Filling the Raised Beds

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Originally uploaded by okfuskee

One of the things holding me back from doing the raised beds thing was not knowing what to fill them with. Composting wasn't producing enough. Couldn't use the dirt we have in the yard - mostly clay. I wasn't going to buy that much composted material. that stuff is way too expensive for something you can just make.

Finally, I settled on using county leaf mulch. That stuff is ground up pretty good and we have been putting it on the side of the house where it turned into good black compost in not too long. For years I have been driving down to the Free Mulch site down on S. Taylor street. Been stinkin up the car bringing load after load up that hill. But this time, we had it delivered. It cost $40 I think, but was very much worth it. We got the full load...which wa s alot bigger in real life than in the pictures. Took two solid days to move it all into the beds. Now it just needs to turn into compost. Not sure about that part. At the very least, the layer down near the dirt should turn.