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    Covington Mulch Delivery
    Covington Mulch Delivery
    Covington Mulch Delivery
    Covington Mulch Delivery

    About this mulch

    Double-shredded mulch dyed a rich, even brown that holds its color through the season.
    Curt Kolell
    Curt Kolell
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    Our delivery was delayed but the new brown color mulch is a nice upgrade to our landscaping.

    Three inches is the sweet spot for most Covington beds, deep enough to shade out weeds through our long growing season but not so deep it holds water against roots. Around trees and shallow rooted azaleas, keep it closer to two inches and never pile it against the trunk.
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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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    Covington Mulch Delivery

    Covington Mulch Delivery

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    About this mulch

    Double-shredded mulch dyed a rich, even brown that holds its color through the season.
    Curt Kolell
    Curt Kolell
    Google Review

    Our delivery was delayed but the new brown color mulch is a nice upgrade to our landscaping.

    Three inches is the sweet spot for most Covington beds, deep enough to shade out weeds through our long growing season but not so deep it holds water against roots. Around trees and shallow rooted azaleas, keep it closer to two inches and never pile it against the trunk.
    Use our free mulch 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.

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    What Covington Customers Are Saying

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    Cindy Steel
    Cindy Steel

    Mulch Mound made it so easy! So happy with the pricing, turn around time, delivery and product. I submitted my online order on a Thursday. The mu...

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    Mulch Mound made it so easy! So happy with the pricing, turn around time, delivery and product. I submitted my online order on a Thursday. The mulch was delivered to the designated location by a local landscape company at 8:30 a.m. the following Saturday morning. We had the job completed by that afternoon. We chose the natural brown mulch, and the plant beds are beautiful.

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    Doug Ulaszek
    Doug Ulaszek

    Good quality, great price, fast delivery. All online - no submitting forms and waiting for days for quotes.
    Getting mulch should be this easy fr...

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    Good quality, great price, fast delivery. All online - no submitting forms and waiting for days for quotes.
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    Calculate mulch for your Covington project

    For Covington's type of soil, we recommend 2-3 inches for best weed suppression and moisture retention

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    Sketch your beds and break curved shapes into rectangles and half circles, then measure each one in feet rather than guessing. Multiply length by width for square footage, add the pieces together, and enter that total with your target depth. Order about ten percent extra for the settling that happens after Covington's first hard rain.

    Mulch vs. No Mulch: The Difference

    Covington's 65 inches of annual rain and a growing season that stretches from early March to late November create ideal conditions for decomposition, so mulch breaks down here faster than almost anywhere in the country. Warm, wet soil keeps microbes working through most of the winter, which means an untreated fine grind can lose much of its bulk in a single year. That fast breakdown feeds the soil, but it also means you should plan on annual top dressing rather than expecting one application to last.

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    Best Mulch Choice for Covington Lawns

    Most yards in the Covington area sit on type of soil. Covington's silt loam holds nutrients and moisture well, but its fine particles pack tight and form a surface crust after heavy rain, which starves roots of oxygen and makes water run off instead of soaking in. Bare beds are the worst case, since raindrop impact is what seals the surface in the first place.

    Hardwood Mulch

    Double ground hardwood is the best answer for Covington silt loam because its coarse fibers absorb raindrop impact and stop the crust from forming, while the layer that decomposes into the top inch adds organic matter that keeps silt particles loosely aggregated. Over two or three seasons of annual top dressing, beds drain faster, stay crumbly in August, and hold roots that no longer sit in compacted mud.

    Complete Your Outdoor Mulch Project

    Pair your mulch with a few yards of garden soil or compost to build up beds before you top them, and add steel or stone edging to keep mulch from migrating during heavy rain. A load of drainage gravel for the low spots rounds out the job.

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    Mulch Mound Pro Tip

    Before you spread a single shovel, pull weeds and cut a clean two inch deep trench along every bed edge. In Covington's climate, warm season grasses like St. Augustine and centipede creep into beds nearly year round, and a shallow mulch line will not stop them. That trench gives runoff a channel during our heavy rains and gives you a crisp edge that still looks sharp six months later.

