Installing a New Bed

[bob]

I usually don't make new beds, thats why I have this question. A customer wants 2 new beds. Each is 9 x 60 feet. I estimate 12 yards of mulch. Does this sound right. Existing beds are easier to estimate.

[Lanelle]

Twelve yards will do it. You may only need ten, but better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it.

[Randy Scott]

Length times width times depth (depth needs to be put into a fraction of a foot) then divide by 27 (cubic feet in a yard)


9x60x.30 (fraction of a foot)(.30 equals four inches) and divide by 27 (cubic feet in a yard)

equals 6.0 yards times 2 beds = 12 yards total

I'd go with four inches since it's a new bed.
Looks good to me bob, 12 is good.