Landscaping
Landscaping Soil Calculator
Soil to fill a bed or a raised planter, in cubic feet, yards and bags.
Result
Raised beds are usually filled with a blend rather than straight topsoil, because pure topsoil in a container compacts and drains poorly. The volume is the same either way.
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How deep does a raised bed need to be?
Six inches works for salad and herbs, twelve for most vegetables, eighteen or more for root crops and shrubs.
Bags or bulk?
Bulk is far cheaper past about a cubic yard, which is eighteen 1.5 cubic foot bags. Below that the delivery charge usually decides it.
The formula
cubic feet = length x width x depth/12
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