Like the salad dressing aisle, there is a dizzying array of options for filling your raised bed

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Let’s start this gardening column with a quick personality quiz: What kind of salad dressing do you like?

Your answer to this question is a clue as to how you should go about filling a raised garden bed. Like salad dressing, you have options ranging from prepackaged options that are pricey but foolproof — like those delicious little bottles in the refrigerator section — to do-it-yourself concoctions that are more work but give you control over the ingredients and can be customized to your particular “salad.”

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