Reply To: Ingredients for new raised beds

[Michele]

Thanks Sandra! I need about 3.5m2 of material to fill 8 beds which are 2.4m x 1.2m, to a depth of 15cm. I am making the beds directly on lawn. There are no very woody weeds to get rid of. I was planning to use cardboard, then the compost materials. I think between the mushroom compost (1 cubic m), a very large pile of leaf mould (possibly 2 cubic m, but not all of it decomposed yet) and as much horse manure as I am willing to transport in a wheelbarrow back and forth, I should have enough to fill my beds. I just thought maybe some top soil was needed, as our clay is very grey/blue. See attached photo of a trench in front of our house, dug by the water company!