I started out sevarel years ago learning as I went along and now this year I have decided to have just herbs in big containers with sand and pea gravel throughout the walking area next year. The first year I dug everything really well and used lots of peat and manure and it was wonderful. But as time went by I got older and tireder of doing all that work so this year I still have the herbs, roses, raspberry bushes and just one big tomato plant and one pepper plant. It’s easier to just buy from the farmer’s market only 15 minutes from my house. The point is that I have been out there every year and it is so healthy for mind, body, and soul, that I will probably always have something in that corner. Like I heard from so many gardeners when I started, it can always be changed or moved if you don’t like it or it doesn’t work for you. That’s the great part, it is NOT SET IN CONCRETE. Just have fun!! Just do what you love instead of struggling to do it right. Any plant that makes you go oooooh, get it.
Thanks Erin! Some herbs have been a real pain and it’s simply faster and cheaper to buy a pot of Basil from Trader Joes at $3 a pop. I do start most of my herbs from seed. I really enjoy watching the plant life cycle from planting the initial seed to harvesting the mature plant’s seed.
August 29, 2011
urbanhorticulture
urban-horticulture 
2 responses to “middle phase 11”
Erin
August 17th, 2012 at 14:28
I started out sevarel years ago learning as I went along and now this year I have decided to have just herbs in big containers with sand and pea gravel throughout the walking area next year. The first year I dug everything really well and used lots of peat and manure and it was wonderful. But as time went by I got older and tireder of doing all that work so this year I still have the herbs, roses, raspberry bushes and just one big tomato plant and one pepper plant. It’s easier to just buy from the farmer’s market only 15 minutes from my house. The point is that I have been out there every year and it is so healthy for mind, body, and soul, that I will probably always have something in that corner. Like I heard from so many gardeners when I started, it can always be changed or moved if you don’t like it or it doesn’t work for you. That’s the great part, it is NOT SET IN CONCRETE. Just have fun!! Just do what you love instead of struggling to do it right. Any plant that makes you go oooooh, get it.
urbanhorticulture
August 20th, 2012 at 20:47
Thanks Erin! Some herbs have been a real pain and it’s simply faster and cheaper to buy a pot of Basil from Trader Joes at $3 a pop. I do start most of my herbs from seed. I really enjoy watching the plant life cycle from planting the initial seed to harvesting the mature plant’s seed.