I have an eight by four foot raised bed (using gravel board) covered with
porous weed matting in which were cut small crosses to open up and plant
strawberry plants. I used pea gravel around the plants to weigh down the
matting. It's a wonderful way of growing strawberries and even in the
driest weather the soil needed little watering.

We've had so many strawberries these last four or five weeks that besides
giving neighbours some, we've frozen 5 pounds to make into jam when we have
enough pots to put it in!!

Geoff