Tim,
1/8" = .125 inches
1 acre or 43,560 sq ft X 0.125 = 5445 cu ft
5445 divided by 27 cu ft per yard = 201 cubic yards
That certainly would be more than 2 tons! more like 100 tons?
Linda
--- In compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com, timfelegy_at_a... wrote:
> Lets say that your compost weighed 1,000 pounds per cubic yard,
that would mean 4,000 pounds or 2 tons, your thickness would be
approximately 1/8th of an inch over an acre of land.
>
> So I would recommend that you use much more than 2 tons.
>
> Tim Felegy
> Alaska Humus Company
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Received on Tue Nov 18 2003 - 21:38:24 EST