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, and most jobs here run 6 to 12 inches depending on how much you're raising the grade. Measure the low area in square feet, decide your depth, and that gets you close to a yard count. For bigger backfill jobs, like around a foundation or an old pool, it's worth rounding up since settling will eat into your depth over time.
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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, and most jobs here run 6 to 12 inches depending on how much you're raising the grade. Measure the low area in square feet, decide your depth, and that gets you close to a yard count. For bigger backfill jobs, like around a foundation or an old pool, it's worth rounding up since settling will eat into your depth over time.
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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 fill dirt jobs finish with a cap of topsoil once the grade is where you want it, especially if grass or beds are going in on top. If you're backfilling near a structure, a layer of gravel underneath for drainage before the fill goes in can save headaches later. Neither is required, but they're the natural next step on most jobs we deliver for.
Fill dirt is not something you dump and walk away from. Place it in lifts of 6 to 8 inches and compact each one before adding the next, or you'll be chasing settling for years, especially in Galesburg's silt loam which holds moisture and shifts more than sandier soils. Skipping compaction is the single most common mistake we see on backfill jobs around foundations and pools.
Timing matters more than people think. With last frost around May 2 and first frost around Oct 13, you've got a decent window, but working fill dirt when it's saturated from spring thaw makes compaction nearly impossible in silt loam. Wait for a dry stretch, even if that means pushing the job back a week or two, it's worth it.
If your project needs both structural fill and a growing layer on top, order them separately rather than trying to stretch one material to do both jobs. Fill dirt is priced and handled as subsoil, topsoil is a different product entirely, and capping with a few inches of real topsoil is what actually lets grass or beds take hold on top of your new grade.
Galesburg sits on silt loam that compacts fine once it's wet, but that same soil drains slow, which is why so many yards here end up with a soggy low corner near the foundation or the patio. Fill dirt gets that grade back up so water moves away from the house instead of pooling against it. Because it's a structural material, not something meant to grow in, it's the right choice for building a base before topsoil goes on top. Around here we see it used a lot for backfilling old pool cavities and leveling out yards before spring planting.
Fill dirt is inorganic subsoil sold for volume and grade, not for growing. Small rocks and bits of stick or root are normal in the mix. 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.
