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How to get FREE soil for your garden

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For many people, the cost of soil prices them out of building a home garden. But would you be ready to start your garden if you knew that you could get soil for free?

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Use the soil in your backyard

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If there are parts of your yard with exposed soil (without grass or heavy growth), you may be able to plant directly in the earth instead of raised beds or containers!

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Get free top soil locally or online

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Look for posted signs that say “free top soil” around properties in development. You can Google “free top soil near me” and start calling around.

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Ask for soil in  your local buy-nothing groups

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People often have an extra half a bag of garden soil lying around that they don't mind sharing. Search for buy nothing groups on Facebook, or join our community by swiping up.

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