How to Plant Your Own Indoor Winter Miniature Herb Garden

How to Pot, Plant and Maintain

Herbs are so useful around the house and kitchen that having to say good bye to them in the winter is hard, so don't!  Herbs grow well inside and I find that some do even better indoors than they do outside where it is a little harder to control the amount of moisture they get.  It really is not hard to plant your very own miniature herb garden for the winter and once you are done it is even easier to maintain,  If you want to plant the entire garden on your own I have put together the following to help you, if on the other hand you want to cut out all the searching I have listed some places you can find some really neat herb garden kits. I like being able to hunt for unique miniature pots to mix and hand picking my herbs knowing what I use the most in the kitchen and in tea.

Choosing Pots

The best pots for planting herbs are terra cotta or ceramic ones because they are very porous.  I have found a huge selection of cute mini terra cotta pots in stores and online.  Ceramic pots are also good to use but I have not had luck finding a wide variety of smaller ones that can be placed on windowsills.  


Soil

Soil is a little harder to find inthe fall or winter when you are starting your indoor herb garden but if you go to a florist or local plant store they should have some on hand.  You want to choose a potting soil that is not too rich and with a higher sand content so it drains well.  To begin first put a layer of small rocks in the bottom of the pot to aid in drainage. Add potting compost, soil and sand to create a good herb potting soil.  

Choosing Herbs to Grow