Browse Forums Landscape & Garden Design Re: Help with soil composition in raised garden beds 6Oct 12, 2021 3:03 pm Noname Soil underneath doesn't look like clay either. You're good to go with just some good quality soil and some seamungus and mulch the top . The rest is just not necessary. Fertilise your plants as necessary with more seamungus/seasol. Keep in mind you can overdo it. The breaking down of mulch and seamungus re applications will be good enough to keep the soil ecosystem going IMO. If I were to dig a bit further down, I would hit red clay: https://i.imgur.com/LQH7Imn.jpg https://i.imgur.com/sO5b0ef.jpg When you say quality soil, will these do? https://www.bunnings.com.au/scotts-osmo ... x_p3010198 https://www.bunnings.com.au/garden-basi ... x_p0274300 Re: Help with soil composition in raised garden beds 7Oct 12, 2021 3:20 pm Hmm clay is annoying. Whack some gypsum over the top of it before you fill the garden up. The gypsum isn't a permanent solution but should give your soil eco system and plant roots time enough to work on it. It should improve somewhat by virtue of the good stuff on top of it (over time of course). And when I say good quality soil, it doesn't need to be in bags. Buy it by the cubic meter from a landscaping supplies store. It should come out cheaper than bags by a mile. Just google bulk soil and have a look what the local place has on offer. They will label what it is. Dark matter scientist, can breathe underwater, mind reader and can freeze matter just by willing it. Trust me, its in my sig. Re: Help with soil composition in raised garden beds 8Oct 13, 2021 5:53 am I agree with the above, get a landscape yard to tip a load on the driveway and load it with buckets or wheelbarrow. You can go and inspect it first to see what you like. They sell by volume. Fluffed up garden soil won’t be that heavy. Re: Help with soil composition in raised garden beds 9Oct 13, 2021 10:45 am Noname Hmm clay is annoying. Whack some gypsum over the top of it before you fill the garden up. The gypsum isn't a permanent solution but should give your soil eco system and plant roots time enough to work on it. It should improve somewhat by virtue of the good stuff on top of it (over time of course). And when I say good quality soil, it doesn't need to be in bags. Buy it by the cubic meter from a landscaping supplies store. It should come out cheaper than bags by a mile. Just google bulk soil and have a look what the local place has on offer. They will label what it is. Yes it does some out cheaper. But is not an option for me due to access issues. I have to get it in the 25L bags. Re: Help with soil composition in raised garden beds 10Oct 13, 2021 11:34 am tim.jones Noname Hmm clay is annoying. Whack some gypsum over the top of it before you fill the garden up. The gypsum isn't a permanent solution but should give your soil eco system and plant roots time enough to work on it. It should improve somewhat by virtue of the good stuff on top of it (over time of course). And when I say good quality soil, it doesn't need to be in bags. Buy it by the cubic meter from a landscaping supplies store. It should come out cheaper than bags by a mile. Just google bulk soil and have a look what the local place has on offer. They will label what it is. Yes it does some out cheaper. But is not an option for me due to access issues. I have to get it in the 25L bags. you dont have a door going from you garage to the backyard? or a path around the side? seems odd if you do, the intent is to have it dumped on your nature strip or driveway then just transport with a wheel barrow to the location. Not dumped in your back yard directly. Dark matter scientist, can breathe underwater, mind reader and can freeze matter just by willing it. Trust me, its in my sig. Re: Help with soil composition in raised garden beds 11Oct 13, 2021 12:10 pm Noname tim.jones Noname Hmm clay is annoying. Whack some gypsum over the top of it before you fill the garden up. The gypsum isn't a permanent solution but should give your soil eco system and plant roots time enough to work on it. It should improve somewhat by virtue of the good stuff on top of it (over time of course). And when I say good quality soil, it doesn't need to be in bags. Buy it by the cubic meter from a landscaping supplies store. It should come out cheaper than bags by a mile. Just google bulk soil and have a look what the local place has on offer. They will label what it is. Yes it does some out cheaper. But is not an option for me due to access issues. I have to get it in the 25L bags. you dont have a door going from you garage to the backyard? or a path around the side? seems odd if you do, the intent is to have it dumped on your nature strip or driveway then just transport with a wheel barrow to the location. Not dumped in your back yard directly. Backyard access is not the issue. I can access my backyard via side access. Issue is the front of the property. Front of the property is on sloping land. That amount of soil put in the front yard or driveway, would roll down to the footpath. My nature strip is very small, so putting it there is not an option. We were lucky in that our old house was so small (86 square metres) compared to the new house, they were able to take enough readings around the old backyard house before… 8 37997 DIY, Home Maintenance & Repair I'm in WA and our sandy soils make drainage a bit easier but this is what I'd be doing. Dig down to your footings and let the wall dry out. 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