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Hi everyone.  My name is Lorri and I am new to sq foot gardening.  I have a question.
I am in zone 5 (mountain) and this will be my first year for sq ft gardening.  We have built raised beds.  I will be using Mel's soil mix.  I guess my first question is---Mel's soil mix has no soil in it, correct?

We have clay here and I rototilled and amended it for my first perennial beds last year with sheep manure and peat, lotz of triphosphate--worked great.  The clay is very hard to work with--so I thought I'd do raised beds and avoid the hassle.

Second question---what kind of charcoal and what kind of sand worked for some of you?   I don't know what to buy.  Someone at a nursery yesterday told me to use perlite instead of sand--NEVER use sand.   And, bulk is another problem.  I did find a 4 cu ft bag of vermiculite and large bags of manure and the peat  but that is all I have so far.  I'm almost there.  And, what organic fertilizers did you all use?

Thanks a bunch or a bounty or a bale, or somethin!  Lorri
 
 
 

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