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We Have Soil

A couple weeks ago, my husband and I finally ventured to O'Toole's Garden Center in Littleton, CO to get soil for our new raised beds and strawberry/other small plant beds.  We just asked the staff there for a suggestion on soil for raised beds and wouldn't you know, they have it all in one handy bag. Apparently, this is a new product so I've had a bit of trouble digging up dirt on it (ha!).  The manufacturer's website it also not very detailed.  Per the bag, EKO Raised Bed Garden Mix contains the following: EKO compost, sphagnum peat moss, fir bark, pumice, and DPW (dehydrated poultry waste).  Yup.  These were $6.99/bag. Husband did all the math on how much soil we needed.  A lot.  We needed a lot.  And this was the first trip.  I had to go back for another 15 bags.  We have started to get the soil in the various beds.  My son had a blast throwing it around and compacting it (disclaimer:  I did not know about t...