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Landscape Creation by Steve

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Landscape Creation by Steve

1061 Davidson Lane
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13 years of experience

Landscape Creations by Steve offers landscape designs that will help create a scenic setting, as well as bring ideas together for you to consider. We work with our customers to understand What landscaping is actually needed. Our staff are trained perform in a professional manner and are graded on their performance. We consider every customer a part of our family and would like make landscaping experience enjoyable.

Landscape Creations by Steve offers landscape designs that will help create a scenic setting, as well as bring ideas together for you to consider. We work with our customers to understand What landscaping is actually needed. Our staff are trained perform in a professional manner and are graded on their performance. We consider every customer a part of our family and would like make landscaping experience enjoyable.

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Mulch and Topsoil questions, answered by experts

Topsoil should go down first. If the topsoil is next to your house, make sure the grade slopes away from the house to keep water from pooling against your foundation and possibly leaking into your basement or crawl space. Don’t cover your decorative landscape mulch with topsoil as that defeats the purpose of laying down the mulch. If you’re trying to create a certain soil composition to improve plant growth, you’ll likely want compost mixed into the topsoil instead of mulch. Over time, any decorative wood mulch will simply decompose under the topsoil.

Topsoil provides plants with essential nutrients, water, and air for healthy root growth. It offers a rich ecosystem of microorganisms that improve soil quality and structure. For existing lawns, ¼ inch of topdressing can enhance root growth and support new seed. For gardens, two inches of topsoil can promote strong growth and crops.

When you purchase mulch for delivery, it’s usually by the cubic yard, so you’ll want to convert your space to cubic yards to get the right amount. First, determine the square footage of the area you want to cover, and then determine how deep the bed of mulch will be—a good rule of thumb is around three inches. Multiply your square footage in feet by the depth in inches and divide by 324. You may want to add a ½ to one additional cubic yard to ensure you have enough.

Mulch is widely available and affordable. You can find it online or at most local home improvement stores.

Yes, it is possible to add too little mulch. Anything less than 1 inch will likely result in too little coverage around your plants, allowing weeds to grow through and minimizing the positive effects that a deeper bed of mulch would have, like maintaining proper soil moisture and insulating the ground.

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