I highly recommend Mulch Mound. The quality of the mulch is very good. The ordering system on their website makes it very easy. The delivery driver did a great job placing the mulch on the driveway. To finish off, the pricing was very reasonable as well.
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Three inches is the working depth for most Bethlehem beds, deep enough to suppress weeds and hold moisture through a dry August stretch. Drop to 2 inches around shallow rooted azaleas and rhododendrons and within 6 inches of your foundation.
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I highly recommend Mulch Mound. The quality of the mulch is very good. The ordering system on their website makes it very easy. The delivery driver did a great job placing the mulch on the driveway. To finish off, the pricing was very reasonable as well.
Three inches is the working depth for most Bethlehem beds, deep enough to suppress weeds and hold moisture through a dry August stretch. Drop to 2 inches around shallow rooted azaleas and rhododendrons and within 6 inches of your foundation.
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I highly recommend Mulch Mound. The quality of the mulch is very good. The ordering system on their website makes it very easy. The delivery driver...
I highly recommend Mulch Mound. The quality of the mulch is very good. The ordering system on their website makes it very easy. The delivery driver did a great job placing the mulch on the driveway. To finish off, the pricing was very reasonable as well.
They offered a quick turnaround and delivered high quality mulch at a reasonable price. They also dropped it off exactly where I told them to put i...
They offered a quick turnaround and delivered high quality mulch at a reasonable price. They also dropped it off exactly where I told them to put it. Good service!
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For Bethlehem's type of soil, we recommend 2-3 inches for best weed suppression and moisture retention
Try Our CalculatorBreak your yard into simple rectangles and circles rather than trying to measure one odd shape, since most Bethlehem beds curve along a walk or a porch line. Multiply length by width in feet, add the pieces together, then plug that total and your desired depth into the calculator. One cubic yard covers about 108 square feet at 3 inches deep.
Most yards in the Bethlehem area sit on type of soil. Silt loam is the dominant soil across Bethlehem, and while it holds nutrients and water well, its fine particles compact easily under foot traffic and pack tight after heavy rain. That compaction squeezes out the air pockets roots need and leaves beds soggy in spring.
Hardwood Mulch
Shredded hardwood mulch solves both problems at once by cushioning the soil surface against compacting rain and slowly decomposing into organic matter that opens up silt loam structure. After two or three seasons of hardwood mulch, Bethlehem beds drain better, crust less, and hold moisture deeper into summer dry spells.
Pair your mulch with a few yards of screened topsoil or compost to build up thin spots before you spread, and add steel or stone edging to keep mulch out of the lawn on sloped Lehigh Valley lots.
Pull mulch away from trunks before you spread. Mulch volcanoes piled against maples and dogwoods trap moisture against bark, and in Bethlehem that bark stays wet for days after our frequent summer storms. Rot and girdling roots follow. Leave a bare ring of 3 to 4 inches around every trunk and taper the mulch out from there. The tree flare should always be visible above the mulch line.
Water your beds thoroughly before mulching if the soil is dry. Bethlehem silt loam forms a hard surface crust in dry spells, and dry mulch spread over dry crusted soil will shed the next rainfall rather than let it soak in. A deep soak first, then mulch on top, locks that moisture in place and gives roots a reservoir to draw from through the heat of July and August.
Rake and fluff last year's mulch before adding new material. Old hardwood mulch in our humid climate can mat into a water repellent crust by the second season, especially in shady beds on the north side of a house. A stiff rake breaks that layer up in minutes, restores airflow to the soil, and means you only need an inch of fresh mulch instead of a full three inches.
Bethlehem sits at about 360 feet in the Lehigh Valley, and the silt loam that covers most yards from the West Side to Freemansburg Avenue holds moisture well but crusts over and sheds water when it dries out. A steady mulch layer keeps that crust from forming, so the 46 inches of rain the city gets each year soaks into beds instead of running down driveways toward the Monocacy. Zone 7a winters here swing above and below freezing repeatedly from December into March, and that freeze thaw cycle heaves shallow rooted perennials and young shrubs right out of silt loam. Mulch buffers those swings and holds soil temperature steady through the worst of it. It also shades out the crabgrass and bindweed that jump into open beds during humid Lehigh Valley Julys.
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