Four bales of straw equal a yard of mulch. Straw bales from a farm store or outlet that supplies farmers cost around $5 to $6 per bale, or $20 to $24 per cubic yard. Rubber mulch is recycled from ...

Luckily for those of us on the fence about picking a mulcher or a chipper, there are an increasing number of combination chipper/mulchers, which can churn all your yard cleanup into mulch.