I cannot say enough good things about my soil supplier. The supplier that currently works for my needs is called Harmony Organics. They run Harmony Organics in the warm season and Kaz & Associates Environmental Services in the winter/rainy season in Benicia, California. The main problem that they helped me with was access to a high-quality soil mix.
While their mixes are no longer available in 1-yard totes, I was able to get as much as I could of the totes from them before they transitioned from cubic yards to cubic feet. Hopefully, they will be able to find a reason to once again sell in cubic yards. Until then, I will have to settle for paying more for smaller quantities of soil. Otherwise, I highly recommend these guys.
If you order a large enough quantity of soil and live in the area, they will deliver it to your home for a minimal price. I would simply ask for the soil to be delivered to my driveway and shovel all of the mix out of the bag. Then I would move the bag and then use a wheelbarrow and shovel to move all of the soil back into the bag. Over the years, I did multiple germination tests to make sure that the quality of the soil met my needs for both starting seedlings off in soil blocks and for putting directly into a raised bed for growing my cucumber or melon crop.
If I was looking for a high-quality soil supplier, I would definitely get a small quantity of soil from multiple sources, or at least different mixes to trial. Then I would do germination tests to find out what variety works best for my needs. I can say, from experience, that purchasing bad soil costs more than money – but costs much more effort and time.
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