I'm doing raised beds this year. I'm doing some small ones. Either 5x5x12" or 4x4x12" Filling mine with mostly native soil to about 8" and adding amendments. Compost, mulched leaves I've been saving, lava sand, greensand, dry molasses and soybean meal and/or whole ground corn meal. The bulk of that 4" makeup will be the compost.

With the amendments I listed the typical rate is about 10-20lbs per 1000sq feet. So one bag of each covers a lot of ground.

I must regretfully announce that my 8 year old habanero didn't survive this winter . Adios , baby . You were a good 'un .

I built two 4' X 8' X 12". I used 2 X 12's. Wonder if a 2 X 10 or even a 2X8 would be deep enough. These 2X12's are youge.

when i move to Nacog this spring, i'm gonna use 2x8"s and build 3 - 24' beds...roots won't go that deep...then go to a garden center that sells bulk soil and get garden mix, IF i can find it...if you have access to mushroom compost, that is the BEST...Madisonville TX has it...but buying it bagged or other soil bagged gets expensive if you have a large raised bed

That was kinda my theory. The roots wouldn't go that deep anyhow so 8" should be plenty I would think.

This is a neat design.

Our nursery sells the Madisonville compost. I love it. It's $6 a bag. I don't know how much is in a bag but it weighs like 100lbs. They also sell it buy the bobcat bucket load. But I don't know what it cost.

Living Earth in Ft. Worth has a vegetable mix they sell for 47.90 a yard which will cover about 28 sq. ft in a 12" deep bed.

Anyone else having fruit trees pushing out leaves?? My 2 plums trees have, it's too darn early and I just know a freeze will come along and wipe out this years crop again.

I appreciate your condolences , my Scoville brutha . The older she got , the stronger the flavor / heat was . She will be missed .

My pear tree is. Had a heavy frost this morning. More freezes to come too I bet.

Got blooms on my Myers Lemon Tree. My Lime Tree lost all it's leaves and they are popping out this week. Fig tree is popping leaves.

I failed to look yesterday to see if the 33 degree frost got it.

plums in bloom ,apricot showing big buds

check the mesquite trees...are the leafin' out yet...???...old westx sign of no mo frost