Delivery was on time and great quality Mulch. Got it done in a reasonable time and yard looks great. Couldn’t be happier!!! Thank you and will use again!!
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Three inches is the sweet spot for Boulder beds, deep enough to hold moisture through a dry August and suppress weeds without smothering roots. One cubic yard covers roughly 108 square feet at that depth.
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Delivery was on time and great quality Mulch. Got it done in a reasonable time and yard looks great. Couldn’t be happier!!! Thank you and will use again!!
Three inches is the sweet spot for Boulder beds, deep enough to hold moisture through a dry August and suppress weeds without smothering roots. One cubic yard covers roughly 108 square feet at that depth.
Use our free mulch calculator
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Delivery was on time and great quality Mulch. Got it done in a reasonable time and yard looks great. Couldn’t be happier!!! Thank you and will us...
Delivery was on time and great quality Mulch. Got it done in a reasonable time and yard looks great. Couldn’t be happier!!! Thank you and will use again!!
Mulch Mound delivered a yard of pea gravel to us. Delivery was on time, driver was friendly and hit a bullseye on the “tarp target”. We used the ...
Mulch Mound delivered a yard of pea gravel to us. Delivery was on time, driver was friendly and hit a bullseye on the “tarp target”. We used the pea gravel (which was diameter as specified) to fill several muskrat holes around our pond. I would definitely recommend Mulch Mound to a friend!
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I can’t say enough good things about Mulch Mound! If you read my review below you will see I had a problem with my order. Mulch Mou...
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I can’t say enough good things about Mulch Mound! If you read my review below you will see I had a problem with my order. Mulch Mound was quick to respond and solved the issue with my delivery. Will definitely be a customer next year.
First time purchase from Mulch Mound!! First what I liked! Easy to order online and straight forward pricing and delivery. The driver was on time and courteous and delivered my Mulch exactly where I requested! The product is of good quality and comparable to others I have purchased from before. Now what I DID’NT LIKE! I have been mulching the same house and yard for almost 20 years. I always order the same amount and don’t have any issues with covering the same area but this year I fell about a yard short. I was home when the mulch was delivered and when the driver dumped it I noticed that it seemed a bit less than I was used to. I didn’t apply it any thicker than usual and probably a bit thinner than usual because I was worried about running out.
For Boulder's type of soil, we recommend 2-3 inches for best weed suppression and moisture retention
Try Our CalculatorMeasure each bed separately and sketch it as rectangles or circles rather than trying to eyeball one big number, since Boulder yards tend to have curved beds and narrow parkway strips. Multiply length by width for square footage, then let the calculator convert to cubic yards at your chosen depth. Round up about ten percent so you are not short at the far end of the bed.
Most yards in the Boulder area sit on type of soil. Boulder's clay loam holds nutrients well but compacts hard and drains slowly, so plant beds often end up with soggy roots in spring and concrete like soil by August. Choosing a mulch that feeds the soil rather than just covering it is what breaks that cycle.
Hardwood Mulch
Shredded hardwood is the best match for Boulder clay loam because as it decomposes at the soil interface it adds organic matter that helps clay particles form crumb structure. Over two or three seasons of annual top dressing, beds that once puddled and cracked start draining evenly and digging like garden soil.
Pair your mulch with a few yards of compost worked into the clay loam beforehand, and add steel or poly edging to keep material from washing into the walk during a summer downpour. Landscape fabric is optional and generally not recommended under organic mulch.
Pull mulch back three to four inches from the base of every trunk and stem. Boulder homeowners lose more maples and aspens to mulch volcanoes than to any pest, because piled material holds moisture against the bark and invites rot and voles. A flat donut shape with the flare of the trunk fully visible is what you want. It looks less tidy at first, but the tree will still be alive in a decade.
Water your beds deeply the day before you spread. Dry Boulder clay loam repels water once it crusts, so if you mulch over bone dry ground the first irrigation cycle will just run across the top and off the bed. Soaking first means the mulch seals in moisture that is already in the profile. This one step does more for plant establishment than any fertilizer you can buy.
Time your mulch delivery around Boulder's spring hail season. Late May and June bring the highest hail frequency on the Front Range, and freshly mulched beds actually fare better than bare ones because the mulch absorbs impact and prevents soil splash onto foliage. Get material down before Memorial Day and your perennials will come through a storm with far less shredding and disease pressure.
Boulder sits at 5,430 feet where the sun burns through thin air and dries exposed soil faster than most Front Range gardeners expect. With only about 20 inches of moisture a year and a Chinook wind season that can strip a bed bare in an afternoon, mulch is the single cheapest way to hold water in the root zone. Our native clay loam also crusts over and sheds water when it bakes uncovered, so a mulch blanket keeps the surface open and lets what little rain we get actually soak in. In zone 6a, the freeze thaw swings between a May 5 last frost and an October 3 first frost heave shallow roots right out of the ground, and mulch buffers that cycle. It also slows the cheatgrass and bindweed that colonize any bare patch in a Boulder yard within a single season.
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