How to Grow an Herb Garden Inside

Herbs are wonderful plants to grow in your kitchen or even in any window that you have space for inside your house. Any free window seal or end table can be a great place to put a pot.

Start by choosing a few pots, 8-10 inch round pots work well for window seals, as well as long tray pot can cover a small window seal. Try to find a pot at least 8 inches deep, so your herbs have room to grow. But many things can be used as a container. Such as milk jugs which have had the top cut off. Baskets lined with plastic, even plastic coffee containers and plastic buckets can be used.

Next pick a basic soil mix. Any standard soil mix will work, but adding some compost mix to the soil before planting helps fertilize them. Mix the soil and compost mix 3 parts soil to 1 part compost mix for good results. Finding a good fertilizing is very important to all plants grown in pots. As their roots grow they will eventually leach all the nutrients from the soil so its very important to replenish with fertilizer once a month or so. There are a verity of fertilizers available, one of the easiest to use is one you add to water and then just water your plants with, other kinds include pellets or powder you can mix into the soil.

As to watering your Herbs, I like to daily mist them with a water bottle on spray, and water the soil once a week till moist. A good way to check your soil is to put your finger into it. You want it to feel cool and moist without being soaking wet and feeling muddy. Your pots will also play a roll in how fast your herbs dry out. Terra cotta pots need to be watered 2-3 times as often as the pot absorbs water from the soil. Sunlight is important, which is why I like to put my herb pots in window seals, although anywhere is good as long as the plants get some direct light every day. If your home is in an area where it doesn't get much sunlight daily a grow light bulb can be placed near the plant and turned on for a few hours simulating sunlight.