Ok, I suppose that is oxymoronic but I just wanted to say I planted:

3 tomato plants (hopefully these won't get the yellowing issues my last ones got, they're all VLF or VNF tomotoes).

3 basil plants (2 thai basil!)

2 hot peppers (Asian varieties)

I planted 1 tomato plant and 1 basil plant last week. My basil is turning yellow.

I have a small garden as well: 4 tomato plants, leaf lettuce, beets, and assorted herbs - lemon basil, sweet thyme, rosemary, and parsley.

When I was in college I had a wonderful little "square foot" style garden that was very productive. Here in NC, dealing with the clay, roots and rocks is such a hassle. You have to get top soil trucked in.

Our yard here in PA is basically clay, too. Really really bad drainage. The people who own the house we're renting wasted hundreds of dollars in landscaping that just rotted in the wet ground! So I planted my little tomato and basil plants in pots.

That's why I used raised bed! They're easy to make with cedar fence planks and 4'x4' posts. My current bed is two fence planks deep (about 13") and then I think 3x3". I cut (or have cut) the pieces I need then screw it all together with my electric drill. I fill it with compost and good humus-y soil I buy from the better garden stores and I'm good to go!

I think I'll attach some 1x1's to it and some twine for support for the 'maters.

I'm jealous! I'd love a garden. My Dad has one though and he gives me lots of herbs when they come in.

What are VLF/VNF tomatoes?

I wondered that too.
I've put out a couple of tomato plants, a butternut squash, a marrow and a courgette. And I have some kohlrabi seedlings I brought up that are overdue for thinning.

They're supposed to be disease resistant. I've been getting a yellowing of my tomatoes every year and think it might be that Verasillium wilt or something.
http://www.google.com/search?q=dise...:en-US:official

When life gives you clay soil, plant roses.
They love it!

Being the functional Paleolite that I am, I'd have to figure out some way to eat the roses first.

Nah, not really. I have a great recurring herd of elephant ears every year beside my home Nonfunctional but fun. Here's a pic.

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Dang, those are some huge leaves!

I'm eating my first salad out of my garden tonight. I snipped some green leaf lettuce and a few beet greens. Beautiful, ain't it? Just thought I'd share.

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Rose petal tea is awesome.

Wow, those are HUGE leaves! For just a second there, I thought maybe I was looking at a toy Lincoln Logs house standing next to a regular-sized plant...