The New Dirt

In our last episode, we posed the eternal question: How can I get me a big pile of dirt?

To this we might add: Is it possible to scare the bejeesus out of all your neighbors who park their cars on the street?

There is one legal way to accomplish these two noble tasks.

Imagine how delighted your neighbors would be if you came barrelling up the street in a shiny new dump truck! I could almost hear mine screaming, "Who in their right mind would give him the keys to a dump truck?"

There's a wholesale garden supply yard near our house that sells gravel by the ton and soil by the cubic yard. They also rent dump trucks so you can take your purchases home. You just show them a driver's license. They would prefer to see your license, but, bottom line, if you want to spend good money on dirt, they want to make it easy for you.

I checked carefully to make sure it was my own driveway, before I dumped all that dirt. I would never dump a pile of dirt in front of a neighbor's house, except for maybe, oh, never mind. They'll find out.

And it won't be dirt.