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Soil for Vegetable Garden

17 years ago

Just spent the weekend making a 4'x8'x12" raised bed to grow vegetables. I plan to purchase soil, but before I do that I would like to know what soil combination works best for vegi. What is the ratio between top soil, composite, and possibly cow manure composite?

It seems I need about 40 cubic feet of soil. Could somebody please recommend where to buy for a better price?

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stephanieftx
17 years ago
Where are you? We just bought 1 cu yd for $21 at Silver Creek Materials and it filled our 10'x30"x18" bed with some left over.

There's also a place down in Houston that has really great soil, but I can't remember the name of it for anything right now.

Stephanie

Here is a link that might be useful: Silver Creek Materials
batrachian
Original Author
17 years ago
I am in Houston.
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ishoot
17 years ago
Have a look at Living Earth Technologies, www.livingearth.net in the Houston area, lots of locations.
I've built eight raised beds of the same dimensions as yours, and I'll be using their Specialty Planting Mix.

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