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First of all, thanks to Joe Fugate for an awesome thread on scenery. Joe talked about the difficulty of using real dirt. I had the same experiences he talked about when I tried to use real dirt a decade or two ago. It looked great in my mom's flowerbed, but as soon as it was sifted, baked, and placed on the layout, it was WAY too dark!!! (Just as Joe said). However, I'm encouraged by Pelle Soeborg's article in the April 2005 MR. He said he used Arizona Rock & Mineral dirt. I googled them and found this site: http://rrscenery.com/ I'm once again tempted to try real dirt. There's something inside of me that has a problem with buying "dirt", but I just might try some of this stuff. Has anyone had good luck with real dirt? My journey down the road of real dirt may include buying dirt from different sources. I could imagine finding some sand made for such-n-such application that makes great piles of gravel, for example. Unfortunately, I haven't found prices for the Arizona Rock & Mineral stuff, so I don't know if buying the stuff would be out of control or not.
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