Allotment Gardening Advice Help Chat
Smallhold Farming and Rural Living => Livestock and Growing on a larger scale => Topic started by: N.WalesIdealist on October 24, 2010, 19:52
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Next year I'm hoping to set up a dozen or so raised beds on some land that I've come into and I'm after some topsoil to fill them. Does anyone know of a supplier in the the northwest or preferably in north wales that's relatively cheap? I'm not really sure what the going rate on top soil is?!
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What sort of capacity / size beds are you talking about?
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Well provisionally the beds will be around 3 metres long, 2 meteres wide and about 30cm deep...although I'm sure they're likely to change, the land is rather bigger than I first thought, and depending on whether the earth si any good underneath the weeds they may get shallower or deeper...
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Don't know how cheap they are, but Dandy's on Sealand R :)oad, Chester are a fairly big operation with a good reputation.
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Dandys is very good quality but quite expensive, if i was you id have a look in the yellow pages for top soil suppliers and see whos cheapest, plus, if you can have it delivered loose then you will save a lot of money :)
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The other option you can do is fill them with manure which is usually free from stables if you can pick it up. Not suitable for all crops immediately but you'd get great crops of squash and pumpkins for the first year!
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Don't know how competitive their prices are but there is http://www.turfsoilgravel.co.uk/landscapingproducts/topsoil.asp?id=208 (http://www.turfsoilgravel.co.uk/landscapingproducts/topsoil.asp?id=208)
who are based in St Helens. They seem to do topsoil in up to 20tonne shipments.
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Don't know where in north wales you are but there is a sand/gravel quarry at Bryncir which is really cheap if you collect yourself
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Beware of cheap topsoil offers, it can be actually subsoil or full of dodgy bits, I'd always go for a reputable supplier that sell screened soil.
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Don't know where in north wales you are but there is a sand/gravel quarry at Bryncir which is really cheap if you collect yourself
Where's this quarry then? I've got access to a lorry and driver so picking up wouldn't be a problem...
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Bryncir between Caernarfon and Porthmadog
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My local council sell top soil and organic compost for £30 per tonne plus delivery. Dont know if this is a god price but seems ok to me.
Regards Alby
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hi try british sugar the soil is washed of the beet with hot water and is very good we get a 20 ton laod £200 no rubbish in it