[rapahoe]

hello everyone   the rapahoe has a dilema concerning raised beds. do i lay the inside of my beds with card board before i load my topsoil in .obviously the card will deteriate but wont that be good for the ground any way or shall i put soil on soil?

[DavidT]

Why would you use cardboard? Before you add the new soil, be sure to turn over the existing soil.

[Alby]

If you havnt weeded, the cardboard would help to suppress the weeds but perenials will still get you    Dig and weed then put in the cardboard then the top soil .

  Oh ! and hello to the forums 

  Alby

[rapahoe]

thanks alby    where you from in bronte country then .interested as we come up from the midlands twice a year and stay in cresswell hoping to move up there eventually .so i take it there are plenty of allotments ?

[Alby]

Not far away from cresswell, Morpeth ? you know it ? Allottments are getting scarce now unless you hide one away as i do up a bridle path 

[Alby]

drop me a line next time you are up here and Ill introduce you to my mud bath