In anticipation of spring...

I have been researching a bit about what I will need in my quest for my tiny container garden. I found information, in terms, that I understand; to plant strawberries. This is what I found.

"It’s easy to grow strawberries in a strawberry pot, a planter similar to an old wine jug with openings running up the walls of the pot. These pots are designed for the way strawberries grow—with good drainage to keep the roots from getting too wet and pockets to prevent them from invading each other’s space. Plus, they can fit anywhere from a porch or balcony to a front stoop or a fire escape. Easy Container Gardening A trip to a home and garden center will get your project started. Strawberry pots and strawberry plants planted in plastic containers are available in most home and garden centers, along with all of the other supplies you need. If you go to a nursery or specialty garden center, ask for some advice about which variety of strawberry does best in your area.

MATERIALS
Strawberry pot
Small squares of wire mesh
Potting soil
Strawberry plants
Sphagnum Moss.

INSTRUCTIONS
Place the small square of wire mesh, which you can buy or make yourself by cutting window screening, in the bottom of the strawberry pot over the drainage holes. This will prevent the potting soil from draining out when you water the strawberries. Scoop the potting soil up to the lowest holes on the sides of the pot.

Remove a strawberry plant from its plastic container. Choose the smaller plants to go into the openings around the strawberry pot, saving the bigger ones to be planted in the top.

Break up the soil around the roots of the plant. Then place it into the opening, packing the potting soil firmly around the roots. Plant the strawberry to the same depth as it was in the plastic container. Place some moss around the plant in the holes to prevent the soil from washing out.

Once all of the openings on the first level are filled, scoop more potting soil into the pot until you reach the next set of openings. Repeat the planting process for this set, then repeat the whole thing until you’ve added soil up to the top of the pot.

Plant the largest strawberry plants in the top of the pot.
Gently water the top of the pot and each opening. Place the strawberry pot in a sunny location, and rotate it every few days so that each plant gets enough sunlight. Continue to water the plants everyday. And pick the berries when they’re ripe and ready to eat, so new ones can grow in their place. From the Garden to the Kitchen In a few months you’ll be ready to start harvesting your yummy crop..."