Calculators for landscaping, the garden, and the lawn. The mulch calculator, the topsoil calculator, and the raised bed soil calculator turn length, width, and depth into cubic yards (27 cubic feet each) and bags. The gravel calculator adds tons at about 1.4 tons per cubic yard of crushed stone, the sod calculator gives square feet, pallets, and pieces, and the grass seed calculator gives pounds of seed by grass type for a new or thin lawn. For the woodpile, the firewood calculator shows how much of a 128 cubic foot cord is in a stack.
Enter the area and depth to get sand in cubic feet, cubic yards, pounds or tons, and 50 lb bags: a 12 x 10 ft patio needs 10 cu ft of bedding sand at 1 inch. Includes sand per 100 sq ft, the weight of a yard of sand, and depths for pavers, pool bases, and play sets.
Enter the length, width, and depth to get cubic yards, cubic feet, and cubic meters for a rectangle, circle, or triangle: a 10 x 10 ft area 3 inches deep is 25 cu ft, about 0.93 cubic yards. Includes a cubic-yards-by-area chart, bags per yard, and how much extra to order.
Enter your pool’s shape, size, and depths to get gallons, cubic feet, and liters, plus the fill time from your hose: a 32 x 16 ft pool from 3 to 8 ft deep holds about 21,065 gallons. Includes a gallons-by-size chart, kidney and freeform shortcuts, and tips for hoppers and above-ground pools.
Measure your lawn, pick a cool-season grass, and get pounds of seed for a new lawn or overseeding. Includes seeding rates per 1,000 sq ft from extension services, when to seed, and watering tips.
Measure your woodpile’s length, height, and piece length to see how many cords it really holds. Includes a cord chart by piece length, face cords and ricks explained, and how to check a delivery.
Measure your beds, pick a depth, and get your mulch order in cubic yards or 2 and 3 cu ft bags. Includes a coverage chart and the depth guidelines extension services recommend.
Enter your bed’s inside size and depth to get soil in cubic feet, cubic yards, and 1 or 1.5 cu ft bags, with 10 percent added for settling. Plus a size chart, depth by crop, and extension-recommended mixes.
Measure the area, pick a depth, and get topsoil in cubic yards or 0.75 and 1 cu ft bags. Includes depth guidance for lawns and beds from extension services and a quick chart per 1,000 sq ft.
Measure your lawn, add a small allowance for trimming, and get sod in pallets or pieces. Includes typical pallet sizes by sod format, a pallets-by-lawn-size chart, and prep and laying tips from extension services.
Enter the length, width, and depth to get gravel in cubic yards and tons. Includes depths by project, weight per cubic yard for common stone, a compaction allowance, and what makes good driveway gravel.