I left mine outside and it was frozen solid. I brought it inside and let it thaw, and it seems to be fine!

Leisa

Sort of. I went to HD, and the MG was inside and thawed but expensive so I get for now Scott's Premium and mix it with some stuff. I have two bags inside thawing now.

As to lifting, I lifted the MG with ease at HD to see why the other is so heavy because they look exactly the same size bag, so maybe you got a larger size or it was very wet?

The Premium, I can lift if I must, but I wait for it to thaw through in the house, two bags together are about thawed enough to work with now. Only takes about one day for one bag to thaw from being frozen solid as a rock.

As to heavy things sometimes, if I don't have help, or I figure out something just slower. Or if I can scoop it into buckets, I do that, move and put back. Or I could get a dolly, but that wouldn't work for those large tubs which I like or storage boxes about 2/3 full of soil, might work with a tub if I used a strap like movers but not sure, still wouldn't help lifting the storage box up and down from the kitchen counter.

It's a pain not to have strength for some things, always been that way with heaviest stuff but used to be able to do a 50# bag of salt. I found a way around that. But one concurrent problem is my snowblower. I keep it in the front hall in winter so I don't have to go way out to the garage and mess with gas and starting in the cold and hard to bring around. My kids don't want me to do it.

But I'm stubborn, and do not like being dependent for everything, may have no choice at some point. The biggest problem is hauling it up the last step which is higher and has a recess that catches the back wheels. So I worked out a plan and will try it and not tell my kids. I found two pieces of 2X4 the right size. I shovel and salt the steps first so I don't slip. Getting it down the steps is not a problem.

So I will take out those 2X4's and stack them on the second to last step only after I have taken the snowblower down to the sidewalk. Then I'm hoping the 2X4's will keep it from getting stuck and give me a little more leverage bringing it back up the last step and still leaving me a little footroom.

One thing can happen in that it won't work in which case I'll have to take it back down the steps and leave it sit until I can get help.

I dl'ed the manual, and it weighs 70#. My son can pick it up and whisk it right OVER the steps and onto to the sidewalk.

I'm used to having to solve my own problems.

Mine was frozen also. I had it in the garage and it thawed out.

It seemed to be ok after that.

Karen

I run into that problem every year! Seems I always forget/procrastinate on bringing in some bags. But I bring the frozen bags indoors to thaw.

I went the other day to the garden center and bought a few bags. They were frozen solid (being stored outside). The two workers struggled to get them detached from the pile on the pallet, then dropped them on the ground and dusted the snow off. When I got home, I had my son help me carry one into the kitchen, and it thawed by the next day.

If you have a spot inside the house to put it, it will thaw much more quickly inside.

:)
Dee

I haven't check the potting mix today but will do so the next time I go out in the garage. If I back the truck out, I could get to the hand cart and then back the car out to get the hand cart to the tub where the potting mix is stored, then around on the sidewalk to front door, then I think my husband and I could manage getting the tub of soil in the house then. Gosh, all that work for some frozen potting mix..I think we're nuts!

I stored the 15 bags I bought when they were on sale in my barn. They are a frozen block when my DH brings them in the house but if he sits them beside the wood stove they usually only take a few hours to thaw.

Denise

This is kind of funny that we have to thaw soil to sow then it promptly freezes for me once I put the WS container outside :)

Oh well. Maybe next year I will buy enough and get a nice big tub to store it in. This way it can be warmer in the garage (at least above freezing)

Karen

Mine has finally thawed out, and tomorrow or Monday, I want to sow the rest of my perennial seeds, and put the potting mix and seeds out of my mind until March, when hopefully I can start on hardy annuals.