Best place to get good soil for raised garden bed (Baton Rouge)

literally just did this Saturday. My beds are 4' x 10' x 12".

in each bed i did 10cf of Kellogg's organic raised bed dirt( comes in 2cf bags at home depot). i did 6cf of peat moss (from home depot), 6cf of vermiculite, 4cf of black kow manure, 4 cf of chicken manure, 4 cf of mushroom compost, and 4 cf of cotton burr compost. it brought it right up to the edge but it has settled over the last couple days with all the rain.

Since you are in BR, Cleggs Plant Nursery on Siegen Lane now sells a raised bed garden soil mix for this purpose in bulk 1/2 yd, 1 yd +. They have a handout they’ll give you of their suggested formula for raised vegetable gardens, 4 x 10 x 6 inches high which includes the bulk raised bed blend, plus adding peat moss, chicken manure, alfalfa & humate, mushroom compost, and fertilizer in the proper amounts. (I’m looking at a copy of the formula as I type this).

Of course they have all this available for purchase. It looks like a good formula/mixture to me. At the very least, stop by and get their handout, even if you want to purchase some of the ingredients from Lowe’s or HD to save a few $, but Cleggs prices are not that much higher, and it’s one stop shopping and you get to support a locally owned business.

Just adjust the amount of material you need for your bed size and the depth.