Tuesday night Underdog Landscaping delivered eight cubic yards of soil: six cubic yards of top soil mixed with two cubic yards of mushroom soil.

Note that my labor force engaged in a union action after loading exactly one wheelbarrow. They said something about dinner. Anyway, eight cubic yards is an immense pile of dirt. I shoveled from 6:30P until 11:00 P. (One of my students asked why I was so quiet the next day). Then I moved more on Wednesday and again today. All three beds in the backyard have been filled; I had so much dirt that I’m going to create a fourth flower bed in the back. I had enough dirt to re-do the side yard AND to fill the front.

My math: one cubic yard covers 27 cubic feet or a 3x9x1 bed. Eight cubic yards covers 216 cubic feet.

I filled three 4×10 beds, one 2×8 bed, one 3×8 bed, and the front yard, which was 5×9. That should be 205 feet, which makes sense because I have a little pile left. I should note that I used boards that were 10″ so I lost some on each bed.

Still, an absolute immense amount of dirt moved in four days.