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Strawberry pyramid



I bought three, 20 foot lengths of plastic landscape border from Wal-Mart
for $5.00 ea.  They seemed to be the stiffest stuff at the cheapest
price.
     I cut them up to make concentric circles to make a pyramid
for my strawberries, (If they ever arrive from Fields).
     My question is:  What type of soil should I use.
     My garden soil started out life as one of those "garden mix"
concoctions
that I got for free.  (eat your hearts out).  (One of my daughters worked
for a
large company that carried various landscape products).  After I got
two dump truck loads that became my garden, I got two loads dumped
in one corner of the lot to use for later.  I have been using that stuff
for
about 4 years now.  It originally contained a mixture of some nice black
dirt, sand, manure, and peat moss.  My guess is that by now, most of the
organic matter is gone.  It is certainly not "friable" like I see on the 
garden shows, never was.
     I want to make a mix to put in the strawberry pyramid that will
never
have to be "tilled" or added to, but I still need good drainage.  I don't
want to use anything that would have to be replaced such as compost
or manure.  (Don't hit that "reply button yet, cut me some slack).
     One year, I had started 60 tomato seeds in 3 inch diameter plastic
plumbing
pipe, each 3 inches long.  (Peter Piper's Precision Poly Plastic Plumbing
Pipe 
Pieces if I remember correctly :).  I put a cheap grade potting soil in
20 of them.
In another 20, I put a 50/50 mixture of my garden soil and Alberta Peat
Moss.  In 
the last 20, I put 100% Alberta Peat Moss.  There was no difference in
any of 
the tomato plants, even though I only watered them and never fed them.
     I think my choices for the strawberry pyramid are, a mix of my
stockpiled
garden mix and Alberta Peat Moss, or 100% Alberta Peat Moss.  I do plan
on giving them all the nutrients they need through liquid fertilizer.  (I
PLAN on 
doing that, I won't necessarily DO that)  This, I believe, should keep a
nice
loose drainage, and require minimal effort on my part in the future.
     Tell me where I can improve on this plan.  Does it sound plausible?
I know that there are much better ways to achieve much better results,
but
remember, I am not just lazy, I AM EXTREMELY LAZY.  Unlike most of you,
I am willing to accept lower yields for less work.
     I plan on watering them using a soaker hose buried in the pyramid,
and
hooked up to the rest of my garden's timer.  
     I'm sure this system has been done many times in the past and am
looking forward to any experiences that any of you have had.
     Thank you very much for any help or advice.

     Stan           The cheap and extremely lazy gardener
     Stan           The cheap and extremely lazy gardener

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