[ajmikola]

So i planted some crepe myrtles yesterday and took pics of the soil....er, rocks that i dug up.
It is nothing but garbage and rocks.

I could kick myself for not taking control of my yard during the build process. I would have gladly spent 3k$ on soil amendment. Now i'm fighting a losing battle.

 

[thegardentool]

I feel you. The first spring we lived here my wife was so excited to plant some roses. Come around to spring two and she's concerned one rose grew a bunch and another did not at all. She went digging around and found a piece of concrete probably as large as my head that was just a smidge deeper than she dig out for the rose. With how deep it was buried I figured it was from the foundation work and they just left it.

Not as bad as rocks in the ground but years after living here I was trying to find a certain faucet wrench I was hoping the contractors left since the original kitchen faucet used a non-standard nut. Went looking in the water heater closest where they had left a bunch of extra tiles and some other random things, moved them out of the way and found several empty beer cans. I shutter to think what is probably underneath the blown insulation in the attic considering the other trash left around.

 

[ajmikola]

I feel you. The first spring we lived here my wife was so excited to plant some roses. Come around to spring two and she's concerned one rose grew a bunch and another did not at all. She went digging around and found a piece of concrete probably as large as my head that was just a smidge deeper than she dig out for the rose. With how deep it was buried I figured it was from the foundation work and they just left it.

Not as bad as rocks in the ground but years after living here I was trying to find a certain faucet wrench I was hoping the contractors left since the original kitchen faucet used a non-standard nut. Went looking in the water heater closest where they had left a bunch of extra tiles and some other random things, moved them out of the way and found several empty beer cans. I shutter to think what is probably underneath the blown insulation in the attic considering the other trash left around.

+1

Problem now is I dont know that i can really do anything except completely tear up my yard and start from scratch. Would cost 10k$ easy.

 

[vanawesome]

Man... That's pretty much exactly what my horrible soil looks like.

 

[SGrabs33]

I would guess that is about what 90%+ of people soil on here is comprised of.

 

[j4c11]

Looks just like my soil here in NC.

 

[Jericho574]

Same here...since my house was built last year, I'm still finding entire bricks and misc tools.

 

[fp_911]

Same here...since my house was built last year, I'm still finding entire bricks and misc tools.

Our builder didn't care to clean up either so when I did the screwdriver test a few times I found gloves, 2x4s, a Bojangles cup, and a bunch of plastic trash items.