If you get to N OH you can get prescreened fir bark from Robert's flower supply in Columbia Station, OH. Keep your eyes peeled for pine bark in an appropriate size at big box stores, nurseries, greenhouse ops, ...... The grit can be had at grain elevators that sell animal feeds or stores that cater to rural populations that raise fowl.

You can usually find Manna-Pro Poultry grit at farm stores. For Turface, try:

• Residex

  5866 Highland Ridge Dr

  Cincinnati, OH 45232

  (800) 471-8309

  http://www.residex.com

• The Hill Company

  2776 CirclePort Dr

  Erlanger, KY 41018

  (859) 815-8320

  http://www.turfventures.com/partners/hill-company/

• SiteOne Landscape Supply #523

  3635 Ohara Rd

  Erlanger, KY 41018

  (859) 282-9731

  https://www.siteone.com/

• SiteOne Landscape Supply #459

  1150 Century Circle N

  Springdale, OH 45246

  (513) 772-0259

  https://www.siteone.com/

• Turfgrass Inc.

  8045 D Dixie Hwy

  Florence, KY 41042

  (859) 594-4948

  http://www.turfgrassinc.com

• Pennington Seed

  9530 Le Saint Dr

  Fairfield, OH 45014

  (888) 393-1050

  http://www.penningtonseed.com

• SiteOne Landscape Supply #515

  4055 Commercial Blvd

  Cincinnati, OH 45245

  (513) 943-0940

  https://www.siteone.com/

• SiteOne Landscape Supply #674

  10051 Simonson Rd

  Harrison, OH 45030

  (513) 202-1740

  https://www.siteone.com/

• Century Equipment

  8650 Berk Blvd

  Hamilton, OH 45015

  (800) 346-0066

  http://www.centuryequip.com

Al

Thank you, Al. I'm quickly learning that you are incredible resource on this board!

Being Sunday, a lot of outlets are closed but I did find Floor Dry DE, which I've read is an acceptable substitute.

Thanks, Brian - a nice compliment.

What product did you use? NAPA part #8822? It does look smaller than what I'm used to seeing. Ideally, the particles would be at least half the size of a BB.

If you enlarge the picture below, you can see that the Turface (tan particles) is much larger than what you screened from the DE.

Al

Thanks Al! Went out today and bought the *correct* ingredients so I'm all set.