An Indoor Herb Garden Begins

I've wanted an herb garden since I saw a demo given by the Herb Society of Beaumont at the McFaddin Ward House.  My husband and I have tried to eat better since we saw the documentaries The Future of Food, Food Inc, and Fresh.  The idea of growing something for our own use seemed important, not that difficult and fun.  So, with all of my teacher-summer-time-off, I went out and bought stuff to start my own herb garden.


Questions that I didn't ask before I started this:
If I start herbs from seed, how many should I plant?
How will I re-pot my seedlings?
What will I do with the plants?

I bought on Tuesday, June 21st:
Miracle Grow seed starter, bag (couldn't find organic seed starter)
Seeds
Pretty copper watering can

Pretty, I think.

Went home and took out my Dixie cups and realized that I needed gloves for the seed starter mix.

Went to Family Dollar and bought:
2 3pk of peat moss seed starter trays
Spray bottle for water
nitrile gloves

Already had:
Dixie cups
leftover toothpicks from Jason's Deli

My seed starting station.

I set up my seed starting station on our side porch that is off of the dining room.  I found out the peat moss trays are a lot better than punching holes in the bottom of one million Dixie cups, but I ran out of trays pretty fast.  I put everything onto a cardboard box that I had cut in half.  My procedure was as follows:
Fill cups/trays with starting mix, wet, tamp down, place seeds, cover with more mix, water lightly and press down again.

I bought two packages of microgreens, which are supposed to be easy to grow.

Quick and easy, it says.

I planted A LOT of microgreens.

Tiny microgreen seeds

Yellow toothpicks are microgreens, green are garlic chive, blue are lettuce, and red is basil.

I also planted organic lettuce, organic Genovese basil, and garlic chives.

All the planted seeds from Tuesday.

I left the little things to grow in my art studio that I've neglected.  I put them close to a window in a room with the AC vent off.  I hoped that the soil would be warm enough for them to germinate.  Watering was done with  a couple of doses from the spray bottle every day.

I moved them on the tray into my studio/greenhouse, and only knocked over a couple.

And they grew, by golly!

But I need to answer those questions...