I grow strawberries and peppers in my garden with a Dollar Tree purchase

A GARDENER shared the cheap purchase that allowed her to grow strawberries and peppers in small spaces.

Her Dollar Tree plots were even portable, making them easy to store and arrange.

Stacey (@sky_laporte) shared the gardening trick in a TikTok video.

She created the lots with $1.25 laundry baskets at the Dollar Tree.

Stacey lined the flexible rubber baskets with shade cloth to keep soil from falling out.

Once all sides of the basket were surrounded with fabric, she filled it with mulch and potting soil.

Then she grabbed strawberry starters and placed them in the mulch.

As the baby roots poked out, she surrounded the plants with more mulch.

In another basket, she placed more baby starters for two baskets of portable plots.

Expert gardeners explained that the portable hack was useful and often life-saving.

“And you can move them! I had to put my plants on the table to define an area,” said one commenter.

“Groundhog thought he was in an all-inclusive.”

“What a cute and colorful idea. Love will add something to my garden,” said one commenter.

“Genius omg wow,” a third agreed.

Stacey received some criticism from viewers who didn’t see the need for the basket hack, but explained why it was necessary.

“I’ve never understood why people hoard their strawberries when they give you so much by multiplying themselves over the years while they’re in the ground,” said one critic.

“My love, this isn’t for you, it’s for space-poor people like me,” she explained.

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