Mr M modified this hexagonal pot in to a strawberry planter last weekend. I spent at least an hour outside on saturday afternoon, freezing, but planting it up.
It is a hexagonal pot from Homebase, that cost me around a fiver, which he then made 2 square planting holes in on each of the 6 sides.
Planting holes were made by drilling holes for the corners, cutting the sides with a hacksaw blade. The bottom side was left uncut, and half the square was left intact to form a flap to try to keep the plant and the compost in.
I mixed some multipurpose compost with some vermiculite and planted the thing up. The top is not yet full, I will fill it in with runners next year.
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Great idea - all that ingenuity you showed with your balcony plants is still there. Guess you are a bit like me - you have these great ideas but really need the "Mr" to make them possible - lucky aren't we?! ;)
Moggle, one of these days you are going to take off! What you manage on a couple of balconies puts many of us to shame!
Keep us posted, your experiments give us all things to work with!
Kate :)