Dirt cheap? Hah! No such thing — ain’t nothing cheap about dirt! I’m still shell-shocked by my trip to the nursery this afternoon. Sticker shock — who knew it could apply to dirt?? The flowers are gorgeous and I can hardly wait to get some planted by the trellis … but I’ll need some fresh dirt. Three years ago I decided to add more dirt to my big planter in the backyard. My plants liked it so I thought this year I’d add some more this year — maybe a dozen big bags would do it, so off I went to the nursery. I trotted into Lowe’s Garden Center, (http://www.lowe’s.com/Outdoors) grabbed a basket and trundled over to the stacks of soil. And there I stopped, gasped and blinked several times. Evidently you can no longer  buy a bag of just dirt. You have to get a specific kind of dirt. There is… Read More »