Re: soil for raised bed

Don't take this as advice, I've no idea what's the proper thing to do but
my 
project is one raised bed each year until I have three or four running in 
rotation.  I dug around in the topsoil and added horse poo, then built the

wooden sides and topped up with everything I could scrape out of my
compost 
bins (a lot of shredded woody hedge in there as well as all the usual 
stuff). It grew a good crop of potatoes this year and the soil seems to
have 
mixed itself up nicely. It's very light and fluffy!


"John Sharp" <john645354@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
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> Hi folks
> I am just completing a project to make some raised beds. I will need to 
> put soil in and plan to purchase sacks of soil, compost, peat and manure

> from a local garden  centre.
>
> I would be grateful for any advice regarding what i should put into the 
> beds eg 1 part soil, 1 part compost  plus 1 part manure etc Is  there a 
> good mix formula that will set a good foundation  for planting next
year? 
> Incidentally the local soil is clay based if  that helps.
> regards
> John Sharp
>