Mulch Organics
We deliver every gradeManure
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. Fresh manure is wet, heavy, and hot with nitrogen, so it can burn plant roots if you spread it straight from the barn. Once it sits and breaks down for a few months, it turns dark, crumbly, and mild enough to mix into a garden bed or top-dress a lawn.
The word "manure" on its own doesn't tell you which animal it came from or how far along the composting went, and both of those things change how you use it. Cow manure is the most common because dairy farms move so much of it. Horse manure often shows up with sawdust or straw mixed in. Chicken manure is the strongest of the bunch, so you spread less of it per square foot. A screened, fully composted load costs more than a raw pile scraped out of a stall, and it's worth the extra if you're putting it on food crops.
What people use it for
How to choose within manure
How much depth
2 to 3 inches is the sweet spot. Deeper starves the roots; thinner lets weeds through.
Color hold
Dyed mulches keep their color for a season, sometimes two. Natural mulch fades to grey within a few months.
Fine vs. coarse
Fine mulch breaks down into soil faster. Coarse mulch lasts longer and stays put on a slope.
All manure grades
Other mulch organics families
Mulch
We deliverMulch is shredded wood or bark you spread on top of soil around plants, trees, and garden beds.
Organic Compost
We deliverOrganic compost is decomposed plant and animal matter that microbes have broken down into dark, crumbly humus.
Topsoil Blend
We deliverTopsoil blend is screened dirt mixed with sand and compost to hit a loam texture.
Topsoil
We deliverTopsoil is the dark upper layer of soil where plants root.
Garden Soil
We deliverGarden soil is topsoil that's been blended with compost and other organic amendments so plants have something rich to grow in.
Soil
We deliverSoil is the loose top layer of the ground.
Loam
We deliverLoam is dirt made of roughly 40% sand, 40% silt, and 20% clay.
Planting Soil
We deliverPlanting soil is dirt built for plants to grow in.
Mulch Organics Sand
We deliverSand is loose grains of weathered rock, mostly quartz, sized between about 0.05 mm and 2 mm across.
Mulch Organics Sand Blend
We deliverA sand blend is sand mixed with compost or other organic matter, usually 70 to 80 percent sand by volume.
Peat
We deliverPeat is partially rotted plant matter that built up over thousands of years in cold, wet bogs.
Rubber Mulch
We deliverRubber mulch is shredded recycled tire rubber with the steel wire pulled out.