Mulch Mound delivered a yard of pea gravel to us. Delivery was on time, driver was friendly and hit a bullseye on the “tarp target”. We used the pea gravel (which was diameter as specified) to fill several muskrat holes around our pond. I would definitely recommend Mulch Mo...
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Two inches is enough for decorative ground cover with small stone, while walkways, driveways, and drainage areas want 3 to 4 inches. One ton of typical landscape stone covers roughly 100 square feet at 2 inches deep.
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Mulch Mound delivered a yard of pea gravel to us. Delivery was on time, driver was friendly and hit a bullseye on the “tarp target”. We used the pea gravel (which was diameter as specified) to fill several muskrat holes around our pond. I would definitely recommend Mulch Mo...
Two inches is enough for decorative ground cover with small stone, while walkways, driveways, and drainage areas want 3 to 4 inches. One ton of typical landscape stone covers roughly 100 square feet at 2 inches deep.
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Mulch Mound delivered a yard of pea gravel to us. Delivery was on time, driver was friendly and hit a bullseye on the “tarp target”. We used the ...
Mulch Mound delivered a yard of pea gravel to us. Delivery was on time, driver was friendly and hit a bullseye on the “tarp target”. We used the pea gravel (which was diameter as specified) to fill several muskrat holes around our pond. I would definitely recommend Mulch Mound to a friend!
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Try Our CalculatorMeasure the area in square feet and be honest about depth, since stone spread too thin looks sparse and lets fabric show through. Remember that stone is sold by weight, so a small area can still mean a heavy order. Round up slightly, because you can always tuck the extra into a downspout splash area or a low spot along the drive.
Add landscape fabric and steel or paver edging to keep stone from migrating into the lawn, and consider a few boulders or a load of screened topsoil for the planting pockets around your stone feature.
Install real edging or your stone will end up in the grass. Novi's freeze and thaw cycles push loose aggregate outward every winter, and one pass with a mower over a stray piece of river rock is enough to convince anyone. Use steel edging or a buried paver soldier course set slightly below finished stone height. That small step at install time saves years of raking stone back into place each spring.
Compact your base in lifts. On Novi clay, dumping 6 inches of 21AA and driving over it once will not do the job, and the surface will rut by the second spring thaw. Spread in two or three inch lifts, dampen lightly, and run a plate compactor over each layer. The clay subgrade below also benefits from being compacted before you start, especially on lots where the soil was disturbed during construction.
Match stone size to slope and traffic. Pea gravel looks great in a photo but rolls underfoot and washes downhill during Novi's heavy spring rains, which makes it a poor pick for walkways or any grade. Angular crushed stone locks together and stays put. Save the rounded river rock for flat drainage beds and downspout basins, where its smooth shape actually helps water move through without clogging.
Water management is the quiet challenge on most Novi properties, where clay loam sheds runoff toward swales, walkouts, and basement window wells rather than absorbing it. Decorative and drainage stone gives that water somewhere to go while holding its shape through freeze and thaw cycles that would displace mulch entirely. Stone also solves the perpetual damp shade problem along north facing foundations in Novi's older neighborhoods, where organic mulch stays soggy and grows fungus year after year. For driveways, fire pit surrounds, and dry creek beds, aggregate handles Michigan winters and plow traffic without needing annual replacement. And because Novi averages only about 33 inches of rain a year, stone areas double as low maintenance zones that need no watering during dry August weeks.
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