I wish I could answer your question on where to get top-soil in Augusta, but I don't live there and don't have any suggestions.

They are correct in the estimate for a cubic yard. My father's small toyota pickup truck, when filled 12.5 inches from the bottom (the top-level height is 16 inches, but you wouldn't want to fill up to that level unless you want to lose soil when driving), is about a cubic yard.

How much space are you looking at using this on? You'll probably want just a little less than 1 cubic yard per 100 sq. feet, if the soil is really bad. I suggest getting a topsoil mix with composted yard trimmings (lawn leaves and grass clippings).

Unfortunately a lot of topsoil comes from where they clearcut land for newer development. They strip the good topsoil off and sell it to these companies, which in turn sell it back to homeowners who care about their soil which was destroyed by the developers. Ask them where they get their topsoil from, just to make sure that they don't strip forestland.

The cost is about right. The prices for topsoil in Atlanta range from the lower $20's to lower $30's per cubic yard. If you want to go overboard, Mr. Natural CLM can cost around $120 per cubic yard, although it is some of the best stuff out there.

Yep, a cubic yard from Bricko will fill the back of a Toyota pickup truck. Somehow I feel they must have used my truck as an example. At one point last year (when we were slowly completely redoing the front yard with raised beds, etc. etc.) I must have gone out to Bricko farms at least twice a week!

It would have been less expensive for us to get a load delivered (Bricko's estimate for the compost at $28 per cubic yard is less expensive than buying it individually) but we had no room to store 8 cubic yards at a time. Too bad we couldn't have shared a load!

BTW, this stuff is excellent (we've used the compost and the nursery mix). Bricko gets some of their materials from Ghann's Cricket Farm (in Martinez), mixing both cricket droppings and meal worm droppings into their mix. Everything has done very, very well with this product.

Gail

Can you get cricket droppings from Ghanns? I know exactly where it is.

I am not aware that they sell droppings directly to the public. They do not list such a product for sale on their website.

Gail

I operate a lawn and shrub care, irrigation repair, topdressing and aeration business in Augusta, Ga. We deliver and machine spread a variety of materials in turf. We use topdressers for uniform spreading. And follow up with a core aeration. WWW.TURFTREATERS.COM

bricko farms 40 dollar per cubic yard is not a good dirt for raised bed gardening