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Where to get sand for yard fill
Posted on 4/11/16 at 10:46 am
Posted on 4/11/16 at 10:46 am
I have some low spots in my yard. Where should I go to get some cheap sand in Baton Rouge? Anyone have a bunch of bags already filled from one of the recent storms I can come get?
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Posted on 4/11/16 at 10:50 am to Cmaggi3
Lowe's or Home Depot has playground sand pretty cheap. It should be about $3 or $4 for a 50 lb bag. Usually near the rocks/gravel in the lawn and garden area. I filled some spots in my yard with it several years ago. If you're needing a bunch of it try somewhere else, but just for filling a few small spots it does the trick.
Posted on 4/11/16 at 10:50 am to Cmaggi3
If you are going to use sand, use masonry sand. You can find it at any lumber/hardware store. However, you can just use top soil that you would find anywhere as well.
Posted on 4/11/16 at 11:07 am to Cmaggi3
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Lowe's or Home Depot has playground sand pretty cheap. It should be about $3 or $4 for a 50 lb bag.
This. Lowes actually had a sale on it yesterday. $2.50 for 50 lb bags. I picked up 5 to fill the holes that the weeds I killed left in my yard.
As someone said, use bleached sand. You won't introduce new weeds and junk in your yard. This tip was given to me by a landscape friend.
Posted on 4/11/16 at 11:33 am to Cmaggi3
I found a guy in Watson that delivers for $150/15 yd truck. It will be more to get it to BR, but that's really cheap fill sand. Depends on how much you need.
Posted on 4/11/16 at 12:06 pm to Cmaggi3
Cleggs and Woerner are probably best bet for delivered. Word of warning though since its springtime most landscape places are on week+ backlog for deliveries.
I find that individual bags are much, much easier to deal with. Ive given up on dealing with bulk. It costs a little more but it is worth it.
I find that individual bags are much, much easier to deal with. Ive given up on dealing with bulk. It costs a little more but it is worth it.
Posted on 4/11/16 at 12:28 pm to AutoYes_Clown
Large material supply or places that sell concrete. They will fill the back of your truck or trailer. You will need a tarp though.
Posted on 4/11/16 at 1:18 pm to Cmaggi3
Instead of starting a new thread, I will just ask here, where is the best place to get a truck load of topsoil? I just had concrete poured and built a fence, my yard is completely torn up from concrete trucks and the delivery of fence materials. Beyond that, it's uneven and bumpy. I'm thinking a load of dirt will solve all my problems.
Anyone know where I can get a truck load of dirt in Walker? Also, I guess a mini skid steer is probably the best way to spread it out, no?
Anyone know where I can get a truck load of dirt in Walker? Also, I guess a mini skid steer is probably the best way to spread it out, no?
Posted on 4/11/16 at 1:26 pm to DownSouthDave
So i'm the only one that takes buckets or containers and goes to the nearest sandbar or creekbank and gets there sand? I'll be dang if im paying for sand by the 50lb sack!!!!!
Posted on 4/11/16 at 2:14 pm to King of the Sabine
Congrats on the torpedo grass and termites
Posted on 4/11/16 at 3:40 pm to DownSouthDave
Or a small tractor with a box blade.
Posted on 4/11/16 at 4:09 pm to DaphneTigah
No room for a tractor, super small yard. 
Posted on 4/11/16 at 4:19 pm to DownSouthDave
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No room for a tractor, super small yard.
I can bring pops tractor with box and loader and help even yard out..it will fit thru double gate you built.
This post was edited on 4/11/16 at 4:20 pm
Posted on 4/11/16 at 4:21 pm to WHODAT514
I might take you up on that. 
I'll buy you a beer if you ever get that boat out...
I'll buy you a beer if you ever get that boat out...
Posted on 4/11/16 at 4:27 pm to DownSouthDave
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I might take you up on that. I'll buy you a beer if you ever get that boat out...
deal and don't worry bout that it will happen son
Posted on 4/11/16 at 8:44 pm to Citica8
Termites hang out on sandbars?
Posted on 4/11/16 at 9:41 pm to Cmaggi3
Check all the local creeks. After the last flood, most around me deposited a foot or more of beautiful sand. Amazing how mother nature rebuilds itself when given a chance
Posted on 4/11/16 at 10:35 pm to DownSouthDave
You both want river silt. Call General Sand or Hollis Kinchen. Or Cleggs normally has it in bulk you can put on trailer or back of truck. Shovels easy, packs nicely and has a good bit of dirt mixed in. Better than sand and easier to spread than topsoil. Can lay sod right on top. Smooth and level with the backside of a garden rake or a piece of chain link fence pulled behind a 4 wheeler.
Posted on 4/12/16 at 8:44 am to DownSouthDave
We got our garden soil from Cleggs in Denham. Its good stuff and has worked well in the yard as well as the garden.
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