How to Build a RAISED BED in a TOTE, FREE Container Gardening!
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- SIMPLE and EASY way to Grow a Raised Bed Garden!
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What size totes did you use in your video? 18 gal?
You produce so much great educational content. Thank you so much. I'm always inspired to grow with your channels help.
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I also read that harvesting peat moss releases a lot of carbon to the environment and is a big contributor to the problem. It is also a finite product so it will eventually run out. I won't be using this now that I know.
@@tonyak2446 at 7:52 he does say is 18 gal.
I love these types of videos. So many people in urban areas and renters are often forgotten in the GARDENING MOVEMENT. I am so grateful for these types of solutions. We can all grow our own food
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@@AZ-zn9lgwhat about harvesting wood like young trees from the forest and use a linkin log style to build a raised bed frame? Would I need to treat the wood I know I could use the Japanese technique that James showed us before with fire but any other things to do or just cut and build with the wood
More videos about how to garden in urban settings like terraces/rooftops and small back yards would be amazing. So many people in big cities wanna grow their own food
Nah the gardening comeback
@A Z Maybe the idea is that for those without the "prestigious degree" and only limited resources (land, soil, space, money) that there is still a way to start gardening before they can afford the "American dream". Nobody said the tote had to endure the elements for years on end. Too many people have been robbed of a home and opportunities and have to work their way up. Thousands of people living the apartment or nomad life can impact the way this world works by simply learning about and planting their own food. If gardening were "cool" instead of say, fracking , maybe we could all afford our own little house and garden. It's a shame today that so many cannot even have that with the land grab going on by the wealthy elite of this country.
I HAVE TO garden in these because I live in the Piedmont basin in NC, and the 'soil' in my yard is clay, sand, and gravel. Handy hint for the frugal, broke, or just plain cheap folks: I got my totes at the local thrift store because the bottoms had holes or cracks in them. Perfect! And I paid only $1 to $3 for each one!
There u go. Re use, repurpose.❤
Just so you know biglots often has 60qt+ totes for around $5-$6 and small ones for around $2
Thank you! Good to know@@00big_chungus00
OOH! I never thought of getting totes at a thrift store. Good idea!! Thank you for posting it!
Great idea! I use them to grow in but I’m even cheaper I put branches and leaves in the bottom then finish with soil
So we live on the second floor. I have been using shoes storage containers. I put holes in the bottoms and put them on top of the lids to catch water. They are clear so i lined them with cardboard. They look neat on the balcony and are low so they don't draw attention. Our balconies have to look neat. I have been usinh these along edge of the balcony for 3 years now. They are probably 2x3 feet and i have 2 on the long side of my balcony and use 3 of the walmart bedroom trash cans on the short side of the balcony for tomatoes and peppers. In mid summer my balcony is beautiful, shady and looks like a mini forest. Lol! B4 i was trying to use small pots. More people in our complex started growing plants on their balconies now too. They didnt even have chairs on their balconies b4. Just left them bare. We light up our garden with pixy lights as well and now there are a bunch of other people lighting their balconies. You can hear people talking and laughing on their balconies in the evening now when it used to be just dark and quiet. I love it.
Fantastic! You started a trend! Keep up the good work! 🎉
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As you should. You are spreading a variety of good vibes 🤓 propagating
indeed! 👌👌👍👍🙏🙏✊✊😸😼😺
I used to plant in those too! I love that you're community bloomed from your gardening too!
I also use totes and put a layer of sticks in the bottom before filling with soil. They help for drainage. FYI - those 18-gal totes are around $7 at Walmart.
Thankyou!!!
That’s what I do too
You can also set the totes up on cinderblocks to give you height so you don't have to bend down as much. Cinderblocks also keep grass from growing up in the drainage holes and varmints from getting inside like moles. Also filling the lower quarter or even half if you have shallow rooted veggies with logs, leaf debris, dry vegetation can save you on soil and as the months go by, this will compost down and make better soil and better drainage.
Good advice! Thank you!
I love this so much, thank you!!
James, congratulations on your new fertilizer! Also, thank you for making it right here in the USA! Thank you for employing American workers and using American products!
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Been looking for fertiliser like James's in the UK. Now I can order it straight from the USA. Watching the result of his vegetables and fruits and I am hooked.
