Unless you work in the industry, it’s hard to picture how much a cubic metre is. Costa has a great tip to make ordering mulch and soil easier. Work out the size of the garden bed you want to cover and ...

As a writer for Forbes Home since 2021, Emily specializes in writing about home warranties, solar installations, car transportation and moving companies. With a background in journalism and experience ...

You're going to have to do a little math to find your magic number. Mulch does a lot more than create an aesthetically pleasing backdrop for your favorite garden plants. It can help keep weeds from ...

I ended up either buying too many plants or too few last year and would like some advice on how to more accurately calculate the materials I need for my garden. It seems like I am always ...

Do you realize how often math is involved in gardening? Here is the answer to the oft-asked question, “When will I ever need math in real life?” Say you want to fence your garden. You measure two ...

Mulch, the covering you put over the soil in your garden, has many advantages in our hot desert climate — it protects the soil from being swept away by wind and rain, reduces water runoff, cools soil ...

An ongoing mantra of the UC Marin Master Gardeners is to compost, compost, compost and mulch, mulch, mulch. Compost is decayed material used as a plant fertilizer and soil conditioner. Soil is the ...

There are many types of loose materials that are sold in cubic yards, or “yards,” for short. Topsoil, mulch, and gravel are just a few of the commonly used products that are sold by this volume metric ...