Re: topsoil for a new lawn and garden
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- Subject: Re: topsoil for a new lawn and garden
- From: M* T*
- Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2001 02:24:26 -0400
Well, Howard, when we specify that a contractor install top soil, the
minimum is 6". I'd say that was min. and you can go deeper if you
can afford it. When you do buy in soil, buy it from a company that
specializes in this and will certify the mix..they do exist; use your
yellow pages. You can specify any mix you want of any type of soils
available. Watch out for silty soil. I once bought quite a bit and
told them I wanted x percent of coarse sand added. Was assured that
the soil was already sandy. Well, it was, but in the form of fine,
silty sand. Lovely black stuff - fluffy as all get out when
delivered; rich and when moist very workable. BUT when that stuff
dries out, it would rival concrete in consistency.
Topsoil ain't cheap, so make durn sure you get what you want.
Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
mtalt@clark.net
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> From: Howard Zalkin <zalkin@purdue.edu>
> Date: Tuesday, April 10, 2001 9:53 PM
>
> I am leaving my house and garden of the past 30 years and moving to
a newly
> constructed house not too far away. The soil in this area,
Lafayette
> Indiana, is an awful heavy clay. My old perennial beds have been
amended
> with compost so often that the soil is now rich and fertile. For
the new
> house I am having the dirt from the excavation hauled away to be
replaced
> with top soil or black dirt. The question is, what is a good
amount (in
> inches) of top soil or black dirt to have brought in for the new
yard?
> Since the entire yard (excluding the house, driveway, etc) is only
about
> 7,500 sq ft, I was planning to have a uniform coverage of topsoil
for lawn
> and the areas with flower beds and shrubs.
>
> Howard Zalkin
> Lafayette, Indiana z4-5
>
>
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