Mulch
Benefits of Mulch
Apart from making your gardens attractive, mulch has many other benefits.
Helps reduce the growth of weeds and maintain soil moisture.
Moderates soil temperatures, keeping it warmer on cold nights and cooler on hot days. In winter, mulch helps protect plants from the cycle of freezing and thawing by keeping the soil warm.
Reduces soil erosion and often reduces soil compaction. Keeps soil from splashing onto leaves which helps reduce the risk of disease.
If organic mulch is used, it breaks down and enriches the soil. Improves the structure of clay soils and the moisture-holding capacity of sandy soils.
Keeps plants clean and off the ground, especially tomatoes and melons, to avoid plant disease.
Choosing the Right Mulch
When choosing the mulch for your garden, consider these factors: cost, availability, ease of application, and what it looks like in the garden. The ideal mulch should be dense enough to block weed growth, but light and open enough to allow water and air to reach the soil.
How Much Mulch Do I Need?
With most organic mulches, a layer of 2 to 3 inches is plenty. The finer the material, the thinner the layer needed. Inorganic mulch is often more shallow; a mulch of small stones is usually an inch deep. If you want mulch 2 inches deep, you will need 18 cubic feet. For 3 inches deep, you’ll need 27 cubic feet.
1 cubic yard = 27 cubic feet
Use our Yard & Ton Calculator for more assistance.
Disadvantages of Mulch
When mulching your garden, you need to be careful. If applied improperly, mulch can actually be harmful.
Over-mulching (more than 3 inches) can bury and suffocate plants; water and oxygen can’t reach the roots. A layer of 2 to 3 inches of mulch is enough.
Mulch can cause the tree trunk to become diseased if piled up around it. Keep mulch 6 to 12 inches from the trunks of trees and shrubs.
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Mulch
Mulch is great for new landscaping or refreshing existing landscape. Our mulch wood material is NOT sourced from ground pallets that can contain chemical and other debris like most bagged mulch.
One yard of mulch is equivalent to 13.5 bags. Mulch orders can be delivered within 1-2 days, depending on availability.
Need landscape fabric or other items. You can have them delivered with the mulch. Check it out here.
Certified Playground Mulch
Playground safety is as important as playground fun. Certified playground mulch is a safe, non-toxic, recyclable and popular option for playground surfaces. Safety Chip Select, which are engineered wood fibers certified by IPEMA. Safety Chip Select is a premium chip manufactured from mill wood.
Cypress
Cypress mulch is typically sourced as a byproduct from mills in the southern US. Cypress is a natural insect resistance and can hold moisture for plants.
Blonde in color and typically fine texture.
Dark Chocolate Brown
Dark Chocolate Brown Mulch (dark brown) is double ground natural hardwood. This makes for finer more uniform mulch that is more environmentally friendly. Natural hardwood is sourced from tree branches and logs disposed of from tree trimmings and recycled trees. Mulch is dyed using premium organic dye that is safe for kids and pets! 1 year color guard. Great for new landscaping or refreshing existing landscape.
Economy Mulch
Double ground natural hardwood is wood that has been processed twice to ensure quality and consistency. This makes for finer more uniform mulch that is more environmentally friendly. Natural hardwood is sourced from tree branches and logs disposed of from tree trimmings and recycled trees. Mulch is dyed using premium organic dye that is safe for kids and pets! 1 year color guard. Great for new landscaping or refreshing existing landscape.
Gold Mulch
Gold Mulch is double ground natural hardwood. This makes for finer more uniform mulch that is more environmentally friendly. Natural hardwood is sourced from tree branches and logs disposed of from tree trimmings and recycled trees. Mulch is dyed using premium organic dye that is safe for kids and pets! 1 year color guard. Great for new landscaping or refreshing existing landscape.
Light Brown
Light Brown Mulch is double ground natural hardwood. This makes for finer more uniform mulch that is more environmentally friendly. Natural hardwood is sourced from tree branches and logs disposed of from tree trimmings and recycled trees. Mulch is dyed using premium organic dye that is safe for kids and pets! 1 year color guard. Great for new landscaping or refreshing existing landscape.
Black
Black Mulch is double ground natural hardwood. This makes for finer more uniform mulch that is more environmentally friendly. Natural hardwood is sourced from tree branches and logs disposed of from tree trimmings and recycled trees. Mulch is dyed using premium organic dye that is safe for kids and pets! 1 year color guard. Great for new landscaping or refreshing existing landscape.
Pine Bark
Pine Bark mulch is sourced locally from pine tree logs while being processed. Great weed suppression, helps retain soil moisture, typically lasts longer then other mulches, making good for soil erosion control, works well at repelling insects and and fungi.
Strawberry Red
Strawbery Red Mulch is double ground natural hardwood. This makes for finer, more uniform, mulch that is more environmentally friendly. Natural hardwood is sourced from tree branches and logs disposed of from tree trimmings and recycled trees. Mulch is dyed using premium organic dye that is safe for kids and pets! 1 year color guard. Great for new landscaping or refreshing existing landscape.
Western Red Cedar
100% Pure Shredded Western Red Cedar (not blended with hardwoods! Honey-Brown in color. Western Red Cedar is Insect Resistant & Aromatic. Great for insulating the soil and holding moisture. It suppresses weeds & prevents weed germination when applied deep enough. Contains a stringy textured material that helps it stay in place. Great for steep slopes and erosion control.
Light in weight which makes installation easy. Breaks down slowly/resistant to decay. Considered a softwood deriving from Northwestern Continental States: Idaho and Montana