Help a newbie out???

[Collinsky]

This is my first garden... in my herb bed I am realizing that I have no idea what are weeds and what are sproutlets that I planted. I'm not wanting to rely on my intuition with this one LOL I feel silly and also stressed about it. I didn't plant in nice neat rows, but I do know what I planted where. Stuff that popped up within the first week of planting, obviously was weed; but my herbs are starting to pop up now and I'm feeling overwhelmed.

Second, I changed my mind about where to put my veggies - I was going to just do a container garden in back, but then decided to go ahead and put them in the ground. Now it's looking like my tomatoes and green peppers aren't going to be getting as much sunlight as they need. Do I need to dig them up and go back to the containers? My space for gardening is pretty limited - I'm pretty much using every available square inch that I can right now. If I do containers, they will sit right where they are planted now, but during the day I'll be able to drag them out a bit to get more sun.

I feel like I'm supposed to know this stuff. I grew up on a farm, but the gaps in my knowledge are HUGE and glaring. LOL

[Quirky]

It's OK, you can learn as you go along!

I have had the same issue with recognizing weeds. It's OK to wait a bit to see what you can identify. The weeds getting a few leaves is not going to suck so many nutrients from your herbs that they won't thrive. I've had the same issue with the beds of greens I planted with not knowing what's lettuce or kale and what's another dang maple seed until a few leaves are in!

I would carefully move the tomatoes and peppers to where they can get a lot of full sun, just as long as your pots are big enough for them. I'd also make sure they have a good soil/potting mix in the containers and make sure not to let them dry out.