Raised Bed Garden Soil Preparation
The process of dressing the soil means adding a layer of good quality soil which involves and mixture of sand mould, peat, loam, manure, dried sludge. Soil dressing is done mainly in autumn or in spring. The turf needs to be made denser so that moss and weeds do not sprout or infest the lawn. The surface is leveled by this procedure and the hollows too get filled with this top dressing. One part of granulated peat, 4 parts of loam, 2 parts of river sand, is the general mixture prepared for an average soil which is then put through a sieve 1/4th inch thick.