Just love Tuck.
You can substitute his fertilizer for blood meal if pricing is an issue with he shipping cost
I absolutely love your videos. You're the closest big gardener to where I live, Long Island. Tuck is fabulous. I run a community garden and many of the members live in apartments, this idea is so wonderful and inexpensive. Definitely will pass it along so they can grow at home as well!
@@nadif8437 .....I'm not James lol.
James I really wanted to order some of your Secret Stuff fertilizer but you gotta work on that price my guy. I really want to support you and purchase from you but it's like 3 times the amount of even something like BuildaSoil Craft Blend and almost 5 times as expensive as Espoma. Please please please make it more accessible so more people can support you!!! Love everything you do!!!
Even my 9 year old gasped at the price! I wanted to but had to back off buying it.
I love my totes. One thing I do different because of the Texas heat is put the holes about an inch up the sides. That holds some moisture in the bottom.
That's what I was thinking too. I'm in "high desert" temps, 100⁰ dry heat, can't grow anything.
Could you please tell me what do you mean by putting holes about an inch up the sides, how many holes do you put up the sides and is that all the way around the tote and do you put holes in the bottom also? Thanks.
@@howardbellamy6301 Because of Texas heat I put holes on each end of the totes about 1 or 2 in. up. {two or three holes}. No holes in bottom. Without the heat I would put the holes in the bottom. This helps hold moisture in the soil.
@@conniedavidson1807 thank you for responding so quickly. I live in Houston in the Jersey Village area Cypress Texas. I’m going to Walmart to buy three of those totes now. Let me see if I got this right you put 2 to 3 holes from the bottom all the way around the totes. In other words, three on the long side, three or two on the short side and then three on the other side and two on the backend, is that correct?
@@howardbellamy6301 I don't put the holes all the way around the totes. Only on each end. 2 or 3 on one end. 2 or 3 on the other end. None on the sides.
I LOVE tote gardening!!! I have 23 totes in my garden plus 9 raised beds! I love your channel. It helps me along with my garden!
I just ordered your fertilizer! Can't wait to get it!
You could use the tote lid as a catch tray for water if you are on a balcony. Great idea!
The last couple weeks one of my dogs has really taken an interest to Tuck. It’s freaking cute, anytime I put a video on and she hears Jame’s voice her head bolts up and she begins to whine, even if she’s asleep she will quickly wake up to his voice. Whenever Tuck makes the first appearance she’ll run up to the tv and make some cute noises towards him. Would love to be able to send a clip somewhere if that’s possible!
Awe!! That's soooo cute!!! Yeah me and Tuck would love that. You can send some clips to "thegardeningshowjp@gmail.com" 🐕😁❤️
Awww so cute. My cat used to sit with us to watch meerkat manor, he was fascinated by how they moved
@@brandywineblue awww thats sooo cute 😂
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That's so adorable! ❤
I've used that style storage container for years in my garden areas. They work great but just one note: I live in Minnesota and our winters get BITTER cold, sometimes for many weeks. The cold causes the containers to become brittle and start to fall apart. I've used mine for five years now but it's clear they won't make it for another summer. I'll have to replace them all next year. Just be aware of the life expectancy of your garden container if you live in a snow state like Minnesota.
Have you tried grow bags instead? I was also thinking of painting my totes with a layer of modpodge to see if it will last longer or cover it with fabric all the way around.
I am a MN resident who also gardens. Another good tip with containers is that one could make them portable. Move them to a protected area during that very first frost. This extending growth for a few more wks.
@@tonyak2446I sewed myself 4 lg grow bags and trying them out this yr. So far so good. I have 4 crops going. Onions, carrots, lettuce and sweet potatos that I started my own slips from.
That's about how long they last in really hot climates, too. Mine have been out for 4 years and are starting to disintegrate.
@@BrassyBrunette how did you make your own bags? What fabric do you use?
James I use totes as raised beds and they work great.
If I might make a suggestion though. When you are drilling the holes, make sure they are at the lowest point. Where you drilled yours, there is still a ridge around the edge where water can collect and grow stagnant.
Drill from the inside if there is room
Great video, do you have to fill the entire tote with dirt or can you use some sort of a filler ? It seems like a lot of dirt for vegetables that have shallow roots !!
