Sorrel, chervil, lemon grass, savory or Vietnamese coriander will give you delicious leaves that are hard to buy. Lemon grass and chervil look pretty, too. Oregano is a must-have for the Mediterranean, Italian, Middle Eastern, and Latin American cuisines. It is easy to care for and one of the best windowsill herbs you can grow. Another perennial, rosemary has woody stems and succulent leaves that are as versatile as they are vibrant. Fat baby achocha. This unusual plant produces lots of small spiky, alien looking fruit. They taste like cucumbers crossed with peppers with an added squeeze of lemon. A five to ten litre pot is fine. Easy and fun to grow in a sunny space. That means watering them every few days (or perhaps more if your home is particularly warm, especially during the winter months when the heating is likely to be on more often).

Suitable for windowsills that are known to receive at least a couple of hours of direct sunlight each and every day, window herb gardens are perfect for those short on space but big on flavour. Health Benefits: Helps in improving memory, hair loss, indigestion, and arthritis-related joint pain. Here’s all you need to know about growing rosemary 7. Thyme In this scenario, you should choose the greenest and freshest looking leaves of your herb and strip them off gently but firmly. Do you want a herb garden kit with integrated lighting? (perfect if your place doesn’t have much natural light)

Window sills and ledges often make good places to grow in containers. You can use them to create a small but rewarding kitchen garden. To get the most out of a window sill garden, choosing the right herbs, leaves and fruit to grow is key. I hope this post will help guide you. How to chose? Widely used in Mediterranean and Asian cuisines, coriander is another annual plant that will serve you well for one season before requiring replacement. Chervil or the French Parsely is a staple in French cuisine and makes for a tasty complement to fish, steamed/sauteed veggies, and eggs. Having fresh herbs available at your fingertips will redefine how you use them in your cooking. You’ll get to really understand what fresh means, rather than the refrigerated, slightly tasteless offering that you might get from the shops. You’re going to add some serious taste to your cooking, which will be really hard to give up. We would also add these separate plants to it, as we love mint and rosemary. All our guides to the best growing kits

The bigger the container, the better, but almost any receptacle can be used if it fits on the windowsill, has drainage holes and is secured safely

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Its intense flavour is intrinsically linked with the idea of Christmas in many people’s minds, but that same intensity means that a single plant will stand you in good stead all year round. Thyme While most types of herbs will do just as well indoors as they will in an alfresco environment given the right care and attention, there are some that work better than others. Contains a bottle of Aerogarden patented, all-natural plant nutrients – enough for a full season of growth This was my question as well. I live in a 2nd & 3rd floor maisonette. When I tried growing on my windowsills a few years ago, some troughs and pots blew off. Same happened with some of the plants I put on top of the bay window belonging to the downstairs maisonette. (Like in the photo of your London house, where you could have leaned out of your 2nd floor window to put plants on top of the bay window.) As mentioned above, herbs are fast-growing little plants that don’t require too much in the way of maintenance, so you should expect to see results without too long a wait.

Combine it with other herbs as part of a bouquet-garni in stews and soups, or else use it as a stand-alone sprig to add flavour to roasted vegetables and cuts of meat. This will help to prevent the accumulation of salt inside the soil (visible in the form of a white build-up on the top surface), which can inhibit the growth of your seedlings. Fertilising I wondered about trying to find heavy stones and putting them inside the bottom of the pots. But don't know if that would do enough to stop them blowing off. And would be dangerous if they hit someone on the way down. And my sills are so narrow, there wouldn't be room in pots for many stones. There are two garden herbs though, that I’d recommend planting in the garden (although in pots is way easier to manage than in the ground). And those two are mint (think new potatoes with mint) and rosemary to add to that juicy lamb roast if you eat meat or rosemary roasted root vegetables if you don’t. Both mint and rosemary are really easy to grow, but both can also take over a garden, so pot them in a pot with room for growth. We’ve detailed more on the easiest herbs to grow here. What to look for in a herb garden kit? Fresh herbs bring a welcome hint of summer, and many favorites thrive on a windowsill in winter as well as in the summer garden.

Salad leaves can tolerate just 15cm of compost, but most veg needs more, especially heavy crops like tomatoes and peppers. Anchor containers with stones in the base

Alpine strawberries will not give you huge harvests - but they do produce small, delicious fruits over several months. Perfect for grazing from on a hot summers day!As a plant which actually grows better in a pot than it does in ground soil, mint is the ideal herb to cultivate indoors. Health Benefits: Helps in treating loss of appetite, intestinal gas, head colds, warts, stomach spasms, treat snake and insect bites. Have a look at our article on growing Basil here 11. Chervil Ideally, this will be situated in your kitchen to afford you easy access to the herbs when you need them, but don’t be afraid to relocate to another room of the house if the sunlight levels are insufficient. The air quality in the room will also make a difference (is it humid or dry), as will the position of radiators, for example. Try a few locations and see how the plant responds. If you’re sowing your herbs from seed, you should fill your pots to around two-thirds of their capacity with the potting mix, then sprinkle the seeds on its surface.