I am looking to buy a tonne bag of top soil locally and have it delivered. Has anyone bought any recently? Where can I get the best quality at the best price please?
Cue .... a million gardening questions to follow once I get the soil down.
Top Soil
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Crookedbillet
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Re: Top Soil
your local Gardem centre........simple
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Crookedbillet
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Re: Top Soil
They don't sell in the bulk bags.
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Re: Top Soil
Best quality and best price don't often go hand in hand.
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Crookedbillet
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Re: Top Soil
Best quality and cheapest don't often go hand in hand.Quickenthetempo wrote: ↑Wed May 21, 2025 11:10 pmBest quality and best price don't often go hand in hand.
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Sorry, I presumed you meant cheap.Crookedbillet wrote: ↑Wed May 21, 2025 11:28 pmBest quality and cheapest don't often go hand in hand.
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Re: Top Soil
Any football pundit will know where to find top top soil (or even top top top-soil).
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Re: Top Soil
I got a tonne delivered for £45 last year from
https://pcrsol.co.uk/
Seems to have gone up to £60 now but if you ask them to deliver it when they have a bulk delivery near you, they deliver it for free for you which was a nice change.
https://pcrsol.co.uk/
Seems to have gone up to £60 now but if you ask them to deliver it when they have a bulk delivery near you, they deliver it for free for you which was a nice change.
Re: Top Soil
Got some delivered from our local builders merchants. Not dear. Was dead and smelt a bit funky but once you get some organic matter in there and get the fungi and bacteria working its turned out pretty decent. Needs time to start working proper like.
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Re: Top Soil
It’s often cheaper to buy it loose rather than in a bag. They’ll just tip it into a pile (put a tarpaulin down first. Also the more you buy the cheaper the price eg £60 for one tonne or £95 for 2.
There are also top soil calculations available online to determine how much you need.
There are also top soil calculations available online to determine how much you need.
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Re: Top Soil
I’ve been using Greenvale, you can just order from their website.
Delivery is good but comes with a charge, nornally order a bag of topsoil, a compost and a bag of bark all at the same time to make it worth it.
Delivery is good but comes with a charge, nornally order a bag of topsoil, a compost and a bag of bark all at the same time to make it worth it.
Re: Top Soil
Where are you based?
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Re: Top Soil
A bit OT but Soilscape is interesting for understanding the general soil characteristics where you live https://www.landis.org.uk/soilscapes/
If your base soil is poor best put your new topsoil in raised beds. Then enrich it over-winter with well-matured farmyard manure and/or your own compost. I use scaffold netting to protect plants from birds, cabbage whites etc.
If your base soil is poor best put your new topsoil in raised beds. Then enrich it over-winter with well-matured farmyard manure and/or your own compost. I use scaffold netting to protect plants from birds, cabbage whites etc.
Re: Top Soil
We sell top soil at Berrys in Leyland and can deliver palCrookedbillet wrote: ↑Wed May 21, 2025 10:19 pmI am looking to buy a tonne bag of top soil locally and have it delivered. Has anyone bought any recently? Where can I get the best quality at the best price please?
Cue .... a million gardening questions to follow once I get the soil down.
