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    Lee's Summit Soil Delivery
    Lee's Summit Soil Delivery
    Lee's Summit Soil Delivery

    About this soil

    Screened topsoil with a fine, even texture. Ideal for new lawns, sod prep, and raised garden beds.
    Donna Nedrow
    Donna Nedrow
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    Great service. We ordered topsoil from Mulch Mound and the best experience. Thank you so much!

    Figure a quarter to a half inch of topsoil for lawn topdressing, six to twelve inches for new planting beds, and full depth for raised boxes. One cubic yard covers about 324 square feet at one inch or 54 square feet at six inches.
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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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    Lee's Summit Soil Delivery

    Lee's Summit Soil Delivery

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    About this soil

    Screened topsoil with a fine, even texture. Ideal for new lawns, sod prep, and raised garden beds.
    Donna Nedrow
    Donna Nedrow
    Google Review

    Great service. We ordered topsoil from Mulch Mound and the best experience. Thank you so much!

    Figure a quarter to a half inch of topsoil for lawn topdressing, six to twelve inches for new planting beds, and full depth for raised boxes. One cubic yard covers about 324 square feet at one inch or 54 square feet at six inches.
    Use our free soil 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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    How It Works

    Getting started is easy — just follow these simple steps

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    Choose your soil

    Make sure you adjust the quantity to your home's needs. You can use our calculator to estimate how much you'll need.

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    Select your delivery date

    Select a delivery date you'd like for the product to be dropped off at your home

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    Sit back and wait

    Sit back, wait, and let us work our magic to make sure the highest quality product is delivered to your driveway.

    What Lee's Summit Customers Like About Our Soil

    4.7
    out of 5 based on 137 reviews
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    Julie Nekich
    Julie Nekich

    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...

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    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!

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    Measure the length and width of the area and decide how deep you need to go, remembering that soil settles roughly ten to twenty percent once our Lee's Summit rains work it down. For raised beds, use the interior dimensions of the frame rather than the outside. Enter the numbers in the calculator and order slightly over so you are not stopping mid project.

    Complete Your Outdoor Soil Project

    Add grass seed and starter fertilizer if you are grading for lawn, or finish new beds with hardwood mulch to keep the fresh soil from crusting under the next Lee's Summit downpour. Gravel makes a good base layer under raised beds where drainage is a concern.

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    Frequently Asked Questions

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    What kind of soil is already in my Lee's Summit yard?

    The native soil across most of Lee's Summit is a silt loam, often Sharpsburg or Higginsville series, with decent fertility and good water holding capacity. The catch is that builders typically strip the topsoil during construction, so newer homes off Ward Road or in the southern subdivisions frequently have only two or three inches of workable soil over compacted subsoil.

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    When can I start working soil in the spring here?

    Wait until the soil crumbles rather than smears. Silt loam worked while wet forms clods that stay hard all season. In Lee's Summit that usually means early to mid April, right around the April 15 last frost date, though a wet March can push it back two weeks. Squeeze a handful and if it holds a shiny ribbon, give it more time.

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    How much topsoil do I need to level a lawn or fill low spots?

    For minor leveling, spread no more than a half inch to one inch of screened topsoil over living fescue so you do not smother it, and repeat the following season if needed. For settled trenches or dips deeper than three inches, fill in lifts, tamp lightly, and account for the settling our silt loam does after the first few heavy Lee's Summit rains.

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    Do I need to add compost, or is topsoil enough?

    Both have a place. Screened topsoil restores volume and grade, while compost restores the organic matter that our construction disturbed silt loam is missing. A common approach in Lee's Summit is a topsoil base with two inches of compost tilled into the top six inches, which loosens the soil and improves drainage without changing the grade.

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    What soil should I use for raised vegetable beds?

    A garden mix of screened topsoil and compost works well and suits our long Zone 6b season, which runs roughly from the April 15 last frost to the October 20 first frost. Raised beds warm earlier than native ground here, letting you get tomatoes in a week or two ahead of neighbors planting in the yard, and they drain past the standing water our spring rains create.

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    Why does water stand in my yard after it rains?

    Compacted subsoil is almost always the reason. Lee's Summit silt loam drains fine when it has structure, but the heavy equipment used on new builds squeezes out pore space and creates a pan that water sits on. Core aerating, topdressing with compost, and in some cases regrading with fill soil are the fixes that actually last.

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    Can I use your topsoil to overseed my fescue lawn in the fall?

    Yes, and early September is the ideal window in Lee's Summit. Soil is still warm, nights are cooling, and the seedlings get several weeks of root growth before the October 20 first frost. Use a thin quarter inch to half inch layer of screened topsoil or compost as a seedbed and keep it damp for two weeks.

    Mulch Mound Pro Tip

    Never spread topsoil over unbroken compacted ground. On Lee's Summit lots where builders ran equipment across the yard, a fresh layer of soil sitting on a compacted pan just creates a perched water table, and roots hit that boundary and stop. Rip or till the existing surface two or three inches deep first so the new soil knits into the old. That one step is the difference between a bed that thrives and one that stays soggy.

    Mulch Mound Pro Tip

    Get your soil tested through the University of Missouri Extension office before you amend. Lee's Summit silt loam commonly runs slightly acidic to near neutral, and guessing on lime can push pH the wrong way for hydrangeas, blueberries, or fescue. A test costs very little and tells you exactly how much organic matter and phosphorus you already have, which usually saves more than it costs in unnecessary amendments.

    Mulch Mound Pro Tip

    Order soil in a dry window. Silt loam is heavy when saturated, and a rain soaked pile in a Lee's Summit driveway turns into a compacted brick that fights every shovel. Watch the forecast, take delivery on the front end of two or three dry days, and tarp what you cannot spread. If rain catches you, let the pile dry a day before working it rather than smearing wet soil into clods.

    The Unique Landscape of Lee's Summit

    Most Lee's Summit lots sit on silt loam that was scraped, stockpiled, and spread thin during construction, leaving new subdivisions with a few inches of workable ground over compacted subsoil. That is fertile parent material, but without organic matter it packs tight and puddles after our 42 inch annual rainfall. Bringing in quality topsoil and compost gives roots the depth they need to survive both the soggy Aprils and the hot dry stretches that hit Zone 6b in late July. It also lets you regrade low spots that collect water against foundations, a chronic issue on the rolling terrain around Lee's Summit at roughly 1040 feet. Whether you are seeding fescue, building raised beds, or filling settled trenches, good soil is the one investment that pays off every season after.

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