Raised Garden Bed: What soil to select?

Update: Potting mix is better than garden soil.

You can make your own potting mix:

- 30% peat moss or coco coir
- 30% perlite or vermiculite
- 30% compost or soil

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Original post:

Miracle Gro Organic Choice is probably the best. It costs $9.77 at Home Depot:



The Vigoro brand organic soil mix was easier to find but it has more wooden chunks than Miracle Gro organic mix:



This is regular, not organic, soil mix (shown below). I selected organic soil instead of this one:



I did not buy a potting mix (shown below) but garden soil.







Tomatoes in raised garden beds (after 3 months).

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Related video and reading:

Best Source of Garden Soil to Grow Your Vegetables. - YouTube http://goo.gl/1875b
Secret Recipe For Drought Tolerant Container Garden Soil Mix  http://goo.gl/dWuNq

Making a Raised-Bed Garden - Gardening Articles :: Edibles :: Vegetables :: National Gardening Association - http://goo.gl/wuXKi

Best Source of Garden Soil to Grow Your Vegetables. - YouTube http://goo.gl/FxsPm