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    Fluff old mulch before adding new. After a Covington summer, the previous layer often mats into a water shedding crust that sends rain running off instead of soaking in. Drag a stiff rake or cultivator through it to break the mat, then top dress with an inch or two. You use less material, your beds drain properly, and the decomposed layer underneath keeps feeding the soil.

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    Watch your depth against the house. With termite pressure high across St. Tammany Parish and our long humid season, mulch stacked against a slab or weep holes is asking for trouble. Keep a six inch bare gap between mulch and any structure, and make sure weep holes on brick stay visible. If a bed has crept too high over the years, dig it down before you add fresh material.

    Frequently Asked Questions

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    How often do I need to replace mulch in Covington with all this rain?

    With 65 inches of rain and a long warm season, most Covington beds need a refresh once a year and heavy use areas twice. Fine grinds break down fastest, often losing half their volume by the next spring. Rather than stripping the old layer, rake it flat and top dress with an inch or two so total depth stays around three inches.

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    Will mulch wash away during a heavy north shore downpour?

    Fine, uniform mulch floats and travels, especially on the gentle grades near Bogue Falaya and Tchefuncte drainage areas. Double ground hardwood knits together and stays put far better because the shredded fibers lock. On any bed that slopes toward a walk or drive, use hardwood and hold the mulch back an inch below the edging so runoff has somewhere to go.

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    Does mulch attract termites here in St. Tammany Parish?

    Termites are already in the soil across south Louisiana, and mulch does not create them, but it does create the damp, dark conditions they like. Keep mulch pulled back at least six inches from slab, brick, and siding, and never let it bridge over a termite treatment zone. Cypress and pine bark are the more resistant choices for beds close to the house.

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    When is the best time of year to mulch in Covington?

    Late February into March, right around the March 5 average last frost, is ideal because you get ahead of weed germination and lock in spring moisture before the summer heat arrives. A second lighter application in October helps insulate roots before the November 20 frost date and protects beds through winter rains.

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    What mulch works best under live oaks and around azaleas?

    Pine bark and pine straw are the local favorites under oaks and around azaleas, camellias, and gardenias because they keep soil on the acidic side these plants prefer. Hardwood works fine too but slowly nudges pH upward as it decomposes. Under a mature live oak, keep the layer light, around two inches, so surface feeder roots still get air.

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    How much mulch do I need for a typical Covington front bed?

    A cubic yard covers about 100 square feet at three inches deep. A common Covington front foundation bed running 40 feet long and 6 feet deep is roughly 240 square feet, or about two and a half yards. Measure each bed, multiply length by width, add the areas together, then divide by 100 for a three inch layer.

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    Can I put mulch over the standing water spots in my yard?

    No. Many Covington lots sit near 26 feet of elevation with slow draining silt loam, and mulch piled on a wet low spot turns sour and smells like vinegar. Fix the grade or add drainage first, then mulch. If a bed stays soggy, raise it with a soil blend a few inches above grade before you mulch it.

    The Unique Landscape of Covington

    Covington sits in Zone 9a on the north shore of Lake Pontchartrain, where 65 inches of rain a year lands on silt loam that crusts over and sheds water when it is left bare. Mulch is the buffer that keeps those heavy St. Tammany Parish downpours from splashing silt onto your azalea leaves and washing beds into the driveway. It also holds moisture through the brutal stretch from late June into September, when afternoons hit the upper 90s and irrigation alone cannot keep camellias and hydrangeas from wilting. Because the frost window here is narrow, roughly November 20 to March 5, roots stay active nearly all year and benefit from the steady organic feed mulch provides as it breaks down. At 26 feet of elevation, many Covington yards drain slowly after a storm, so the right mulch depth matters as much as the right mulch type. A well mulched bed in Covington means fewer weeds, cooler roots, and soil that stays crumbly instead of turning to concrete in August.

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