One Recipe for Garden Soil.
Mel Bartholomew, author of the popular how-to book, The Square Foot Garden, declares that anyone can grow delicious vegetables in a raised bed if the soil is right. He gives the following recipe for creating a nutrient-rich soil.
Combine the following ingredients on a large tarp and mix well:
1/3 peat moss or coir
1/3 coarse vermiculite
1/3 blended compost
Combine the following ingredients on a large tarp and mix well:
1/3 peat moss or coir
1/3 coarse vermiculite
1/3 blended compost
- aged cow manure
- aged chicken manure
- mushroom compost
- worm castings
- organic humus compost