[snow white]

To explain - I have devided the veg part of my plot into four beds each measuring 5.2 x 6.6 metres.  I plan rotation of these beds.  Eg this year bed one is brassics, bed two is beans and salads, bed three is chickens and bed four is for potatoes.  I have further devided beds one and two into 1m wide beds with membrane.  This works well with me.  I grew potatoes under straw last year with great success without any bed devision.  I want to try half under straw and half under soil this year.  Could I do this with a 1m bed devision? If so, how close could I plant them together and how would I draw soil up the pototoes if close together?  Or should I just leave it undivided and do traditional spacing?

Congrats if you understand my ramblings. 

[mumofstig]

 I take the membrane up off the paths on my potato bit - I seem to get more spuds in that way

[JayG]

To reduce the width required to provide the soil for earthing up I find it does help if you dig out a narrow trench to plant the spuds in - the first earthing up using the excavated soil gives back most of the space it took up so you can grow other crops there, but still leaves plenty of soil near the spuds for further earthing up.

It takes some fairly precision work with the draw hoe or rake though!