Wonderful experience! They put the mulch exactly where we wanted. This mulch spread very easily and didn’t have the usual “mulch smell.” We will definitely use again!
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One cubic yard covers about 54 square feet at a 6 inch depth, and most fill jobs run 6 to 12 inches depending on how much grade you need to make up. Measure the low area in square feet, decide your target depth, and order in cubic yards from there. For anything deeper than 12 inches, plan on building it in lifts rather than one big pour.
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Wonderful experience! They put the mulch exactly where we wanted. This mulch spread very easily and didn’t have the usual “mulch smell.” We will definitely use again!
One cubic yard covers about 54 square feet at a 6 inch depth, and most fill jobs run 6 to 12 inches depending on how much grade you need to make up. Measure the low area in square feet, decide your target depth, and order in cubic yards from there. For anything deeper than 12 inches, plan on building it in lifts rather than one big pour.
Estimate fill dirt with our free topsoil calculator
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Wonderful experience! They put the mulch exactly where we wanted. This mulch spread very easily and didn’t have the usual “mulch smell.” We will de...
Wonderful experience! They put the mulch exactly where we wanted. This mulch spread very easily and didn’t have the usual “mulch smell.” We will definitely use again!
Placing an order online was so easy. Delivery was on time. When the driver realized we had a newly poured driveway they erred on the side of cautio...
Placing an order online was so easy. Delivery was on time. When the driver realized we had a newly poured driveway they erred on the side of caution and opted not ti drive in it. The company even sent me a message explaining that call. Would recommend!
Great service. We ordered topsoil from Mulch Mound and the best experience. Thank you so much!
Most fill dirt jobs finish with a topsoil cap on top since fill is structural, not something anything will grow in on its own. If you are backfilling around a pool or foundation in Baltimore's silt loam, a layer of coarse sand or gravel underneath can help with drainage before the fill goes in.
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Do not dump fill dirt in one deep pile and walk away. Place it in 6 to 8 inch lifts and compact each one before adding the next, especially in Baltimore where silt loam subsoil already holds moisture and settles unevenly. Skipping compaction is the number one reason people end up with a sunken patch two years later, right where the old fill was dumped.
Fill dirt is not a planting medium, it is structural. If you are raising a bed or a low corner of the yard where you eventually want grass or shrubs, cap the compacted fill with 4 to 6 inches of real topsoil. Skipping the cap means whatever you plant sits in dense subsoil with poor drainage and struggles from day one.
If you are backfilling around a foundation or pool wall in Baltimore, work in shallow lifts and compact as you go rather than filling the whole trench at once. The silt loam here holds water, so a poorly compacted backfill zone can trap moisture against a foundation wall for months. It costs more time upfront but saves a much bigger repair later.
Baltimore sits on silt loam that holds water and compacts unevenly once you start digging into it, which is exactly why so many rowhouse yards and older foundations settle over time. Fill dirt gives you a stable base to build back up on before topsoil or sod goes in, especially around the low-lying areas near Inner Harbor and older neighborhoods with drainage issues. Because this is subsoil, not a growing medium, it will not support planting on its own, but it solves the grading problem the silt loam creates.
Fill dirt is inorganic subsoil sold for volume and grade, not for growing. Small rocks and bits of stick or root are normal in the mix. It compacts predictably, which is exactly what you want under slabs, in trenches, and behind walls.
Fill dirt builds the shape of the ground, topsoil grows things on top of it. Bring the grade up with fill, then cap it with 4 to 6 inches of topsoil anywhere grass or plants are going in.
Place fill in layers of 4 to 6 inches and compact each one before adding the next. Dumping the full depth at once leaves voids that settle later, and settling is the one problem fill is supposed to solve.
