I know what you guys mean--circumstances beyond my control last spring! I'm not planning to leave home anytime between the end of the first week in June and mid July this coming spring.
LG, that's how I plan to do it, will probably use a wheelbarrow for as much soil as I can move then buckets or whatever will hold....Mine will have to go into the garage because we're supposed to have below freezing temps Monday and Tuesday. Can't wait for winter to be over already and it hasn't even really started!