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PostPosted: Sat Apr 08, 2006 7:05 pm 
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I have a new vegetable bed and besides the normal ammendments I want 6 inches of compost. The bed is 230 sq. feet. I believe the compost bags are sold in 1 cubic foot size (at my nursery). So what is my calcualtion to determine how many bags of compost I would need?

I was never good at math... :oops:

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This might be handy:

http://www.soilbuildingsystems.com/CubicYard.php


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PostPosted: Sun Apr 09, 2006 7:08 am 
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We need to raise the bed about 6-8 inches from where it is now. The soil is sandy and almost "dusty" feeling. This is what I did in my previous veggie beds with great success. What do you recommend to raise the soil level if not with compost?

BTW - excellent link to the calculation page. Thanks!!

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