“dumped the bags of soil on the top”
What kind of soil is that?
I have a cover guaranteed for life over all the ground in my garden except where the roses bushes were. Holes were cut in that cover to plant the roses. So, the rest of the garden is covered with that cover and there is mulch over that cover. You’re saying I can just put soil over that cover and start the growing that way. That is an absolute winner that I didn’t think about. What kind of soil do you use for that?
Sorry for the delay. First I had unexpected company come in and stay a while. Next I am having computer problems. This is my third attempt at responding - here’s hoping that the third time is a charm.LOL
I don’t know what kinda cover you are talking about. I’ll just tell you what I did the first year - I strictly followed the square foot method. I had two beds totaling 40 sq. feet.
I used Mel’s mix equal parts of peat, compost, and vermiculite/perlite.
It worked great the first year. Not so much the second year, I think I didn’t get as much replacement nutrients in that year.
For the other beds, we turned the grass over to help kill it and left the roots exposed for a few weeks. Then covered it with cardboard and newspaper. Then just poured the potting mix and top soil into a wheelbarrow, mixed it up and dumped it out on top of the cardboard. It worked just fine.
I really that any old cheap potting soil from the garden supply would work and be cheaper too.