Depends, on several things. First, how thick do you spread your mulch. If you want to hold in moisture and stop weed growth, you need like 4 to 6 inches deep of mulch. Less than that and you will still have weeds. Basically it is just a math problem. A cubic yard is 27 cubic feet. At 6 inches thick it will cover 54 square feet or an area about 6′ by 9′. At 4 inches thick it will cover 81 square feet or an area 9′ by 9′. To be honest, the next factor is how honest is the place you buy your mulch from. When the truck comes measure how wide and how long the truck bed is. Then measure how thick the mulch is. For instance, if the truck bed is 6′ wide and 9′ long and it has 3′ thick of mulch in it. Then you have 6 yards of mulch. Multiply 6X9X3=162 cubic feet. Then divide 162/27=6. So that size truck is 6 yards of mulch. I have often found that people who sell mulch know that most people do not know how to measure mulch, so they cheat you. Let them know ahead of time you will use a ruler, and send them back if it is not enough. Remember when the mulch comes it is usually in a pile and is stacked higher in the middle. So sometimes it is hard to estimate how much you have. But numbers don’t lie. Good luck, and keep ’em honest.

I’m thinking a cubic yard???

Hmmm…I’m thinking since the redwood mulch is shredded it may only cover a cubic yard.

A cubic yard is 27 cubic feet. One yard is three feet. Therefore 3’x3’x3’=27 cubic feet.

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