Depends where you live! Leaving the holes up an inch or so in high heat let's a little water stay in. Not everyone can benefit from this...but as someone who gardened as a renter in 120 degree temps you NEED that water... it will only go stagnant if you're a habitual overwaterer
Maybe adding river rocks along the inside edges will fill that gap.
Shelley- you can in-place compost by filling the bottom half with twigs, leaves, food scraps, etc. Top off with about 3-4” of good potting soil. Veggies don’t need much more than that to grow and meanwhile you’re creating soil and feeding the veggie plant via compost in place. “Robbie and Gary Gardening Easy” has loads of content of this. This is my 3rd season growing in sterilite totes following their advice.
I did an experiment this year. I planted a 4 x 8 box with red potatoes & had 6-8 small cut pcs left over. I filled a tote (drilled holes) with nothing but leaves, no soil at all..kept packing them down till they were good & tight..nestled those potato pcs down in. When they grew to about 6" high, I put a layer of mulch around the plants. Kept them watered good.
The tops were beginning to die so I couldn`t contain my curiosity any longer..turned it over & I got 3 lbs of potatoes from those few pcs!. I was really surprised..only 1 was marble size..the rest were typical red potato size. Had a 2qt bowl full. Fun experiment! Free leaves! I love using totes & old galvanized washtubs along with my raised beds
I think its great that you're showing how to grow in the smallest of spaces.
My favorite way to grow root veggies of all types is in a tub. For some reason, it works the best for me. I don't know if it's the area or if it's because I follow another youtuber who sets them up with various materials (Robbie and Gary), and they work wonderfully!
I have at least 80 storage containers growing. I love my container garden. Glad to see you doing this! I use a soldering iron to make holes to avoid the plastic shreds from drilling.
I used an old screwdriver, heated it up on the stove, then poked holes through the sides near bottom.
Why? With that kind of space I would think a traditional garden bed would make sense economically. You spent around 800 dollars on totes and pay to fertilize intensively?
@bd12544 who's spending 800 on totes? Most of them are free on marketplace near me or cheap. Way cheaper than wood and metal.
Millions of people may only have a patio. Or even a tiny balcony.
How clever these country folk.
TRUTHlife
I can't believe Tuck likes radishes! Lol😂
Awesome idea, and it's amazing how densely you can pack those veggies in there. I see people throwing totes like this in the trash from time to time. Just last month a neighbor was tossing 3 extra-large ones, practically mint condition so even though I was pushing it for time, I pulled over and saved them from becoming landfill. The thing about this raised bed idea is that even a tote with a cracked bottom is ok if you put it in place before you fill it. Who cares if there's a crack? You're drilling holes in it.
Thats cool and. All but like he said "gotta be food safe" and im pretty sure. Most have BPA
Nos. 1, 2 and 5 (as he said), are food safe
@ananorris6005 2, 4 & 5 are food safe... 1 is safe for one-time use.
I’m so excited you have your own fertilizer now! AND made in USA! Congrats!
Let's Gooo!! Yup made in the USA, organic, and hand crafted 😁
@@jamesprigioni that ticks all the boxes!!!!
(And sorry fat finger hit thumbs down when I meant to hit thumbs up!)
Oh! My son asked how Tuck is. Could you give an update soon? ❤️
@@AlisonV362 I’ve accidentally done that before but have figured out that if you just tap the thumbs up button, it should let you change your selection.
@@kaylakitty3814 oh, it did! But I was worried it would still notify him. 😊
Thank you for showing us this! I have body pain and this sounds like a perfect solution! The first thing someone with pain needs is improved nutrition, preferably from our own gardens.
That's so true!
I used those totes a couple years ago and they cracked after one year. This year I am using the heavy duty black ones with the yellow lids. Excited to try your secret stuff.
I think you will be pleased with your new totes. I have used the Home Depot HDX brand of heavy duty black totes for 3 years and they have held up very well.
This looks exactly like the Video I did years ago 😊numbers and all, BEST way to Garden! We Grow TONS of Food this way and it is So Easy 😊 and free with diy Compost-tea
I am surprised how well everything grew. I have grown in regular 5 gallon containers before but this was my first time in the totes.
Hey robbie! So neat to see you here! All he needs is to put it on an old resin chair so you don't have to bend over!
