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Originally Posted by batmanjosh5000
Actually getting it from a landscaping material yard is a MUCH better idea! i just saw the price difference and the soil at lowes is very over priced. So i think i'll get it from a landscaping yard. But on a website i found they have different types of soil and sand. Which ones should i get?
SOILS
1.Topsoil (screened)
2.Compost
3.Topsoil\Compost Mix
SANDS
1.Mason / Pool Sand
2.Concrete Sand (i have a feeling i shouldn't be getting concrete sand)
and how much of each do you think i would need?
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Cool! Glad you found a material yard close by, I always try and steer people away from bagged dirt.
Like Wayne said, get the screened topsoil.
If you can get beach sand go for it, free is nice plus the whole idea with the sand is to have many different sized grains, this helps with keeping it diggable but still able to hold a burrow, that's why I recommend play sand because it's just the one most likely to have multiple sized grains. Beach sand by nature will have lots of different sizes. Concrete sand is fine, it's just sand that has been sorted by grain size, when using concrete sand you want to use different grits or mix play sand with concrete sand....probably TMI just spent years messing with it, now I have a huge natural source for amazing dirt, I let nature do all the mixing and sorting
Best.
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