Slightly devastated. I lost my first compost pile before I got to use it.

My neighbor is putting in a below ground pool and his contractor used to work with my brother a few summers ago. The contractor connected with me about dumping the dirt he is removing in the ditch on the back of my property.

I showed him the ditch and I jokingly warned him to not touch my compost. It's near and dear to mine and my boys heart.

Well…

by Hopeful-Pudding4603

24 Comments

  1. Jacob1207a

    You should file suit against that firm for loss of compost! Pile on some punitive damages to discourage them from doing anything like that ever again.

  2. New-Negotiation7234

    Did he throw the dirt on top of it? I’m confused

  3. boyfromthenorth

    Wait… The dude stole your fucking compost?

  4. SaltyHamz

    That’s why you don’t joke about compost 👨‍🌾

  5. ImaginaryRest2203

    Look at the bright side, it’ll contribute to whatever grows there and generally help the soil health of the area. And you have the chance to build a bigger, better compost pile. Maybe even with a stall. Or the top layer can be confetti. A commemorative marigold. So many options.

  6. sillybillybobbybob

    Well? What? He’s dumping dirt and your compost dissappear? Did he dump your pile? I guess im lost.

  7. Available_Editor4383

    Did you at least get to pee on it first?

  8. idontknowhowtopark

    Did it just get flattened in the ground or did he actually haul it off?

  9. Abo_Ahmad

    I think you have another problem bigger than the compost, that ditch served a purpose, filling it might cause the water to be blocked and end up in your yard or house.

  10. Slayde4

    My question is why would you fill in the ditch? Any runoff from the road will just go farther.

  11. Slayde4

    Well the good news is compost is renewable and can be made again.

  12. HiddenHolding

    OP THE PICTIRE IS CONFUSING WHAT THE FORG HAPPENED TO YOUR COMPOST DIRT

    IS IT FLATTEND OR HAULED AWAY

  13. SnootchieBootichies

    Clearly didn’t pee on it enough to mark your territory

  14. Confident_Gate_8287

    At least he didn’t steal the kids

  15. Sb5tCm8t

    I laughed so hard because I thought the joke was that the kids fell into the compost and then the earth flattened out like dust in the wind

  16. Left-Pineapple-6084

    Um, was there no reason for that ditch?

  17. vivariium

    I’m so confused why he thought filling a swale was a good idea

  18. mac_the_man

    So what happened? I don’t see it in the pictures? He took your compost?

  19. jstuckey

    OP, no one here seems to fully understand what happened here. Could you explain? Your “well…” is very vague and your pics aren’t self explanatory

  20. Goodgoditsgrowing

    Why would you let them dump dirt in a drainage ditch? That’s what’s keeping your yard from flooding. You have much bigger problems than missing compost…. Which they shouldn’t have fucking touched, but then again they are the type of idiots or asshats who would fill in a drainage ditch like that’s not a terrible idea

  21. HorzaDonwraith

    Shouldn’t have joked about the compost.

  22. Educational_Pay1567

    Looks flat, but the compost is still there.

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