Cheap and effective planting solution ( as soon as spring gets here)

Take a bag of good quality potting soil, I used 1cf Miracle Gro Moisture Control, and cut open the top as neatly as you can. Use some wire, a plastic ring or anything you can think of to hold open the top of the bag so that the hole is as big as possible. Sprinkle the top of the exposed soil with your favorite carrot seed.

Use your fingers or a small hand shovel to punch 4-6 holes along the sides of the bag and insert (cram) a strawberry plant into each opening. Push it far back in. Water from the top every few days with a gentle watering can. You can rotate the bag around every few days as well to share the sun with all the strawberry plants.


I had 16" carrots this year and I started late. I'm still pulling them out every day. I wash them off and eat them walking through the yard. The strawberries are still bearing even in November. They actually grew out of the bag and down to the ground. I had to stop rotating the bag once that happened so consider that.

Next year, I'm doing 12-14 bags. Gonna try potatoes, tomatoes, peppers, and tobacco in bags. I'll use 2cf bags for the tomaters and tobacco I think.