Well, as you know, we've got the hen-house. The next job is to make the weldmesh run (covered by a weldmesh roof). It will go on part of the vegetable potager (there's posh!) so it has good solid paths around 3 sides and half of the 4th - with buried wooden edging etc. so shouldn't get dug into once we've secured the half side (veg bed which continues round a corner.)
So I'm after picking the brains of people who have made runs on previously well dug and fluffy soil. I know it will very quickly be trashed and I wonder what you all use. I know about straw/wood chippings but I wonder whether they should go straight on the soil (which will be well compacted by the time we've stood all over it to build the run.) Or should I put down a good layer of gravel first?
What has everyone else done?
And thank you in anticipation of your usual helpful answers. (It's like having your own google!)
So I'm after picking the brains of people who have made runs on previously well dug and fluffy soil. I know it will very quickly be trashed and I wonder what you all use. I know about straw/wood chippings but I wonder whether they should go straight on the soil (which will be well compacted by the time we've stood all over it to build the run.) Or should I put down a good layer of gravel first?
What has everyone else done?
And thank you in anticipation of your usual helpful answers. (It's like having your own google!)
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