Last year my raised-bed home garden grew nothing. I filled the beds with sheep manure which I thought would be really good for plant growth, but an old friend told me that was just too rich for plants to grow in. This year, I added bagged topsoil and Miracle Grow® and got a bumper crop that made it all worthwhile. Lots of little tomatoes, small bell peppers, zucchini, plenty of little onions, ...