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    Somerset Soil Delivery
    Somerset Soil Delivery
    Somerset Soil Delivery

    About this soil

    Screened topsoil with a fine, even texture. Ideal for new lawns, sod prep, and raised garden beds.
    Tracy Bly
    Tracy Bly
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    Very happy with the ease of ordering. Delivery went exactly as planned. Garden soil looks great and couldn’t be happier.

    One cubic yard covers about 100 square feet at three inches deep or 50 square feet at six inches. For new planting beds over compacted Somerset subsoil, aim for six to eight inches of amended soil so roots have real room before they hit hardpan.
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    A yard is approximately 27 cubic feet. As a general guideline, one yard of material can cover an area of about 100-160 square feet at a 2-3 inch depth.

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    About this soil

    Screened topsoil with a fine, even texture. Ideal for new lawns, sod prep, and raised garden beds.
    Tracy Bly
    Tracy Bly
    Google Review

    Very happy with the ease of ordering. Delivery went exactly as planned. Garden soil looks great and couldn’t be happier.

    One cubic yard covers about 100 square feet at three inches deep or 50 square feet at six inches. For new planting beds over compacted Somerset subsoil, aim for six to eight inches of amended soil so roots have real room before they hit hardpan.
    Use our free soil calculator

    A yard is approximately 27 cubic feet. As a general guideline, one yard of material can cover an area of about 100-160 square feet at a 2-3 inch depth.

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    How It Works

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    Make sure you adjust the quantity to your home's needs. You can use our calculator to estimate how much you'll need.

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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.

    What Somerset Customers Like About Our Soil

    4.7
    out of 5 based on 137 reviews
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    Tracy Bly
    Tracy Bly

    Very happy with the ease of ordering. Delivery went exactly as planned. Garden soil looks great and couldn’t be happier.

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    Michelle Ivette Ponce
    Michelle Ivette Ponce

    Really appreciate the care and follow thru that this company had with our order. A hiccup came up but they were quick to respond and address all co...

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    Really appreciate the care and follow thru that this company had with our order. A hiccup came up but they were quick to respond and address all concerns, which made our garden day a success! Thank you for your prompt care.

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    Measure the length and width of the area, then decide your depth in inches before you touch the calculator, since depth is what most people get wrong. For raised beds, measure the inside dimensions rather than the outside frame. Remember that soil settles, so add roughly ten percent to whatever number the calculator returns.

    Complete Your Outdoor Soil Project

    Finish new soil work with three inches of hardwood mulch to stop the fresh surface from crusting in the next downpour, and keep a few bags of compost on hand for topdressing as beds settle through the season.

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    Frequently Asked Questions

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    Why is my Somerset yard soil so hard to dig when everyone says we have silt loam?

    Silt loam is the regional soil type, but most residential lots have been graded and compacted by heavy equipment. What you are digging is often subsoil with the organic layer stripped away, sometimes mixed with limestone fragments from the bedrock that sits close to the surface here. Adding four to six inches of screened topsoil or compost and tilling it into the top layer is the fastest fix.

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    What should I fill my raised beds with for a Somerset vegetable garden?

    A garden mix of roughly sixty percent screened topsoil and forty percent compost works well here. It drains fast enough to handle our heavy May and June rains, which will drown tomato roots in straight native soil, while still holding moisture through the dry stretch that often hits in late July and August.

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    How much soil do I need for a four by eight raised bed?

    A four by eight bed filled twelve inches deep needs about 32 cubic feet, or roughly 1.2 cubic yards. Two of those beds is right at two and a half yards. Order a little extra, because garden mix settles about an inch in the first month once Somerset rains soak it in.

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    When can I start working soil in the spring around Somerset?

    Usually late March into early April, but the test is moisture, not the calendar. Squeeze a handful of your silt loam and if it forms a slick ball that will not crumble, it is too wet and tilling it will destroy the structure for the whole season. Wait a few dry days. Planting warm season crops still waits for the April 15 last frost.

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    Can I use topsoil to level low spots in my fescue lawn?

    Yes, and Somerset lawns need it regularly because runoff from our 53 inches of annual rain hollows out swales and settles over old utility trenches. Fill no more than half an inch to an inch at a time so you do not smother the crowns, and do it in early fall when cool season fescue is actively growing and can knit through the new layer.

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    Do I need to add lime with new soil in Pulaski County?

    Often less than you would think. We sit on limestone bedrock and many Somerset soils test in the low sixes for pH, though decades of rainfall leaching can push some beds lower. Get a soil test through the Pulaski County Extension office before liming, since over correcting locks up iron and turns hollies and blueberries yellow.

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    What is the difference between screened topsoil and garden mix?

    Screened topsoil is native soil run through a screen to pull out rocks, roots, and clumps, and it is what you want for filling, grading, and lawn repair. Garden mix is topsoil blended with compost for higher organic content, and it is what you want for raised beds, vegetable plots, and new perennial borders around Somerset homes.

    Mulch Mound Pro Tip

    Never dump new topsoil straight onto compacted ground and call it done. That creates a distinct layer boundary, and water moving through Somerset's heavy spring rains will perch right at that interface instead of draining, leaving roots sitting in a saucer of water. Break up the top three or four inches of existing ground with a fork or tiller first, then blend the bottom of your new soil into it so moisture moves continuously.

    Mulch Mound Pro Tip

    Time your big soil projects for early fall rather than spring. From mid September through October, Somerset gets warm soil, cooler air, and steadier moisture without the saturating storms of April and May. Ground worked in that window settles naturally over winter and is ready to plant right at the April 15 last frost, and you avoid the mud that makes spring wheelbarrow work miserable on silt loam.

    Mulch Mound Pro Tip

    Take a soil test before you order amendments, not after. The Pulaski County Extension office processes samples cheaply and tells you exactly what your phosphorus, potassium, and pH numbers are. Somerset yards vary wildly block to block depending on how much fill was hauled in during construction, so guessing at fertilizer is how people waste money and end up feeding runoff into the Cumberland watershed instead of their plants.

    The Unique Landscape of Somerset

    Native Somerset ground is silt loam, which sounds ideal on paper but rarely arrives that way in a yard. On most Pulaski County lots the good topsoil was scraped off during construction and what is left around the foundation is subsoil mixed with limestone rubble and fill. Add 53 inches of rain a year on rolling terrain and you get erosion that steadily thins whatever topsoil remains on the high side of the yard. Bringing in screened topsoil, garden mix, or compost rebuilds that missing layer so roots have somewhere to go before they hit compacted clay. In Zone 7a with a growing season stretching from the April 15 last frost to the October 20 first frost, quality soil is what lets a Somerset vegetable garden or lawn actually use those six full months.

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