Great service. We ordered topsoil from Mulch Mound and the best experience. Thank you so much!
About this landscape rock
Smooth tumbled river rock, heavy enough to stay put in drainage runs and handsome enough for beds and borders.
Great service. We ordered topsoil from Mulch Mound and the best experience. Thank you so much!
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How Much Landscape Rock Do I Need?
How Much Landscape Rock Do I Need?
One cubic yard covers about 162 square feet at a 2 inch depth, which is the standard install depth for most beds. If you want better weed suppression or you are covering a spot that gets foot traffic, go closer to 3 inches and expect roughly a third less coverage per yard. Measure your bed in square feet first, then divide by the coverage number for your chosen depth.
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Portsmouth Landscape Rock Delivery
Portsmouth Landscape Rock Delivery
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About this landscape rock
Smooth tumbled river rock, heavy enough to stay put in drainage runs and handsome enough for beds and borders.
Great service. We ordered topsoil from Mulch Mound and the best experience. Thank you so much!
How Much Landscape Rock Do I Need?
How Much Landscape Rock Do I Need?
One cubic yard covers about 162 square feet at a 2 inch depth, which is the standard install depth for most beds. If you want better weed suppression or you are covering a spot that gets foot traffic, go closer to 3 inches and expect roughly a third less coverage per yard. Measure your bed in square feet first, then divide by the coverage number for your chosen depth.
What is a Yard?
What is a Yard?
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How It Works
Getting started is easy — just follow these simple steps
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Choose your quantity
Adjust the quantity to match your project. One cubic yard covers about 100 to 160 square feet at a 2 to 3 inch depth.
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Select a delivery date you'd like for the product to be dropped off at your home
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Sit back, wait, and let us work our magic to make sure the highest quality product is delivered to your driveway.
One of the easiest customer service experiences I've had in a long time! Mulch Mound made it so simple. After putting it off for a while, I looked ...
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One of the easiest customer service experiences I've had in a long time! Mulch Mound made it so simple. After putting it off for a while, I looked at the weather and knew I needed to get to mulching ASAP before the rain came if I didn't want to wait another week. I put my order in for the next day online and they came right at 9 AM. The employee who dropped off the mulch did a great job, putting it right on the tarp I laid out, she even made sure none of it got on the yard and double checked the truck bed to make sure it all came out. The mulch was exactly what I needed and arrived right on time.
We have always spread our own mulch for the past 24 years. This was our first time with the Mulch Mound - things I liked: they have online ordering...
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We have always spread our own mulch for the past 24 years. This was our first time with the Mulch Mound - things I liked: they have online ordering and provide a digital receipt which means you can remember how much you ordered (I always forget for the next year!), they were on time, they were able to deliver in 48 hours, they were generous with the portion (we got 9 yards and it felt like a FULL nine yards!), the driver was polite! We have ordered from reputable places, and there is always a little trash in the mulch. The mulch we recv'd from Mulch Mound had barely any... we were pleasant surprised!!! Color was great! Not to mention - the price was competitive and LOWER than other mulch places around. We will use again !! Highly recommend! Thanks Mulch Mound!
Complete Your Outdoor Project
Landscape fabric underneath is what makes this a decade install instead of a weed patch, so budget for it if you do not already have it down. Steel or aluminum edging keeps the rock from migrating into the lawn, especially useful on the sloped yards you see around the hillier parts of town. If any of your beds have plants that want organic matter, a strip of mulch there instead of rock will keep those areas healthier.
Mulch Mound Pro Tip
Because Portsmouth's clay drains slowly, grade your bed with a slight slope away from the house before laying fabric, even an inch of fall over a few feet keeps water from pooling under the rock and turning the subgrade to mud. Skipping this step is the number one reason rock beds here end up with algae film or sunken low spots within a year or two.
Mulch Mound Pro Tip
Leaves from street trees and the murals district's mature canopy will collect in rock beds every fall, and left alone they break down into a thin soil layer that lets weeds root right through the fabric. A quick blow out with a leaf blower once after the October frost and again in spring keeps the bed clean without disturbing the stone.
Mulch Mound Pro Tip
Rock is a one time cost that outlasts several mulch cycles, so if you are budgeting long term, weigh it against the annual expense of refreshing mulch beds year after year. Pairing rock along foundations and downspouts with mulch in planting beds lets you put the durable material where it counts and save the organic matter for spots that actually need it.
Decorative Stone in Portsmouth
Portsmouth sits on heavy clay that drains slowly, so standing water after a spring rain is common in low beds and around downspouts. Rock over fabric handles that better than mulch because it does not compact into the clay or float away in a gully washer. A lot of homes here use it along foundations and downspout runs where organic mulch would just stay soggy. It also holds up fine through our freeze thaw swings between the late April and late October frost dates.
What Landscape Rock Is
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 vs Decomposed Granite
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.
Depth and Coverage
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.