Dirt Delivery

This past weekend, we had six cubic yards of dirt delivered from Pacific Topsoils for our garden. We chose a garden mix of loam, compost, and sand. The kids said it was stinky, but to me, it smelled like progress.

This could be our Christmas card, if I was in it.

And work. We spent nearly the entire day on Friday hauling dirt a wheelbarrow load at a time to spots in the garden. It would be a stretch to say that the kids were “helpful,” but they were certainly eager to help by loading the wheelbarrow with their plastic shovels and spreading the dirt with their rakes.

After the day was done, we had added dirt to all of the main beds in the garden, but still have a little less than half the dirt left. To put the amount of dirt in perspective, one cubic yard is about the equivalent of 13.5 bags of dirt from the store. We got six times that–mainly because that was the minimum load for this particular company, but I’m confident we’ll find a place for all this dirt. I still need to fill all of Mackenzie’s pots and begin making some flower beds in the front yard. Regardless, I’m pleased with the progress we made, including finally planting some veggie seeds. Now it actually looks like a garden!