I Want to Plant a Garden

My family has gotten a lot more "green" over the years. We recycle everything possible, we separate our trash, and we don't litter.  We eat a healthy diet and visit our local farmers markets as often as possible, but I have dreams of planting my own garden.

My space if very limited so I've been looking into Standing Planter Boxes (sometimes called waist-high planters). I've seen them priced as low as $150, but if I tried I'm sure I could make one (fat chance, but it's possible).

You can't get more organic than growing it yourself, right? I don't want to have a whole vegetable garden or anything like that, but it would be nice to grow my own herbs, a few tomatoes, maybe some green onions or something. 


So I'm looking for some advice, some direction on where to begin.  I don't have much of a green thumb, but I don't kill plants either. I want to start small, but I want to get this project started for summer. 


I am going to use this blog to make me accountable! This planter is one of the things on my Summer To-do List, what's on yours?