The Brew Cabin

Posted: **Tue Apr 25, 2006 4:15 pm**

Has anyone got any suggestions on substances to fill a newly created flower bed?
The bed measures 25ft long by 1 ft wide and needs a depth of 30cm.
I've worked out that it needs about 3 tons of top soil ! and at Â£40 a ton it seems a waste as I'm only going to put some hardy type a bush or shrub in it as a border between two properties.And something that will help drainage.
So I'm looking for suggestions for something cheaper I can buy to fill the bottom, and then just have a layer of top soil above.

Posted: **Tue Apr 25, 2006 5:51 pm**

Well-rotted manure. Mature compost. I have around 3 cubic metres of exceptionally mature compost that I have to get rid of because my compost heap has banned - if you're anywhere near Warrington.....

Posted: **Thu Apr 27, 2006 11:44 am**

Tony McC wrote:Well-rotted manure. Mature compost. I have around 3 cubic metres of exceptionally mature compost that I have to get rid of because my compost heap has banned - if you're anywhere near Warrington.....

Hi Tony,
I actully work in Warrington and live in Preston, so if you don't mind giving it away your offer sounds ideal and I have access to a transit!

Excuse my metric stupidity, but is that just under a ton of mature compost you've got then?

Just need a way of contacting you to arrange the collection.

THANKS VERY MUCH !

Posted: **Wed May 10, 2006 8:11 am**

To aid drainage I would include horticultural grit in the mix, approx a barrowload per sq metre, i.e. in this case about two and a half, and you could maybe put 2 or 3 cms of larger pebbles in the bottom.

The Brew Cabin

Flower bed filler !