Veggie Garden!

Ever since my dad and I built our redwood planter, I have been itching to fill it up with something fun. This weekend, I finally had my chance!

I realize it's a little late in the season to plant a vegetable garden, but I am hoping our mild California weather will trick the plants into thinking it's still spring time.

I planted seeds for lettuce, scallions, bush beans, and zucchini, which were all part of an "easy to grow" farmer's seed kit. Not willing to trust my future salads to my notorious brown thumb, I also planted a few things that had already been started - basil, strawberries, beefsteak tomatoes, and dill.

All of these plants required "semi-moist" soil (how can you judge if something is "semi-moist"??), but the rosemary plant I had required "arid" soil, so I planted that in a separate pot. I am sincerely hoping that "arid" means I can forget to water it, and it'll grow anyway.

Herb Garden

As I was cruising the dollar bin at Target last night (yes, it was a Rockin' Friday Eve), I spotted cute little ready-to-pot herb kits. I bought three: oregano, sweet basil, and chives. Though I have a brown thumb and kill every plant I get near, I have high hopes for these. They've been easy so far!

Just soak the soil pellet in 1/6 cup lukewarm water and watch it expand before your very eyes! Mash it up with a fork, and transfer it to the pot. The instructions that came with the kit said to only plant ten seeds. I did that with the chives and basil, but the oregano seeds were so darn tiny I added a few more... maybe this is why I kill everything.



After potting I added some simple little signs cut from card stock and mounted with a bamboo skewer. Part of me was afraid I wouldn't recognize the herbs after they'd grown in... did I mention I am not exactly a gourmet chef?



Still, they're cute in my kitchen window sill.