So I have two raised beds already made and positioned in my yard. They are lined on the bottom and ready to be filled. The problem is that everything I read tells me something different. Mel's Mix is good. Mel's Mix is awful. Top soil it fine to purchase. Top soil is usually a rip-off. Adding compost is the only way to go. Compost is too expensive.

HELP! I do want to fill the beds with new matter. (Not ammend the old soil. It's gone.) I don't want to spend a ton of money. I already have a small amount of compost from my bin, 3 bags of manure, and a couple of bags of vermiculite. I've heard the Compost Farm in Franklin is awesome, but it will be expensive to deliver all the way to south Nashville where I live. Other area nursery soil mixes I've called about are topsoil and SOME ammendments. Advice? Anything...