Nursery-bought plants

The easiest way to start a garden without all the fuss of seeds, separating, finding the right climate and acclimating the plant is to go to your local hardware store or nursery and purchase the grown plants in pots. They vary in size and heights as well as varieties, all depending on when you pick them out. In the early Spring, usually, the nurseries will have "just sprouted" seedlings to more fully grown ones, that may already be budding or have tiny fruits or vegetables sprouting out.

Begin with your comfort level. If you feel that you may be a little clumsy with such delicate small plants, start with a hardier specimen that's a little larger and looks like it can take a few accidental whacks! Take it home, give it some water, and let it sit outdoors, unless there is a possibility that the weather might just frost over.

You can leave it at that if the pot is big enough, but if that plant looks like it may be growing, or its pot just isn't decorative enough transfer it. Give it plenty of water and talk to it! Wouldn't you like to be soothed if you were just wrenched out of a nice, warm bed, and shoved in some unknown place in something slightly cold and not as comfortable? I would.

Try it, it's easy. Soon you'll have herbs, flowers, fruits and vegetables galore. You'll also find that you're getting to be more comfortable planting and gardening.