The Compost Bin

This year, to celebrate Earth Day, I ordered a big pile of Earth and had it dumped in my driveway.

What...? Isn't that what your supposed to do?

I was looking over the Compost Bin stats the other day and noticed that lots of people who are searching for the keywords "Buy Compost New Jersey" wind up at my site. So it's probably a good idea to help those people out.

I'm really don't buy compost anymore but when I did, I went with MulchExpressUSA. When I first built my raised beds and when I first cut up my grass to make border beds, I needed lots and lots of compost. So I bought it by the truck load. MulchExpressUSA has nice quality bulk compost in Bergen County New Jersey and I never had any complaints.

Now, I make all of my own compost, mostly from leaves and coffee grinds. And if I do need some extra compost, I'll just buy a few bags at a big box store.

I still buy mulch from these guys though and their mulch is great too. In fact they just sent me a letter saying that due to the price increase of gas that they're going to have to raise delivery prices this year. But since I'm a loyal customer (I bought 35 yards of mulch last year) I can lock in an order at the old prices if I do it before the end of April.

And good customer service is always something that gets my attention. So I have no problem recommending them to everyone who's searching for compost or mulch in New Jersey.

After getting 20 Yards of Mulch dumped in my driveway, you would think that I’d be all mulched out. Well you’d be wrong if you thought that. That was just the appetizer, now I’m on to the main course.

I got another 15 yards of mulch delivered this week because I grossly underestimated what I needed to create border gardens along most of my property line and also around the pool. Plus I also like to put mulch down around my vegetable garden beds to give it a neat look.

Getting the first 20 yards spread out took it’s toll on my back and I lost a good wheel barrow/garden cart in the process (cracked axel). But now that I can stand upright again I’m ready for more gardening! As far as the hauling goes, all I needed was a quick trip to Costco and about 1 hour of assembly time and now I’m back in action with a brand new wheel barrow. (my third in three years!)

The mulch must go on...

Before


After

Mulch is awesome. Look at how it made this empty bed come alive. Those green things that haven't flowered yet are purple and white Zurel Tulips. And after the tulips fade away, the bed is also filled with hostas.

I only have another 19.8 yards of mulch to spread before I can park in my driveway again.