Re: OT: soil
- To: iris-talk@onelist.com
- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] OT: soil
- From: I*@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 6 Sep 1999 14:38:58 EDT
From: Iarejan@aol.com
In a message dated 9/6/99 11:58:55 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
dkramb@badbear.com writes:
<< n the middle of my backyard (where I am putting the new bed) about 2 ft.
down I hit pure sand. Now I live in the middle of a suburb and I'm on top
of a hill. I can't imagine that sand is there naturally....but it is quite
some distance from the house (30 ft?) do you really think it could be that
the builders dumped it there and then plowed over top with 2 ft. of soil??
The house was built in 1970 if that changes anything. >>\
Dennis,
Two things come to mind...yes, builders dump all kinds of junk when
they're building...I know because we keep digging up bricks and brick
fragments all over the yard from a foot down or so. Don't they use sand in
stucco and cement? If so, that coudl be where they dumped the extra. The
other possiblity...prehistoric golf course sand traps or neanderthal
sandboxes <g>.
Janet Natale
zone 8 of SC where it's 87 and humid again (sigh)
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