Left over soil from digging out extension

[Oddsocks15]

we have a pile of soil in a shady area at the botton of the garden. it has been sat there for quite a few years since we had our extension at the back of the house. We can't afford a skip (plus it doesn't seem right to throw away soil). So what do we do with it, not good quality soil. It is in a shady area of the garden due to neighbours overhanging trees.

Plant a ferns and shade loving plants that will spread and cover the mound.

That ^^

Plant anything really, and see what grows.

Or take it away bag by bag.

I got rid of my excess soil on freecycle.

Folk are always advertising free topsoil here on fb.

Yes freecycle. We collected some when we moved here for the courtyard.

We had a similar problem. Couldn't get rid of it all on free cycle so we paid a company that sell those huge bags of stones etc to leave us a bag to fill up. They gave us 2 huge bags and took the lot away for £50.
Much cheaper than a skip or hiring a van!

this was who we used.

Freecycle it as 'infill soil, buyer collects'. It is not top soil if it came from the footings. Infill soil is about £50 per bulk bag so it does have value.

HTH

Agree that it's popular on fb for sale
Round here, usually free to collect and

Thanks for the advice. DH wants to make it into a rock garden, I want rid of it

Local builders or free cycle. Our builders used all ours on somewhere else.