My wife wants to raise our flowerbed up a foot or two this year, so I find myself in need of a truckload of dirt to fill the new space.

Do people just hand out extra dirt? Where can I get some?

2/25/2013 11:11:15 AM

craigslist.

2/25/2013 11:13:05 AM

All the people on craigslist want money for their dirt.

2/25/2013 11:18:31 AM

Depending on where you live, your township might provide free compost

2/25/2013 11:22:55 AM

^^ depends on if you want good dirt you can grow shit in, or just fill dirt.

fill dirt can generally be had for free, but it's only good for filling in holes or grading land.

you're not going to get good dirt for free.

2/25/2013 11:25:49 AM

I've gotten really cheap composted manure off craigslist to fill our raised beds.

The problem is, if it's free or cheap you'll be the one that's gonna have to load and transport it. If you keep checking craigslists for a while you can usually find a farmer with good compost that will fill a truck for 10 or 20 bucks. It'll take them 2 minutes with a loader rather than 45 minutes of you loading a truck by shoveling.

2/25/2013 11:28:40 AM

People work hard to make that dirt, and you want it for free? Selfish prick.

2/25/2013 11:55:05 AM

wake county has cheap compost and mulch at the landfill off new bern, not much money and they cover your truck with a front end loader. you get as much as you can carry.

if all you want is dirt, yes you can find it for free, but its going to be pretty crappy and you're going to have to load and haul it. i'd give you some from one of my projects, but unless you can deal with multiple dump truck loads i just can't justify the hassle.

2/25/2013 12:11:00 PM

Just go down to the park with a shovel.

2/25/2013 12:15:25 PM

^^Do you have dirt in charlotte?

2/25/2013 1:03:54 PM

do you really want to just take any old dirt someone is pawning off to raise flowers in?

2/25/2013 3:30:36 PM

I want to grade my backyard, so a couple of free dump trucks of dirt would be great.

2/25/2013 6:51:03 PM

Not in Charlotte, sorry. And the only dirt I could give away anyways would be because its not suitable for grading or compacting.

2/25/2013 6:59:21 PM

too bad about charlotte

I've got a berm to make in China Grove for my personal 200+ yard range mwahaha

2/25/2013 7:11:39 PM

Soils originating in the Triassic Basin are fabulous for your needs.

2/25/2013 8:25:10 PM

FYI for Charlotte... I saw a sign for free dirt at a construction site near the corner of Westinghause and S. Tryon recently. I can swing by later this week and see if its still there if anyone is interested.

2/25/2013 8:35:51 PM

Yeh, you can try stopping by a construction site and see if they'll dump a load in your own/rented truck. Most projects have excess cut, so many contractors don't mind giving it away (if they are currently grading/excavating). Just hope the equipment operator is experienced and doesn't flatten your vehicle Last time I did this, the dozer operator had his bucket literally with a few centimeters of my truck's cab when he dumped his bucket... scared me to death.

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2/25/2013 8:59:29 PM

You should be prepared to fumigate or sterilize whatever you may receive

2/25/2013 10:24:07 PM

Even if you can't find it for free, at worst it'll only be...

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Dirt cheap.

2/25/2013 10:43:58 PM

Lol grayfox

2/25/2013 11:11:48 PM

hah i like that

2/26/2013 11:13:54 PM

Wtf is the point of building a raised bed if you're just going to dump fill dirt in it? Stop being a cheapskate and just buy compost from the city. Unless your wife was planning on growing weeds in her raised beds; then have at it

2/27/2013 7:40:22 PM

What makes compost uniquely safe from growing weeds? Part of gardening is weed control regardless of what you plant in.

2/27/2013 10:48:08 PM

I said it once, and I'll say it again: Just go down to the park with a shovel.

2/28/2013 6:34:51 AM

half a page and no NIN/Johnny Cash reference?


shame on you people.

2/28/2013 7:51:32 AM

something something empire of dirt


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2/28/2013 9:57:57 AM

yeah lol, ask Trent Reznor for summodat empire

2/28/2013 11:09:03 AM