Chives are low-light? Huh. Might explain my having no luck with them.

The pink fuzzies are lovely but it means they've bolted and gone to seed. I let my mint go to seed but I try to stop the basil and such from it.

But the basil has pretty purple fuzz, so I usually let some of it flower... I admit.

The mint just grows nicely if I let it live out its little life cycle and don't fuss...

Here's a kind of pricey special planter - [link] - but you can do it just with a hole in the bottom of a plain old hanging basket.

That is really cool.

Do you just plant them upside down and wait for the plant to get confused and adapt? I love the idea of the fruit hanging down.

Yup - really nothing complicated. You don't have to worry about staking because the weight of the fruit just hangs without straining the stalks. And supposedly the fruit is less likely to rot because it hangs free and gets better air circ.

That's so cool!

So, I get to plant something upside down to confuse it *and* I don't have to worry about the staking thing? Sold!!! It's like a low-maintenance vegetal mindfuck. With home-grown tomato bonus.

Yeah, my dad's all about the crazy garden ideas. He plants herbs in a wheelbarrow so he can move it around the yard to follow the sun.

In other wild-and-crazy-on-a-Saturday-night news, my cat's nose is dry. That's bad, right?

In theory, chives are sun-loving plants. But the ones I grew up with were planted in a northern, shaded spot, and the ones on my deck probably don't see more than 4 hours of filtered light a day.

It's like a low-maintenance vegetal mindfuck.

Hee. Today the tomatoes, tomorrow the [geographic area of your choice].

I don't think so. My cat's noses aren't always wet.

I am going out by myself to see a band. I hope they've started by the time I get there.