If you want to work in feet, it is a cubic yard approximately, so 27 little cubes all with sides one foot/12 inches.
I bought a ton of topsoil this year, was about £60 - so at that price I paid about £2.20 for each cube of 12 inches. But if you work out your size of bed and phone topsoil people with measurements they will tell you how much topsoil you will need.
Need the depth as well DrG. It's just basic maths - width x depth x height. If the bed's that area it's approx 5m x 5m - so 25 sq metres. At a depth of 1 foot - 30cm/a third of a metre, then each tonne bag ( 1 cubic metre) will fill 3 sq metres so you'd need about 8 tonne bags. Multiply up if the bed's deeper than 30 cm. As Jennifer has said - companies will work it out for you if you give them the dimensions.
Most people would add manure/compost to that as opposed to all topsoil though. A couple of handfuls of Blood, fish and bone per square metre will benefit any planting.
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I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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DrGThumb have I understood correctly that you are making raised beds ?
DrG I haven't made a raised bed so can't help you about content per sq foot
If you don't get any replies maybe try a new thread asking about requirements to fill a raised bed.
Good luck with your project
One ton of topsoil is a cube metre.
If you want to work in feet, it is a cubic yard approximately, so 27 little cubes all with sides one foot/12 inches.
I bought a ton of topsoil this year, was about £60 - so at that price I paid about £2.20 for each cube of 12 inches. But if you work out your size of bed and phone topsoil people with measurements they will tell you how much topsoil you will need.
Need the depth as well DrG. It's just basic maths - width x depth x height. If the bed's that area it's approx 5m x 5m - so 25 sq metres. At a depth of 1 foot - 30cm/a third of a metre, then each tonne bag ( 1 cubic metre) will fill 3 sq metres so you'd need about 8 tonne bags. Multiply up if the bed's deeper than 30 cm. As Jennifer has said - companies will work it out for you if you give them the dimensions.
Most people would add manure/compost to that as opposed to all topsoil though. A couple of handfuls of Blood, fish and bone per square metre will benefit any planting.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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