"Martin" wrote in message
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On 24 Apr 2009 08:50:14 GMT, Derek Turner wrote:

On Thu, 23 Apr 2009 17:16:11 +0100, soulman wrote:

Just finish making another raised bed, and could do with some more soil.
I have a very dark brown soil and managed to get some orange/brown(clay
like?) soil from a local skip company for free which I've mixed. Is it
better to mix homebase(any mass produced) compost/topsoil or just leave
the soil I got as it is?
I presume soil is more nutritional that prepackaged compost?

thanks jase.

IIWY I'd Google 'subsoil' before using that free stuff at all. My guess
is that it's worth precisely what you paid for it. I hope I''m wrong.
Google 'topsoil' while you're about it!

It could be contaminated earth.
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Martin


The soil came from a skip that had been excavated from a garden, some of it
still had grass roots so I don't think is subsoil.(although not sure what
garden!). The thing is when I went to a few garden places the top soil was
nothing like normal topsoil, it seemed to be more like a finer manufactured
compost? would this be as nutritional? or will any compost be good enough to
bulk out what I have? I did add some general purpose fertilizer.

sorry for the questions, google is a world of info, but there's also aload
of shite! not quite as good as experiances of real people

thanks jase.