Indoor Herb Garden

It is a common practice to grow a few herbs outside the kitchen door, but in many places the winter weather makes it impossible to do so all year round. Many herbs commonly used in the kitchen and for herbal teas can, however, be grown indoors by a window. They don't need to take a great deal of space, and can actually be quite decorative as well as functional.

The article below gives some good hints, and you can take a look also at other articles on the site. We've included links to some useful books down the right hand column, and if you've the space why not try growing herbs in a small raised bed such as one of those featured below the article.

Happy herbaling!

Creating Our Own Indoor Herb Garden

By James Mann

Is It Time You Started Thinking About Creating Your Very Own Indoor Herb Garden ?

As it is now in our gardening lives we haven't used fresh herbs in our cooking since we don't always plan what we will be eating in advance and don't want them to spoil if we don't use them fast enough. To deal with that my plan is to start an Indoor Herb Garden. We are also planning to have a new area for herbs in our backyard garden.

The idea of using fresh herbs is exciting and I understand that dried herbs have their use so we will also take a crack at drying some of the herbs we grow in our indoor herb garden. The fact that cooking is so in my blood that I am sure I will find it easy to learn the things I need to know to get it done right.

Through the winter months I watch a lot of cooking shows on the Food Network. It would be nice if we could grow herbs year around here but we don't so I am starting my own indoor herb garden. I already know which herbs I use most so those will be the herbs I focus on at the beginning.

Chives

Chives is one of my favorite garnishes so Chives will be the first herb I grow. When I have a salad, soup, baked potatoes and so many other good foods I enjoy chopping up a few Chives and spreading them like love across the top.

Basil

I have never tried Basil before, not sure why but it's a fact. I see so many chefs on the cooking programs I watch who use both dried Basil leaves and fresh Basil that I am eager to give it go. I love Italian cooking and can't get enough of it so I am sure I will be pleased with the results.

Parsley Parsley plays a big role in our day to day cooking so it would seem crazy if we didn't add this fantastic herb to our new herb garden, both our indoor and outdoor herb garden. Parsley just goes with everything, well I haven't actually tried it in ice-cream yet but...

Oregano

We don't tend to use much Oregano in our house but the fact that it goes so well with chicken we have decided that it would make a great addition to our new indoor herb garden. We will aslo grow some outside so that we can dry some for those dishes that called for dried Oregano.

Thyme

The last herb we will add to our indoor herb garden this year will by Thyme. Because we eat at least two chicken dishes a week I am sure we will go through a lot of Thyme and it will be a treat to try fresh grown Thyme.

Starting an indoor herb garden is something I was scared of for some reason, not sure why but it's time to get over it and start growing the herbs we love to eat and the fresher the better.

When we finally got around to starting an indoor herb garden it was a pretty exciting step, finally we had taken our gardening hobby to the next level. Learn how to have your own indoor herb garden.

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