This afternoon I help mom put together some strawberry barrels. They were easy to put together and will hopefully result in some home grown strawberries!

Above are the containers she picked out on the sunny portion of her "boardwalk." Strawberries spread more than they grow deep, so shallow containers work great.

We filled them with soil left over from last year's annual potted plants.

I always like to figure out how I am going to space the plants prior to putting them in the dirt.

Putting them into the dirt took no time at all.

To finish off the barrel we put an onion in the middle of each, because strawberries and onions are companions. I actually don't know how they help each other, but will let you know when I find out.

Putting these pots together probably took 20 minutes or less.

Oh and we put some of the other onions in one of her vegetable beds (she had purchased a bunch of onion starts)

We'll do a row of lettuce next to these onions...'cause lettuce likes onions too.