Parsley, Tomaaaatoes, Basil and Chives....

We planted an Early Girl tomato plant as well as a kitchen herb garden today. Sorry no pics of soil covered Sophia, I neglected to bring the phone out with me when we were playing in the dirt.

I am hoping I didn't over or under size the pot, I'm new at this :/

You can see she is quite proud of our handiwork.

Never tell your kid to look at you while they are watering a plant, its virtually impossible to keep them from pouring the water everywhere but in the pot.

I don't think she quite gets whats going to happen here, I didn't do a great job of explaining, but should be fun once germination occurs.

Basil, Chives and Parsley. I figured we could start with ones I will use quite a bit, I would be happy if only the the basil works, that's my favorite!

So this all started with a Topsy Turvy style planter I purchased last year with all the best intentions to do it last spring, obviously this didn't happen. This year I bought a plant and opened the Topsy Turvy planter and then went to figure out where to hang it (yes, my typical, jump first then see where to land right?). This proved to be a challenge because the best light is basically right where we would walk, and well, none of us would like to have tomatoes smacking us in the face as we walk to and from the front door. Soooo, after apologizing profusely to the husband for acting before I planned, Sophia and I set out for Walmart to purchase a planter and cage. *Sigh* one day I will plan these things.....

If all goes well, we will have tomatoes around Easter or maybe a couple weeks after. If anyone has any advice as to how to make either the tomato or herb garden work out best, we would loooove it. As of now we have a calender that will be devoted to keeping track of when pots are turned, plants are fed and watered etc... Wish us luck!

Incidentally, the title should be sung to the tune of Simon and Garfunkel's hit Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme.....