Strawberry Planter

I did this with a friend last year, but only with 3 pots, each getting smaller in diameter, put a garden cane through the  drainage hole in each to link them together and keep it all a bit more stable, used old recycled terracotta pots too for that 'cottagey' look.  Strawberries

Chinese pagoda towers are built on the same principle.  The individual floors are built around a central flexible column.  It's what stops them from collapsing in earthquakes - they can move and dissipate the shock, whereas more rigid skyscrapers collapse.

So your strawberries will be safe from earthquakes too.

I tried out the freecycle website to for any unwanted compost bins etc, and I was given a strange looking composter that slatted together, which had two rows of holes.  Which gave me the idea of turning it into a strawberry planter, as my old patch needed to be moved anyway,

which you can see in the right hand side of the attached piccie, will post a bigger one tomorrow, Im really pleased with it, as it is my daughters bit, and she finds if far easier to water than the previous strawberry
plot.

http://s156.photobucket.com/albums/t2/redwellies/

nice ideas peeps.     im definitely doing that tierd plant pot job.