What to do with lawn borders?

kimwp

honeybee1234 said:

kimwp said:

Raised bed and plant fruit bushes- they pretty much look after themselves (unless you want to optimise production, then you'll need to put some work in) and you get free fruit!

Now, I was thinking about raised beds for ease of gardening and to add a bit of interest - do you mean plant fruit bushes *in* the raised beds, or two separate things? Also, do you know what fruit bushes would be good to stay fairly contained, there isn't loads of room 🤔

Raised beds do look nice generally. I was thinking raised beds for the fruit bushes because they might not do so well in the clay soil. I have clay soil and raspberries have died any time I try. Blueberries need particularly alkaline soil, not sure how clay affects that. I have blackcurrants, but they are in a bed surrounded by a garage on one side and concrete around most of the rest, plus a lower garden level on the other side so I think that stops them being waterlogged. (Also, while I find them both plenty for my needs, the production is nothing like I've seen others mention on garden threads). I think they are quite happy to be chopped (at the right time of the year), so you can train them into a fan shape and they won't stick out too much (though not an expert)