FAQs

A ton of gravel will cover approximately 90 square feet, 2 inches deep.

Medium gravel provides enough weight for your drain piping, while allowing the water to flow without taking the gravel with it. Pea gravel and oversize gravel are also available if you would prefer smaller or larger gravel.

When laying a base for stone, we recommend using #10 limestone and red sand as your options.

We recommend using CR610 limestone for driveways. It is a blend of fine gravel and a powder bonding agent. Over time, the weight of your car, coupled with the occasional rain, will help compact it into a nice solid base.

No, we do not offer landscaping services. We focus solely on making and providing organic landscaping products.

Our painted mulch is a double hammered, hardwood mulch that is painted with an EPA-approved dye. It is one of our most popular sellers. The dye is non-toxic and harmless to you and your pets.

A yard of mulch will cover 100 square feet, three inches deep. We recommend applying your mulch a minimum of three inches in depth to maximize moisture content. This also helps to prevent weeds from sprouting from under the ground.

Not only are you helping the local recycling effort by buying mulch in bulk, you are also saving a considerable amount of money. On average, one yard of mulch equals 14 bags of mulch. Our least expensive mulch is around $18/yard. An average bag of mulch costs $3.00, so it’s roughly three times cheaper to buy mulch in bulk.

Here’s a link to a chart that shows how many bags of mulch you need to cover various areas and depths.

Yes, our mulch is aged. The mulch is made from trees and limb debris. It has aged an average of 4 months prior to it being made into mulch.

No. In order for anyone to sell “treated/insect repelling” mulch, they would need to hold several licenses from federal agencies. They do this to ensure that chemical applications to mulch meet toxicity and safety requirements. We do offer cedar and cypress mulch. Studies show that sometimes, these types of mulches can serve as a “natural repellent”.

Weeds seem to find a way to grow. Historically, we have seen that squirrels, birds or other small animals like to use mulch as a hiding place for nuts, berries and other things they transfer from the surrounding outdoors. Also, in the spring, Maple trees drop “helicopter seeds”. These can root in mulch. We suggest lightly raking through your problem spot to see if you can find what the cause of the problem is. If nothing is noticeable, you can apply Preen to the area.

Mulch offers many advantages. When applied thick enough, it allows moisture to be retained around plant root systems. We recommend applying mulch 3 inches thick to help with weed control. As stated earlier, mulch breaks down in flowerbeds and returns nutrients to the soil. Lastly, mulch can provide insulation during winter months.

Feel assured if your dog eats our mulch, it is a natural, organic material. It is made on our premises from local tree and branch debris. It is not treated with anything that is toxic. Our colored mulches are painted with an EPA approved dye.

Mulch is made from hardwood trees and limbs. It is run through a grinder and screener to create a finished product. Mulch is then aged in large piles until it is ready to be sold. Mulch is 100% organic, and breaks down over time into humus, allowing your soil to become richer in organic nutrients.

We recommend our natural or rustic brown mulch for our eco-friendly customers. All our mulch is recycled and an eco-friendly material. But the natural and rustic brown mulch are the most natural, organic mulch we offer.

Our mulch is grinded twice, thus it’s commonly referred to as “double-hammered” mulch. The grinders have screens that act as a type of filter in the production process. Natural brown is finer, smaller mulches because of the size screen that is used. Rustic brown is slightly longer in size than natural brown. The painted mulches use a different size screen because larger pieces of wood are needed so the dye can adhere to the product better.

Yes, you can lay sod in the winter. Although it is dormant there is no issue with laying sod in the winter.

Yes, you can lay zoysia in the sun. The majority of zoysia sold is for areas where Bermuda cannot grow due to sunlight restrictions. Zoysia can be planted in full sun areas as long as you have a proper irrigation system.

The key is NOT to over water your new sod. Watering requirements depend on the weather and time of year you lay sod. For example, in the Spring, you may need to water an hour every other day. In the heat of the summer, you may need to water for an hour each day. It all depends on the humidity and heat of the year.

Screened soil is the best option to level out your yard before you lay sod. It has been screened to remove any rocks, roots or debris from the soil.

There are several options. First, our garden mix is a blend of screened soil, leaf compost, and sand. This mix does not have any type of “Miracle Grow” or other growth supplement. We have had our garden mix tested by a local lab and it is rich in organic matter.

If you have a rich organic dirt base but would like to add some dirt to it, garden mix would be an acceptable option. If you have plenty of rich dirt but want to add more organic material to it, try our leaf compost. This nitrogen rich compost is a great additive to dirt.

In order to lay pavers correctly, you will need two products. First, you will need to apply #10 limestone 2 inches thick as a base. It must be packed in using a tamper. Lay your stone and then lay a minimum of 1-inch red sand to level it. Natural stones are not consistently the same thickness. The red sand helps makes it level.

The majority of stone at our lots cover approximately 100 square feet (or linear feet). If you are using the stone to outline a flowerbed, etc. you will need to measure your linear feet for the project. A pallet of stone covers 100 linear feet. If you lay the stones 3 high a pallet will cover 33 linear feet. Respectively, if you lay the stones 2 high a pallet will cover 50 linear feet.

Which filler you use really is a personal preference… #10 limestone, #8 limestone, grass or polymeric sand are popular options.

Our customers love river rock for this project. Check out our product photos to see one customer’s design on this great product.