I just took my spindly 50 y/o azaleas down to knee-high level in front of my house. They call this "radical rejuvenation" and I know that it'll be good in a couple of years. In the meantime, I've got two spaces, one is 29' x 7' and the other is 25'x 7' that I need to cover with landscaping fabric and mulch....otherwise, I'll have about 700-800 oak sapling, 3000 phlox sprouts, and a host of briars, mock oranges, privets, and magnolias coming up in the beds in front of the house. Since I'll have to buy mulch, and I've never had to cover fabric with mulch before, I'm wondering how deep I'll need to go with it to block out the sun. Without fabric, I've heard it's a least 5", which would be a fortune in mulch. But, the guy at Lowe's told me an inch, but that doesn't seem sufficient.
Anyone have any pointers?
A bag of cypress mulch is 2 cu. ft for $2.25 + tax here. I reckon, at two inches deep, I should need about 36-40 bags. This calculator says 32: http://www.landscapecalculator.com/calculators/mulch
Anyone have any pointers?
A bag of cypress mulch is 2 cu. ft for $2.25 + tax here. I reckon, at two inches deep, I should need about 36-40 bags. This calculator says 32: http://www.landscapecalculator.com/calculators/mulch
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