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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.

The cover comes on rolls - made from something that is tough as nails and guaranteed never to disintegrate on the ground. It's to stop anything under it from growing.

I can wipe the mulch stuff off it and it's just a continuous sheet over the ground. If I put dirt on top of this cover, the dirt has to be deep enough for a plant to grow because it is never going to grow through this cover.

So, wouldn't the whole garden become a raised garden? Understand?

My question was about the top soil. Is all top soil equal? If you buy a bag of top soil, are they all the same?