First "Garden" in South Carolina

When we were at my sister's home in North Carolina we saw her wonderful herb garden.  Immediately I wanted to have one.  Despite the fact that I almost always use dried herbs...!

It  is probably a good idea to build a garden like my sister's but now that I see what we have for soil, I can see it will be several years of soil amendments before we can grow anything.  I think the Friday farmers' markets will be our friend for a while.

Then earlier this week I saw some very nice basil and some rosemary plants at Lowe's garden center.  We had a plastic bin whose lid bit the dust in the trip south that I thought we could turn that into a container garden for our deck.

Dear One was kind enough to drill holes in the bottom and around the sides of that container which was in the recycling pile.  We purchased a bag of small rocks and some supposedly "garden soil" along with those two pots of plants.

This is what we have on our deck now:

This makes me happy!  Even though I planted the plants sort of wonky.  Last night there was a nice rain storm so their very first night they got a nice gentle drink.  We have already had basil in salad and sandwiches.  Well, at least I have.  Dear One is a little leery...but I am certain he will come around.