Herb Garden.

Today, we went to our local garden center and bought everything we needed for a small portable herb garden for our household.

You can find their web site here.

  

Since we have been trying to save money by eating at home more and not going out to restaurants, we have become more interested in fresh herbs. 

Some of the herbs to choose from.

Nicely organized.

I love succulents!

The center was well stocked with seeds, hoses, mulch and even had a little doggie section. Pets are welcome here. 

A butterfly on a daisy.

There was a great variety of plants, including indigenous ones, seedlings, succulents, and fynbos. 

The fynbos are so beautiful!

There were many options for containers- concrete, plastic, and glazed pottery.

There was even a café and an ice cream shop called “Sinnfull.”

The cafe's beautiful backyard!

We bought sweet basil, coriander (cilantro), greek oregano, mint, fennel, thyme, parsley, rosemary. Specifically for me, we bought my favorite scullent (Crassulla Gollum) and two French gray lavender plants. Here is a great website about the different types of lavender in the world.

 

Our cart full of our choices.

 

The containers we chose were “Stack-a-pots” because we want them to be portable and small. IF we move to a place without a yard, we’d still like to have our herb garden and not have it take up a lot of space.

The final product. I'm hoping the begonia will flower soon.

Close up of the pot and herbs.

Crassula Gollum succulent.

Song of the Day: I’m Real by Jennifer Lopez featuring JaRule. NPR was playing this song on a “This American Life” podcast we just listened to off the internet.