Terabith Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 Not the monolith house. One of our neighbors just got a huge pile of sand for their yard. Which would be awesome for kids. But they don’t have any kids. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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EmilyGF Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 2 minutes ago, Terabith said: Not the monolith house. One of our neighbors just got a huge pile of sand for their yard. Which would be awesome for kids. But they don’t have any kids. We had a neighbor in the 1980s who would get a couple of pallets of fertilizer delivered to his house every once in a while. The problem? He lived on less than a tenth of an acre. He was always a nice guy when we talked to him. Years later he was arrested with thousands of dollars of cash and multiple guns on him when he threatened a neighbor at a different location who was asking too many questions about a drug-growing operation at a different property he owned! 1 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not_a_Number Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 Maybe... for a building project of some sort?? (Note: I have no clue what I'm talking about.) 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardenmom5 Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 are they doing garden projects for which they will be using sand? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terabith Posted October 24, 2020 Author Share Posted October 24, 2020 Just now, gardenmom5 said: are they doing garden projects for which they will be using sand? Maybe? I don't know? Do people do garden projects at the end of October? I genuinely don't know these things. I would have loved this for my kids when they were little though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bethben Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 Large retaining wall? You have to dig down and fill with sand so it doesn't move. Brick patio in back? Same thing. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catz Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 I'd assume they were doing some sort of landscaping, etc. We have multiple houses in our neighborhood with random piles of stuff in their yards at any given time. But maybe it's the mountain lion thing? Stay tuned! 🙂 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bootsie Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 Sand could be used if he is putting in any type of brick patio or walkway, as a base under the bricks and then between the cracks. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not_a_Number Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 Just now, FuzzyCatz said: I'd assume they were doing some sort of landscaping, etc. We have multiple houses in our neighborhood with random piles of stuff in their yards at any given time. But maybe it's the mountain lion thing? Stay tuned! 🙂 The mountain lion is my favorite theory... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katy Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 In addition to what’s listed above, there are some perennials that it’s best to plant in the fall that prefer well-draining soil. In once did a garden bed with three kinds of lavender and that’s about the amount of sand I needed to amend the soil. I also know a couple (adult party lovers in their early 40’s), who loved their sand volleyball league so much that when the pandemic shut down their favorite volleyball bar they put a court in their backyard! I think their blood alcohol levels are always too high for them to care about a pandemic. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardenmom5 Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 20 minutes ago, Terabith said: Maybe? I don't know? Do people do garden projects at the end of October? I genuinely don't know these things. I would have loved this for my kids when they were little though. Depends where you live. There's a house under construction next door - it still doesn't have roof trusses, let alone a roof. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EKS Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 My father's decades long project when I was growing up was redoing our backyard. We always had a pile of something in the driveway (though not on the front lawn). But in our case, it was always symmetrical and neatly covered with a tarp--and I was absolutely forbidden to play on it. The contents of the piles varied from dirt that he had removed from the yard to new topsoil to sand and gravel to mix concrete. Anyway, because of my upbringing, piles of stuff in the front yard don't twang my weirdness alarm. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katilac Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 They may be leveling part of the yard. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clemsondana Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 I'd expect sand to be the base layer for projects involving pavers or stonework, like a sidewalk or patio. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elizabeth86 Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 Above ground pool maybe? Pool related things were really hard to come by this year due to covid, so they may be doing it now because they couldn't this year and want it ready for next year. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweet2ndchance Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 I'd assume stone/brick work, a pool or gardening. I'm in zone 7b and there are still lots of gardening things that can be done well into November usually. We rarely get a hard freeze before December and we don't have a frost line per se so the ground is workable year round. Even when I lived in 7a/6b there were many garden chores that were best done in fall to prepare for the following spring that might involve sand depending on your soil. Or they might be container or raised bed gardening which can also have chores that need to be done year round. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ktgrok Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 2 hours ago, Terabith said: Not the monolith house. One of our neighbors just got a huge pile of sand for their yard. Which would be awesome for kids. But they don’t have any kids. I know that lots of people level their yard with sand - especially if they have zoysia or bermuda grass, but also rye grass. Anyone that cuts the lawn quite short wants a level surface. And yes, they order truckloads of sand and then spend a few days raking it out all over the yard. You can actually get a special level rake or drag mat for it. But...that's done in the spring, as a general rule. Because you end up covering some of the grass totally, in the low areas, and need it growing fast/well to unbury itself. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saraha Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 Can I just say that as soon as I saw the title in the thread list I IMMEDIATELY hissed "Yes!!!" under my breath! 😀 2 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Marmalade Posted October 25, 2020 Share Posted October 25, 2020 I refuse to believe that this is not related to the monolith. Perhaps an expansion is planned to another house in the neighborhood and the sand is to provide the base for a second monolith. 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KungFuPanda Posted October 25, 2020 Share Posted October 25, 2020 I’ll bet they lay a patio or walkway. You need lots of sand for that stuff. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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