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Actually I wasn’t intending to use straw on top, but am interested in the alternatives to soil to sit beneath the 6″ layer of compost, i.e. branches, leaves and newspaper. That’s good advice, however, about straw in our damp climate. The permaculture page I was looking at was Australian, probably in an area with a much drier climate than ours.
The reason for such deep beds was that they were half-price in a sale, ready-made to slot together easily and the depth will make it easier for my arthritic husband to use. I bought them before reading your essential no-dig preparation guide. 😉 Since my last post I have managed to re-arrange the slats so that the beds are now 3″ lower. After measuring them I found that they were in fact 12″ rather than 11″ as was written on the label, so they’re now 9″ deep.