Mulch and organics

Mulch is shredded wood or bark you spread on top of soil around plants, trees, and garden beds.

Topsoil blend is screened dirt mixed with sand and compost to hit a loam texture.

Topsoil is the dark upper layer of soil where plants root.

Garden soil is topsoil that's been blended with compost and other organic amendments so plants have something rich to grow in.

Soil is the loose top layer of the ground.

Planting soil is dirt built for plants to grow in.

Organic compost is decomposed plant and animal matter that microbes have broken down into dark, crumbly humus.

Loam is dirt made of roughly 40% sand, 40% silt, and 20% clay.

Sand is loose grains of weathered rock, mostly quartz, sized between about 0.05 mm and 2 mm across.

A sand blend is sand mixed with compost or other organic matter, usually 70 to 80 percent sand by volume.

Manure is animal waste, usually from cows, horses, chickens, or sheep, that's been aged or composted so it's safe to work into your soil.

Peat is partially rotted plant matter that built up over thousands of years in cold, wet bogs.

Rubber mulch is shredded recycled tire rubber with the steel wire pulled out.

Turf enhancer is a fine compost blend made to feed the dirt under your lawn.