What Do I Smell, Is That An Indoor Herb Garden

An indoor herb garden is a wonderful way to extend the growing season and add freshness to your cooking year round. Not only will you have your favorite herbs at your fingertips, but home-grown herbs are both less expensive and fresher tasting than store bought. Just a little simple planning, and your herb garden will keep you supplied all winter long.

Herb gardening, like most gardening for vegetables and plants, prefers constant temperatures and is sensitive to drafts, so contrary to popular belief, a windowsill isn't always the best place for your herb garden. Herbs should be placed somewhere with plenty of light. Southern or western exposure with lots of natural light is ideal, but a counter under a full-spectrum fluorescent light will work as well. Ideally, your herb garden will also be in or near your kitchen for easy access when cooking. Your herbs will be happiest in small or medium clay or ceramic pots with a soil less planting mixture for good drainage.

Over There is the TV, In Here is this Room is the Garden of Herbs

No one said an herb garden couldn't be decorative, so go to your garden center, nursery, or greenhouse and select some decorative pots (make sure they have appropriate drainage) which will enhance your kitchen decor. Of course, you should start by knowing which herbs you like and are likely to cook with and then put them in the indoor garden. Most basic cooking herbs will do well in indoor herb gardens, though tall, leggy herbs like dill should probably be avoided. If you want to start with a basic herb garden, why not choose a combination of basil, parsley, cilantro, chives, thyme, sage and rosemary.

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