i'm on a budget so the free stuff works perfectly fine for me! i think the best thing some of us struggling with this lousy economy need to open up some mud spas. those rich people might just come running and paying a fortune for what most gardeners know and enjoy for free!
When I was a kid, we had to have a new sewer line put in and when they were done we had about a 100 yard long stretch of red clay mud running through our backyard. When it would rain, we'd put our bathing suits on and go slipping and sliding. I don't remember at what point dad gave up on planting grass seed. Nope, we didn't have a pool. I probably still have mud in my ears.