Raised bed soil

Firefyter-emt · January 19, 2013

Hey everyone.... Just thinking here, and I have a question. Last year I built raised bed gardens here at the new place and had always large plot gardened prior. When I built them, I had ordered in a special "garden mix" with compost, manure etc. I want to add to it, to help the soil, and top off the beds due to settlement... but will have to buy it. Any suggestions to what I should add? It was a bit easier with the large plot, what could be added was tilled in, and was way to expensive to buy bags upon bags of stuff to add to the soil. But with a smaller footage, that could happen here. I have two 4'x4' beds, a 3' x 16' bed, and a 3' x 12' bed.

I really don't have a place here for a compost pile, and did not get a chance to built a rolling compost bin, so I have zero in the line of organic material here. My main crop, is of course... tomatoes!

January 19, 2013	#1
Firefyter-emt Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: NE connecticut Posts: 47	Raised bed soil Hey everyone.... Just thinking here, and I have a question. Last year I built raised bed gardens here at the new place and had always large plot gardened prior. When I built them, I had ordered in a special "garden mix" with compost, manure etc. I want to add to it, to help the soil, and top off the beds due to settlement... but will have to buy it. Any suggestions to what I should add? It was a bit easier with the large plot, what could be added was tilled in, and was way to expensive to buy bags upon bags of stuff to add to the soil. But with a smaller footage, that could happen here. I have two 4'x4' beds, a 3' x 16' bed, and a 3' x 12' bed. I really don't have a place here for a compost pile, and did not get a chance to built a rolling compost bin, so I have zero in the line of organic material here. My main crop, is of course... tomatoes!