How many cubic feet of soil will I need for a raised garden bed?

January 10, 2012 | Filed under: Gardening | Posted by:

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Putting together the vegetable raised bed garden. Proof that I don’t just sit behind the computer!

Question by S.Z.: How many cubic feet of soil will I need for a raised garden bed?
I am trying to find out how many bas for soil I will need to buy for my raised garden bed that is 5′ L x 2 1/2′ W x 1′ H?

Can someone figure out this math problem and post the answer? 10 points!!!

Thanks 🙂

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2 Responses to How many cubic feet of soil will I need for a raised garden bed?

  1. Your garden bed has the area of 12.5 ft³

    so you will need 12.5 cubic feet of soil.

    emberfly
    January 10, 2012 at 10:44 am
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  2. Yep, emberfly has it correct.

    However, if you don’t fill to the 1 foot depth, it will use less.

    Find the book ‘Square Foot Gardening’ Your garden does not need to be 1 foot deep.

    Oak

    Owen
    January 10, 2012 at 10:48 am
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