Soil for raised beds

[lost the plot]

Anyone know where to get cheap soil to put in a raised bed?
So far the cheapest is at wyvale garden centre 4 70lts bags for �10.

[hawthorns]

wickes have a deal on with 4 80 litre bags of general purpose compost and 5 25 litre bags of topsoil.both offers are �10 each

[spud57]

what you need is a landscaping soil supplier. we have one here in kettering. If you have a trailer you can buy it loose. We paid �25 a ton for a soil/compost mix only today

[lost the plot]

Hi, Thanks for that. What would i look up? Landscaping soil supplier?

[Norm]

Try 'Gardes Services' in yellow pages. Whoever you contact will probably have a number of someone they use if there isn't anyone offering top soil. One thing to be careful of is the quality of the soil. I made the mistake 30 years ago of ordering 2 tons of the stuff for a new house and got half a ton of soil, half a ton of clay and a ton of builders rubble.
Ask if you can have a look at what you're getting before you order it.

[lost the plot]

Just to let anyone that wants to know, in wiltshire the cheapest i found was a skip bag from B&Q trade department anyone can use the trade department. It cost �48 in total.

[Matt.]

If you are open minded about these things contact your water supplier.

When sewerage goes through the treatment plant there is (as you would expect) a lot of organic waste mixed up with the dirty water The treatment plants don't just turn the dirty water into clean they also process the solids - filtering and heat treating it so its safe for reuse. As I understand it is freely available. It may well be free for collection or they will charge for delivery. If you have a large works near you and need a lot it may well be worth contacting to see what can be done.

Just be aware tomato seeds aren't destroyed in the heat treatment process

[mrdinkle]

Just be aware tomato seeds aren't destroyed in the heat treatment process

My mum was telling me that years ago where they lived, people used to get their tomato plants from the sewage outlet! Lovely tomatoes apparently!