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2. Add mounds to flat areas. If you're stuck with a perfectly flat yard, a mounded "island" of earth is a great place to isolate and display plantings, yard ornaments, boulders or other eye-catching features. A yard with contours looks more natural than a flat yard. Order a dump truck's worth of topsoil for about $200, or use fill generated from patio or pond excatavations.