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Old 12-02-2007, 01:22 AM posted to rec.gardens
Jack[_5_] Jack[_5_] is offline
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Default Dealing with dirt

Hello,
This may sound nuts, but I have a problem with excess dirt.
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I am going to put soakaway drains in my yard to handle some poor drainage
conditions. I have a generally flat yard. The lot is about 3/4 acres.
It's a typical builders lot with about 4 inches of loam over sandy, clay,
rocky hardpan soil. Basically, its crap. I am going to be digging out a
couple of long trenches 2' wide x 2' deep, filling it with stone, etc
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The problem...what do I do with all the lousy soil that gets dug out?
Sounds like a crazy question, but I have no place to put it. I guess i need
some ideas on what can be done.
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Thank you for your time.