Today I was *finally* able to complete Phase 1 of the bed! *Happy Dance* This phase was about starting the walls (laying down 2 layers of block) and getting a "smothering" layer down. For this, I used "nasty" hay - hay that had been laying loosely on the floor of the hen house at the farm and has a lovely hint of diesel. Ha!
Phase 2 will be getting a load of what I call "crap dirt" to put down on top of the hay. "Crap dirt" to me is dirt that isn't good for growing anything cultivated....like red clay, too-sandy-dirt, etc. Basically, this is another layer of filler since strawberries don't have very deep roots. Now to figure out how much I'm going to need.....