YOU HAVE GOT TO BE THE HAPPIEST GARDENER ON TH-cam. YOU'RE CONTAGIOUS. FATHER GOD BLESS YOU BROTHER IN JESUS NAME 🙏 🙌 ❤
Amén ❤
I'm starting a garden I want fresh fruits and vegetables let me save this video
Hi, this is Joanne from Fresno, California, I love 💕 watching your videos. You have some awesome fruits and vegetables, on your yard, and I really enjoy your dog eating all of your fruits and vegetables. That is too cute. I’ll keep watching. thank you.
I ❤ the video. I don't have space for a regular raised bed. This tote is brilliant 👏 Thank you!
I would add some sticks to the bottom of the tote to assist with free flowing drainage as well as some worms to help create and stabilize to micro-biosphere.
I've used those containers as raised beds for years! So glad to see them on your channel!
I have one whiskey barrel. So expensv.
I'm happy you mentioned food safety number on the plastic. This has always been my concern with using these bins. Thank you!
LOL to the radish eating dog. So cute.
Well this is just genius.
Wow! This was impressive. I love your videos. This is so good for people who don't have much room or can't inground plant. Love Tucker!
Thank you for showing the ratios in buckets instead of percentages. I am not mathematically inclined 😅..this was easier to understand.
This is exactly what I need. I have so many of these in my basement. I can pop these in my greenhouse!
Food grade containers are a must
You are by far the best at all of this- well also Tuck- but this is a GAME changer! Food grade bins- I was unaware- and you have your own line of stuff- made my day! Thank you for all you do James! I so heart Tuck! ❤❤❤❤❤
This is hilarious! This is exactly what I’m growing my Brussels in now!
I just love your dog...he's the coolest dog ever eating veggies lol
Manifesting a home where I can have some metal raised beds and a super cute Tuck. ❤❤❤🫐❤️
Hi James🙋🏾♀️ That's exactly how I've been gardening the last 3 years. I grow so much In about 6 totes! I found them at my neighborhood thrift store for $3 each! I also use 🪣 Buckets!🌿🌱🍃💚
An absolutely brilliant video. Thank you so much. I have a balcony and a plot on an allotment and I was looking for ideas on what containers to use for growing fruit and vegetables. Please give Tuck a big hug for me. Thank you once again! xxx
That dog is a trip. Lol
Love it. " Tuck it in " , nice tote planting : jam packed. Your home-made soil looks optimal as well as your secret fertilizer
From Trinidad: I am very happy to have met you on TH-cam! Your are a real encouragement! Your joyful personality, your crops, your smile!
I would fell up those containers with kitchen scraps and put dirt over it to save lots dirt and use good fertilizers for my pots 😊
Love watching your video,s .Love watching the little dog checking out while your working what he,s going too have too eat .We had a mini poodle used too pull off the snap peas off the trellis .
Hey James! I noticed your always attempting to inspire people to start growing by showing us you can grow in anything. But for me personally it was the beauty that drew me to gardening. Sure all those things may work, but when I or others look at it is visually appealing? You might be able to reach an even broader audience with a slight change of perspective. Love what you do keep it up brother!
I like that idea! Thanks for sharing that ❤️
What a great idea for an apartment balcony or patio!
Top tip. Move your tote to it's final position before you water it!
I'm very surprised seeing how fast your veg grew in short period of time. I noticed compared to allot of other gardener on TH-cam, my garden grows very slowly, even if I'm fertilizing regularly, and each plants gets 10+ hours of direct sun.
I wonder if it is because I live in a much colder climate/ Zone 3a, the plant grows slower.
Temps definitely make a difference. Also, he used an inoculant when transplanting which helps.
Oh burrr. Canada? E.of the Rockies?
