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Phisherman[_3_] · 05-06-2010, 01:14 PM posted to rec.gardens

On Tue, 1 Jun 2010 12:35:33 -0400, (MICHELLE H.)
wrote:

Hello All,

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In the winter, the neighbors next to him dumped piles of rock salt/ice
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The soil is contaminated. You got two (maybe three) choices...

1. Wait until the salt leaches out. This may take some time
depending on your rainfall, but cost you nothing.

2. Replace the top soil. This is much more involved. You can hire a
landscaping company to do much of the grunt work. I would show the
neighbor the bill and tell him if it happens again, he pays. Suggest
using a nitrogen salt (fertilizer) or ashes for traction instead of
the rock salt.

3. Consider groundcovers that can tolerate salt.