Not so green thumb...

So earlier this year I decided to test out my gardening abilities and fill up my little apartment balcony with festive spring flowers and herbs. Me and Preston spent about 3 hours at Home Depot trying to decide what kind of flowers are good in the sun, shade, north side, south side, this time of year, and this part of the country. Then we had to decide what kind of apparatus to put them in...big boxes, small boxes, clay pots, ceramic pots, pre-seeded ceramic pots, and the list goes on. We were also told what kind of soil to buy and that we needed little rocks and moss at the bottom of the flower boxes so the soil wouldn't run out the holes when I watered them. So finally, after much flower-knowledge had been gained, we excitedly left (ok, maybe I was more excited than Preston!) with our little flower treasures ready to be planted and bring color and happiness to my balcony. When we were all done, we ended up with a box filled with herbs of cilantro, basil, and oregano, and a box filled with impatiens...pink, orange, and white. I also got a ceramic pot to plant basil and cilantro from seeds. They were lovingly and carefully planted and watered, and here's what they looked like when it was all said and done...



The next post will have the pictures of what they look like NOW...