Now that our raised beds are built all we need is the soil. Our friends, the Kamps, told us where they get their soil and you can buy it in bulk so it is cheaper (and they have a militay discount!) So last week we ordered it from Cedar Grove Composting.
We ordered the Vegetable Garden Mix, which is 33% compost, 33% sand and 33% sandy loam. Sandy loam is a mixture of sand, silt and clay. It is measured by yards and we ordered 3 yards. They have a cool calculator on their website where you enter the size of your beds and it tells you how much to order.
The delivery truck was here bright and early at 7:45 am. They just unload it where you tell them so we had it dumped on our driveway. It was raining so I put a tarp on it to try to keep it from getting soaked.
We have never owned a wheelbarrow so this was a great time to purchase one!
First we laid down a weed guard to try to keep the weeds down. Then came the transporting of the dirt. Darrick and the boys worked all afternoon shoveling, loading the wheelbarrow, dumping and leveling it out. It looks great! The next sunny day, we can put our veggie starts in!
