g'day nan,
i did this project as a temporary bed and for a quicky bed, but so far the bales are still there and doing their job since easter.
they are of course breaking down on the bottom and bottom inside edge but that is to be expected and they by doing this creating habitat for worms etc.,.
so before the winter planting this bed will be modified as it is not quiet in the right place and new edging will be applied for now i will use biscuits of hay to define the edge until we work out our permanent edge.
we are doing a new bed now using the biscuit method i will take a couple of pics of that to show the process.
but using hay as edging is temporary by nature, we just wanted to expand ideas of setting up a garden and worry about the edging later on, you know get things growing.
snipped With peace and brightest of blessings,
len
-- "Be Content With What You Have And May You Find Serenity and Tranquillity In A World That You May Not Understand."
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