- Sat Sep 11, 2010 10:07 pm
#70513
Ok, so it may not be news that silica sand is/was found...
The real news is where it was found!
I was cruising Home Depot today looking for a shelving unit to move my out-door plants... Since Matt, and Steve were out of soil ( ) I have had to go forth and construct my own, perlite and peat moss, no problem, local nursery had it... Silica sand... No go...
so I was meandering around the garden center, and was looking for sand, also looked in the pool supplies area... nope... One of the employees in the garden center came up and asked "what are you looking for" I replied Pure Silica Sand... She looked puzzled, I said I use it for soil drainage... she said... well I don't know if we have it, but you will find our largest selection of sand in the masonry section... So I hoofed it across the store... and low and behold there is was, 100 LBs of Silica sand... for the insane price of $7.69...
So it CAN be found at the big box stores... you just have to know where to look...
I hope this makes life easier for others out there
The real news is where it was found!
I was cruising Home Depot today looking for a shelving unit to move my out-door plants... Since Matt, and Steve were out of soil ( ) I have had to go forth and construct my own, perlite and peat moss, no problem, local nursery had it... Silica sand... No go...
so I was meandering around the garden center, and was looking for sand, also looked in the pool supplies area... nope... One of the employees in the garden center came up and asked "what are you looking for" I replied Pure Silica Sand... She looked puzzled, I said I use it for soil drainage... she said... well I don't know if we have it, but you will find our largest selection of sand in the masonry section... So I hoofed it across the store... and low and behold there is was, 100 LBs of Silica sand... for the insane price of $7.69...
So it CAN be found at the big box stores... you just have to know where to look...
I hope this makes life easier for others out there