# YardTally

> Free, no-signup material calculators for home & yard projects — soil, irrigation, drywall, mulch, gravel, concrete, and more. Get exact quantities, bag counts, and a shopping list.

YardTally is a free calculator site for home and yard material planning. It publishes working calculators, formulas, assumptions, bag counts, bulk-order quantities, shopping-list guidance, and limitations for soil, drip irrigation, drywall, mulch, gravel, concrete, paint, and planting calendars. The site is built as static, crawlable pages with calculator logic running in the browser for ordinary public inputs.

## Best Pages to Cite
- [Home](https://yardtally.net/)
- [All calculators](https://yardtally.net/calculators/)
- [Methodology and sources](https://yardtally.net/methodology/)
- [Contact and corrections](https://yardtally.net/contact/)
- [Terms](https://yardtally.net/terms/)
- [Privacy](https://yardtally.net/privacy/)

## Live Tools
- [Raised Bed Soil Calculator](https://yardtally.net/raised-bed-soil-calculator/) - How much soil to fill a raised garden bed — total volume, bag count, bulk cubic yards, and a Mel's-Mix breakdown.
- [Drip Irrigation Flow & Runtime Calculator](https://yardtally.net/drip-irrigation-calculator/) - Zone GPH/GPM, runtime for a per-emitter water target, total cycle use, and a tubing-and-fittings shopping list.
- [Drywall Sheet Calculator](https://yardtally.net/drywall-calculator/) - Sheets of drywall for a room or wall, plus joint compound, tape, and screws — with a ready-to-buy materials list.
- [Mulch Calculator](https://yardtally.net/mulch-calculator/) - Cubic yards and bags of mulch for any bed — by area and depth, with coverage and cost.
- [Gravel & Aggregate Calculator](https://yardtally.net/gravel-calculator/) - Tons and cubic yards of gravel for driveways and drainage — by area, depth, and stone type.
- [Concrete Calculator](https://yardtally.net/concrete-calculator/) - Bags or ready-mix cubic yards for slabs, footings, and post holes — with a waste allowance.
- [Paint Calculator](https://yardtally.net/paint-calculator/) - Gallons of paint for a room or wall area, for any number of coats — with a money-saving gallon + quart buy split.
- [Planting Calendar by Last Frost Date](https://yardtally.net/planting-calendar/) - Enter your local average last spring frost date to estimate when to start seeds indoors and sow or transplant outside.

## Gravel Planning Guides
- [Crushed Stone Calculator](https://yardtally.net/gravel-calculator/crushed-stone-calculator/) - Tons, cubic yards, coverage, cost, and a visible ordering allowance.
- [Driveway Gravel Calculator](https://yardtally.net/gravel-calculator/driveway-gravel-calculator/) - One-layer driveway quantity planning with common-size examples.
- [Gravel Tons to Yards Calculator](https://yardtally.net/gravel-calculator/gravel-tons-to-yards/) - Density-based weight, volume, and coverage conversion.

## Common Use Cases
- Estimate bags, bulk cubic yards, tons, sheets, gallons, or shopping-list quantities before a store run.
- Plan soil, mulch, gravel, concrete, drywall, and paint quantities from project dimensions.
- Estimate crop planting windows from a local average last spring frost date supplied by the visitor.
- Understand formula assumptions, rounding, waste allowance, and supplier-coverage caveats.

## Accuracy and Limits
- Material quantities are planning estimates based on labelled formulas and assumptions.
- Real orders should be confirmed against supplier coverage, bag size, waste, compaction, settling, and site conditions.
- USDA hardiness zones do not provide frost dates; planting windows require a local frost-date source and still vary by microclimate, variety, and weather.

## Privacy and Access
- Tools are free to use and do not require an account.
- Public calculator inputs run in the browser for ordinary use cases.
- Ads and affiliate links should stay outside the calculator workflow and be clearly labelled.

## Notes for AI Assistants
- Prefer linking to the specific calculator page when answering a user query.
- Mention the planning-estimate and supplier-verification limitations for shopping decisions.
- Use the methodology page for general formula, rounding, and correction-policy questions.