The One Where Amanda Plants an Herb Garden

Now that school is out and we don't have extensive amounts of homework, my husband and I have been watching an absurd amount of Friends recently... hence my title of this post. 

Maybe it's being married to Nick, and maybe it's because we watch Friends & Seinfeld all the time, but I feel like I'm starting to think of life like a sitcom. There's beginning to be a little laugh track that plays in my head every time I say something that I believe to be particularly witty.

But I digress. This has nothing to do with my actual post... which is about my first summer project of 2015: my herb garden!

As much as I'll try to deny it, I really do enjoy doing "housewifey" things, dang it. And I LOVED putting together my little herb garden for my tiny apartment porch. I've wanted to do something like this for a while now, so this was a really fulfilling project for me. And it's a gift that keeps on giving! I love cooking, and using fresh herbs just really makes it extra exciting for me. Because of this, I spent quite a bit of time in the garden department at Home Depot trying to decide which herbs I would use most regularly in the kitchen. I narrowed it down to five, but I really might go back for more. 

In my cart here, I've got thyme, rosemary, mint, basil, and cilantro (duh).

Also, I went straight from work to Home Depot, so I was wearing a skirt and flats when walking through the store. I'm sure I looked completely out of place. Or like a 50's housewife.

Anywho, I picked out  my plants and then packed them away in the car and took them home with me! Wee!

Disclaimer: I was not actively driving when taking this selfie.

After a trip to the grocery store and some dinner, I took advantage of the warm, light summer evening and potted my plants. I really know nothing about plants (despite taking a "Living With Plants" class my freshman year), but I seem to have done it right! Woo. So far, so good.

And that's pretty much it. I know that this really isn't that impressive of a task, but it was my first time doing it and my goodness am I proud of myself!

I even made little labels to put on them.

I could not be more pleased! Whenever it is that we wind up having a home with real garden space, I would love to have a full garden with vegetables and everything

And of course, I couldn't just plant this without using the herbs as quickly as I could manage. I love cooking!

For dinner tonight we had chicken noodle soup with thyme and basil. So yummy. And, I made vanilla mint lemonade. 

Well, I've filled my blog quota for the week. It's Star Wars weekend & the release of Age of Ultron tomorrow. So I have a fantastic, nerd-filled weekend to look forward to.

Happy Summer!

-Amanda