parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme

A few weeks ago I stumbled upon the greatest garden ever. Ok, so maybe its not the best idea for everyone, but its exactly what we need for our small lot with a long south facing wall. Who would have thought to grow vegetables in a rain gutter? Well, apparently Susan Forsling. Jesse and I decided this is a great idea for next year. So that means I am left toiling with the idea for a year. About a week after I found the greatest garden ever, while walking the dog I noticed a pot of flowers. Except the really cool thing is that it wasn't a pot of flowers, it was a Type 1 plastic lettuce container. And the flowers were flourishing.

We have a ton of Type 1 plastic lettuce containers since we missed the last 2 plastic recycling events. I think I'm going to go to the Restore, buy some 1x1 and make a simple rail system, attaching several rows to my previously mentioned south facing wall. Sort through the recycling and save the lettuce containers and grow my garden!

Yes, I know only plants with shallow roots, like greens, radishes and herbs (not that kind) will be able to grow here. But I also plan on having a plot at the community garden for those plants with more extensive roots.

This idea kept me up for several nights. So finally Jesse and I went on a seed quest to plant a couple of pots of lettuce and radish just for fun and to ease my Christmas in July excitement. Unfortunately there is no where in our small town to buy seeds at 9:00pm on a Thursday in July. The good news is we did eventually find seeds and the little guys are doing great. Now I have to wait 2 more weeks for radishes in August (rather than the usual and customary May)!