The Dirt Has Arrived

I ordered 5 cubic yards of 70% compost, 30% topsoil from soildirect.com. The total price was 310 delivery included.
The delivery man was very nice and perhaps the best dump truck driver I have ever seen. That was as far as his truck was able to fit into my backyard which left me about 30 yards to the raised beds.






This is what 5 cubic yards looks like on the ground. The green plastic garden cart was my transportation method for the soil. It holds about 4 cubic feet.

You can see that my tarp was apparently very poorly placed and not big enough by a long shot.








To fill the beds, I started by taking the top layers off of the beds as I still have not attached them to each other. I then filled the cart and dumped and filled the cart and dumped (Repeat for about an hour per bed). As each bed got more and more full, I placed a folding table on the edge of the bed and used the table as a ramp. It worked quite well, but the whole thing formed a sort of see saw and I misjudged the weight equilibrium and was hit in the shin by the table edge on more than one occasion.







Now, My beds are 45inches by 96 inches by 18 inches deep, by my math that is a total of 233,280 cubic inches for all 3 beds. According to google, 5 cubic yards is exactly 233,280 cubic inches. After filling all 3 beds, I think I have enough soil left over for another bed. Either soil direct.com gave me extra soil or my math sucks. In any event, I have a bunch of extra soil in my driveway. I guess I'll have to make another raised bed.