So I want to grow some herbs, strawberries and other plants in pots....

A Few Pot Tips

The bigger the pot, the better.
Group your pots together—it'll be easier to water them, but they'll also help keep each other cool or warm.
Mulch! Use coconut fibre (from the garden centre) or even pebbles to keep moisture in and stop the soil turning to concrete but...
When the soil DOES turn to concrete, replace the soil. Plants can't grow in concrete! And the water will slip down the sides, too, instead of wetting the soil so the roots can use it.
Use slow release plant foods, or even better, home-made compost.

Garlic chives These are TOUGH, and unlike common chives, don't die down in winter or shrivel in heat and drought. They're flatter and coarser than common chives, but great in stir fries, sandwiches and salads where you want an onion/garlic flavour. They grow well in pots around roses, fruit trees or other shrubs.

Strawberries These are great planted around the base of any shrub or tree. They'll spill out over the edges of the pot too.

Climbers Passionfruit, grapes, chokos and hops all grow excellently in pots if you give them somewhere to climb. A pot by a patio railing is perfect—the vine can clamber along the railing.

Potted roses Most roses will grow in big pots, and the new 'carpet' roses are great in hanging baskets too, with blooms for about nine months of the year, or even all year round in a sunny temperate spot. Do add water retaining crystals, though, and give them a monthly spray with a seaweed-based foliar (leaf) fertiliser to keep them in top shape.

Potted shrubs Anything that says it's 'drought resistant' on the label will be good in a pot, but do check the label to see if it needs sun or shade, too. Shrubs can spend their whole lives in pots, but they can also be planted out five or even ten years later, and given a new lease of life with space to spread.

Most herbs need lots of heat and thrive by hot windowsills, but they won't take humidity, so keep them well watered but well aired, away from other pot plants with lots of moist foliage that might increase the humidity around them. With luck a very big pot of basil, tansy, feverfew or wormwood will help stop the flies from coming in.

As a general rule grow each herb in its own pot—some herbs can overwhelm others.

Also, the more you pick your herbs, the healthier they'll be—new growth is more disease resistant. This is yet another reason to use your herbs lavishly. After all, a garden is there to use, as well as to delight you, whether it's in the ground or in a pot or hanging basket.

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