@Ghandisflipflop. I was feeling mischievous. Was gonna tell them after they were blue. Lol
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One of the planters I dug out and amended last fall coming to life. The back 3 plants with the sword leaves are Papaver aka Oriental Poppies and the scattering of other plants are Ranunculus
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My strawberry plants arrive next week. Drilled holes in a 7 gallon galvanized steel container that I am gonna set on blocks for extra drainage. The only problem is when summer comes it’s really gonna heat up. Any suggestions on what I could line the container with to keep the roots cool? Newspaper?
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Some of the best strawberries I have had in recent years were raised off the ground in gro-bags. A wooden frame with netting between and a gro-bag plonked on top. Cut the gro-bag, plant runners. Worked really well and seemed easily refreshed.
IMO a better way of doing it would be to make a raised bed on stilts, set up a no-dig planter on top and grow strawberries in there. Painted white, it would reflect a lot of sun and the underflow of air would keep them cool.
EDIT :
Just read your post better, your steel drum could do with being painted white, as white as you can get. A newspaper lining would just rot down and make a good contact with the hot drum. What you want is to stop the drum heating in the first place. Insulate the outside with loft insulation/rockwool. It won’t rot and will keep the outside of the drum a lot cooler in the summer and warmer in the winter.
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It depends on how nice & pretty you want & ditto on @MicroDoser’s point: you wanna keep the metal from heating up. Cardboard with a 2" air gap… and some straw for a mulch.(you can get small amts of straw aka “flakes” at a feed store(
).
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I have a huge compressed box of it from build a soil, planting the veggie patch here pretty quick… Dad said there is some special crap you have to use on galvanized steel or the paint won’t stay on it too… think I’ll just mulch and put it where it will get afternoon shade.
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Good Times!!! Love them!
@Calyxander I need to make the cages for my CA Wonders. How big around should I make them?
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Standard size tomato cages work well. However, you could simply stake them up.
I like to use strips or loops of pantyhose to tie the main stem to the stake.
They will become top heavy with fat, yummy peppers. They will get around 4 feet tall.
Good luck.
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Speaking about aeroponics 
this plant lives from the air, it is hanged in many houses of my village, this one is from my neighbor. He gave me two branches and now they are growing home hanging in my front door …
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Hahahahaha!! Excellent! Hahahahaha!
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Since I can’t grow cannabis atm and the weather is so nice I started my porta-partment garden
Mini Roses… they where a valentines day gift from a special someone
a money tree and below is croton, all valentine’s gift
Now my veggie garden
Garden beans and peas
Tomatoes
Carrots
And last but not least my jalapenos
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Nice looking crotan! Croton
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Thanks buddy, I’ve been using my low voltage grow light on her at night and it’s been bringing out all the yellows and reds
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It’s official, spring has arrived!
Welcome, Galanthus nivalis, the snowdrop
Stay away, bombogenesis. Screw you, Phil 
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