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Travis · 05-08-2012, 08:44 AM posted to rec.gardens

On Thu, 02 Aug 2012 07:59:08 -0700, wrote:

I'm slowly converting my tiny suburban back area into a garden.

Progress is slowed because of a chronic problem of landscapers dumping
unused overburden on it.

I understand why, because our local landfill charges $200 a yard to dump
the stuff. (Ask Me How I Know This.)

I shovel and vacuum the dirt up off the clay, but a month later, I'm
gifted with another half-a-yard of fill dirt, neatly distributed over
the surface and pushed into the crawlspace under an outbuilding.

Every week for the last decade, I've filled my garbage can full of this
soil but the amount in the back yard is a constant, not a variable. The
next larger trash can would cost me an additional $30 a month, which I
don't have to spare.

I have a Freecycle ad offering this clean fill but I have no takers.

How would you solve this problem?

Thanks!

--Winston

I smell a troll.

--

Travis in Shoreline Washington