What we carry in our current landscape
materials product line
Cedar Grove Compost - This well known product is
ideal for adding life back to old or worn out soils. As
landscape gardeners, one of the most common mistakes
we see are folks trying to garden in bad
soil! West Seattle has lots of various soil types, but
sandy or heavy clay soils seem to be the most common.
Especially in sandy soils, adding compost helps put
nutrients back that have been lost over time, or just
never were there. In addition, adding an organic product
such as Cedar grove compost will help sandy soils retain
moisture a bit longer by keeping them from draining quite
as quickly. We do recommend that you either rototill or
hand fork the compost into the soil to mix it in, but you
can also put it around established plantings, as a mulch,
or use it under a mulch such as Steerco or bark. We
can bag this or our other products for you as well!
Cedar Grove Garden-Vegetable Mix - Another fine
product is this 3 part blend of Topsoil, Sandy Loam, and
Cedar Grove Compost. It is
a very rich soil, perfect for planting new beds, planters,
flower gardens, or vegetable gardens. It is also ideal for
overseeding lawns or under new sod, as it is pretty well
screened and doesn't have a lot of debris in it. We sell
more of this than any of our products and people have
been very happy with it. We think it's the finest
Garden Soil/Topsoil we've found by the yard
FALL IS THE BEST TIME TO MULCH YOUR GARDEN
BEDS !
Mulching accomplishes several things. If you use a
product like Steerco ( below ) it adds nutrients like
nitrogen back to the soil as it decomposes. Equally
important in Seattle, it also helps protect root zones
of borderline plants over the winter, as well as helping
hold moisture in the soi
Steerco Mulch - This fine locally produced product is a
blend of very fine bark mulch and composted manure. It
has a nice medium brown color, not as reddish as bark
mulch, so it looks very nice when used as a
top-dressing/mulch in planter beds. Because it is partly
composted manure, it also has around 1% nitrogen, so
helps put some nutrients back in the soil. Woody plants
such as Rhodies, azaelas, nandinas, viburnum and
others seem to thrive with this as their mulch. We have
been using this product exclusively as our mulch choice
for over 5 years and have been very happy with it. It also
does a fine job of helping retain important moisture in the
soil during our dryer summer months.
Medium Fine Beauty Bark - A northwest classic, used
in many yards because of it's cedar red color. We
recommend that if you do use it, that you spread some
compost underneath it around your established plantings
before putting down the bark, as bark by itself will not
provide any nutrients to your plants.
Playchip Shavings
Clean wood chips, ideal for use around childrens' play
areas, for garden pathways, or for woodland area mulch
Builder's Sand - Excellent for use in rototilling into
heavy clay soils along with compost to facilitate drainage,
in mixing concrete, or under flagstone, pavers or bricks
for creating patios. A medium sand, light brown in color.
Also used for children's play areas!
5/8 Minus Ledge Rock Gravel - This gravel product is
widely used as a base course for installing patios,
pavers, flagstone, and concrete. It is a mixture of 5/8-3/4
ledge rock gravel, and fine particulate, so it will compact
very solidly with a plate compactor, hand compaction or
just by driving over it with a vehicle. It makes an excellent
base ( before final levelling with sand ) for putting down
pavers and such, as you can level it well, then compact it
and prevent future lumps, dips and holes in your paver or
flagstone patio.
Many people use it as driveway gravel for the same
reason, and with good results. If you don't like the look of
the fine particles, you can top coat it with a thinner layer
of washed gravel and still have a very firm driveway or
walking path surface.
5/8- 3/4" Washed Gravel ( Chip Rock ) - Your classic
gravel, washed so that it is fairly clean right from the
beginning. Used in driveway's, paths, etc. It will provide
a fairly stable surface as it gets driven and walked on, but
not a firm as the 5/8 minus will. Because of its cut, more
angular shapes, it is a better choice than pea gravel for
most walking paths as it will tend to be more stable.
3/8" Pea Gravel ( Available in 50# Bags or
by Delivery only - not in stock in bulk at our yard )
Small rounded "pea shaped" gravel. Many like it for
pathways, between raised garden beds, etc.
3/4 - 1 1/2" Drain ( River ) Rock - Recommended for
drainage lines, french drains, trench drains etc. Washed
smaller diameter river rock, it leaves air/water gaps
between it, so will allow water to filter through and
percolate into the soil or perforated drain lines. Not
recommended for driveways or pathways, as it doesn't
pack in well, and will not be a stable surface for driving or
walking. It is used for decorative purposes by many in
dry/wet stream beds, small ponds, around fountains, etc.
Decorative Rock Products
Flagstone and Rockery
Rock
Please see our "Stone Products" page for a listing
of all our decorative stone!
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