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Finished screened compost, fully broken down and ready to work into beds. The general purpose choice for building soil that holds water and feeds roots.
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How Much Compost Do I Need?
How Much Compost Do I Need?
One cubic yard covers about 324 square feet at a 1 inch depth, which is the right rate for lawn top dressing. For bed work where you want 2 to 3 inches tilled in, plan on roughly 110 to 160 square feet per cubic yard depending on depth chosen. Most Bethlehem yards doing a few beds plus a top dress end up ordering 2 to 4 cubic yards total.
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About this compost
Finished screened compost, fully broken down and ready to work into beds. The general purpose choice for building soil that holds water and feeds roots.
Great service. We ordered topsoil from Mulch Mound and the best experience. Thank you so much!
How Much Compost Do I Need?
How Much Compost Do I Need?
One cubic yard covers about 324 square feet at a 1 inch depth, which is the right rate for lawn top dressing. For bed work where you want 2 to 3 inches tilled in, plan on roughly 110 to 160 square feet per cubic yard depending on depth chosen. Most Bethlehem yards doing a few beds plus a top dress end up ordering 2 to 4 cubic yards total.
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Adjust the quantity to match your project. One cubic yard covers about 100 to 160 square feet at a 2 to 3 inch depth.
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One of the easiest customer service experiences I've had in a long time! Mulch Mound made it so simple. After putting it off for a while, I looked ...
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One of the easiest customer service experiences I've had in a long time! Mulch Mound made it so simple. After putting it off for a while, I looked at the weather and knew I needed to get to mulching ASAP before the rain came if I didn't want to wait another week. I put my order in for the next day online and they came right at 9 AM. The employee who dropped off the mulch did a great job, putting it right on the tarp I laid out, she even made sure none of it got on the yard and double checked the truck bed to make sure it all came out. The mulch was exactly what I needed and arrived right on time.
We have always spread our own mulch for the past 24 years. This was our first time with the Mulch Mound - things I liked: they have online ordering...
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We have always spread our own mulch for the past 24 years. This was our first time with the Mulch Mound - things I liked: they have online ordering and provide a digital receipt which means you can remember how much you ordered (I always forget for the next year!), they were on time, they were able to deliver in 48 hours, they were generous with the portion (we got 9 yards and it felt like a FULL nine yards!), the driver was polite! We have ordered from reputable places, and there is always a little trash in the mulch. The mulch we recv'd from Mulch Mound had barely any... we were pleasant surprised!!! Color was great! Not to mention - the price was competitive and LOWER than other mulch places around. We will use again !! Highly recommend! Thanks Mulch Mound!
Complete Your Outdoor Project
Compost works well laid down before a mulch top layer, since the compost feeds the soil while mulch on top holds moisture and moderates temperature. If you are also correcting drainage in a low spot common in older Bethlehem lots, a coarser soil blend underneath the compost layer helps water move instead of pooling. Many customers order both in the same delivery to save a trip.
Mulch Mound Pro Tip
Do not pile finished compost more than 3 inches deep on beds, and never more than 1 inch on an established lawn. Silt loam in this area already holds nutrients reasonably well, so a thick compost layer can actually lock up nitrogen temporarily as soil microbes work through the extra organic matter. Thin and worked in beats thick and left on top, every time, especially heading into a wet fall when excess material just sits and mats down.
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Fall application timing matters here. Get compost worked into beds by early October, well before the October 15 first frost, so it has time to integrate before the ground firms up. Spring applications should wait until after the April 20 last frost when soil is workable, not soggy. Working compost into wet silt loam in early spring compacts it right back down, undoing the benefit you were trying to add.
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If you are covering a large area, split your order between compost for the working layer and a cheaper bulk soil or mulch for anything that does not need the nutrient boost. Compost is the most expensive material per yard on most job sites, so reserving it for beds and top dress rather than filling low spots or grading stretches your order further without wasting the good stuff on grunt work.
Building Better Soil in Bethlehem
Bethlehem sits on silt loam that drains reasonably well but tends to compact near older neighborhoods where fill soil was brought in decades ago, including areas close to the SteelStacks where industrial grading changed the native profile. Compost loosens that structure and adds organic matter that silt loam can lose fast under heavy rain. With a zone 7a season running frost to frost mid October to mid April, gardeners here get two real windows, spring bed prep before last frost and fall top dressing before the ground closes up. Either way, thin applications worked into the top few inches do more good than a thick layer left sitting on the surface.
What Finished Compost Is
Finished compost is organic matter that has fully broken down into a dark, crumbly material with an earthy smell. It feeds soil life, improves structure, and helps beds hold water without staying soggy.
How Much to Apply
Work 1 to 2 inches into new beds, or topdress lawns with a quarter to half inch and rake it in. More is not better. Too thick a layer can smother roots instead of feeding them.
When to Apply
Spring and fall are both good windows. Spring applications feed the growing season ahead, and fall applications break down over winter so beds are ready at first thaw.