NorfolkGreg<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.green/@Broadfork" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Broadfork</span></a></span> <br>I just wish I had a good answer to that question or one that might impress.</p><p>Around COVID time we had a <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/raisedbed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>raisedbed</span></a> constructed. The trouble is the <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Muntjac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Muntjac</span></a>. The <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/deer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deer</span></a> eat everything, so that's been unused since that first <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/season" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>season</span></a>. (You can also blame wife's health as a contributory factor.) It's also used in a few window boxes, but that's about it as far as convention goes.</p><p>Dare I confess that a lot is mixed with the chippings we generate from storm damaged trees and those that have died and is spread on the paths. The soil is basically peat and as it dries footsteps grind it away exposing tree roots that become a trip hazard. The original idea was that it might help create smooth grass paths, but in such wooded conditions there's little sun and ground that's much above the water table dries out too much for grass.</p><p>My wife has suggested giving it away or selling it, but I'm very reluctant to let anything go off site. The ground's low enough as it is.</p>