Hi Gardeners of Gaiscioch!
It's the middle of winter here in Perth, Australia - but I still have the gardening bug! We're currently working on setting up some containers for a container vegetable garden (we rent, so can't put in a permanent patch).
I was hoping some of you might have some ideas for a problem that we're having. We managed to scavange some giant pots - the kind trees are put in for sale - which we're ecstatic over. But, we certainly don't want to fill them completely with soil - they'd be way to heavy to move, and the plants won't need the depth. We've been trying to brainstorm ideas of what we could partially fill the pots with before putting in the soil, but some of the ideas have fallen flat because we're trying to do it as inexpensively as possible.
So far, we had the idea that we could find a smaller pot to put upside down into the bigger pot - but I'm kind of loathe to waste a pot that could be growing something in it. We thought about maybe filling it up partly with empty plastic soft drink (soda) bottles, but as we don't really drink the stuff it might take awhile to collect enough (although we might put out the word to family and friends to keep theirs for us). Someone suggested styrofoam, but that's not exactly readily available. Would love to hear any ideas that you might have.
While we're at it - what do you think are the best vegetable/herb combinations for growing in pots?
Thanks!