Carol's Garden Begins With Herbs

Despite being one of the more underrated parts of our apartment, our back porch is large and receives hours and hours of direct sunlight every day. Taking our "eating local" initiative to the next level, we've started a small garden out on the porch.


I was at the Green Grocer and these herbs were on sale for around $2 each. I grabbed chives, thyme, sage, oregano, cilantro, parsley, Thai sweet basil, and rosemary. That same day while at Joong Boo Market, I saw some Korean peppers and felt like I had to pick them up as well.


I drilled holes in this flower box for drainage and planted everything except for the Thai basil and Korean peppers. I then planted my Asian herbs together in a small pot.


The amount of sunlight they will get on the back porch will be great for them, but we're worried about the wind beating them up. I guess there's one way to find out. Hopefully, this is just the beginning of our garden. Updates to follow.