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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One cubic yard of landscape rock covers about 162 square feet at a 2 inch install depth, or less coverage if you go to 3 inches for heavier foot traffic areas. Measure your bed's square footage first, then decide depth based on whether it's decorative groundcover or a functional drainage area near downspouts. Most front yard beds in Placerville run somewhere between one and three cubic yards depending on how much lawn is being converted.
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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...
One cubic yard of landscape rock covers about 162 square feet at a 2 inch install depth, or less coverage if you go to 3 inches for heavier foot traffic areas. Measure your bed's square footage first, then decide depth based on whether it's decorative groundcover or a functional drainage area near downspouts. Most front yard beds in Placerville run somewhere between one and three cubic yards depending on how much lawn is being converted.
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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 what turns this from a five year patch into a decade long groundcover, so it's worth doing before the rock goes down, not after. Steel or plastic edging keeps rock out of adjacent lawn or mulch beds, especially useful where DG soil already wants to migrate. Many Placerville customers order rock for the front beds and mulch for planting areas that still need organic matter feeding the soil.
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Lay landscape fabric before the rock, not after, especially with Placerville's decomposed granite base already fighting weeds through cracks. Fabric under 2 to 3 inches of rock turns this into a true decade long install rather than something you're weeding every spring. Skip it and you'll be pulling foxtails and star thistle out of the rock bed by the second summer, which defeats the whole point of going low maintenance in the first place.
Rock beds trap fall leaves instead of breaking them down like mulch does, which matters here given the oaks and pines common around Hangtown properties. Plan on blowing or raking leaf litter off rock beds each November before the rains start, otherwise trapped organic matter turns into a mat that holds moisture against your fabric and shortens its life. This is the main maintenance tradeoff people don't expect when they switch from mulch to rock.
Rock is a one time cost that never needs replacing, unlike mulch that breaks down and needs refreshing most years, so factor that into how you compare the two for a given bed. If you've got planting beds mixed with foundation or pathway areas, it's common to order rock for the foundation strip and mulch for anything with shrubs or perennials that actually benefit from organic matter feeding the soil over time.
Placerville sits at 1867 feet with a native decomposed granite base, so drainage is rarely the issue rock beds face here, it's the long dry stretch between April and November that bakes exposed soil and stresses plants. Rock groundcover over fabric solves that by cutting evaporation and choking weeds without irrigation lines running through it. A lot of homes in the older grid around the historic district use rock beds against foundations where the DG soil already sheds water fast. Once it's down over fabric, it holds its look through the fire season heat and the occasional Sierra foothill snow without shifting.
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.
