Description

• Learning about some of the herbs you can grow indoors will help you narrow down the choices for your mini-garden. For instance, anise has a sweet, licorice-like smell, and it's best to grow the herb indoors if you live in a cold area. If you want to grow spearmint or peppermint, these herbs should be planted in their own small pot on the garden tray since they are invasive.
  
  

Time Frame

• Even though your herb garden is indoors, you'll still need to make sure that the plants are getting enough sunlight, so spring or summer planting may be best. For instance, basil needs six hours of sunlight every day for proper growth and is a warm season herb, according to the University of Clemson Cooperative Extension.
  
  

Considerations

• It's best to grow your indoor herb garden according to what you know you'll use often and can adequately care for. If you use dill often, it's important that the herbs gets five to six hours of direct sunlight each day in order to develop full flavor, according to University of Minnesota Extension.