A few weeks ago I decided to start my first herb garden, and in only a few weeks I've learned so much that I decided to start a blog about my experiences.
I've never been very interested in gardening, or anything requiring a green thumb. Until recently, I'd had virtually no experience with such things.
I've had a few indoor flowers from time to time, but I never seemed to have the time or energy to care for them properly.
However, a few months ago, during a trip to the clearance section of our local home improvement store, I found an herb growing kit with five small pots, potting soil and five different herbs for only $5. It seemed simple enough, and for $5 I was willing to go for it.
A few days later, I planted the seeds -- parsley, cilantro, oregano, sweet basil and chives. I did my best to follow the directions, and, within a week, some of the seeds began to sprout. So began my unexpected foray into the world of gardening.
I bought a few window boxes to transplant the seedlings into, but I quickly realized that I was going to need more pots, probably because I made the mistake of dumping the whole contents of the seed packets into the original pots (probably 20-30 seeds each).
I bought two additional pots and transplanted all of the seedlings. For some reason unbeknownst to me, the oregano only had one seedling, and even that one didn't make it to the transplant stage. It could have been a dud packet of seeds, but I'm more inclined to believe it was user error.
Also, the chives only had a few sprouts, though they have continued to grow pretty well. Makes me kind of glad I used all the seeds for those.
After a few weeks in the new pots, I'm starting to realize that even the four pots I have probably aren't enough for the ridiculous amount of herbs I've got going. Today I bought three more pots, and I have decided that the plants will just have to battle it out Darwin-style from now on. I know I could always plant them in the ground somewhere, but I think I will stick with the containers for now and see how it goes before going full-gardener.
