Sure, glad to help. Although don't miss Pam post - you probably only need
to amend the soil not replace it which will be cheaper and easier.

"Darby Wiggins" wrote in message
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Burl (and all others)
thanks! At first I thought that 75 bags was a bit much, but you got the
point.

Darby

Burl wrote:

Bob,

I think Darby means that it's 5 or 6 feet long by 2.5 feet wide with an
unspecified depth.

So (6 x 2.5) = 15 square feet. I'm just going to assume that it's 6
inches
deep so that's only 7.5 cubic feet. I'd guess that 7 bags would be
enough.
You won't need a full bag for each pot but if you just figured one bag
each
and used the extra in the front you should be well covered.

If I understand correctly you're saying that you don't need to do
anything
with the 2' x 3' area?

Buy 10 bags.

Burl

"Bob Provencher" wrote in message
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"Darby Wiggins" wrote in message
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The front area has never had any good soil, so I anticipate needing
to
dig out a lot of bad soil and replacing it with good soil. How thick
of
a layer of new soil should I use? Also, the area is shaped like a
kidney
bean cut in half. Its about 5 maybe 6 feel long and at best 2.5
feet
deep. I want to put seeds of asylum and forget-me-not there and see
what happens.

5 x 6 x 2.5 would be 75 cubic feet. That's 75 bags, if you only want
to
go
down a foot that would be 30 bags, 6 inches, 15 bags.

If you're going for the full 2.5 feet deep, I'd forget about that bags
and
have someone deliver 3 yards of soil (1 yard is 27 cubic feet). Also,
rent
a backhoe to dig it out .

The back had new Miracle Gro soil put in it last year and its maybe
2' x
3'. I also plan to use 2-3 pots that are about 12" in diameter at
the
lip and about a foot tall. I assume I don't need to put all dirt in
this
and can use some med. sized pebbles for drainage....

6 bags per foot of depth of dirt here.

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