You should consider getting your soil tested by your local Extension Service. Your top soil/compost mix in a raised bed sounds like a good idea. Also, consider growing in a container so you can enjoy some success next year. Good luck!

When you used the raised bed where did the soil come from that you filled it with?

I bought about 20-35 bags of top soil from Home Depot, and I bought about 10 bags of cow manure from Home Depot. I think the problem was my soil lacked nutrients.

"I bought about 20-35 bags of top soil from Home Depot, and I bought about 10 bags of cow manure from Home Depot."

I went for pretty much the same thing for my raised bed this past summer. I can't say for peppers because I took mine back indoors as weather was crap for them, but cucumbers and tomatoes really thrived. The new, raised and loose soil mix provided great drainage, which helped with the above average rainfall we got early season.

Keep amending with organic matter and vary the kinds of organic matter and over time you will build healthy soil. In the mean time post pics and ask anout specific problems to learn if its a disease or deficiency and how to treat each one.

First is I haven't read good things about any of the big box home centers bagged soil or name brand either, Cheap Bagged Topsoil/Fill??, if you're going to build more use something else. You're stuck with it so Veda Beeps advice spot on, add organic matter, e.g. chopped leaves, grass clippings, finely broken eggshells, used coffee grinds, worm castings, peat moss, etc. From what I've read these soils tend to have little aeration qualities and while cow manure will add nutrients it doesn't help in this regard.

Hope this helps and good luck next year.

NECM

I was considering doing that the_northeast_chileman, I started a big compost pile yesterday to put in the garden next spring or hopefully next fall. Also I shredded a whole bunch of leaves and covered the raised bed with them. Also I caught a lot of worms yesterday and put them in there so hopefully they will speed up the process.

add organic matter, e.g. chopped leaves, grass clippings, finely broken eggshells, used coffee grinds, worm castings, peat moss, etc.

Also I shredded a whole bunch of leaves and covered the raised bed with them.

By "adding" I mean "mixing in". The sooner you mix in these materials the sooner they will break down and naturally become compost.

I started a big compost pile yesterday to put in the garden next spring or hopefully next fall.

Good luck! I've never had success with creating my own compost pile. Trying to keep the correct ratios of carbon/nitrogen - damp/wet - aeration/turning - heat level/microbe propagation always eluded me, I ended up with a big black lump of waterlogged muck every time.....

NECM

I will mix in those leaves right now. Thanks for everything you said!