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    Cottonwood Stone Delivery

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    #8 washed gravel: small angular crushed stone perfect for drainage, French drains, and concrete bases.
    Emily Vertosick
    Emily Vertosick
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    My experience with Mulch Mound was great and super easy. I ordered two yards of screened topsoil and was able to get it delivered within 2 days. They came in my requested time frame (afternoon) and dropped it off where I asked on my driveway. The topsoil was exactly what was a...

    Decorative ground cover needs two to three inches of stone, while driveways and heavy traffic paths want four to six inches of compacted base. Drain rock in a trench is typically laid eight to twelve inches deep.
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    A yard is approximately 27 cubic feet. As a general guideline, one yard of material can cover an area of about 100-160 square feet at a 2-3 inch depth.

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    Cottonwood Stone Delivery

    Cottonwood Stone Delivery

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    About this stone

    #8 washed gravel: small angular crushed stone perfect for drainage, French drains, and concrete bases.
    Emily Vertosick
    Emily Vertosick
    Google Review

    My experience with Mulch Mound was great and super easy. I ordered two yards of screened topsoil and was able to get it delivered within 2 days. They came in my requested time frame (afternoon) and dropped it off where I asked on my driveway. The topsoil was exactly what was a...

    Decorative ground cover needs two to three inches of stone, while driveways and heavy traffic paths want four to six inches of compacted base. Drain rock in a trench is typically laid eight to twelve inches deep.
    Use our free stone calculator

    A yard is approximately 27 cubic feet. As a general guideline, one yard of material can cover an area of about 100-160 square feet at a 2-3 inch depth.

    FAQs

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    Getting started is easy — just follow these simple steps

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    Choose your stone

    Make sure you adjust the quantity to your home's needs. You can use our calculator to estimate how much you'll need.

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    Select your delivery date

    Select a delivery date you'd like for the product to be dropped off at your home

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    Sit back, wait, and let us work our magic to make sure the highest quality product is delivered to your driveway.

    From The Mouths of Cottonwood Folks

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    Emily Vertosick
    Emily Vertosick

    My experience with Mulch Mound was great and super easy. I ordered two yards of screened topsoil and was able to get it delivered within 2 days. Th...

    Read full review

    My experience with Mulch Mound was great and super easy. I ordered two yards of screened topsoil and was able to get it delivered within 2 days. They came in my requested time frame (afternoon) and dropped it off where I asked on my driveway. The topsoil was exactly what was advertised, clean with no rocks or other debris. The price was reasonable. I plan to use them again in a couple weeks to order compost for my garden beds.

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    Rob H
    Rob H

    Easy to order, great service, and great product. We enjoy the final look of a very neglected beds we inherited!

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    Measure length times width in feet and pick your depth before calculating. One cubic yard of stone covers roughly 100 square feet at three inches, and stone is sold by weight in some cases, so know that a yard runs about 1.3 to 1.5 tons. Add ten percent for uneven ground and edges.

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    Steel or plastic edging keeps gravel from creeping into lawn and beds during winter runoff, and landscape fabric underneath preserves your depth over Cottonwood clay. Larger boulders or cobble accents break up a flat gravel expanse nicely.

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    Mulch Mound Pro Tip

    Compact your base before the decorative layer goes down. Cottonwood clay loam expands when it takes on winter moisture and shrinks back in the summer heat, and that seasonal movement will telegraph right through loose stone as dips and humps. Run a plate compactor over three or four inch lifts of crushed base, dampening lightly between passes, and your surface will stay flat for years.

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    Order stone before the spring rush if you can. Cottonwood homeowners flood the queue from March through May once the ground dries and the weather turns pleasant, and delivery windows stretch out. Late fall after the first storms soften the ground is another good stretch to work, since temperatures are mild and you are setting up for winter drainage before the heavy rain arrives.

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    Match stone size to slope. On the gentle grades common around Cottonwood, pea gravel and small round rock migrate downhill with every winter storm and end up piled at the bottom of the run. Use angular crushed material or cobble three inches and up on anything with pitch, and set a solid edge at the low end so the stone stays where you placed it.

    The Unique Landscape of Cottonwood

    Stone earns its place in Cottonwood yards because it does not burn, does not blow away in the north winds, and does not need replacing every year the way organic material does. With hot dry summers running four to five months, many homeowners are converting thirsty turf to gravel and cobble, and decorative rock handles that job without irrigation. The area's clay loam also creates drainage headaches, and a well built gravel base is the standard fix for driveways, walkways, and French drains that carry off the winter storm runoff. Stone gives you a defensible space buffer near the house that mulch cannot match during fire season. It also stands up to the heat without fading the way dyed bark does by August. For paths and patios, a compacted crushed base keeps pavers from shifting when clay loam swells and shrinks with the seasons.

    Frequently Asked Questions

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    What size gravel works best for a driveway in Cottonwood?

    A crushed three quarter inch base with fines is the right call. The angular edges lock together and the fines bind, which keeps the surface from rutting when clay loam softens after winter rain. Smooth round river rock looks nice but rolls under tires and migrates to the edges within a season.

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    Will rock make my yard hotter in the summer?

    Light colored stone reflects heat while dark stone absorbs and radiates it, and in Cottonwood where summer highs top 100 that difference is noticeable. Use lighter tan or gray rock in areas next to the house or seating spaces, and save darker basalt for beds away from where people sit.

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    Do I need landscape fabric under stone here?

    Yes for decorative areas over clay loam. Without a barrier, rock works its way down into the soft soil during the winter wet months and you lose depth every year. A commercial grade woven fabric under two to three inches of stone will hold the line for a decade or more.

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    Can stone help with the runoff I get during winter storms?

    That is one of its best uses in Cottonwood. Since clay loam absorbs rain slowly, water sheets across the surface during December and January downpours. A dry creek bed of cobble with a drain rock core gives that water a defined path and a place to soak in instead of cutting channels across your yard.

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    How thick does decorative gravel need to be?

    Two to three inches for ground cover applications. Less than two inches lets sunlight through and weeds sprout after the first Cottonwood rains, and more than three is just extra cost. For pathways that get regular foot traffic, go three inches over a compacted base.

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    Is rock actually better than mulch for fire safety?

    For the first five feet around your home, yes. Shasta County fire guidance calls for a noncombustible zone right against the structure, and gravel or cobble meets that where bark mulch does not. Beyond that five foot ring you can go back to organic mulch where plants need the moisture retention.

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    Will weeds still grow through gravel?

    Some will, mostly from seed that blows in and lands on top rather than from below. Cottonwood's winter weed flush after November rains is when you will see it. A quick pass with a hoe or a spot treatment in December and again in February keeps it manageable, and the dry summer does most of the work for you.

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