Soil for a 3 × 5 ft bed at each depth
Whole bags are rounded up. The bed’s wall height is not the soil depth: measure the depth you plan to fill.
Bags of
| Soil depth | Cubic feet | Cubic yards | Bags of ¾ ft³ | Bags of 1 ft³ | Bags of 1.5 ft³ | Bags of 2 ft³ | Bags of 3 ft³ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 in | 7.5 | 0.28 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 3 |
| 8 in | 10 | 0.37 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 4 |
| 10 in | 12.5 | 0.46 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 5 |
| 12 in | 15 | 0.56 | 20 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 5 |
| 18 in | 22.5 | 0.83 | 30 | 23 | 15 | 12 | 8 |
| 24 in | 30 | 1.11 | 40 | 30 | 20 | 15 | 10 |
Measure inside the walls
The table uses the full 3 × 5 ft. If that is the outside size of a wooden bed built from boards 1½ inches thick, the growing space inside is 33 × 57 inches. At 12 inches deep that holds 13.06 cubic feet, 13% less than the table. Metal and composite walls are thinner, but corner posts and braces still take space, so measure between the inner walls before you order.
Work out your own bed
Open these measurements in the soil calculator to change the depth, add more beds or split the fill into a mix. To compare the cost of bags with a bulk delivery for 0.56 cubic yards, use the bagged vs bulk soil calculator.