Yesterday, I placed a delivery order for some compost with Rogers Spring Hill Garden and Farm Center located in Ward Hill, Massachusetts. It promptly arrived this morning. This is what 4 cubic yards of compost looks like on your front lawn. Now I know what I'll be doing for the next three days.
At $30 a yard (plus $30 delivery free), I felt like it was a good deal. The same amount of packaged compost would have cost a lot more. Hopefully this will be enough to amend all of my beds. The rest will be stored for the fall garden.
I'm glad you posted about this. I'm planning on ordering some manure this spring, but I'm not sure whether to get 3 or 4 yards. Now I know what 4 looks like!
ReplyDeleteI ordered 7 yards of compost/topsoil mix a couple years back to fill my raised beds with. I know what your upcoming work/pains are like...remember to lift with the knees, not the back!
Thomas, I'm sure that you will be done in no time!! I had 6 yards of compost/topsoil mix delivered a few years ago to fill my new raised beds. It's alot of work and much heavier then mulch. Keep the Advil handy :)
ReplyDeleteThat's a really good price. I haven't found anyone locally that even delivers really nice dirt, let alone compost.
ReplyDeleteHave fun and be careful. I did something to my arm hauling all mine (and I still have half a cuyd to go).
ReplyDeleteThat's the same price we get here in Idaho. We only needed 2 yds since our gardens are smaller than yours. I agree, bend at the knees, not the waist. Being the pro dead weight lifter that I am, I speak with experience.
ReplyDeleteThat's a lovely pile of black gold that you have there! I hope you get some help hauling it.
ReplyDeleteNow that's pretty! Happy hauling!
ReplyDeleteThat's some good looking compost! I'm sure the results will be worth the effort.
ReplyDeleteIt's hard to find good compost around here. It's usually mixed in with manure, not bad really, but not as 'finished'.
We are fortunate to have a great product in Maryland: LeafGro. It's made of leaves that are collected in counties and then composted. We had had some delivered last year: 8yards!!!
ReplyDeleteBTW, have you listened to WHYY's "You Bet Your Garden"? I listen to it as a podcast--it's very informative and Mike McGrath is a riot. AnnainMD
Always love to see some rich, dark compost!
ReplyDeleteThat really looks like it is good quality compost. A good buy at that price too.
ReplyDeleteI have to admit, this post made me giggle way more then it should have. I swear I have just read 10 blogs in a row about the "government shutdown" and when I saw the title of this post in my feed I thought "oh no, here we go again..." (Needless to say I was pleasantly surprised when the post loaded with something politic free.)
ReplyDeleteBut more on topic... I've never bought bulk soil like that except in bags the box store. I might have to look around for that option here next time I add more raised beds. Do you compost as well?
That's a lot of compost! Between amending mine, and starting fresh on a friends garden... I know the exercise! It's actually been one of my favorites this season! :)
ReplyDeleteI've hauled so many yards of loam and stone dust by hand over the past 13 years that your pile looks like a couple of hours of work at most. There's nothing quite so satisfying of an afternoon of hauling dirt followed by a frosty cold one, or two or three...
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