Mulch Man Prophecy

Our yard has lots of flower beds. The previous owners fancied themselves as amateur gardeners, though they used red mulch and white rocks in all the beds.

After two years, it was time to replace the mulch.

How do you do that?

Jen and I had never been faced with this before. How much mulch do we need? What kind? How do you figure out how much you need? How much does it cost?

We looked online and got some ideas/formulas and went to work measuring our yard. Total came out to around 20 yards. Price would be a little over $600.

Wow!

Is that a lot? Seems like a lot? How much is that really?

I started asking around at work. Most people were accustomed to jobs in the 5 - 7 yrd range, so twenty seemed a little over the top.

Ran the reactions by Jen and we decided to start with just 10 yrds. I placed the order and got it delivered.

The delivery guy was super nice and an expert at unloading mulch. He had the kind of service that made you want to order more right there on the spot.

Looking at the pile it looks both small and big. It looks small in the fact I know it won't cover all the areas we need to do, but looks big in the fact I'm glad we only got half of what we need and will have to spread this weekend.

With this amount of work, I'm probably going to need more beer.

- b