I have started a collection of hobbies over the past year…

scrapbooking
painting
blogging
headband making
instant photography

And as if this list were not long enough, today marks the first day of apartment gardening. I really love flowers they smell wonderful and some even taste good! (Don’t knock it until you try it!) However, having someone buy me a bouquet of roses only to watch them die seems like a colossal waste of money.

Having someone buy me flowers so that I can watch them grow and bloom is a brilliant idea!

And so today I sent Eric to purchase the beginnings of my apartment garden.

provence lavender
mint
confederate jasmine
terracotta window box
2 terracotta pots
potters soil
miracle gro

I also learned my first lesson in gardening today (which also applies to life): don’t be too hasty.

You see, I really wanted jasmine so that I could make tea. As it turns out confederate jasmine isn’t a true jasmine. It’s simply been classified as jasmine because of it’s smell. In other words…it’s not good for making tea and putting in salad. Rather than return the confederate jasmine (I felt like that would be the same as adopting a baby and then taking it back, because it’s not all you wanted it to be), I’m keeping it. I did, however, order some maid-of-orleans jasmine from which I will make a tasty tea.

The maid-of-orleans jasmine was a special order from TopTropicals. They say it will ship in 10 days. Considering how impatient I was to get this apartment garden started, 10 days feels like an eternity.

Photos of my plant-potting adventure coming soon.

Here’s to my plants living healthy, happy lives. Cheers!