Wonderful experience! They put the mulch exactly where we wanted. This mulch spread very easily and didn’t have the usual “mulch smell.” We will definitely use again!
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One cubic yard of fill dirt covers about 54 square feet at a 6 inch depth, so a small low spot might only need a yard or two, while raising grade around a foundation or filling a removed pool can run into the double digits. Since it weighs roughly 1.3 tons per yard, larger orders add up fast on delivery weight, so measure the area and depth before ordering rather than guessing. Sold strictly by the cubic yard here, so the more precise your measurements, the less material you waste.
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Wonderful experience! They put the mulch exactly where we wanted. This mulch spread very easily and didn’t have the usual “mulch smell.” We will definitely use again!
One cubic yard of fill dirt covers about 54 square feet at a 6 inch depth, so a small low spot might only need a yard or two, while raising grade around a foundation or filling a removed pool can run into the double digits. Since it weighs roughly 1.3 tons per yard, larger orders add up fast on delivery weight, so measure the area and depth before ordering rather than guessing. Sold strictly by the cubic yard here, so the more precise your measurements, the less material you waste.
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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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Wonderful experience! They put the mulch exactly where we wanted. This mulch spread very easily and didn’t have the usual “mulch smell.” We will de...
Wonderful experience! They put the mulch exactly where we wanted. This mulch spread very easily and didn’t have the usual “mulch smell.” We will definitely use again!
Placing an order online was so easy. Delivery was on time. When the driver realized we had a newly poured driveway they erred on the side of cautio...
Placing an order online was so easy. Delivery was on time. When the driver realized we had a newly poured driveway they erred on the side of caution and opted not ti drive in it. The company even sent me a message explaining that call. Would recommend!
Great service. We ordered topsoil from Mulch Mound and the best experience. Thank you so much!
Most Fargo fill jobs finish with a cap of topsoil once the fill is compacted, especially if grass or a garden bed goes on top. Some backfill jobs also call for a layer of gravel or sand near foundations for drainage before the fill goes in. If you're regrading a larger area, it's worth ordering topsoil at the same time so it arrives with the fill delivery.
Fargo's clay loam already drains slowly, so if you're raising grade near a foundation, slope the fill away from the house at least a couple inches per foot before you cap it. Compact every 6 to 8 inches as you build up, not just at the end. Skipping mid-layer compaction is the number one reason people call us back a year later asking why their yard sank near the wall.
Don't fill and finish in the same week if you can avoid it. Fargo's freeze thaw cycle is rough on uncompacted ground, and fill that isn't settled before the ground freezes in October will shift again come spring thaw. If you're working close to frost season, plan for a settling period or compact in thinner lifts to speed it along.
Fill dirt and topsoil aren't interchangeable, and ordering too much topsoil to do a fill job wastes money since topsoil costs more per yard. Use fill dirt for the bulk of the depth and cap only the top few inches with topsoil where grass or plants need to grow. That split gets you a stable base without paying growing medium prices for structural volume.
Fargo sits low and flat near the Red River, and a lot of lots hold water longer than homeowners expect because of the clay loam base under most yards. Fill dirt is what corrects that, raising grade away from foundations so spring melt and heavy rain move away from the house instead of pooling against it. Because the native soil here is already dense clay, any fill you bring in should be compacted in the same way, or you get uneven settling once frost heave starts working on it. This is a structural product for regrading and backfill, not something you plant into directly.
Clean fill is screened subsoil free of debris, roots, and contaminants. It is made for volume and grade, and it compacts predictably, which is exactly what you want under slabs, in trenches, and behind walls.
Fill dirt builds the shape of the ground, topsoil grows things on top of it. Bring the grade up with fill, then cap it with 4 to 6 inches of topsoil anywhere grass or plants are going in.
Place fill in layers of 4 to 6 inches and compact each one before adding the next. Dumping the full depth at once leaves voids that settle later, and settling is the one problem fill is supposed to solve.
