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Thanks Dave! One thing I certainly didn't count on - the weight/volume of the dirt I'd be removing. I figured I'd go 6" down just to get it nice and level, and then I realized that 6" times the footprint I was looking at was about 10 cubic yards of dirt (which apparently weighs what a small...

Thanks guys! Jason - sounds like DIY is up my alley, but it might be worth looking into having the area professionally prepped by an excavator. I've got no experience running an excavator and something tells me most of the headache will be trying to get the dirt out and have the spot properly...

Hi all - just wanted to make a quick intro and then ask some very basic questions I'm sure are covered somewhere else (I did as much searching as I could before hand, I swear). All my life I've lived in very small quarters here in NYC, but I'm looking at homes in the suburbs and now I'm stoked...