Efficient way to fill raised beds? Local suggestions (Littleton)? We bought a house last summer, and we are looking to start our gardening project this spring. We built...
inthelowcompost replied:
I built a few similarly-tall raised beds last year and filled them about half of the way up with dead wood, leaves, etc. I happened to have it laying around and it saved on the amount of soil and compost I had to get, but it also employs parts of the hugelkultur method: in theory, the wood will break down over time, releasing nutrients to worms and microorganisms in the beds and hanging onto some water for your plants. Of course, not everyone has a bunch of dead wood laying around, but you can often find people looking for someone to take a dead tree away on Craigslist.
JeffInBoulder replied:
Pioneer Sand and Gravel - planter's mix. They will deliver in bulk with a dump truck to any accessible location on your property or on the street then you shovel/wheelbarrow it wherever you need.
el_dilberto_real replied:
IM GOING TO DROP THE BEST KNOWLEDGE I HAVE BECAUSE PLANTS ARE AMAZING AND WORTH SHARING 1. Contact signup for Chipdrop.com. A landscaping company will dump yards of fill for free. Just be sure to request NO PINE because they take so so so long to break down and the needles get pert near everywhere. 2. Schedule a bulk drop off from A-1 Organics for compost. They will tell you the one with biosolids is the same, but I don’t really want that in my garden. I think it’s about $300 for six yards. Pile #1 into the beds, mix #2 with pearlier or vermiculite or whatever aeration you can and fill them up.