People Are Using Dollar Store Laundry Baskets As Strawberry Planters and It’s Pure Genius

Man, people are so clever. I wish I was that clever.

But until then, I will just take advantage of learning from all of these geniuses amongst us.

Take this neat trick for example, People Are Using Dollar Store Laundry Baskets As Strawberry Planters and It’s Pure Genius!

First off, you might be wondering WHY people are doing this and it’s simple…

The baskets make it easier for the strawberries to grow out and down and it makes it easier to harvest the strawberries once they are ripe and plentiful.

Basically, it saves your back too which is awesome!

With that being said, here’s what you need:

• Plastic Dollar Store Hamper (the kind with the holes on the outside)
• Garbage Bag
• Strawberry Plants
• Dirt
• Some sort of PVP pipe or tube to stick in the middle for watering

Then like Julie said, you do this:

Grab a couple of laundry baskets like these at the Dollar Store….use a plastic trash bag to line it and fill it with dirt. Start at the bottom of the basket and use a steak knife or scissors to cut through the plastic liner and insert the strawberry plant Work your way up to the top and be sure to skip a few holes so it doesn’t get crowded. Insert a piece of 2 inch pvc pipe with holes drilled into it to make watering easy peasy. Cut off the excess plastic liner at the top and you’re done! Before long you’ll have plenty of strawberries to enjoy! 

Julie Morgan

And there you have it, an inexpensive planter for your strawberries that’ll cost just a few dollars and is way easier to plant and harvest strawberries.

Smart, right?

Oh and don’t forget, make sure you paint some rocks to look like strawberries to keep the critters away from stealing your strawberries!