A quickie about strawberries

[organic]

Gah! There's so much to think about! It's making my head spin... and I love it!
TS - Do other things not like a bit of compost too? I'm a bit ignorant on that front.


Sweetiepea - Organising and planning like this helps keep me sane when I can't get to the plot. It feels like I'm making progress at very least. With the planning underway I know that when I've got my first seed order in I'll be ready to jump right into action and not spend time head-scratching about where to put things.
You should see the number of different potential plot layouts I've drawn up in AutoCAD when I've been "taking a break" (read "skiving off") from work! Trying out different bed widths, path widths and so on.


Shadylane - As far as I know, the bit of plot not being pressed into the main rotation has been sitting under a rather large pile of manure for at least a year and a bit. It should be really good, rich soil, weed free and certainly hasn't had spuds, toms, peppers or aubergine growing in it.

[Two_Sheds]

Compost is a great soil improver: ideally you'd be spreading it over the whole plot, but nobody has that much compost.
So add it where it will do most good, as a mulch (don't dig it in, the worms prefer to do it themselves). I put it on the permanent beds, because they don't get the benefit of fresh soil (not being rotated).

[organic]

Decisions decisions!
I dunno where to put it now! Haha.

I guess it'll be a while before my compost is ready to put on the plot though so I should have made my mind up by the time it's rotted down properly.

[Bigmallly]

Try your local council / parks dept. I can get a black bag full of compost for around £1.50........it may be worth a few phone calls.