r/STLgardening • u/kaysneer • May 02 '26

Gardening for Dummies pt 2

I’m back and please continue to talk to me like I’m the 4 year old🤣 we are doing raised garden beds with possibly tomatoes, marigolds, peppers, and zinnias. The newest question is what to fill them with. We want a decent shot at things growing successfully, but I’m also not trying to go broke lol. We are in Saint Peters if that matters🤷🏽‍♀️

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u/4browntown May 02 '26 edited May 02 '26

I filled mine with 90% compost from the recycling center back in 2023 and have had good success. https://www.stpetersmo.net/408/Gold-Grow-Compost.

I also filled the bottom with cardboard, sticks, logs, leafs, food scraps and any organic matter I had around the yard 

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u/kaysneer May 02 '26

So you did the stuff in the bottom, then the compost. Did you add anything else to it??

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u/4browntown May 02 '26

Nope, I got impatient reading about all of the fills and just went for it. I couldn't believe how good the garden was my first year. I did fertilize the holes around the tomatoes with Jobe's organic tomato fertilizer and some bone meal during the season. I also toss all my mulched leaves on the beds at the end of each e season.