When I bought mulch to put under/around the swing set a couple years ago, I bought the certified playground mulch (because of state daycare licensing requirements).
When I bought it, I asked the owner of the company what is different about this mulch that makes it 'certified' for playground use. He explained the process he had to go through sending a load of it to a lab in Lansing for them to test it. When the lab tested it, they had about 18" of sand, X number of inches of pea gravel on top of that and then about 12" of this mulch he was trying to have certified on top of it all. It cost him $1,000's to have it done.
When all is said and done, the playground mulch is not much, if any, different than other mulch. It's just mulch, a.k.a. woodchips.
I ordered 18 yards of it and had to put about 8" of it under/around the swing set and any other toys higher than 30" off the ground. The rest of it I used in my flower beds.
Now, 3 years later, it's all gone. Time to start over! :yes:
When I bought it, I asked the owner of the company what is different about this mulch that makes it 'certified' for playground use. He explained the process he had to go through sending a load of it to a lab in Lansing for them to test it. When the lab tested it, they had about 18" of sand, X number of inches of pea gravel on top of that and then about 12" of this mulch he was trying to have certified on top of it all. It cost him $1,000's to have it done.
When all is said and done, the playground mulch is not much, if any, different than other mulch. It's just mulch, a.k.a. woodchips.
I ordered 18 yards of it and had to put about 8" of it under/around the swing set and any other toys higher than 30" off the ground. The rest of it I used in my flower beds.
Now, 3 years later, it's all gone. Time to start over! :yes:
