Potting soil does work in a hole in the ground, most of the time anyway. I don’t like digging holes. That’s why I went with raised beds.
I just covered the existing bare ground with cardboard and newspaper and dumped the bags of soil on the top. Then, I planted my stuff. Each year I add some compost and organic stuff to the soil, or else I plant winter cover crop to turn under and replace the nutrients.
“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?
In my case, the cover was put there to keep grass and weeds from growing.
Hi all. Nothing new to report this week for now. Enjoying this thread as usual, though. :)