Taking good care of your yard involves more than just mowing and landscaping. If you’re looking to keep your plants and trees healthy from the roots up, it’s important to keep in mind elements like mulch. Providing the local community with landscape supplies and gardening guidance since 1981, Burlington, KY’s Affordable Landscape Supplies has a few tips on the proper amount of mulch you need to keep your garden growing strong.

Usually consisting of bark or compost materials, using mulch over your yard or garden can be beneficial in several ways. It can retain moisture in the soil so plants don’t get exposed to too much sun and become malnourished. As a result, it also helps keep soil fertile as well as preventing weed growth. Mulching also gives the topsoil in your yard a more uniformed, clean look.

When it comes to determining how much mulch you need, you’ll first need to determine the size of the area that needs to be mulched. Calculate the length and width, then multiply the area by how deep you want your layer of mulch to be — somewhere between two and three inches is standard for your average yard. Finally, divide that number by 324 (since a single cubic yard of mulch will cover 324 square feet of ground that is one inch deep) and you’ll be left with how many cubic yards of mulch you need.

The quantity of mulch you need can also affect the type you purchase. If you need a large amount, standard options can cost as low as $2 a bag. High-quality mulch can cost up to $7 a bag. Affordable Landscape Supplies will help you determine what kind of mulch will have the best quality and be the most reasonable and effective type for your yard.

For more information on mulching and other gardening tips, call Affordable Landscape Supplies at (859) 586-9142 or visit them online. Conveniently open seven days a week, they’re readily available to help local residents with their landscape and gardening needs.