I needed more potting soil so I went to a local nursery and picked up a yard of their potting mix. It has pine bark mini nuggets, pine bark fines, peat moss, fertilizer, and perlite. It's a little too light of a mix so I went to another topsoil place and picked up a yard of composty soil. Then I went to Agway for 2 bags of perlite to lighten up the topsoil. Finally I mixed all of that up with the rest of my pine bark fines I have left over from 3 years ago. (Total about $200 for 2.5 yards of potting mix).

I transferred the mix from my pickup truck to my potting area about 40 yards away 1 wheelbarrow at a time. Not fun. I've always wanted a potting table so I built one of those 40" x 4'x8'. And... My Agricart came in. I can use that for lots of things but especially the biannual Fig shuffle. Very productive day.

This looks like clean fun, I wish i had some land.

That cart looks great! I've been looking for something that will help with moving pots to storage. Right now I've got a small dolly - not very efficient and pretty cumbersome. Looks like your cart may be the ticket!

I like it all..!! Need to build me a table like that so I could work at the correct height. Yours looks very sturdy.

Its a labour of love.

Nice job in making your own soil mix!
Just wondering if you need to be careful when adding composty soil to the mix that it is fully composted or can you add some extra fertilizer to balance it?  

[QUOTE=pino]Nice job in making your own soil mix!
Just wondering if you need to be careful when adding composty soil to the mix that it is fully composted or can you add some extra fertilizer to balance it?  [/QUOTE]

The topsoil I used was pretty decomposed and almost black. I do fertilize anyway, so it will not change my fert strategy.