Yard and garden calculators
How much to buy, in bags, cubic yards or tons. Every calculator runs in your browser, shows the arithmetic, and lists the typical values it uses with the university guides they come from.
Mulch and soil
For beds and borders: how much to buy, in bags or bulk.
- Bags of mulch in a yardChart: yards to 1.5, 2 and 3 cu ft bags
- Pine straw calculatorBales for your beds
- Compost calculatorNew beds, top-dressing, lawns
- Raised bed soil calculatorFill a bed, with the mix
- Potting soil calculatorQuarts and bags for your pots
Units, in one place
| 1 cubic yard | 27 cubic feet: 13.5 bags of 2 cu ft, 9 bags of 3 cu ft |
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| 1 cubic foot | 1,728 cubic inches, about 25.7 dry quarts or 7.5 gallons |
| 1 inch deep over 100 sq ft | 8.3 cubic feet, about 0.31 cubic yards |
| 3 inches deep over 100 sq ft | 25 cubic feet, about 0.93 cubic yards |
Estimates. Bag sizes, material density and settling vary; confirm quantities with your supplier.