Expert advice on soil, mulch, gravel, and everything you need to get your Gig Harbor project done right.
Hog fuel is the coarse, cheap ground bark and wood mix that covers playgrounds, horse arenas, muddy paddocks and paths for a fraction of the cost of decorative bark. What it is, where to use it, and real Kitsap prices.
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Cedar chips, arborist chips, fir bark, hog fuel, bark dust: what each one actually is, what Kitsap yards stock, and which wood mulch to use where. With real Harbor Soils prices.
Screened, fully finished, and the lowest-priced compost in our yard. How to use fine compost on lawns, garden beds, and raised beds, with real rates and prices.
Quarter minus is the finest crushed gravel we sell: it compacts into a firm, smooth, almost-paved surface. When to use it for paths and flagstone, and when not to.
Round drain rock or clean crushed rock? The right size for French drains, retaining walls, and dry wells, whether you need filter fabric, and real Harbor Soils prices.
The two best windows to apply compost in the Pacific Northwest, plus how much to add for vegetables, perennials, lawns, and new beds. Extension-backed timing with real Harbor Soils prices.
Sandy soil drains too fast, starving plants of water and nutrients. Here's how to fix it with the right amendments, real Harbor Soils prices, and Extension-backed methods for PNW gardens.
Waterlogged soil is a fixable PNW problem. From compost amendment to French drains, here's how to solve standing water in Kitsap yards, with real Harbor Soils prices and Extension-backed methods.
Garden mix is a pre-blended base fill (topsoil + compost). Mushroom compost is a soil amendment. Different jobs. For a new raised bed, garden mix wins; for an existing bed refresh, mushroom compost wins. Real Harbor Soils $61.99 vs $74.99 pricing.
Cow manure compost is aged dairy manure with bedding, broken down into a near-neutral, nitrogen-rich amendment. PNW guide: real $56.99/yd Harbor Soils pricing, NPK and pH from extension sources, application rates for vegetable beds, lawns, and raised beds.
Fish compost is a premium PNW soil amendment made from composted salmon byproducts and bark. Slow-release nitrogen, calcium-rich, near-neutral pH, virtually odorless after curing. Real $113.99/yd Harbor Soils pricing and how it differs from liquid fish fertilizer.
Mushroom compost is spent mushroom substrate sold as a slow-release soil amendment. PNW guide: what's in it, what plants love it, what plants don't, real Harbor Soils $74.99/yd pricing, and application rates for vegetable beds, lawns, and clay soil.
