Great place to live

After living in China I've learned to value the days that the sun shines. And here in Arequipa the sun shines almost every day. When I first got here in August the skies were perfectly clear blue everyday until early October, then a few clouds appeared and we started the season of beautiful sunsets. 
I also got so lucky with my housing. It's pretty cheap, I have a big room upstairs away from the rest of the commotion in the house, I don't have to share my bathroom except when the other room upstairs is rented out, and the best part is that I have a door leading onto the roof next to my bed. The roof is great for drying laundry, hanging out and keeping a rooftop garden. It's so great to step out into the cool morning air at 6:30am and feel the sun to wake up a little. I never thought I'd say that I like having to be at work at 7 am everyday.
I starting this rooftop garden a few weeks ago with a small oregano and rosemary plant. From there I went to a nursery and picked up a strawberry plant, a couple more herbs and a grape vine. When I saw how well the strawberry plant was doing every time I went to the markets I was on the lookout for more plants.
And now here I am, with 6 strawberry plants, 4 different flowers, 1 grape vine, 2 tomatoes, 2 peppers, and lots of herbs (basil, oregano, thyme, sage, rosemary, rue, peppermint, lemon mint, lemon verbena, huaycatay). They're all doing really well, except for the basil- I don't know what's wrong with it.