Gardening Tips

So, I have only killed one plant thus far. Here are some things that I have learned along the way:

1. Read plant labels. Some plants needs lots of sun and water, and other do not. Putting plants that need a lot of water next to plants that need less water was not my smartest move. However, everything is still alive, I just have to be extra careful how much I water everything.
2. Be nice to your hose. Once it gets a kink in it, even if you undo it, it will always have that crease and want to re-kink. It's annoying and can definitely be avoided. 
3. If you don't know what you're doing, try two things: ask someone what to do or buy miracle grow. Both have seemed to work for me.
4. Shop around for gardening supplies. There is no need to pay top dollar at a store just because you are there. Check ads and sales to save some money on your garden. My dad asked, "why don't you just buy a tomato plant?" I replied, "Because this (growing my own starters) cost me twenty cents and I got five tomato plants out of it."
5. Ask people in your area about how things grow in that local vicinity. I happen to be at a Relief Society activity where we started talking about gardening and the women gave great tips and advice.

 Here is my garden's progress.
This is the full view of the flower area. All of the flowers in bloom I bought that way and the green sprouts to the left I planted (about a month ago).The idea is to have short plants in the front and tall wildflowers in the back.

 

These guys in the center are the wildflowers that I planted about a month ago. I hope they make it to a full bloom!

 

These are the wildflowers I planted about two weeks ago. They are about 1/2" tall

Last but not least, my tomato starters. I think my last photo showed them to be about an inch, and they have quickly grown. Plus, there are 5 of the 6 that sprouted which is nice.I have been watering them daily, keeping them in the window sill, and I gave them some miracle grow tomato feed.