Thank you and Tuck so much for making these videos that show how simple, easy, and affordable it can be for someone with no space and no experience while still also being so valuable to experienced growers who might have lots of space. So much love to Tuck. That little big man is responsible for so much more food being brought into this world. So beautiful
Hi James, love the video and as always stay strong love you tuck
Thanks John! He is definitely a fighter, going to the vet later this month to get a little check up on his progress 🐕😁❤️
Your welcome I have dogs to and know that it’s tough but he’s a fighter
James, I'm 74, gardening good size vegetable gardens organically and many flowers as well. Some of your ideas I have adapted so well. Love these tote gardens. It's good to think outside the box!! :)
Nice job on making your own fertilizer. Your totes look awesome. Congrats happy for you and Tuck
Another, absolutely fabulous showcase of own-grown fruit & veg! 👏
Today, I shared with a friend, my first ever, own-grown strawberry! 🍓Despite the little nibble stolen by a crafty slug, which we cut out, (the nibble, not the slug),we agreed it was the most delicious strawberry we’d ever eaten in our lives! 😋 Late post as I’m off out on slug patrol 🧟♀️🔦
You’re awesome! God bless those hands! I’ve never seen such a healthy large variety of fresh and beautiful foods!
Congratulations on your product James 💚Hey Tuck
Thanks Rozzie Cee! 🐕😁❤️
Thank you! I love this idea. So easy for a beginner like me.
How sweet for you and Tuck to encourage a simple easy enough to do container garden❤… ty for all you do :) 🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾❤❤
I want someone this excited to wake up to me in the morning 🥲
Thank you for sharing this. I've been growing in those totes for about 4 years, now. I raise them up on a long shelf, made of found 2 x 6 boards, that my husband made for me. I also raise them up by putting them on old garden chairs and raised pallets. We have to keep groundhogs from eating everything up, and they're much easier on my back, while gardening. I also garden in 5, 3 and 2 gallon buckets. ❤❤❤Tuck
Groundhogs climb and they are relentless. I found them sitting on my 5 gallon buckets going to town on tomato plants.
Such a good plan.
ThanK u.
I'm gonna use a uncomf. metal open weave, sturdy chair. So low. This well help.ky back. My oLd back.😅
Beautiful dog! I had one he was 22 years old when he passed, best dog ever! Field mice beware of the yorkie!!!
They are a terrier. Lil terrors.😅
😂 Tucks always so cute!! My girl loves stuff from the garden too!! I started making homemade food for her so this year I'm growing some stuff just for her!!
We've been gardening in totes for years. Leftovers from our kids, so we put them to good use. So easy on our backs, too.
Great idea! I would have never thought about totes! Thanks for another very informative video and congratulations on your fertilizer! ☺️❤️
That's how I garden because the grass in my yard gets saturated with rain and it rains alot where I live. So I have three raised beds, two I just got this year, but everything else I grow in tubs, containers, buckets and grow bags above ground.
What a great idea for a starter garden I’m planning on speaking to my local garden club about this very thing Thanks James and Tuck
Thanks James for always making informative videos such a blessing. We need a food garden bad this a affordable way to get stared. Congratulations.
StarTed. Yeah.
Congratulations on your new fertilizer! I look forward to watching your videos. Please get some kid sized t-shirts soon. My son and I want to sport guardian of the garden here in Texas!
Thank you. I love growing my own food, and there’s a small amount of space.
Jp thank you for doing this I live in a small apartment and the economy being the way it is I've started a balcony garden the variety raised beds were awesome. THANKS AGAIN
Happy to know Tuck is OK ❤❤❤
This is brilliant!! Thank you, James!!
Not really.
Add some "3-4" perforated corrugated drain pipe, and place the drain hole 2-3" from the bottom and it's subirrigated for less watering and nutrient loss from the container.
Dear James, what a great idea of using totes for raised beds. I am amazed at how many plants you can put in a small space. This will help my hardening chores as arthritis is creeping up on me.
❤️💓💜💘💕🤗😘 For Tuck.
I suggest do a TH-cam search on growing in totes for more "Ideas"
@@bendingo6 Thanks. I will. ❤️
@@lindaseel9986 Your welcome. I believe the TH-cam community is about people helping people.
Bonus of the totes...if you start trash picking those old resin patio chairs... you can make a beautiful raised key hole garden with totes... if you want to make it fancy get some made for plastic spray paint and make the chairs allllll the same color!
@@jujube2407 What a good idea! Thanks!
