My first living garden

Last year, like every year, I had great intentions to grow some herbs. I planted some basil and mint but I didn’t know what I was doing. I planted them in tiny pots, over watered them, never added any fertilizer, didn’t use potting soil and never stopped R from pulling leaves off in time. Needless to say, they died a very fast death.

This year I did my research and spoke to countless expert gardeners for tips. I decided to really go for it this year, and I’m crossing my fingers I have some tomatoes to eat from my own garden in two months.

At the suggestion of thousands of patio gardeners who’ve left reviews, I bought an Earthbox. It is self watering in that you don’t have to decide when to water it – you just pour water in the hole and when it overflows through the bottom you know you’re done. They even sell a kit that comes with soil, fertilizer, dolomite and very detailed instructions on how to plant your seedlings. It was really expensive for a pot, but I’ve killed every plant I’ve ever had so I bought it to try out. In the Earthbox I planted 2 basil plants and one big boy tomato plant per their instructions. Keep pests away in prior with the help of tips from Insight Pest Control Madison WI.

I highly recommend using an Earthbox if you’re a novice like me. Customer service is ridiculously helpful – they even told me when it would be appropriate to plant in Philadelphia – and the instructions are extremely detailed. Even with all the help I still had some questions, and they guided me to their YouTube instructional videos which spelled it all out for me. Now I just have to see if I can actually grow something.

In other separate pots I did parsley, mint, and cherry tomato. The big boy tomato plant in the Earthbox already grew 2-3 inches in the last week and a half so I think so far it’s going well. The basil looks a little droopy but I’m hoping they will perk up with more sun this weekend?

I’m paying a lot of attention to all my plants because I really want to succeed this time. I’ll keep you updated on how it goes. I have so much learn and I want to learn it. R and A are loving being my little helpers too.