Raised bed filling (As TonyB)

[leahandanna]

Hi everyone,
Pretty new to gardening and I am looking forward very much to growing vegetables with the children. I hope to receive great advice from people on this forum.
I hope this is in the correct section, and I know another member has posted a similar thread, but being new I am not sure about the rules on thread jumping/joining. So here is my thread.
Today me and the girls built a timber raised bed with a size of 1.1m X 2.8m X 350mm. It is based on an area that was lawned. When finished I dug over the lawn inside the bed and turnred over all the soil.
My question is , what is the best way to fill the bed, with what and in what quantities please?
Topsoil, compost, other???

Please bear in mind I am brand new to this forum and to gardening when replying.
Many thanks

[Acorn]

I usually use good old fashioned manure, and then I double dig the area adding the manure into the plot. If you have a lot of clay then break it down as much as possible. Clay holds the most nutrient out of all the soil types but it retains a lot of water, which is why it needs breaking down. You could also use mushroom compost too.

[DavidT]

Well done on turning over the xisting soil, so many people fail to do this. I would top the bed up with a 50/50 mix of topsoil and sedge peat.