What kind of materials, - soil, manure, do you put in a raised garden?
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Here's a helpful guide http://learn.eartheasy.com/2014/04/3-useful-soil-mixes-for-planters-and-raised-beds/
You can use a combination of garden soil (Miracle Gro makes one) manure and peat moss.
Warn adding manure to any soil make sure it will be a few weeks before planting.
A mixture of soil, any kind, peat moss, and compost. Manure should be added in the fall so it can break down. Adding manure now can burn any plantings.
http://learn.eartheasy.com/2014/04/3-useful-soil-mixes-for-planters-and-raised-beds/
some one suggested equal parts of peat, perlite or vermiculite, top soil and compost. I'v been using this mix sans fertilizer for my seedlings, adding a 1/2 dose of fertilizer when i pot them up. when i plant them in containers for outside- i'll mix the next batches with the full dose of pelleted fertilizer. i have a small compost tumbler that mixes 8 gallon of potting medium at a time. how much fertilizer depends on the brand. you can mix bigger batches of the potting mix on a tarp-mix by folding the tarp over one way and then another.