[Diana in Wisconsin]

Those soil mixes look delicious!

I broke down and bought 2 of the 1-cubic food bags of the Miracle Grow mix today, while it was on sale. ($9.37)

In the future I’ll buy the less expensive ‘Expert Gardener’ brand they have at Walmart. ($7.48 for the 1 CF size)

I do three hanging pots on my porch, so I want the Miracle Grow mix for those, as experience shows that stuff works GREAT in my hanging baskets, but I will mix whatever leftovers I have of MG and the Exp Gardener brand with clean soil that Beau is letting me have from his stash.

Other pots are just growing herbs and the tea garden plants I want and are less fussy than my hanging baskets can be.

Using those Jiffy Pellets for seed starting saves me a lot on soil, too.

[Pollard]

I bought one of these for $4.89 at Menard's and it's plenty for me just as starting mix. I've got some heavier, chunkier stuff from last year for potting soil.

Now that I'm getting a grip on the different mixes, I think I'll be able to do my own next year or this Fall. Must Make Compost.

I don't do walmart or at least as little as possible.