Oh, hi, Sheri! No one replied for a while and I forgot about my post.
I planted the taters in about 4 inches of soil, some from the garden and some bagged. I lined the insides of the basket with newspaper, and put a few inches of leaves in. The taters are
growing, but I think flea beatles or something is making the leaves look a little sad. I' going to pick the lower leaves and add more stuff...It's like the straw method, no additional soil will go in. So far the newspaper is holding up well...
I just thought that a doolar each was a great deal for large containers, and I thought Maybe they would actually be useful...