What went into it?
A real answer names the inputs. "Forest products" or "recycled wood" is not an answer.
Products
Bulk landscape materials by the cubic yard. We grind mulch from local land-clearing wood, make our soil blends and Casco Compost at the yard, and dig our sand from Casco's own pits. Gravel we stock. Pick up at the yard or have it delivered, with no minimum order, and we can split a load across materials.
Mulch
Four mulches, bulk by the cubic yard: aged native, black, red, and cedar.
Aged Native Mulch
Native hardwood, aged three to six months, finished through a 1.5 inch screen.
$30 per cubic yardView product
Black Mulch
Aged native hardwood, dyed black with a carbon-based colorant.
$35 per cubic yardView product
Red Mulch
Clean kiln-dried two-by-fours, hand-picked, dyed with an iron-based colorant.
$35 per cubic yardView product
Cedar Mulch
100% natural Texas cedar, bought in finished. The reddish-brown is the wood, not dye.
$42 per cubic yardView productSoil blends
Three blends and one straight topsoil, all screened to half-inch minus.
Garden Mix
Our compost, our humus, and sand. Built for beds and containers.
$37 per cubic yardView product
Lawn Mix
Our own loamy sand, compost, and humus for sod, seed, and topdressing.
$36 per cubic yardView product
Tree & Shrub Mix
Sandy loam topsoil, compost, and humus for planting beds and root balls.
$34 per cubic yardView product
Screened Sandy Loam Topsoil
Darker-brown topsoil, dug here and screened to half-inch minus.
$45 per cubic yardView productCompost
Casco Compost: small batch, made from recycled organic material, screened to half-inch minus.
Sand
Screened Bank Sand, dug on this property, with the clay chunks taken out.
Rock and gravel
Black Star Gravel and decomposed granite, stocked here in one to four yard loads.
Buyer checklist
Five questions to ask anyone selling you landscape material
How long, and how hot?
Pathogen kill takes sustained heat. Quality takes months of curing after it. If it is hot at the point of sale it is still composting.
Can I see the pile it came off?
A yard that makes its own material can walk you to the pile and let you handle it before it is loaded.
What does it smell like?
Earth is a pass. Vinegar, ammonia, or sulfur is a fail.
Where did the raw material come from?
Wood, manure, and food waste that would otherwise be thrown away can come back as mulch and compost. Ask.
We can answer all five here. We name every input, we hold material for months, and we make it from local wood, manure, and food waste that would otherwise be thrown out.