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 projects around here run 6 to 12 inches depending on how much grade you need to make up. Measure the low area's length and width, decide your depth, and figure your yardage from there since this material is sold strictly by the cubic yard. For anything over a couple pallets' worth of low ground, most people find it faster to just order a few yards delivered than to guess with bags.
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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 projects around here run 6 to 12 inches depending on how much grade you need to make up. Measure the low area's length and width, decide your depth, and figure your yardage from there since this material is sold strictly by the cubic yard. For anything over a couple pallets' worth of low ground, most people find it faster to just order a few yards delivered than to guess with bags.
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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 jobs around Owensboro get capped with a few inches of topsoil once the fill is compacted, especially if grass or landscaping is going in over it. If you're backfilling around a foundation or pool, a layer of gravel underneath can help with drainage before the fill goes on top. Compactor rental or a hand tamper is worth having on site since dirt alone won't hold its shape without it.
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Owensboro's silt loam doesn't compact the same way sandier soils do, it can look firm on top while staying loose a few inches down. Work your fill in 6 to 8 inch lifts and compact each one before adding the next, rather than dumping the whole load and tamping once at the end. Skipping this step is the number one reason people see sinking or uneven settling a year or two later, especially in yards that get regular rain.
Don't plant or lay sod directly into fill dirt, it's subsoil, not a growing medium, and it lacks the organic matter roots need. Cap it with 4 to 6 inches of topsoil once it's compacted and settled. If you skip this step, expect patchy grass or plants that struggle no matter how much you water or fertilize them.
If you're backfilling a large area, pair fill dirt with a thinner topsoil cap instead of using topsoil for the whole depth. Topsoil costs more per yard and doesn't compact the same way, so using it only where roots actually need it saves material and gives you a more stable base overall. This is standard practice for foundation backfill and pool decks around here.
Owensboro sits on silt loam that drains slower than sandier soils and tends to hold moisture after the spring rains, so low spots around foundations and yards near the Ohio River bottoms stay soft longer than people expect. Fill dirt gives you a stable base to build up those areas before grading or laying topsoil over it. With frost showing up around late October and the ground staying workable into spring, most fill projects here get scheduled in the shoulder seasons before winter or right after the last frost in April. Because it's a structural material and not something plants grow in, it needs to be compacted properly or the silt loam underneath will keep shifting under it.
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.
