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Thursday, 14 January 2016

Topsoil

My topsoil for the new raised beds has arrived!


I ordered the bulk bag of  "Norfolk Biodress Raised Bed Mix", nominally 900kg, but since it was very wet, probably weighing twice as much! It looks like good stuff. I don't see any significant stones in it, nor any weeds, so I am hoping it will be just what I was after.


I have also today ordered the wooden sleepers for the raised beds, to be delivered next week. This time I am planning to construct two new beds, each requiring six sleepers. Once those are done I'll make a decision on whether to do the final two. "Rome wasn't built in a day" they say!

Jane said to me today "You're soon going to have to find a use for those great big bags" (the one from the topsoil and the half-empty one from the shingle I bought last year). I said "I already have. I'm going to use them for storing leaves in the Autumn."


Actually they will also be handy for taking rubbish to the tip.
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8 comments:

  1. Anne, Lewisham gardens14 January 2016 at 12:42

    Looks good.
    Tried two suppliers recently ( Travis Perkins and Pro+ grow) and both were mostly sand. Very disappointing. Especially as they weren't cheap.
    Might give Norfolk a go for a new church garden we are planting up.

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    1. Mark Willis14 January 2016 at 12:44

      Sounds like the TP stuff might be good for growing carrots!

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  2. Lea14 January 2016 at 13:04

    I was just thinking what wonderful bags those were!

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  3. Jo@awholeplotoflove14 January 2016 at 14:24

    They are very useful for taking rubbish to the skip & they keep the car fairly clean too. Looking forward to your sleeper delivery we have decided to go down the sleeper route too.

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  4. Sue Garrett14 January 2016 at 15:07

    I'm glad it finally arrived.

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  5. Michelle14 January 2016 at 15:29

    That looks like really good soil. How nice to get it in bags, around here they just dump it in your driveway.

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  6. Margaret14 January 2016 at 21:12

    Like Michelle, we have to deal with a huge pile on our driveway - bags that could be tipped directly into the beds would be much more convenient! I hope that your soil works out well - our last lot looked great when it arrived and it was only later in the season that the weeds showed up.

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    1. Mark Willis14 January 2016 at 21:15

      The place I got my topsoil from also does 25kg bags, which could literally be "tipped directly into the beds", but it is much more expensive than the 900kg bulk bag.

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