Specialty Products

Field Soil

Field soil is native dirt scraped and screened straight from open farmland or unused acreage. It's a mix of sand, silt, and clay in whatever ratio the local ground happened to give you, usually with a little organic matter left in. The pile has been run through a screen to pull out roots, rocks, and trash, but nothing gets added to it.

The name just tells you where it came from. It's the plain dirt you'd dig from a farmer's field, before anyone tests it, blends in compost, or picks what stays. That's why it's cheaper than topsoil or garden mix. You're paying for the ground as-is, and you'll want to top it with something richer if you're planting into it.

named grade in this family

What people use it for

Filling low spots in yards and pasturesRough grading before topsoil goes downBuilding up berms or raised areasBackfill around foundations and wallsBase layer under sod or new lawns

How to choose within field soil

Ask before you order

These aren't catalog items. Confirm size, color, and delivery window with the yard before you commit — every load runs differently.

Match the job to the stone

Flagstone, boulders, ballast, glass gravel — each has one right job. Get the job clear first, then the stone follows.

Lead time is longer

A specialty order usually ships slower than a #57 pallet. Plan the delivery date around the material, not the other way around.

All field soil grades

Field Soil (Baseball, Blended Product)

Baseball infieldsPitcher's moundsBatting cages

Other specialty products families

Aglime

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Aglime is limestone that's been crushed and ground into a fine powder or grit.

10 grades→

Sand Blend

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Sand blend is sand mixed with something else to hit a specific job.

7 grades→

Squeegee

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Squeegee is fine crushed rock chips, roughly 1/4 inch and smaller, with the stone dust left in.

4 grades→

Anti Skid Stone

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Anti-skid stone is a small, angular crushed rock you spread on icy roads, driveways, and walkways so tires and shoes can grip.

3 grades→

Grit

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Grit is small, angular crushed stone, usually granite or quartz.

2 grades→

3 Stone

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#3 stone is large crushed rock, roughly 1 1/2 to 2 inches across the biggest pieces.

1 grade→

Agstone

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Agstone is finely crushed limestone that farmers spread on fields to raise soil pH.

1 grade→

Asphalt Mix

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Asphalt mix is crushed rock and sand held together by hot liquid asphalt cement.

1 grade→

Ball Clay

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Ball clay is a fine-grained sedimentary clay that's mostly kaolinite, with some mica and quartz mixed in.

1 grade→

Cold Patch

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Cold patch is bagged asphalt you can shovel into a pothole without a hot mix truck.

1 grade→

Horse Bedding

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Horse bedding is the loose material you spread across a stall floor so a horse has a soft, dry place to stand and lie down.

1 grade→

Masonry Aggregate

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Masonry sand is the fine, clean sand you mix into mortar for laying brick, block, and stone.

1 grade→

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