IF YOU DON’T KNOW WHERE TO START, START HERE
If I was starting over, here’s how I would start my new garden -
Buy a medium sized galvanized bucket (around 2 feet wide-ish??) and at least 6 - 12 inches deep.
Drill holes in the bottom for proper drainage.
Fill the bucket with a mesh liner, then some cardboard or sticks and leaves, then potting soil, then organic compost, then a little more potting soil.
Rebuy these seeds (they germinated and bloomed quickly!!) and I would buy a grocery store basil plant*.
Follow a simple garden plan to place my seeds and plants.
Keep the bucket in a sunny spot and water daily!
*When buying a grocery store basil plant, it is imperative to separate it into 3-4 mini basil plants and replant them with some space between them so that the roots have room to grow. See below for how to do this. Note - I put them in terracotta planters but ideally you would add them to to your herb bucket!