Re: topsoil for a new lawn and garden
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: topsoil for a new lawn and garden
- From: M* L*
- Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2001 09:11:42 -0600
Are you sure the topsoil you're having hauled in is any good? Stuff they
sell for topsoil in this area is crap they've scraped off the
desert. Margaret L
At 08:53 PM 4/10/01 -0500, you wrote:
>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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