What kind of soil should I buy for my raised gardens?

You can buy topsoil and peat moss and mix them together. The peat moss lightens the soil up. We have used this and also the regular garden soil. Both work well.

Depending on your sub soil, one could either go with garden soil or top soil!

I would use the "moisture control" soil from any gardening store. Will make you and the plants happier in the long run. Most contain a slow release fertilizer also.

There is now a Scot raised bed soil option that has worked wonderfully for me.

My husband says the Miracle Gro is better...

We ended up using a net under the raised garden first, then we put 2 raised garden side by side, then we added a compost, w/cow manure fertilizer for the cucumbers only, then we used plain top soil for the rest of our garden which included shallots, radishes, several kinds of lettuce, beet and finally dill/garlic, chives and an heirloom tomato plant we bought at the local grocery store. The other two beefsteak tomato plants stand alone outside of the raised gardens. I have pictures and videos on the iPad, but I haven't downloaded them yet to my desktop. Thanks for all your advice. I will reconsider what we do about it next year once I can track the growth of this year's harvest. It is my first time gardening. Any other advice to maintain my garden's health and prosperity would be great at this point. We just got rain last night and this morning, so am I done with most of the work necessary on it? Like I said, I will post pics/videos of it later. I have captured the essence of my our work nicely. Keep the ideas coming though because information is valuable to me.

Ok...my raised garden beds are done. Pics/videos to come soon. I love organic veggies, so I hope these garden flourish for us. I appreciate everyone's advice here. I'd like to know if I need to find a way to protect my gardens from anything in the outdoor country elements. Anything might be interested in eating or damaging my gardens? What do you do about gardens that are out in the open and on a property that is not gated? Any deterrents we can use to scare away the unwanted animals or bugs?

I hear you. We started with one, this year added a second. Probably one more next year. Our soil is sandy so raised beds really help.