Windowsill Herb Garden

Growing a windowsill herb garden is a lovely way to add to the family cooking. It is healthy, tasty and certainly cheaper than buying herbs every time you need them. It is also a great way for the kids to get involved in cooking and learning about good eating habits. So putting a little bit of effort into growing a windowsill herb garden can reap a lot of rewards.

When you are planning your growing of a windowsill herb garden project you should first look at the herbs which you use the most, by growing these you will save the most money and will so enjoy cooking with your home grown herbs that you will soon be growing a windowsill herb garden in every spare area you can find.

It is advisable to plan before you start growing a windowsill herb garden. How much time do you have for this project? How much space can you allocate to growing a windowsill herb garden? If you have a choice of places to locate your herbs, then it is a good idea to keep the herbs close to the kitchen as this way they will be at your fingertips when you need them, but also you will be able to appreciate the wonderful smell on warm days when the windows are open.

If you are going to be growing a windowsill herb garden inside then it is worth planning how large each container should be and to have each different herb in a separate container. As you get more experienced you can start to combine more than one in a pot, but initially it is worth keeping them separate. Keeping them separate will stop one of the herbs from suffocating the other and also it means that if you are not as successful in growing a particular herb you can always scrap that one and try a different one without affecting the rest of your growing a windowsill herb garden project.

So the advice is, plan carefully and you will be successfully growing a windowsill herb garden in no time at all. Happy growing and happy cooking.