No worries about growing zone, weather, space requirements just your dream garden.
I would love to be able to grow vanilla, they look really cool the flowers smell amazing and having a source of fresh vanilla beans would probably unlock some next level cooking. An olive tree would be cool too, I can eat unlimited olives and making my own oil would be awesome.
My lavender has been growing like a weed for the past couple years. What soil conditions is yours in?
Um, it’s like a dark clay, idk. Tomatoes grow really well in it. A bunch of cedar needles in the yard. It probably does not drain well, which the plant label says it should for lavender. I tried to mix in yard debris to the soil. IDK what the pH and other stuff is in it.
Google says the soil here is quite alkaline. So yeah I think I need to up the ph and add sand or something?
It likes really well draining soil so as little clay as possible and definitely should add sand. Its also like mediterranean herbs in that it doesn’t like a lot of nutrients so go low on adding any compost or fertilizer. I know it prefers slightly alkaline soil but I haven’t really noticed it be to picky. Basicly it grows in the oppisit conditions of tomatoes, if you’re tomatoes are doing great in it your lavender needs to be planted somewhere else.