Fresh Breath of Air

Those summer nights, we all long for just a few hours where we can sit on our porch or in our back yard and every so often we get a sensual scent of rosemary, lavender, basil or mint. 
I guess it would depend on what someones preference would be.
I personally don't mind having all wonderful smells come my way, I have a very sensitive nose and being able to smell pleasant over not so pleasant, I would prefer any day of they week.
As all of us are not fortunate to have a backyard, so in this case touching on herbs in pots are necessary and also convenient even for those with a backyard.

As you can see in this photo, getting a few pots of different sizes, they can be pots of your choice.  Add some sand to the bottom of your pots for better draining.  Draining of soil is very important, as it can cause your plants to rot at their roots. Water regularly!

Planting is very simple, most of your seeds that you buy at the store have very simple instructions. As for herbs, most of them call for 1/4 inch coverage of dirt.  This would mean that you would want to fill your pots very close to the top, as you would want your seeds to get sun evenly. Sprinkle seeds in order that you want them to grow, but keep in mind that taller plants, such as Basil you would want toward the back and not too close to the short plants. This would allow all of your herbs to get as most of the potential of succeeding