Now, while it wasn't exactly the situation I had in mind when I was younger (having a large plot of land and a humongous vegetable, fruit, and herb garden), I'm
making due with the small bit of concrete slab extending out past my back door. I put most of my plants on a 7-foot tall metal shelving unit which I previously used for my hydroponic system -- recently disassembled due to energy-concerns (who needs artificial light when you've got the sun on your patio?). They seemed to be doing okay with the horrible, cheap soil I had gotten from WalMart. 97 cents per bag of potting soil may seem like a good "deal", but no. Don't get it! I went ahead and bought another bag recently of Miracle-Gro potting soil which is much, much better.So far I've been growing lettuce (slowly, the time of year isn't quite right), cilantro/coriander, genovese sweet basil, oregano, roma tomatoes, and bell peppers. My interests in gardening are definitely more culinary in nature, which I think is fairly obvious by my selections. My roommate for the summer, one of my good friends, is growing a few of her own things as well: chocolate mint, lemon-balm, apple mint (seeing a pattern here?), cayenne peppers, jalapeno peppers, and a lone, $1 french marigold.
Until recently, we've had enough pots that we had found lying around or made to keep us in good shape. But when some of our new plants needed to be transplanted into bigger pots...we were stuck
. As luck would have it, I stumbled across a large stash of old, unused terracotta pots in both small and medium sizes! We loaded up with as many as we could take (about 30 of the medium, and 30 small as well) and headed back to get our hands dirty. After a good time of mixing new potting soil and transplanting our plants from their cheap soil to the new stuff in the newly-found terracotta pots -- and with a good watering -- they seemed quite happy.I just hope I can get my hands on some more plants before it gets too late! ...I've definitely got plenty of pots!
