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four buckets filled with sand to just above holes drilled, and one each of Miracle Gro Garden Soil for Flowers and Vegetables, and Scotts Moisture Advantage Premium Potting Soil.  Neglected to put newspapers down, as my sister suggested later, to keep the soil in.

Drilled holes about one quarter inch diameter about one and one half to two inches apart, about an inch from the bottom, on the outside. 

Filled with sand to just above holes.   Note that I should have put newspaper in to both fertilize and hold in soil.  My sand is leaking out a bit.  About twenty- five pound for four buckets, entire fifty pound bag for eight.

One each of these two soils.   Miracle Gro Garden Soil for Flowers and Vegetables. A complete garden soil for outdoor, in-ground use when planting all types of flowers and vegetables. Contains Miracle-Gro® Continuous Release Plant Food to help get outdoor gardens off to a great start and feeds for up to 3 months. A blended mix of forest products, sphagnum peat moss and manure--far superior to topsoil.    Enriched with Miracle-Gro Continuous Release Plant Food to help get plants off to a great start and feed for up to 3 months.    A complete garden soil for outdoor, in-ground use. Ideal for annuals, perennials and all types of vegetables.  Water-absorbent formula helps keep young plants from drying out.    Contains rich organic ingredients, sphagnum peat moss and manure to improve soil condition and control moisture.     MFG Brand Name : Miracle-Gro   MFG Model # : 73452300  MFG Part # : 73452300
 

Second of the two soils I used.  Scotts Moisture Advantage Premium Potting Soil with exclusive WaterSmart formula releases water to roots as the soil dries out and feeds for up to 4 full months!   Contains super absorbent granules   Releases water to the roots as the soil dries out   Continuous feeding for up to 4 full months   Good for indoor and outdoor container plants    MFG Brand Name : Scotts    MFG Model # : 74537750   MFG Part # : 74537750
 

one each of the above bags mixed together, into four Homer Bucket 5 Gallon Orange Homer Bucket  Model # 05GLH2 Internet/Catalog # 100087613  Store SKU # 131227

just took one handful from one bag, and one from another, and placed in pots/ buckets.  Once in a while churned the soil around in the bucket.

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