order next week! You can reach them at 985-892-2002.