I couldn't be happier with the speed and quality of the mulch delivery service of Mulch Mound. Every detail from ordering, to communication with on time delivery, to perfect product placement was amazing. I needed more and I got it within 2 hours! I'm never doing this with ba...
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At a 2 to 3 inch install depth, one cubic yard of rock covers roughly 162 square feet at the shallow end of that range. Measure your bed length by width, decide if you want 2 or 3 inches deep, then order by the cubic yard rather than guessing bags. Most Hickory foundation borders and small beds run somewhere between 2 and 5 cubic yards.
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I couldn't be happier with the speed and quality of the mulch delivery service of Mulch Mound. Every detail from ordering, to communication with on time delivery, to perfect product placement was amazing. I needed more and I got it within 2 hours! I'm never doing this with ba...
At a 2 to 3 inch install depth, one cubic yard of rock covers roughly 162 square feet at the shallow end of that range. Measure your bed length by width, decide if you want 2 or 3 inches deep, then order by the cubic yard rather than guessing bags. Most Hickory foundation borders and small beds run somewhere between 2 and 5 cubic yards.
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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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I couldn't be happier with the speed and quality of the mulch delivery service of Mulch Mound. Every detail from ordering, to communication with on...
I couldn't be happier with the speed and quality of the mulch delivery service of Mulch Mound. Every detail from ordering, to communication with on time delivery, to perfect product placement was amazing. I needed more and I got it within 2 hours! I'm never doing this with bags again.
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.
Landscape fabric underneath is worth doing right the first time, since rock over bare red clay eventually works itself into the soil and gets hard to clean up. Edging, whether steel or stone, keeps rock from migrating into the lawn during heavy rain. Many customers pair a rock border with mulch in the planting beds further from the foundation, since rock alone starves plants of organic matter.
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Hickory's clay soil compacts hard when dry and turns greasy when wet, so skip the shortcut of dumping rock straight onto bare ground. Lay landscape fabric first, even on a small foundation bed, because clay works its way up through loose stone within a year or two without a barrier. The extra hour of prep now saves you from raking rock out of mud later.
Rock does not need refreshing like mulch, but it does need occasional maintenance. Leaves and pine straw from mature trees around older Hickory neighborhoods settle into rock beds and decompose there, creating a thin layer of soil that lets weeds root. A leaf blower or occasional hand raking in fall keeps rock beds clean without disturbing the stone underneath.
Since rock is a one time install rather than an annual purchase, it pays to order slightly more than the calculator suggests rather than run short and order a second small delivery later. Combining a rock order with a mulch order for planting beds on the same delivery is common practice and saves a separate trip for a project split between foundation borders and garden beds.
Hickory's red clay holds water and drains slowly, which is exactly the kind of ground where loose organic mulch turns to mush by midsummer. Rock stays put over fabric and keeps foundations and downspout areas dry instead of soggy. With zone 7b winters and a first frost around November 5, freeze thaw cycles can heave loose stone if it is not set on a stable base, so a compacted sub grade matters more here than in milder climates. Most Hickory jobs we deliver for are foundation borders, drainage runs, and front yard beds where homeowners are tired of clay mud tracking indoors.
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.
