The day I decided to start my herb garden I found a box of children’s plastic yard, garden, or beach toys next to the recycle bin. I looked at them and decided 
that it would be fun to use the toys as ‘pots’ for growing my plants. So I took them back to the apartment and made holes in the bottom of them for water drainage like a proper planting pot.
I originally bought 2 pots and a rectangle planter with a bag of organic potting soil. But now I have a wheelbarrow, a ship, a bucket, and a small plastic garden watering toy.
So to make a long story short I planted mint in the ship by itself because supposedly I got to watch out for that thing going wild. The rosemary has the same problem, growing out of control. But I decided to plant it with garlic chives and Italian flat leaf parsley in the wheelbarrow. And in my rectangle planter I have (from left to right) basil, cilantro, lemon thyme, and Greek oregano. Now according to the ‘instructions/direction’ of the herb plant cards they all like direct sunlight.
This is the part that if you didn’t find my children’s toy planters funny, maybe you will find the next bit funny.
Remember me saying I don’t particularly have a ‘green thumb’? At all? Yeah, so now the sun has been literally cooking some of my herbs in the pot, and no, that’s not a food cooking pot. Although there has got to be all kinds of puns in that last sentence. I didn’t want to show the updated pictures till I have more time to redeem my plants so the pictures on this page is when I first got everything started. It now looks like my mint, cilantro, and half of the lemon thyme was cooked till the herbs dried out or got crispy on the vine!
And remember the BLT contest due by the end of August 28th? The other two pots (that are not shown in the picture) are the ones I started my heirloom tomatoes and lettuce in…haven’t seen them yet. Its not looking good for me to be a contestant in the competition, but we’ll see what happens. I have a few more tricks up my sleeve.
Enjoy my pictures and enjoy a few laughs at my expense…I don’t mind. I am laughing myself!
I know that tomato plants need alot of water, and lots of sunshine, but not all direct. I know this because I killed two little starter plants already. As for the other herbs, I’m not familiar enough with those yet…
But hey, at least you’re trying! Love it!
Okay, so I don’t have any useful tips for your plants but, if you’ve got the liberty to do so, I’d suggest putting some pea gravel or river rock in the area where your ‘planters’ are to dress up your patio a bit. Looks nice, pretty cheap, and no maintenance.