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Garden Soil Amendments to Improve Drainage

Garden Soil Amendments
Great garden soil provides not only the support to hold up your plants but it also provides essential nutrients, moisture and oxygen. All of these elements are crucial for healthy plants, trees and shrubs. But, unless the texture of the dirt allows for adequate drainage, your plants may be denied some or all of these […]
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In Utah, Lawn Fertilizer Use Requires Care and Diligence

Lawn Fertilizer
In Utah, lawn fertilizer use is a frequent necessity. Our abysmal soil offers little help for turf grasses struggling to survive during the Northern Utah summer. Unless performed correctly, however, fertilization can be harmful to local ecosystems and the overall environment. The best approach is to choose a product that is designed for local growing […]
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Why a Mulch Delivery Now Ensures a Healthy Garden Later

Mulch Delivery
Today’s mulch delivery almost guarantees that your garden will thank you later. Mulch is important for enhancing the health and appearance of your landscape and garden this season, but you will enjoy its benefits long after this year has passed. Why Is Mulch So Darned Important? Two words: Utah soils. In Northern Utah and all […]
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Use Landscaping Rock for a Water-Wise Xeriscape Project

Landscaping Rock
Landscaping rock and decorative gravel provide the perfect backdrop for installing a water-saving xeriscape at your home or business. Xeriscaping has become a popular substitute for traditional landscape designs because it provides a host of benefits for the environment as well as your budget. Here in Northern Utah, this beautiful style of planting fits perfectly […]
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When Should You Choose Garden Soil Over Potting Soil?

Garden Soil vs. Potting Soil
You often hear the terms garden soil and potting soil or potting mix used interchangeably; however, these are two very different products. For all of your gardening and landscape projects, using the right type of dirt can make all the difference for growing beautiful, healthy plants that require less water and maintenance. What is Potting Soil or […]
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Use “Garden Soil Plus” for Raised-Bed Planter Success

Raised Bed Planter Success
Good, rich garden soil is the secret to success when creating above-ground planter beds. Raised-bed gardening is all the rage today in Northern Utah, thanks in large part to the questionable quality of our native soils. But this approach to gardening has several other benefits as well. Unfortunately, even the most well-designed raised beds won’t […]
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Play Sand Projects Bring Big Fun for Summer

Covered Sandbox
As spring moves toward summer, the orders for play sand delivery start rolling in. Sure, our fleet of delivery trucks is still busy with top soil, gravel, mulch and sod deliveries some of the time. But the appeal of summer afternoons spent playing outside with the family really motivate our customers’ creativity. The play sand […]
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Easy & Effective Lawn Fertilization with Our Four-Step System

Lawn Fertilization Tips
Ah, springtime, when lawn fertilization brings the promise of vibrant, healthy turf that endures well into the fall. We all know that it’s important to fertilize our turf and grass each year, to ensure its ongoing health and well-being. In talking with our customers, however, we learned that many of you are confused about which […]
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Mulch, Compost and Garden Soil Delivery in Time for Spring

Mulch, Compost, and Garden Soil Delivery
Springtime means planting, and a garden soil delivery from The Dirt Bag is just what Mother Nature ordered! Now that warm weather is returning to northern Utah, you’re probably anxious to get your flower beds, planter boxes and gardens ready for action. To give your plants the best growing environment this year, you’ll need soil […]
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Hooray! Utah Sod Season Has Arrived!

Utah Sod Season
Here at The Dirt Bag, we welcome Utah’s sod season like the Whos welcome Christmas to Whoville (minus the strange instruments, of course). Each year, when mid-March approaches, we clear out a big space at our West Jordan headquarters and wait in breathless anticipation for the turf to arrive. Yes, you might say we get […]
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