As the new beds take shape in the veggie plot I’ve decided to remove the sides of the bed where the raspberries are growing. Some of them are quite rotten, but others look like they should be ok. I think some might have been cedar.
It has occurred to me that I may be able to recover sufficient timber to make shelving to go along the north-facing walls in Frankenstein’s greenhouse which will carry the strawberry plants that I have potted up, so they are out of the way when I want to put plants in the beds. At present I have thirty pots with a strawberry plant in each and I think I may have room for eight or nine more. Once my father-in-law has freed up some space in his greenhouse I’m hoping there will be some space there too, as I can probably recover as may as a dozen and a half plants from the old strawberry bed. They may be a bit tired in terms of fruit production, but if they produce runners I should at least be able to plant more up for next year and replace them.