Top 5 Herbs to Grow Inside

Easy to grow herbs for kids and (tends to kill everything) adults inside your home during the winter months is a great way to practice (or continue) gardening. Using your kitchen windowsill or a South facing window is best recommended.

💚Mint

Very fragrant. Used well with deserts, teas, lemonade, etc. Also known to grow and spread
quickly.

💚Chives

Goes great with omelets, soups and potatoes. Snip these when the spears are a few inches

long to help keep from flowering.

Parsley, Leaves, Cooking, Food, Herbs

💚Parsley

Simmer in soups and sauces. Seeds take 3-4 weeks to germinate but grow to be about 12-18

inches in height.

💚Basil

Main ingredient for pesto, also used in tomato dishes and soups. Does grow to be two feet,

so be sure to prune often if you'd like to keep this little guy little.

💚Oregano

Great for spaghetti dishes, pizza sauce, or anything with tomatoes. These seedlings are also
slow to germinate but they do grow tall.

How to decide which to grow

It's always best to think about what kind of dishes you tend to prepare on a weekly or monthly basis to help you know which spices you already use. Do you tend to make more tomato base dishes like spaghetti and lasagna, or lemonades and teas. Then figure out how much space you have for your plants to grow. This will determine what kind of herbs and how many to start with. 😊

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