MICHELLE H. wrote:
Anyone know of any companies that sell GOOD and cheap bagged
topsoil/fill?? Almost everyone near me has the "Scotts Premium
Topsoil" for around $2 bucks a bag, but the stuff is crap!! I bought
some last year, and when I opened the bag, it wasn't even dirt/soil,
or was more like all mulch and peat!!! TONS of sticks and mulch in
there, even though the bag says "contains no sticks", the stuff is
junk!!


Home Depot sells some generic topsoil for about $1.50 a bag, but that
stuff sucks as well. The dirt is always wet, and smelly, and loaded
with debris like ieces of plastic, rocks, etc, etc. Same with the "Ace
Hardware" topsoil which is about $3 bucks a bag, the stuff is wet,
smelly, and loaded with debris.


The "Garden Centers" near me have good brands like organic "Fosters",
"Fafard", "Moo Moo Dirt" and "Lobster Compost", the problem is they
are like $5 - $8 bucks per bag!!


In my yard, the former owners, many years ago had a very long flower
bed on the side of the house. When we moved in, there were no flowers
there. It is all grass now. The problem is, there is a big long deep
rut there now where the flower bed was. The ditch/rut is about 30
feet LONG, 2-3 feet WIDE, and about 1-2 feet DEEP.


We want to fill this in, because when it rains the rut fills with
water. When you mow the lawn there, the mower scalps the grass on the
sides of the rut/ditch. I know the best way to fill this in, would be
to just call a landscaping company and have a truck full of
topsoil/loam dumped.


The problem is, I have a small driveway with 3 cars parked in it, and
a small front yard with a busy public sidewalk with people and kids
walking by all day because of an elementary school down the street. I
don't think the city would be happy with a big pile of dirt dumped on
the public City sidewalk. So unfortunately, looks like the only way to
ever fix this myself ( without paying landscapers to use a wheelbarrow
to move the soil from their truck parked in the street to the
ditch/rut, is to buy bagged topsoil.


I don't want to use the crappy $2 dollar a bag "Scotts" which is like
85% mulch and peat moss, but also don't want to spend like $7 bucks a
bag for the organic stuff at the Garden Center. Should I just use the
cheap $1.50 stuff at Home Depot to fill the ditch/rut, and then just
spread a few bags of the good organic stuff on the top??


Because this thing being 30 feet long, 2-3 feet wide, and 1-2 feet
deep, I probably need like 50 bags of topsoil!?

Just find a bulk topsoil dealer and have them deliver a yard or 2. You can look
at what they have before you buy.