About Yard & Board

What Yard & Board is

Yard & Board is a set of calculators for home and yard projects. Type in your measurements and get an answer in the units you actually buy in: cubic yards of mulch, cubic yards of topsoil, board feet of lumber, deck boards, fence posts and rails, and gallons of stain. We launched in July 2026 with 6 calculators.

Why it exists

Most material calculators online give you a number and stop there. They don't say where the coverage rate came from or what depth assumption they used. You're left trusting a black box.

We built Yard & Board because we wanted a tool that shows its work instead. Every calculator on this site is backed by a published source — university extension services, manufacturer spec sheets, and industry standards — listed on the methodology page next to the number it supports.

The sourcing promise

Every constant we use, mulch depth, topsoil coverage, lumber sizing, stain coverage rates, is listed on the methodology page with its source.

The calculators run entirely in your browser. Your measurements never get sent to a server or stored anywhere. Close the tab and the data is gone.

Why it matters beyond the math

Getting the numbers right saves you a second trip to the store for more mulch or topsoil, and it keeps deck and fence work on spec instead of redone later. That's the reasoning behind every calculator on this site: give you a number you can build from.

Who's behind this

Yard & Board is a small, independently run site, not a landscaping company or a lumber yard. We list our sources on the methodology page so you don't have to hunt for the numbers project by project.

We don't have affiliate links live today. If we add them later, some outbound links may earn a commission at no extra cost to you, but that won't change which sources we cite or what we recommend.

Get in touch

Email us at contact@yardandboard.com with questions, corrections, or a source we got wrong.

Results here are planning estimates, not professional advice. Building codes and site conditions vary by location, so confirm structural work, like deck framing or fence post depth, with your local permit office or a licensed contractor before you build.

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