Viewing post #659448 by jvdubb

Weedwhacker said:

Hi Jennifer -- a "yard" of dirt is actually a "cubic yard," which is 27 cubic feet; so 7 yards would be 189 cubic feet. If you wanted to make one planting bed that was 4 feet wide and filled with a foot of soil, you would have a bed approximately 47 feet long (a bed filled to a depth of 18 inches would be about 31 feet long).

I would opt for spraying the sod with Roundup rather than removing all of that organic material, and/or covering it with corrugated cardboard (or a thick layer of newspaper).

Hope that helps a little!

this does help! I am going to lay out a hose when I get home with what I would like the size to be. And then measure that. One foot deep would be perfect.