this year we are planting strawberries! since we didn’t have any topsoil, we used a mixture of compost and sand, neither of which hold water very well…..so only half of the plants seem to be doing okay. will post first strawberry when we get there!
![mixing compost mixing compost for the strawberry bed](http://baybranch.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/img_0495.jpg?w=300&resize=300%2C225)
![filling the pyramid filling the pyramid](http://baybranch.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/img_0503.jpg?w=300&resize=300%2C225)
![a young strawberry plant a young strawberry plant](http://baybranch.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/img_05753.jpg?w=300&resize=300%2C225)
this year we are planting strawberries! since we didn’t have any topsoil, we used a mixture of compost and sand, neither of which hold water very well…..so only half of the plants seem to be doing okay. will post first strawberry when we get there!