Compost, soil and mulch by the cubic yard

Two ways. Pick up at the Downtown Omaha yard, 1725 Avenue G, during yard hours. There is no minimum and no order needed, and we load your truck or trailer for you. Or have 5 cubic yards or more delivered. Delivery is charged by the truck and the time, separate from the product, and starts at $132.50 for a dump truck; the delivery section has the numbers. Contractors can also pick up at the Ashland compost farm by appointment.

If two products ride on the same truck, some mixing happens where the piles meet. Ask for separate trucks if that matters for your project.

No. At the Downtown yard we drop loose material straight into your truck or trailer with the skid steer. For small amounts, bring buckets, bins or a tarp for the trunk; there are shovels at the yard you can use. If you don't own a truck, renting an open-top pickup for the morning is the easy way to move a yard or two.

Only the compost, and only sometimes. We bag Organic Matters! compost now and then at $7 per cubic foot; call ahead to check. Garden Blend, topsoil and mulch are sold loose by the cubic yard, which is also the cheaper way to buy compost.

Every batch is lab-tested. Industrial composting runs hot enough to kill weed seeds, pathogens and the bacteria you don't want, while the fungi and microbes that feed your plants come through fine. Everything cures for up to a year and goes through a half-inch screen before it's sold. Manure only comes from stables we've checked are using products that break down in the pile.

Because the material comes from thousands of Omaha homes, schools and restaurants, the odd small piece of glass or plastic can slip through the screen. Pick it out and keep going; it doesn't hurt the compost.

Straight compost clumps, especially after rain or a few weeks sitting in a pile. Nothing is wrong with it. Step on the clumps or knock them apart with a rake and spread it as normal. Raised Garden Blend has sand mixed in, so it stays loose.

A lot of people picture healthy soil as black and loamy. Color depends on what went into the pile and where you live. Ours is dark brown, which is what finished compost made from Nebraska food scraps and yard waste looks like. Judge it by how your plants do.

Cash, check or card at the yard. Card over the phone for deliveries. Contractors and landscapers can open a credit account and get billed instead.

Most compost sold around Omaha is made from yard waste alone. Ours starts with food scraps from Omaha restaurants, schools and homes, plus yard waste and manure from local stables, so the finished compost carries a wider mix of nutrients and a lot more biology. We're also the only industrial composting facility in the metro, so what you spend here stays here. And if you're in the Compost Club, your own food scraps are part of it.

Oma-Gro is made mainly from yard waste. Ours adds food scraps and manure, which means more variety in what feeds the pile and more variety in what ends up feeding your garden. We put the two side by side, prices included, on the Oma-Gro comparison page.