Soil arrived and we mixed in the raised beds.

Bed 1 contains 60% top soil, 35% Black Cow manure, 5% potting soil mix, and 5% peat moss.

This mixture is meant to benefit root vegetables like potatoes and carrots.

Bed 2 contains 50% top soil, 30% compost, 10% potting soil and 10% perlite.

This is a more standard mixture for the rest of the veggies.

We layered in the mixes in the raised beds, mixing portions at a time. This is not easy, and BB ended up having to rake and mix the majority of the raised bed soil.

Another method I’ve seen recently posted by #epicgardening was to mix on a tarp and then shovel the dirt into the raised bed. I’m not sure which would be easier.

At any rate, we are ready to plant!