We just moved to this house 4 months ago, and my gardens are not yet set up except the one with tomatoes. I hope to have a raised bed by next spring. My neighbors do not have gardens. We are a rural community but we are in town so I am super sensitive to the smell offending them. Altho maybe I should not worry, they don't worry about the pot smell coming my way (yuck). But to be a good neighbor, I try to keep the smell down. I spread PDZ in the run also to help. When you say a not-so-good soil mix, do you mean commercial? I am seriously considering putting sand in my run after I get it re-built. Except for the part I throw the grass/leaves/whatever in. I don't think those two run beddings would mix very well.
