Day 944: Plants and power tools

For today's post, we're doing something different - we're going to take some proper tools into the garden. Why you ask? Because I find most garden shows to be severely lacking when it comes to the power tool department. I suppose secateurs, seeds and sprayers have a purpose, just not a very fun one. 

 So the task at hand was to plant strawberry plants .. The materials for the day were:

• 2 helpers wearing minimal PPA
• 2 strawberry plants (or there would be fighting between the 2 helpers)
• 6 clay pots - although only 2 were needed for this job
• My trusty FatMax cordless drill
• A 4mm masonry bit

Plants like water. However, I've discovered that most plants don't like to swim. In the summer it's great to leave plants outside as they get lots of rain and sunshine and require minimal maintenance; but to keep their pots from becoming little ponds, some modifications were necessary.

We simply drilled out a few holes at the bottom of each one using a masonry bit and working slowly  to not crack the bottom. 

This photo below was the second try - let's just say the first one wasn't taken at a flattering angle and likely wouldn't be appropriate for general audience website (although maybe that might make my hit count go up). 

With all the pots drilled, in went the plants and we put compost around the edges to hold everything in place.

So there you have it .. 2 happy kids with 2 happy strawberry plants. And proof that power tools make gardening much more fun.