Originally Posted by Childminder:
Mine does also so I went to the county road commission and they have wood chips free for the taking. I have also had tree trimmers just dump their truck in my drive if working in my area (for free) and use the mulch for my 12inches of depth. Then we tamped it down with a tamper and covered the entire area with outdoor marine carpet fastened down with landscape staples that we got off craigslist for $60. All together with the staples we spent $72 to mulch and carpet the 24x32 playground.
Where are you guys finding such awesome deals on carpet? I looked at Lowe's and Home Depot and their instock outdoor carpet was $5/linear foot for the cheap fake grass stuff?