Does Phoenix offer those?!?!?

Not sure if City of Phoenix proper offers them for free but various communities around Phoenix, such as Tmepe and Gilbert, they will deliver free compost bins to your house within a couple days of calling.

The one's from Mesa are just old trash cans with the bottom cut off. No door on the bottom.

drmrsguild, Phx does offer them (no door on the bottom but I guess you could add that) for $5. You get them at the transfer station and have to show a current water bill to prove you are a Phx resident. I got one from the north valley transfer station, Deer Valley Rd and I-17. The other station is way south somewhere. Not always available so you might want to call first.

And to answer the question, I think it could work. dunno why not. I would use straw though, not dirt as dirt will compact too much and inhibit the size of the potatoes. The voice of experience on that morsel if info. :-: