Originally Posted by
Yppej
My raised beds have deteriorated over the years although I used pressure treated lumber. Every 3 years I fallow any given section, but I got lazy and stopped making compost. At one point I was even collecting waste at the office, but I never seemed to make enough in my bin for my medium sized garden. My soil is clayey and I've bought truckloads of topsoil before. I just think it is not meant to be a break even activity for me, and this is why when other parts of the US opened up to settlement farmers left New England and its ledge in droves.