Green Thumb?

One of my goals for this weekend was to start an herb "garden".  My co-worker has been trying to get me into gardening for quite some time.  I decided I needed another hobby and thought this was the perfect time to start.

First things first, I headed over to Giant Eagle and bought a $50 gift card to Home Depot to earn $0.20 Fuel Perks.  With the cost of gas, I could use all the help I could get.




After wandering around Home Depot's Garden Center for about 45 minutes and a few phone calls to my friend (I had forgotten my list of things to buy and what herbs I wanted), this is what I ended up with in my cart.  Woefully, there are no chives in my cart.


What is in my cart is as follows:

• Potting soil
• 4 6 in terra cotta pots
• Mint
• Cilantro
• Basil
• Parsley
• Gardening gloves
• Shovel
• Watering can

David will be providing me with oregano and a tomato plant.  Not pictured is a 12 in terra cotta pot for transferring the tomato that he started for me.

After checking out and heading home, I decide to run some other errands before potting my herbs.  These errands include returning things to Nordstrom, stopping at Target for some necessities, and going to the pool.

After cussing to myself over and over again for wearing white shorts and sitting on my porch for an hour, I finally finish.  These are my results:

Four limp looking potted plants. =(  I followed the directions, but as usual got ahead of myself and skipped some on accident.  We'll see how they hold up through the night.  I'm thinking I should have bought the little saucers that go with these pots.  This looks messy and dirty and I don't want my porch to stain.