"Mike Lyle" wrote in message
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Agreed. People seem to get misled into buying topsoil (or, I'm afraid,
"topsoil") far too often these days: they rarely need it. "Turf.
Rotovators. Landscape fabric. Decking. Blue fences...Mutter, mutter...
telly makeovers...mutter, mutter...ripoff...mutter..." /Old fart mode

I bought a ton of topsoil to raise the level of a low patch but it was full
of perennial weeds. However the bagged stuff from the garden centre
(sterilised topsoil) is handy for making up a soil-based compost for e.g.
fuschias.

R.