When it comes to springtime yard activities, you may have to get your hands dirty, but The Home Depot is making yard projects easier with new online tools. Tech-savvy calculators and problem solving guides are now available online to help you tackle these tasks with ease and take the guesswork out of the equation.
For your grass, garden and yard projects, these two digital tools will likely become your new best friends. Introducing the Mulch and Top Soil Calculator and the Weed, Plant and Pest Problem Solver.
Mulch and Top Soil Calculator
Mulch is one of the best things to add to your garden to help plants prosper. While protecting from natural elements and reducing the upkeep required, these wood or rubber chips add the perfect finishing touch to your yard. The challenge with adding mulch comes down to determining the amount you need. Assessing the size of your yard is not as easy as it looks, and the last thing you want to realize after a day of landscaping is that you don’t have enough mulch to finish your project.
Whether you prefer to use wood mulch (which helps enrich the soil) or rubber mulch (which lasts for a longer period of time) the first step is deciding the amount you need. Look no further than The Home Depot’s Mulch and Top Soil Calculator. In three easy steps, you can determine exactly what you need. First, pick your type of mulch or top soil, next calculate the area you’re wishing to cover and finally, enter how deep you’d like the material to go. Simply click “Calculate” and you’re all set. You can even email your results for safe keeping.
Have a big yard? Home Depot also offers mulch in bulk with delivery right to your door. Now you can save the heavy lifting for another project.
Weed, Plant and Pest Problem Solver
Now that your yard looks great, the goal shifts to keeping it that way. This can be hard when unwanted weeds sprout up or undesired insects appear. In an effort to help you find the perfect solution to a wide range of problems, The Home Depot developed the Weed, Plant and Pest Problem Solver. A solution is just a few questions away: start with defining your location, pest/weed problem or product, and you’ll be directed to a recommended solution and the product you need. This tool is great for gardens, but can also solve issues in other locations such as indoor and home perimeter, lawn and patio, driveway or other hardscapes.
The next time you spot an undesirable critter roaming around your roses or a weed creeping its way into your driveway crack, pull up the tool on your phone or computer and take the guesswork out of selecting the right product.
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