Can I come by for dinner in a few months? Pleeeease? 

2 hours ago, WhatWouldJohnCrichtonDo? said:

Can I come by for dinner in a few months? Pleeeease? 

sure. I'll even give you a big box of veggies to take home

a bit like this:

How much space do you need for those 250 strawberry plants? Which varieties do you plant?

7 hours ago, EyeQueue said:

How much space do you need for those 250 strawberry plants? Which varieties do you plant?

About this much:

I think there are two rows missing from the photo. I originally got them as runners from someone (this is there 3rd temporary location) so I don't know which. There is possibly a few sown ones although those might have all died (which should fruit twice) otherwise they are a single fruiters that slugs love. They aren't matted because of that temp location so how many we'll get to eat is a mystery. 

Thanks, @OnceUponATime! When we did strawberries, we just did a few measly plants and didn't have much luck. I may re-try, but with a smaller area than you have here.

4 minutes ago, EyeQueue said:

I may re-try, but with a smaller area than you have here.

I don't blame you. I might have gone a bit OTT. That's a common problem with my gardening attempts. I did compost some of the plants once I got bored though (the smallest ones), otherwise there may have been more

I have a suspicion that the strawberry plot is bigger than my whole garden

I'm making do with 3 strawberry plants in a pot instead  

1 hour ago, CoveredInBees said:

 

I'm making do with 3 strawberry plants in a pot instead  

Oh, don't worry I've done that too. And a pallet strawberry planter...

On 5/2/2016 at 1:01 PM, OnceUponATime said:

Oh, don't worry I've done that too. And a pallet strawberry planter...

Great idea!  I never thought about using a pallet for strawberry plants.

5 minutes ago, ALM7 said:

I never thought about using a pallet for strawberry plants.

I've seen them lined with weed-matting. Mine looks a bit like this (this isn't mine, it's the one from the instructable)

15 minutes ago, OnceUponATime said:

I've seen them lined with weed-matting. Mine looks a bit like this (this isn't mine, it's the one from the instructable)

 

Ahh, now I see how you do it, thank you.  

I was just getting ready to ask you what system/setup you use.  I found this link/example before I saw you above pic . http://www.onehundreddollarsamonth.com/how-to-make-a-recycled-pallet-vertical-garden/

I like your system, the soil base would be much deeper for root expansion. Thanks again for sharing @OnceUponATime.

My daughter brought home a little lettuce plant from school in a little plastic pot. I watered it, put it in our sunniest window, put it outside on warm days to get more sun, and I still managed to kill it.  Two years ago when she brought home a little pot of grass (actual lawn grass--no jokes), we not only kept it alive, we transplanted it into a bare patch of our yard.

Sigh. I should have asked my farming relatives for gardening advice while I had the chance.

20 hours ago, WhatWouldJohnCrichtonDo? said:

My daughter brought home a little lettuce plant from school in a little plastic pot. I watered it, put it in our sunniest window, put it outside on warm days to get more sun, and I still managed to kill it.  

Too funny lol. Why is it some of us successfully grow outside, but kill everything indoors!  I have the habit of over-watering and over-feeding. Then I'll decide the I live in the living room vine needs to swap places with the I'm doing just fine in the kitchen plant.  When they see me coming they probably are thinking that silly woman is coming again, where in the heck are we being moved to now.  

So my friend @WhatWouldJohnCrichtonDo?, you are not alone lol.

ETA: Watching NBC's Adele Special as I type. I probably forgot a lot of commas/grammar, sorry lol.