Even dirt isn't dirt-cheap anymore. At your local garden center, the cheapest dirt, which often goes by the name of "premium topsoil," may cost $4.99 for a 40-pound bag, about a buck more than a year or two ago. Then there's the gourmet dirt -- the scientifically exquisite potting mixtures, soil ... -
Inflation Gets Right Down to the Real Nitty-Gritty
Even dirt isn't dirt-cheap anymore. At your local garden center, the cheapest dirt, which often goes by the name of "premium topsoil," may cost $4.99 for a 40-pound bag, about a buck more than a year or two ago. Then there's the gourmet dirt -- the scientifically exquisite potting mixtures, soil ...-
By Joel Achenbach