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Mulch is cheaper upfront and better for plant health; rock costs more on day one but almost nothing afterward. As […]

There are 27 cubic feet in a cubic yard. A yard is 3 feet, so a cubic yard is 3

A 12 × 12 foot patio is 144 square feet, which takes about 713 standard 4×8-inch pavers including 10% extra

A cubic yard of river rock weighs about 2,400 to 2,800 pounds (1.2 to 1.4 tons) depending on stone size.

A ton of gravel covers roughly 100–110 square feet at 2 inches deep, about 70 square feet at 3 inches,

A cubic yard of topsoil weighs about 2,000 to 2,200 pounds (1 to 1.1 tons) when dry, and up to

A cubic yard of mulch equals 13.5 bags of the standard 2-cubic-foot size sold at Home Depot and Lowe’s. If