We had a great experience today. This was our first time using Mulch Mound, and I found the price competitive and the online ordering very easy. We are impressed with the quality of the mulch, too! It is covering well - a great value!
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At a 2 inch install depth, one cubic yard of landscape rock covers about 162 square feet, so a typical 300 square foot front bed runs close to 2 cubic yards. If you want a deeper 3 inch layer for better weed suppression, plan on roughly 108 square feet per yard instead. Measure your bed length by width first, then match it against the depth you actually want to install.
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We had a great experience today. This was our first time using Mulch Mound, and I found the price competitive and the online ordering very easy. We are impressed with the quality of the mulch, too! It is covering well - a great value!
At a 2 inch install depth, one cubic yard of landscape rock covers about 162 square feet, so a typical 300 square foot front bed runs close to 2 cubic yards. If you want a deeper 3 inch layer for better weed suppression, plan on roughly 108 square feet per yard instead. Measure your bed length by width first, then match it against the depth you actually want to install.
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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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We had a great experience today. This was our first time using Mulch Mound, and I found the price competitive and the online ordering very easy. ...
We had a great experience today. This was our first time using Mulch Mound, and I found the price competitive and the online ordering very easy. We are impressed with the quality of the mulch, too! It is covering well - a great value!
Delivery was smooth and on time!
The triple shredded mulch was great quality and just what we were looking for.
Very easy to place order online for our exact needs and very flexible for when we needed
Landscape fabric underneath is worth doing right the first time, since pulling rock back up later to fix a bare-earth spot is a real chore. Edging keeps the rock from migrating into the lawn, especially useful where beds border mowed grass around here. Some customers order a contrasting mulch for planting pockets within the rock bed to soften the look near entryways.
In Claremont's sandy loam, skip skimping on fabric weight. A cheap fabric tears within a season once frost heave starts working the ground underneath, and then you get weeds pushing through the rock itself, which is far harder to clean out than a mulch bed. Spend on a woven, heavier fabric since you're only doing this install once and the rock is going to sit on top of it for a decade or more.
The biggest mistake with rock groundcover here is forgetting it collects leaf litter every fall between the first frost around late September and cleanup. Unlike mulch, rock won't break those leaves down, so they sit on the surface and need blowing or raking off, or they'll mat down and look neglected by spring.
Order slightly less rock than you think and pair the savings toward better fabric and edging, since those two items determine how long the install actually looks good. Rock itself doesn't degrade, so the material cost is really a one-time expense, but poor prep underneath means you're back out there in three years pulling everything up anyway.
Claremont's sandy loam drains fast, which is exactly the soil type rock groundcover handles well since you're not fighting standing water under the fabric. With zone 5b winters and frost heave a real concern here, rock over fabric stays put where mulch would wash or blow off a slope near the Sugar River. Around foundations in older Mill City homes, rock keeps soil contact and moisture away from sills better than organic mulch does. It's a common choice for the low-maintenance strip beds you see around downtown near the Opera House.
Landscape rock is stone chosen for how it looks as much as what it does. River rock is smooth and rounded, decomposed granite is fine and packs firm underfoot. Both are sold by the cubic yard for beds, borders, paths, and dry creek beds.
River rock stays loose and rolls, so it suits beds, borders, and drainage runs where it can sit in place. Decomposed granite compacts into a firm surface, so it suits paths, patios, and anywhere you will walk or roll a wheelbarrow.
Spread river rock 2 to 3 inches deep over landscape fabric so it stays put and weeds stay down. Lay decomposed granite 3 to 4 inches deep, wet it, and compact it in lifts for a surface that sheds water instead of rutting.
