Benita, no we aren’t on an old landfill. The people that lived here before we bought the place would go buy storage units of stuff that went up to auction. They never seemed to get rid of anything that they didn’t manage to resell at their garage sales. I personally think they had some hoarder issues along with just not being the cleanest. We had a lot of help when we first bought the house cleaning up the massive amounts of stuff. That is documented way back in the first few months of the blog. You can look at the Cleanup Report on the main page which talks about the amount of stuff gotten rid off, recycled, and Goodwilled. It’s fairly accurate though I am sure we have missed counting some stuff.

Gee, when I pick up trash out of the yard, it’s usually rocks or sticks – nothing as colorful as you get. You ought to host a scavenger hunt on your property and get help with this. Prizes could be awarded for the most match-boxes, the most Happy-meal toys, the oddest object, etc.