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If your prepared to go and collect it loose then you can get it cheaper still. Our local skip operators give top soil away for free as otherwise they have to pay to get it removed.Manure is all very good but you cant grow vegetables directly in it, still needs to be mixed with soil.
Quote from: raisedbedted on January 24, 2011, 09:27:39If your prepared to go and collect it loose then you can get it cheaper still. Our local skip operators give top soil away for free as otherwise they have to pay to get it removed.Manure is all very good but you cant grow vegetables directly in it, still needs to be mixed with soil.I grew spuds in pots of nothing but horse manure (fresh field manure, no straw) last year....massive crop of Congo, decent crop of everythign else.... free topsoil is good too, compost and manure break down fast...Hmmm think Brassicas, Root crops, Salad crops might be a different matter ;D