The Gardenless Herb Garden

You don’t need a home in the country with lots of land to grown your own herbs. Herbs will grow quite happily in a container. If you have a sunny window that gets at least 5-6 hours of sun a day you can even grow herbs inside! In fact if the only outdoor space you have is shaded you are better off growing the herbs inside! It’s actually possible to have a gardenless herb garden!

Herbs grown indoors will need plenty of water and an occasional feeding. A little extra humidity not only helps their growth but keeps the foliage succulent and tasty. If the air in your home is dry, place the pots in a tray filled with stones and keep the tray filled with water just up to the bottom of the pots; this keeps moisture in the air. With the exception of rosemary don’t mist your herbs, as it will encourage fungus. Occasionally rinse your herbs off in the kitchen sink.

Any herb is worth trying indoors, although there are some that do better than others. Rosemary is a clear winner; it will often even bloom indoors in the winter! I like to keep my rosemary plant outside during the summer and then bring it inside during the winter. It not only smells good but I have fresh rosemary to use all winter! Sage may not do so well inside but even a few fresh leaves for your soup or pasta will make it worth your while! Herbs like basil are less successful; just keep the plants as long as they’re healthy. Once they succumbs to whiteflies or the indoor blues, just toss them out. When I purchase basil from the store I store it in a glass of water, often the stems will start to root and I can then plant them. 

During the summer I prefer having an outdoor herb garden to pick my fresh herbs but in the winter it is so nice to have a few fresh herbs growing inside.Do you have a garden less herb garden? what herbs do you grow inside?