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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At the standard 2 to 3 inch install depth, one cubic yard of rock covers about 162 square feet at the shallow end of that range. Measure your bed length by width, decide if you are running 2 inches for a lighter look or 3 inches for better weed suppression, then divide square footage by the coverage rate at your chosen depth. Most Starkville front bed projects land between 2 and 5 cubic yards.
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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...
At the standard 2 to 3 inch install depth, one cubic yard of rock covers about 162 square feet at the shallow end of that range. Measure your bed length by width, decide if you are running 2 inches for a lighter look or 3 inches for better weed suppression, then divide square footage by the coverage rate at your chosen depth. Most Starkville front bed projects land between 2 and 5 cubic yards.
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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!
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Landscape fabric goes down first if you want this to actually function as a decade-long groundcover instead of a weed farm. A lot of our Starkville customers pair rock beds with a run of edging to keep the clay soil from creeping in at the borders, and some add a mulch bed nearby for the planting areas where they actually want organic matter breaking down.
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In Starkville's Prairie Clay, do not skip the fabric barrier under rock beds. Clay holds moisture close to the surface, and without fabric, rock settles directly into mud and starts sinking within a year or two. Lay fabric, pin it down at the edges, then place your rock at the full 3 inch depth near foundations where water pools during heavy spring rain. That extra inch matters more here than in sandier soil.
The most common mistake we see is treating rock beds like mulch beds, expecting to add material every year. Rock is a one time install. The real maintenance is leaf removal, since fallen leaves from oak and pecan trees get trapped in the stone and rot in place if left through fall and winter. A leaf blower pass every few weeks from October through the first frost keeps beds clean without disturbing the rock layer.
If your project includes both planting beds and pure groundcover areas, order mulch and rock as separate deliveries rather than trying to make one material do both jobs. Rock around the foundation and downspouts handles drainage and permanence, while mulch in planting beds actually feeds the soil your shrubs need. Splitting the order this way usually uses less total material than overbuilding one type to cover both situations.
Starkville sits on Prairie Clay that drains slowly and holds water right up against foundations, which is exactly where rock beds do their best work. With zone 8a summers pushing heat and humidity for months, homeowners near Davis Wade Stadium and across StarkVegas neighborhoods want beds that do not need mulch replaced every spring. Rock over fabric handles that clay runoff problem without breaking down, though it is not the choice for beds where you want shrubs feeding off organic matter in the soil. It holds its place through the wet fall pattern that runs up to first frost in early November.
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.
