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I've been dreaming about carrots, big long straight carrots 
I really want to grow some but my soil is stony and pots need too much attention.............
This morning I woke with a possible solution but I'm going to run it past you first, in case, like most of my dreams, they're entertaining but utter rubbish
Take 2 equal length planks of wood (like scaffolding boards) and fix them together, on end, about 9-12" apart, to make one long narrow raised bed. Fill this with compost/sand and sow carrots. Job done!!
This way, I'd be raising and improving the soil just in the area where it was needed. The roots could still go down into the soil and take up moisture therefrom.
You could grow more carrots in a long thin row, than you could in a square bed containing the same amount of compost, because of the need to space the seeds out.
Next year, I could move the "bed" over a strip and do the same thing.
Waddya reckon, Grapes?
I really want to grow some but my soil is stony and pots need too much attention.............This morning I woke with a possible solution but I'm going to run it past you first, in case, like most of my dreams, they're entertaining but utter rubbish
Take 2 equal length planks of wood (like scaffolding boards) and fix them together, on end, about 9-12" apart, to make one long narrow raised bed. Fill this with compost/sand and sow carrots. Job done!!
This way, I'd be raising and improving the soil just in the area where it was needed. The roots could still go down into the soil and take up moisture therefrom.
You could grow more carrots in a long thin row, than you could in a square bed containing the same amount of compost, because of the need to space the seeds out.
Next year, I could move the "bed" over a strip and do the same thing.
Waddya reckon, Grapes?
I'm sure I've seen some plastic pipe in the roof of the garage but its too high up for me to reach - and I don't do ladders 
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