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New Raised Bed Soil

CharlieZoner
9 years ago

I'm in the process of putting in 120 sq. ft. of 10" raised beds for next year's vegetable garden. The underlying soil, as well as the newly delivered screened topsoil, is 50% clay, 16% silt, and 34% sand (by sedimentation analysis). Knowing that this soil is pretty dense and drains poorly, I mixed in ~40% fine compost as I filled the beds. I tilled 6" into the underlying soil and amended it as well.

I'll be putting down limestone stone dust (1/8" and under ) as my paths and wonder if I should bother adding any of it to the beds to improve drainage and mineralize the soil while I'm at it?

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