I have a 2 foot by 3 foot patch of bare ground in the backyard that I have been trying to grow grass for quite some time now. This patch of ground once housed a small brick grill/fireplace. I had long assumed that perhaps chemicals from the grill or the grilling had leached into the soil and that is why grass refused to grow there. I resolved this weekend to dig out 6 or 8 inches of soil and replace it with nutrient rich top soil and new grass seed. You can imagine my chagrin when I discovered a thick concrete slab under an eighth inch of dirt. No wonder grass wouldn't grow there. I have now resigned myself to having to break up this slab with a sledgehammer which I find oddly exciting.
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