Reply To: Filling raised beds

[Lilyholland]

Hi Lottie, my allotment is also heavy clay and over the past 5 years, since it became no-dig, I have used two types of compost to top up the beds each autumn or spring (depending on how I feel about the weather!) I buy jumbo bags from Springbridge, West London, either their spent mushroom compost or their multi purpose blended topsoil. The latter I have found better for making a new bed and then planting or seeding direct into, the former tends to be quite dry and grainy and is wonderful for potatoes and for lightening heavy ground. They also do loose loads at a good price if you have to fill a large area. I buy for the other allotmenteers and we share it out. I am sure, if you are not a Londoner, that you have somewhere local that does similar product.