my raised beds seemed to have lost about 1/3 of their soil. Not sure why. It may be when I weed them some soil always comes with the roots of the weeds, or the soil is settling slowly.
Getting garden soil can be a logistical pain. And expensive. You have to order it and have it delivered, dumped onto your driveway, and then you move it.
BUT, if you own a Ford F150, you just drive down to the gravel yard, pay them $22, and get a huge load of soil.
The GardenFork.TV F150 gets a load of soil
The front loader operator but a bit too much dirt in, so we're looking like a low-rider
The bedliner makes it real easy to shovel out soil and gravel
Tim
The only thing better than owning an F-150 is having a friend that owns an F-150!
Eric Gunnar Rochow
if you do borrow your friend’s F150, it is proper to return it with a bottle of single malt or bourbon .
Randy
As an F150 owner, I agree with Eric, wholeheartedly. That does, however, more than double the cost of the load of soil.