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 jobs call for 6 to 12 inches depending on how much you are raising the grade. Measure the low area in square feet, decide how many inches you need to bring it up, and that gives you a solid starting number before you order by the yard. For bigger jobs like pool backfill or a full yard regrade, it is worth measuring in sections since depth needed often varies across the site.
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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 jobs call for 6 to 12 inches depending on how much you are raising the grade. Measure the low area in square feet, decide how many inches you need to bring it up, and that gives you a solid starting number before you order by the yard. For bigger jobs like pool backfill or a full yard regrade, it is worth measuring in sections since depth needed often varies across the site.
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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 dirt jobs finish with a layer of topsoil on top, especially if grass or plant beds are going back in over the filled area. Some customers also bring in gravel for a base layer under patios or sheds built on the newly raised ground. If the project involves drainage correction, pairing fill dirt with a topsoil cap gets the grade both structurally sound and ready to plant.
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Spread fill dirt in lifts of 6 to 8 inches and compact each one before adding the next layer. Skipping compaction is the most common mistake we see, and it is why yards keep sinking for years after a fill job. On Tupelo's clay loam, uncompacted fill holds extra water too, which just makes the settling worse over time. A plate compactor rental for an afternoon saves a lot of regrading headaches later.
Fill dirt is not a growing medium, so never plant directly into it expecting good results. Cap the finished grade with 4 to 6 inches of topsoil before laying sod or seeding. People often skip this step to save a delivery, then wonder why grass won't take. Given how heavy Tupelo's clay loam already is, that topsoil cap also helps loosen up the surface layer for roots.
If you are filling a large low spot, consider ordering fill dirt for the bulk of the depth and reserving topsoil only for the top few inches where plants will actually root. This keeps your order efficient since fill dirt is priced for volume, not growing quality. It also pairs well with gravel as a sub base if the finished area will carry a shed, patio, or foundation load.
Tupelo sits on clay loam that drains slowly, so low spots in yards and around foundations tend to hold water long after a storm passes. Fill dirt lets you raise that grade so water moves away from the house instead of pooling near it. With elevation around 279 feet and a lot of gently rolling terrain across the city, small grading corrections go a long way toward keeping crawl spaces and basements dry. It is also the standard base material before pool installs and slab work on lots that were never quite level to begin with.
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.
