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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One cubic yard of landscape rock covers about 162 square feet at a 2 inch depth, or a bit less if you go closer to 3 inches for better weed suppression. Measure your bed's length and width, multiply for square footage, then divide by 162 to get a rough cubic yard number at standard depth. Round up slightly since rock settles a little once it's spread and compacted underfoot.
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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!
One cubic yard of landscape rock covers about 162 square feet at a 2 inch depth, or a bit less if you go closer to 3 inches for better weed suppression. Measure your bed's length and width, multiply for square footage, then divide by 162 to get a rough cubic yard number at standard depth. Round up slightly since rock settles a little once it's spread and compacted underfoot.
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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.
Select a delivery date you'd like for the product to be dropped off at your home
Sit back, wait, and let us work our magic to make sure the highest quality product is delivered to your driveway.
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
Most Florence customers pair landscape rock with a layer of fabric underneath to keep it from working into the sandy loam over time. Edging, whether steel or paver, keeps the stone from migrating onto lawns during heavy rain. If you're working around plant beds instead of pure groundcover, consider keeping a mulch strip for the plants themselves and using rock only in the pathways and open zones.
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In Florence's sandy loam, skip skimping on landscape fabric thickness. Cheap fabric breaks down within a couple seasons in our humidity and heat, and rock sinks straight into the sand underneath, mixing with soil until you're pulling stone out of mud. Spend a little more on a heavier woven fabric rated for at least 10 years, pin it well, and overlap seams by 6 inches so rock stays on top where it belongs instead of disappearing into the ground.
The most common mistake we see locally is installing rock right up against siding without a gap. Florence gets heavy summer downpours, and rock packed tight against foundations can splash moisture back onto siding and trim, inviting rot in our humid climate. Leave a couple inches of clearance or slope the rock bed slightly away from the house, and it'll do its job of managing runoff instead of causing new problems near the foundation.
Because this is a true one time install rather than an annual refresh like mulch, it pays to size the order right the first time instead of ordering light and needing a second delivery later. Rock delivered in one full load is more efficient than two partial trips, and matching stone color and size across the whole bed avoids the patchy look you get when a second batch doesn't quite match the first.
Florence sits on sandy loam that drains fast, which means rock stays put instead of sinking into mud the way it might in heavier clay soils further inland. With our mild zone 8b winters and a frost window that only runs from mid November to early April, there is no freeze heave to worry about, so a rock bed installed today looks the same in five years. It is a common choice around downspouts here since our summer thunderstorms move a lot of water fast, and rock handles that runoff better than mulch. Just know it will trap oak and pine debris that falls near the Florence National Cemetery area and elsewhere in town, so beds near mature trees need occasional blowing out.
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.
