Yes, plant your runners in neat rows now (with space between rows for walking). Mulch between rows. Next year, theyÂll yield a light crop. The following year (2009) theyÂll yield their heaviest crop. Also in 2009, their rooted runners get harvested and planted in a fresh bed, and the old plants get ripped out and composted. In 2008, plant another bed of runners, so youÂll have a heavy crop every year. More details below. My parents grew strawberries this way and always had a bumper crop. In 2007, establish Bed One: plant runners in neat rows In 2008: Bed One will yield smallish crop (remove all runners if any appear) In 2009: Bed One will yield bumper crop. After cropping, harvest the rooted runners and plant in a fresh bed. Rip out old plants and compost. In 2010: Runners planted last year will yield lightly In 2011: Last yearÂs light yielders will yield heavily. Their rooted runners will be harvested and planted in a fresh bed. The old plants will get ripped out and composted. In 2008, establish Bed Two: plant runners. This bed will yield lightly next year, and yield abundantly in 2010, the rooted runners get planted in a fresh bed, and the old plants get ripped out. With this regimen, the grower has a high-yielding bed of strawberries every year. I donÂt mean to say that Bed One and Bed Two should remain in the same location year after year. Rotation is probably desirable to avoid diseases. The runners: I was told that runners sapped strength from the parent plants, so I imagine that all runners were cut off immediately after they emerged while the mother plants were still producing berries. Then after berry production had ended, runners were left to grow roots. Then the rooted runners were harvested and planted in a fresh bed. The old mother plants were then ripped out and composted. (However, I canÂt be sure if some runners were allowed to root while the mother plants were producing berries.) My parents grew two varieties, an early (light red in color) and a late (dark red). The early one was not all that tasty, but the late was superb. ItÂs name was Singa Singali, or Senga Sengali, or some other spelling. It may no longer be in production. I was told that after two crops, strawberries donÂt yield well (which explains this planting regimen), but I donÂt know if it is true (of todayÂs varieties). Good luck with your strawberries, and please let us know what you do and how it works out. Sorry it's a bit rambling and repetitive....

Sue is helping me, did ya all know she is a genius with the computer? Well, she is! Ha, I thought of it more as the blind leading the blind. I find it so strange i can get on the internet, but not on Internet Explorer,but then, as Sergent Clink would have said, "I know Noting" Now you said a mouth full. hmmm...Carol, You can access Internet Explorer, just not Yahoo mail and some other sites, right? If you look in the upper left hand corner, it should say Windows Internet Explorer, unless you are playing on the new Firefox browser you downloaded today. Carol has entertained us over at Computer Help and I had a really nice visit with her via phone. We didn't get much fixed, but found out her email was accessible from another computer. We are going to play at it again this eve, trying to use remote access, a new wrinkle with both of us. I'm looking forward to more fun with Carol and hopefully can get her all fixed up. Sue

Well, first off you need to be able to put your pictures on the world wide web. You can post them on one of the photo hosting sites, or if you have one, your own web site. If you have only a picture or two, you can upload them to the GardenWeb Gallery. Once you have pictures on the web, you can then copy the link that appears in the address box and paste it into the "Optional Link URL:" that will show up on the second page of the form that you use to start a new thread. If you are on a photo hosting site, you have to do something to make the pictures public, so we can see them without logging in. If you want to embed your link in the text, you can follow the directions linked below. Good luck, we are looking forward to seeing your pictures. Here is a link that might be useful: How to make a clickable link.

However it is a specialty, not something your average mason is going to be equipped or experienced at doing. That being said, for what the resurfacing would cost you, you could likely replace the walk with new concrete or stone.