Growing your own Indoor Herb Garden
Using Single Pots
4 in 1 Pots. Maximizes Herb Varieties while minimizing space.
Using Single Pots, decorate your pots with inexpensive craft paint for a custom herb garden.
Basic herbs to plant in your garden:
Basil: The ultimate complement to tomatoes, and also pairs beautifully with with onions, garlic, and olives. Used along with garlic and olive oil to make pesto!
Cilantro: Used mostly in Spanish Cooking, Southwestern, Middle Eastern. I love cilantro because the flavor to me is a fragrant mix of parsley and citrus. Works in a lot of styles and flavors of cooking.
Chives: I really enjoy Garlic Chives. Chives have a mild, onion like flavor, with a hint of garlic. These I would recommend growing in a separate pot. They grow fast and I love how they look in the planter.
Mint: Mint is strong and sweet with a tangy flavor and a cool after taste. There are many varieties of mint, about 30, so choosing the right one might be hard. I would recommend Garden Mint, the choice for general cooking.
Parsley: Very easy to grow! I love Italian Parsley. Parsley has a light, fresh flavor. It adds a nice flavor enhancement to potatoes or pasta and goes with any meat.
Sage: Needs lots of direct sunlight. Not a must have, but nice to have. Used mainly as a seasoning for poultry and Meats.
Sweet Marjoram: Marjoram is in the oregano family, and has a less pungent, sweeter taste. Use it to season cheese, beef, pork, and most vegetables
Tarragon: Tarragon has a flavor similar to anise or fennel, but much milder. When fresh, it packs a huge punch, so be sparingly. The best uses are for chicken, fish, salads, and vegetables. Similar to a very mild licorice flavor.
Thyme: It blends and enhances many other herbs without overpowering them. Has a tiny hint of minty flavor. Add early on in cooking to allow oils to be released, thus, flavoring your dish.
Get a container that is at least 6-12 inches deep. You can plant multiple herbs in a wide or long container or use at least a 3"-6" pot for individual plants.
In order for you to have the best indoor herb garden, you need to plant the herbs that you will be using the most. You will need to trim or prune them regularly in order to promote growth and allow your herbs to grow nice and full. So it is nice to have ones you enjoy cooking with so they get trimmed every time you use them.
An important thing to keep in mind when starting your herb garden is the care each plant needs. Make sure you plant herbs that need less water together and plants that need more water together. Also keep in mind the amount of light that each plant needs and plant accordingly.
And just remember to follow the growing and caring instructions that come with your plants or with your seeds.
Never trim more than 1/3 of the plants foliage.
Basil: The ultimate complement to tomatoes, and also pairs beautifully with with onions, garlic, and olives. Used along with garlic and olive oil to make pesto!
Cilantro: Used mostly in Spanish Cooking, Southwestern, Middle Eastern. I love cilantro because the flavor to me is a fragrant mix of parsley and citrus. Works in a lot of styles and flavors of cooking.
Chives: I really enjoy Garlic Chives. Chives have a mild, onion like flavor, with a hint of garlic. These I would recommend growing in a separate pot. They grow fast and I love how they look in the planter.
Mint: Mint is strong and sweet with a tangy flavor and a cool after taste. There are many varieties of mint, about 30, so choosing the right one might be hard. I would recommend Garden Mint, the choice for general cooking.
Parsley: Very easy to grow! I love Italian Parsley. Parsley has a light, fresh flavor. It adds a nice flavor enhancement to potatoes or pasta and goes with any meat.
Sage: Needs lots of direct sunlight. Not a must have, but nice to have. Used mainly as a seasoning for poultry and Meats.
Sweet Marjoram: Marjoram is in the oregano family, and has a less pungent, sweeter taste. Use it to season cheese, beef, pork, and most vegetables
Tarragon: Tarragon has a flavor similar to anise or fennel, but much milder. When fresh, it packs a huge punch, so be sparingly. The best uses are for chicken, fish, salads, and vegetables. Similar to a very mild licorice flavor.
Thyme: It blends and enhances many other herbs without overpowering them. Has a tiny hint of minty flavor. Add early on in cooking to allow oils to be released, thus, flavoring your dish.
Get a container that is at least 6-12 inches deep. You can plant multiple herbs in a wide or long container or use at least a 3"-6" pot for individual plants.
In order for you to have the best indoor herb garden, you need to plant the herbs that you will be using the most. You will need to trim or prune them regularly in order to promote growth and allow your herbs to grow nice and full. So it is nice to have ones you enjoy cooking with so they get trimmed every time you use them.
An important thing to keep in mind when starting your herb garden is the care each plant needs. Make sure you plant herbs that need less water together and plants that need more water together. Also keep in mind the amount of light that each plant needs and plant accordingly.
And just remember to follow the growing and caring instructions that come with your plants or with your seeds.
Never trim more than 1/3 of the plants foliage.
There are a lot of different sizes and shapes to choose from when it comes to picking your pots for your indoor herb garden. You need to look at the size of the space you have for your garden first. That usually will determine if you will have to have one single long pot, or if you need smaller single pots, or maybe you have a lot of space and can have a few different sized pots.
I have a few different styles of herb gardens for you to look at and hopefully it will help you in deciding which herbs and the style of planters you will go with.
I have a few different styles of herb gardens for you to look at and hopefully it will help you in deciding which herbs and the style of planters you will go with.
Small and simple, modern herb garden.
This is a creative way for your herb garden!
