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 near a foundation might only need a yard or two, while raising a larger section of yard before topsoil can run into double digits. Measure the length and width of the area and the depth you need to raise it, then order in cubic yards since that's how we deliver and price it. Most foundation and pool backfill jobs land in the 6 to 12 inch range per lift.
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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 near a foundation might only need a yard or two, while raising a larger section of yard before topsoil can run into double digits. Measure the length and width of the area and the depth you need to raise it, then order in cubic yards since that's how we deliver and price it. Most foundation and pool backfill jobs land in the 6 to 12 inch range per lift.
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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.
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 few inches of screened topsoil on top, especially if grass or a garden bed is going in over it. If you're backfilling around a foundation or retaining wall, a layer of gravel underneath can help with drainage before the fill goes in. We can deliver both in the same trip if you're planning ahead.
Fill dirt is not something you dump and walk away from. Place it in 6 to 8 inch lifts and compact each one, whether with a hand tamper for small spots or a plate compactor for anything larger. In Marquette's sandy loam, skipping compaction means you'll be watching that spot sink lower every spring as frost heave and settling work it down over a couple seasons.
A common mistake is trying to grow grass or plants directly in fill dirt. It's subsoil, screened of debris but stripped of the organic matter that roots need. Cap any fill with 4 to 6 inches of real topsoil before seeding or planting, especially since Marquette's growing window is already short between the May 13 and October 15 frost dates.
If you're backfilling a large area, order fill dirt for the bulk of the volume and save topsoil for just the top few inches where something needs to grow. This keeps costs down since topsoil runs more than fill, and it's the same approach we'd use on a foundation backfill or a low yard near the harbor that needs several inches of buildup before finishing.
Marquette's sandy loam drains well but doesn't hold shape on its own, so low areas near foundations or along the harbor side of a property tend to stay soft or collect water. Fill dirt gives you a structural base to build on before topsoil or turf goes in. With frost reaching deep into the ground by late fall and staying until May, anything backfilled loose will settle and heave once winter hits. Compacting fill in lifts now, while the ground is workable, avoids a spring full of sunken patches.
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.