This is one of my favorite videos by you. May you and Tuck continue to be blessed and bless others with your passion and knowledge. I love the fact that you use coco coir, I prefer it over peat moss myself. Thank You for a wonderful video. I'm ordering your fertilizer and t-shirts too 😊
Thanks James & Tuck! I’ve been using potting soil, peat moss & Black Cow manure for three years and my veggies grow ok but not great. I am definitely using your suggested mixture since all my veggies are in containers. 🌱🐕🌱🐕
Very very helpful thank you I’m in a small third floor unit and want to get into my own natural growing this idea is perfect for my space.👍🏽👍🏽
Every single time I click on one of your videos James I know I can expect an awesome attitude and an aspiration towards gardening. Gardening single handedly brought me happiness and peace, easily one of my favorite hobbies. Especially being able to give fresh vegetables to my neighbors! Keep it up James! 💪🏼🇺🇸
Excited for this year’s bounty! You always make gardening look like fun! 💕
I am growing in containers and this video is interesting. I subscribed to your channel a long time ago when you were planting on the ground under your trees and you have come a long way. Love watching your channel.
Blessings to all!
Coworker and I were talking about doing this very thing. She sent me this link and sold. Have a little work to do around here first, but so game to finally get back into home growing.
I learned this technique from Robbie in S. CA. I'm shocked how great my squash plants look!! Kudos
Wow.
Yes. I also have purchased for a modest amount from Home Depot some 20" colorful plastic pots that have saucers semi attached with each. Mostly $15.99-$18.99 each (had gone up since I purchased many in 2020 and I think I paid $11.99 each or a bit more). These give a big plant like a Zucchini or Cucumber (with tomato cage in the pot with it), even a smaller tomato with cage, or personal-sized Melons can be planted in the pot. There is enough room for one or possibly two larger individual plants. Best for climbers or large plants like the Zucchini. Easy to move before planting but you can add a plant mover type base which may also be available at big box stores if planting on a harder surface and not on dirt. Just an idea.
I did carrots in these last year and were wonderful. So easy to manage ..👍👍
You can make Mel's Mix, Square Foot Gardening. You use 1/3 peat moss or coconut coir, 1/3 course vermiculite, and 1/3 compost. Mix as you do on a tarp. He found that when he used perlite, it is so small that it basically disappears in the soil mix. Perlite is great for indoor plants. As beds settle and at the beginning of the season, top off with compost.
I ❤ using my large totes for potatoes. They are always on.the side of the road.
I used bags this year for the first time. I made a "cage" around each bag to keep some of the Louisiana Woodland Critters out as the plants got going. Just wrapped them tightly so they would slip off if I desired. This let me easily move them around to the best sunny areas as the season progressed.
NOW, my tomatos are between 5 and 7 feet tall. 1 plant ber bag EXCEPT for a tote I had laying around. I put 2 plants in that. Cucimbers(Burpless) are loving the bags too.
This was very informative and perfect for gardeners with limited space. Now if you could come up with a way to have a Tuck to look out after our gardens too!!
LOVE...LOVE...LOVE everything you teach us! I Especially look forward to your "Let's Go!!" Greeting...Blessings from Eats For Life
I been gardening this way for some time. Incredibly, it cuts down on watering. ❤️❤️
I'm for that.
Another Great video. I have several totes just sitting there gathering dust. It is hot here in Florida but I have a carport with fan to keep things alittle cooler.
happy 555th video! We love your channel and have learned so much from you and Tuck. Keep in going bro! (also, shoutout to your camera person who is behind the scenes getting amazing shots of what yall have going on)
Thanks Nicholas! 🐕😁❤️
Wow, you and CHRIS FIX ARE THE SAME PERSON!! "WOder" I love it
I use totes. Also use sticks in the bottom and I don’t fill all the way to the top-about 5” - 10” from top and everything grows fine.
Thanks! I had not thought about using coconut coir.
I've just been using peat moss, steer manure compost, perlite, and a little bit of worm castings.
But I'll give coconut coir a try in the future. A lot of gardeners in my area are using mushroom compost or chicken manure instead of steer manure compost. I've only stuck with the steer manure type because it's easier to find, it smells fine even when not deodorized, and so far it's worked for me. But I keep my eye out for mushroom compost.
A lot of people around here also use vermiculite because of its water holding capabilities. I'll probably add that too.
Have you found that filling the entire tote up with soil is an advantage for the plants? I’ve seen people fill out the bottom of their tote garden beds with sticks and twigs before adding soil on top.
That's what I do...mini hugelculture :)